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The
GMAT - Sample Questions
The following links provide examples
of the question types you'll encounter
on the scored portion of the GMAT.
You can click on the sample links
to try a particular type of question.
All of the questions are "real"
questions provided by the actual
test-makers with directions as they
will appear on the GMAT.
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Math
(Quantitative
Reasoning)
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Math
(Quantitative Reasoning)
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Problem
Solving
Directions
Solve
the problem and indicate
the best of the answer
choices given.
Numbers:
All numbers used are
real numbers.
Figures: A figure
accompanying a question
is intended to provide
information useful in
solving the problem.
Figures are drawn as
accurately as possible
EXCEPT when it is stated
that the figure is not
drawn to scale. Straight
lines may appear jagged.
All figures lie in a
plane unless otherwise
indicated.
Question
If
u > t, r >
q, s > t, and
t > r, which
of the following
must be true?
I. u > s
II. s > q
III. u > r
(A)
I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) I and II
(E) II and III
Answer
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Data
Sufficiency
Directions
This data sufficiency
problem consists
of a question and
two statements,
labeled (1) and
(2), in which certain
data are given.
You have to decide
whether the data
given in the statements
are sufficient for
answering the question.
Using the data given
in the statements
plus your knowledge
of mathematics and
everyday facts,
you must indicate
whether
Statement
(1) ALONE is sufficient,
but statement (2)
is not sufficient.
Statement (2) ALONE
is sufficient, but
statement (1) is
not sufficient.
BOTH statements
TOGETHER are sufficient,
but NEITHER statement
ALONE is sufficient.
EACH statement ALONE
is sufficient.
Statements (1) and
(2) TOGETHER are
NOT sufficient.
Numbers:
All numbers used
are real numbers.
Figures:
A figure accompanying
a question is intended
to provide information
useful in solving
the problem. Figures
are drawn as accurately
as possible EXCEPT
when it is stated
that the figure
is not drawn to
scale. Straight
lines may appear
jagged. All figures
lie in a plane unless
otherwise indicated.
Question
If
a real estate
agent received
a commission of
6 percent of the
selling price
of a certain house,
what was the selling
price of the house?
(1)
The selling price
minus the real
estate agent's
commission was
$84,600.
(2) The selling
price was 250
percent of the
original purchase
price of $36,000.
(A)
Statement (1)
ALONE is sufficient,
but statement
(2) is not sufficient.
(B) Statement
(2) ALONE is sufficient,
but statement
(1) is not sufficient.
(C) BOTH statements
TOGETHER are sufficient,
but NEITHER statement
ALONE is sufficient.
(D) EACH statement
ALONE is sufficient.
(E) Statements
(1) and (2) TOGETHER
are NOT sufficient.
Answer
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Verbal
(Verbal Reasoning)
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Sentence
Correction
Directions
The
question presents a sentence,
part of which or all of
which is underlined. Beneath
the sentence you will
find five ways of phrasing
the underlined part. The
first of these repeats
the original; the other
four are different. If
you think the original
is best, choose the first
answer; otherwise choose
one of the others.
This
question tests correctness
and effectiveness of expression.
In choosing your answer,
follow the requirements
of standard written English;
that is, pay attention
to grammar, choice of
words, and sentence construction.
Choose the answer that
produces the most effective
sentence; this answer
should be clear and exact,
without awkwardness, ambiguity,
redundancy, or grammatical
error.
Question
Carbon-14
dating reveals that
the megalithic monuments
in Brittany are nearly
2,000 years as old
as any of their supposed
Mediterranean predecessors.
(A)
as old as any of their
supposed
(B) older than any of
their supposed
(C) as old as their
supposed
(D) older than any of
their supposedly
(E) as old as their
supposedly
Answer
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Directions
The
questions in this group
are based on the content
of a passage. After reading
the passage, choose the
best answer to each question.
Answer all questions following
the passage on the basis
of what is stated or implied
in the passage.
Passage
and Question
Schools
expect textbooks to be
a valuable source of information
for students. My research
suggests, however, that
textbooks that address
the place of Native Americans
within the history of
the United States distort
history to suit a particular
cultural value system.
In some textbooks, for
example, settlers are
pictured as more humane,
complex, skillful, and
wise than Native Americans.
In essence, textbooks
stereotype and depreciate
the numerous Native American
cultures while reinforcing
the attitude that the
European conquest of the
New World denotes the
superiority of European
cultures. Although textbooks
evaluate Native American
architecture, political
systems, and homemaking.
I contend that they do
it from an ethnocentric,
European perspective without
recognizing that other
perspectives are possible.
One
argument against my contention
asserts that, by nature,
textbooks are culturally
biased and that I am simply
underestimating children's
ability to see through
these biases. Some researchers
even claim that by the
time students are in high
school, they know they
cannot take textbooks
literally. Yet substantial
evidence exists to the
contrary. Two researchers,
for example, have conducted
studies that suggest that
children's attitudes about
particular cultures are
strongly influenced by
the textbooks used in
schools. Given this, an
ongoing, careful review
of how school textbooks
depict Native Americans
is certainly warranted.
Which
of the following would
most logically be the
topic of the paragraph
immediately following
the passage?
(A)
Specific ways to evaluate
the biases of United
States history textbooks
(B) The centrality of
the teacher's role in
United States history
courses
(C) Nontraditional methods
of teaching United States
history
(D) The contributions
of European immigrants
to the development of
the United States
(E) Ways in which parents
influence children's
political attitudes
Critical
Reasoning
Directions
For
this type of question,
select the best of the
answer choices given.
Question
The
cost of producing radios
in Country Q is ten
percent less than the
cost of producing radios
in Country Y. Even after
transportation fees
and tariff charges are
added, it is still cheaper
for a company to import
radios from Country
Q to Country Y than
to produce radios in
Country Y. The
statements above, if
true, best support which
of the following assertions?
(A)
Labor costs in Country
Q are ten percent below
those in Country Y.
(B) Importing radios
from Country Q to Country
Y will eliminate ten
percent of the manufacturing
jobs in Country Y.
(C) The tariff on a
radio imported from
Country Q to Country
Y is less than ten percent
of the cost of manufacturing
the radio in Country
Y.
(D) The fee for transporting
a radio from Country
Q to Country Y is more
than ten percent of
the cost of manufacturing
the radio in Country
Q.
(E) It takes ten percent
less time to manufacture
a radio in Country Q
than it does in Country
Y.
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..Problem
Solving
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(E)
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..Data
Sufficiency
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(D)
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..Sentence
Correction
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(B)
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..Critical
Reasoning
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(C)
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..Reading
Comprehension
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(A)
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