GMAT Sample Questions

GMAT Verbal Section : GMAT Sample Sentence Correction Questions

51. Camus broke with Sartre in a bitter dispute over the nature of Stalinism.
    1. in a bitter dispute over
    2. over bitterly disputing
    3. after there was a bitter dispute over
    4. after having bitterly disputed about
    5. over a bitter dispute about

    Answer : A

52. Nowhere in Prakta is the influence of modern European architecture more apparent than their government buildings.
    1. more apparent than their
    2. so apparent as their
    3. more apparent than in its
    4. so apparent than in their
    5. as apparent as it is in its

    Answer : C

53. Federal legislation establishing a fund for the cleanup of sites damaged by toxic chemicals permits compensating state governments for damage to their natural resources but does not allow claims for injury to people.
    1. compensating state governments for damage to
    2. compensating state governments for the damaging of
    3. giving state governments compensation for damaging
    4. giving compensation to state governments for the damage of
    5. the giving of compensation to state governments for damaging

    Answer : A

54. The lawyer for the defense charged that she suspected the police of having illegally taped her confidential conversations with her client and then used the information obtained to find evidence supporting their murder charges.
    1. used the information obtained to find evidence supporting
    2. used such information as they obtained to find evidence supporting
    3. used the information they had obtained to find evidence that would support
    4. of using the information they had obtained to find evidence that would support
    5. of using such information as they obtained to find evidence that would be supportive of

    Answer : D

55. According to surveys by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, about 20 percent of young adults used cocaine in 1979, doubling those reported in the 1977 survey.
    1. doubling those reported in the 1977 survey
    2. to double the number the 1977 survey reported
    3. twice those the 1977 survey reported
    4. twice as much as those reported in the 1977 survey
    5. twice the number reported in the 1977 survey

    Answer : E