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From 2009 onwards the Common Admission Test conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) as an entrance exam for the management programmes of its seven business schools will be [...]

1. Inflation has made many Americans reevaluate their assumptions about the future; they still expect to live better than their parents have , but not so well as they once thought they could.
1. they still expect to live better than their parents [...]

1. It is known that when neurons activate, we say that they “fire”, and they pass on a signal to other neurons.
1. we say that they “fire”, and
2. which we say they “fire”, [...]

1. If the statements above are true, which of the following must be true?
1. Some lawyers who now advertise will charge more for specific services if they do not have to specify fee arrangements in the advertisements.
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1. Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion drawn in the passage?
1. Insurance company statisticians do not believe that moving to Hawaii will significantly lengthen the average Louisianian’s life.
2. [...]

1. Which of the following, if true, could best be used as a basis for arguing against the author’s position that the meteorologists’ claim cannot be evaluated?
1. Certain unusual configurations of data can serve as the basis for precise weather forecasts even [...]

GMAT Verbal Section : GMAT Sample Critical Reasoning Questions
1. Lark Manufacturing Company initiated a voluntary Quality Circles program for machine operators. Independent surveys of employee attitudes indicated that the machine operators participating in the program were less satisfied with their work situations after two years of the program’s existence than they were [...]

1. Sales taxes tend to be regressive, affecting poor people more severely than wealthy people. When all purchases of consumer goods are taxed at a fixed percentage of the purchase price, poor people pay a larger proportion of their income in sales taxes than wealthy people do.
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GMAT Verbal Section : GMAT Sample Critical Reasoning Questions

1. Stronger patent laws are needed to protect inventions from being pirated. With that protection, manufacturers would be encouraged to invest in the development of new products and technologies. Such investment frequently results in an increase in a manufacturer’s productivity.
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1. Stock analyst: “We believe Company A’s stock will appreciate at 35% a year for the next 5 to 7 years. Company A just became the leader in its industry and we expect its sales to grow at 8% a year.”
Commentator: “But how can the [...]