GRE Practice Question and Answer
8Q: Callous is the opposite of 2013 05b5cc651e4d2b4197774bd1e
5b5cc651e4d2b4197774bd1e- 1emotionally hardenedfalse
- 2insensitivefalse
- 3sympathetictrue
- 4Unkindfalse
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Answer : 3. "sympathetic"
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Answer: C) sympathetic Explanation: A callous person is insensitive or emotionally hardened. Hence, Callous is the opposite of Sympathetic, kind hearted, sensitive, nice,...
Q: How many balls? Number of balls in the figure... 2010 05b5cc69ae4d2b4197774c796
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You have to actually count all the balls in the pyramid.Simple way is to count the balls in each level. So lower most level lets say 1st level has 4 x 4 balls; i.e. 16 ballsSimilarly 2nd level has 3 x 3 balls; i.e. 9 balls.3rd level has 2 x 2 balls; i.e. 4 balls.The top most level has just 1 ball. So the total number of balls is 16+9+4+1 = 30. So the image has 30 Balls in all.
Q: Country : President :: State : ? 2008 05b5cc69de4d2b4197774c8bc
5b5cc69de4d2b4197774c8bc- 1Governortrue
- 2Speakerfalse
- 3Prime Ministerfalse
- 4Chief Ministerfalse
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Answer : 1. "Governor"
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Answer: A) Governor Explanation: The President is the highest officer in the country. Similarly, Governor is the highest officer of the state. Hence, Country : President :: State : Governor.
Q: Cassock : Priest :: ? : Graduate 2006 05b5cc68ee4d2b4197774c3ef
5b5cc68ee4d2b4197774c3ef- 1Gowntrue
- 2Tiefalse
- 3Capfalse
- 4Coatfalse
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Answer : 1. "Gown"
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Answer: A) Gown Explanation: A Christian Priest wears cassock while a Graduate wears gown. Hence, Cassock : Priest :: Gown : Graduate.
Q: In a family, each daughter has the same number of brothers as she has sisters and each son has twice as many sisters as he has brothers. How many sons are there in the family ? 2006 05b5cc723e4d2b4197774f6be
5b5cc723e4d2b4197774f6be- 11false
- 22false
- 33true
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Answer : 3. "3"
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Answer: C) 3 Explanation: Assume the family has X girls and Y boys, according to the question,we can have 2 equations:X-1=Y, 2(Y-2)=X.Solve the equations, we get X=4, Y=3.
Q: Car is to garage as aeroplane is to 2002 05b5cc65ee4d2b4197774be20
5b5cc65ee4d2b4197774be20- 1Hangartrue
- 2Portfalse
- 3Harbourfalse
- 4Depotfalse
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Answer : 1. "Hangar"
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Answer: A) Hangar Explanation: We park car temporarily in garrage, similarly, aeroplane is temporarily parked in hangar.
Q: Q's mother is sister of P and daughter of M who is brother of R. S is daughter of P and sister of T. How is M related to T ? 2000 05b5cc73de4d2b4197774f957
5b5cc73de4d2b4197774f957- 1Grand fathertrue
- 2Grand motherfalse
- 3Grand father or Grand motherfalse
- 4Can't be determinedfalse
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Answer : 1. "Grand father"
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Answer: A) Grand father Explanation: Q's mother is sister of P and daughter of M => P is the child of M.S is daughter of P and sister of T, so P is parent of T too.M ----> parent --------> P ------------>parent -------------> TBut given M is brother of R => M is male. So, M is grandfather of T.
Q: Which sentence contains both an adverb and a conjunction? 1999 05b5cc65ee4d2b4197774be4a
5b5cc65ee4d2b4197774be4a- 1Adam crept silently up the stairs, but couldn't slow his heartbeat.true
- 2The storm caused flooding as predicted.false
- 3Sneha was a kind person, but she hated people who spread rumors.false
- 4Do you want the shrimp or the crab?false
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Answer : 1. "Adam crept silently up the stairs, but couldn't slow his heartbeat."
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Answer: A) Adam crept silently up the stairs, but couldn't slow his heartbeat. Explanation: The sentence which contains both an adverb and a conjunction is "Adam crept silently up the stairs, but couldn't slow his heartbeat." Here, Adverb - Silently and Conjunction - But.

