GMAT Sample Questions

GMAT Verbal Section : GMAT Sample Sentence Correction Questions

6. One of every two new businesses fail within two years.
   1. fail
   2. fails
   3. should fail
   4. may have failed
   5. has failed

   Answer : B

7. Even today, a century after Pasteur developed the first vaccine, rabies almost always kills its victims unless inoculated in the earliest stages of the disease.
   1. its victims unless inoculated
   2. its victims unless they are inoculated
   3. its victims unless inoculation is done
   4. the victims unless there is an inoculation
   5. the victims unless inoculated

   Answer : B

8. In a period of time when women typically have had a narrow range of choices, Mary Baker Eddy became a distinguished writer and the founder, architect, and builder of a growing church.
   1. In a period of time when women typically have
   2. During a time in which typically women have
   3. Typically, during a time when women
   4. At a time when women typically
   5. Typically in a time in which women

   Answer : D

9. The message conveyed by the conference speakers make me feel fortunate that I did not invest all of my money in stocks traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
   1. make me feel fortunate that I did not invest all of my money in stocks traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
   2. make me feel fortunate that I did not invest all of my money in NASDAQ stocks.
   3. make me feel fortunate that I did not invest my money in NASDAQ stocks.
   4. makes me feel fortunate that I did not invest all of my money in NASDAQ stocks.
   5. makes me feel fortunate that I did not invest my money in NASDAQ stocks.

   Answer : D

10. Cynics charge that Major League Baseball lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
    1. lobbied for stadiums with fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
    2. lobbied for stadiums with less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
    3. lobbied for stadiums that had fewer seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
    4. lobbied for stadiums that had less seats to reduce supply and increase ticket prices.
    5. lobbied for stadiums that had less seats as a means of reducing supply so they could increase ticket prices.

    Answer : A