hi guys and girls,
Like I always commence my posts on GRE, I apologize for the late posting of the update. I was a little busy preparing my Statement of Purpose and also collecting Recommendation letters from a few renowned professors to apply for various universities in the first week of November. This will be the final update for GRE October 2007 Verbal and Quants update will follow shortly. Any queries relating to the following GRE Verbal questions can be brought to my notice using the C-Box on my blog. I will be glad to clear your doubts.
Antonyms :
1. Limp :
Ans: Firm
2. Global :
Ans: Local
3. Reticent :
Ans: Gregarious
4. Recalcitrant :
Ans: Tenable
5. Euphony :
Ans: Noise
6. Pandemonium :
Ans: State of order
7. Stability :
Ans: Inconstancy
8. Dilate :
Ans: Narrow
9. Amorous :
Ans: platonic
10. Console :
Ans: Aggravate Grief
11. Exculpate :
Ans: Attribute Guilt
12. Accretion :
Ans: Reduce in substance caused by erosion
13. Cadge :
Ans: Earn
14. Abjure :
Ans: Espouse
15. Specious :
Ans: Valid
16. Quotidian
Ans: Extraordinary
17. Adhere
Ans: Deviate
18. Unconventionality :
Ans: Fidelity to Custom
19. Pinch :
Ans: Abundant amount
20. Rarefy :
Ans: Make more dense
21. Scurvy :
Ans: Completely Centered
22. Obdurate :
Ans: Complaisant
23. Aver :
Ans: Deny
24. Incessant :
Ans: Sporadic
Analogies :
1. Judge : Gavel
Ans: Soldier : Insignia
2. Organ : Kidney
Ans: Bone : Rib
3. Soot : Combustion
Ans: Sawdust : Woodcutting
4. Purify : Imperfection
Ans: Verify : Doubtfulness
5. Centrifuge : Separate
Ans: Colander : Drain
6. Mock : Imitate
Ans: Taunt : Challenge
7. Maladroit : Skill
Ans: Glib : Profundity
8. Equivocation : Ambiguous
Ans: Platitude : Banal
9. Volatile : Temper
Ans: Ready : Wit
10. Redolent : Smell
Ans: Piquant : Taste
11. Ripen : Mature
Ans: Harden : Solidity
12. Surgeon : Dexterity
Ans: Acrobat :Agility
13. Photograph : Light
Ans: Recording : Sound
14. Antibiotic : Infection
Ans: Coagulant : Bleeding
15. Eulogy : Praise
Ans: Elegy : Lament
GRE October 2007 Quants Final Update will follow shortly. Please give me sometime to provide complete solutions to all the questions that I have collected.
Links to other GRE material on my blog :
GRE August 2007 Verbal
GRE September 2007 Verbal
GRE September 2007 Quants
GRE September 2007 Quants Updated
GRE September 2007 Verbal Updated
GRE October 2007 Verbal
GRE October 2007 Quants
All the best.
Sincerely,
Praveen Chandar.
Showing posts with label GRE OCTOBER 2007 QUANT AND VERBAL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GRE OCTOBER 2007 QUANT AND VERBAL. Show all posts
Monday, October 29, 2007
Monday, October 8, 2007
GRE UPDATE - OCTOBER 2007 QUANTS
Hi guys and girls,
I was able to collect a total of only 18 questions for GRE OCTOBER QUANTS 2007 as of now. That too only problem solving type. I did receive quite a few comaprison questions, but I was not able to verify them due to incomplete information about the two columns without which I cannot guarantee reliable answers. I am sill analysing them. It will probably take me two to three days to consolidate, verify and then post them. If you have doubts about how to solve any of the following questions, you may request for explanation, I will be glad to send you adequate elucidation on those particular questions. More quants questions for GRE OCTOBER 2007 will follow.
Problem Solving :
( Most of the questions have been re-framed and the values have been substituted with simple ones, but the type of the questions have been preserved )
1. There was a total of L slices of pizza. Mr. X keeps some pizza for himself and divides the remaining slices among Q friends. If each friend receives T slices, how many slices does Mr. X keep for himself? ( re-framed sentences )
Ans: L-(Q*T)
2. A cab-for-hire company costs $1.75 for the first quarter mile and fifteen cents for each additional quarter mile. What is the maximum distance you can travel with $4.90?
Ans: 5 1/2 miles
3. A master builder is building a new house. He gets 3 apprentices who EACH work 2/3 as fast as he does. If all 4 work on it together, they should finish it in what fraction of the time that it would have taken the master builder working alone? ( re-framed )
Ans: 1/3
4. A salesman's income was divided between commission and regular salary. His salary, therefore, varied from week to week. His weekly salaries over a 5-week period were: $406.20, $413.50, $420.00, $425.00 and $395.30. What was his average weekly salary over the 5 week period?
Ans: $412.00
5. A train travels 15 miles per ton of coal when it carries no cargo. When the train is filled with cargo, it travels 80% as far on a ton of coal as it does when it has no cargo. If the train is filled with cargo, how many tons of coal will the train use to travel 160 miles?
Ans: 13 1/3
6. The average (arithmetic mean) of six numbers is 24. If the sum of four of these numbers is 96, what is the average of the other 2 numbers?
Ans: 24
7. A bottle cap factory makes 7,200 bottle caps per hour, how many does it make per second?
Ans: 2
8. X years in the future, Jim will be Y years old. Z years in the future, Jim will be how old?
Ans: Y - X + Z
9. Sam earns $12 per hour and Peter earns $10 per hour. Approximately how much less, as a percentage, does Peter earn than Sam per hour?
Ans: 17 %
10. The original price of a furniture was $50.00. Because the manager of the furniture store thought he could get more money for the furniture, he increased the price of the furniture to 108% of its original price. After a week, the furniture had not sold, so the manager then discounted the price by 10%, and the furniture was finally sold. At what price was the furniture sold? (Values have been changed and sentences re-framed )
Ans: $48.60
**Short method to solve : Since 108% of $50 = (1.08)(50) = $54, the furniture was offered for sale at $54.00. It was sold for 90% of $54 since there was a 10% discount. Therefore, the furniture was sold for (.9)($54) or $48.60. Several questions appear of this type.
11. In 2007, Ramond had a collection of 48 stamps. Since then he has given away 13 stamps, purchased 17 new stamps and traded 6 of his stamps to Peter for 8 of Peter's stamps. Since 2007, what has been the net percent increase in Ramond's collection?
Ans: 12.5 %
12. A pair of fair six-sided dice are rolled. The probability that the sum of the numbers, on the faces up is 12 is what percent greater than the probability that the sum of the faces up is 2?
Ans: 0 %
13. 7 1/5 inches is what fraction of a yard? (1 yd = 36 inches)
Ans: 1/5
14. If A - (B/3) = 1/3 and A + (B/4) = 3/2, find A + B. ( The question was something like this )
Ans: 3
15. A classroom has a ratio of girls to boys of 4 to 3. If the class has a total of 35 students, how many more girls are there than boys?
Ans: 5
16. A cloak was purchased on sale for $140. If it was marked down 30%, what was the original price?
Ans: $200
17. A salesman makes a profit of 5% on his first $1,000 of sales each day, and 7% on all sales in excess of $1,000 for that day. How much commission will the salesman make if his sales are $7,000 in one day?
Ans: $470.00
18. If a**b = ab - b + b², then 3**5 =
Ans: 35 ( Very common question type, you would have observed this in tyhe previous months' databases too )
Also, check out my other links for GRE SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 2007 QUANTS AND VERBAL DATABASE :
GRE August 2007 Verbal
GRE September 2007 Verbal
GRE September 2007 Quants
GRE September 2007 Quants Updated
GRE September 2007 Verbal Updated
GRE October 2007 Verbal
Also, see my friend's blog for other GRE preparation material, GRE bible, Kaplan and other series :
http://sparklingswami.blogspot.com/
Thank you
All the Best
sincerely,
Praveen Chandar.
I was able to collect a total of only 18 questions for GRE OCTOBER QUANTS 2007 as of now. That too only problem solving type. I did receive quite a few comaprison questions, but I was not able to verify them due to incomplete information about the two columns without which I cannot guarantee reliable answers. I am sill analysing them. It will probably take me two to three days to consolidate, verify and then post them. If you have doubts about how to solve any of the following questions, you may request for explanation, I will be glad to send you adequate elucidation on those particular questions. More quants questions for GRE OCTOBER 2007 will follow.
Problem Solving :
( Most of the questions have been re-framed and the values have been substituted with simple ones, but the type of the questions have been preserved )
1. There was a total of L slices of pizza. Mr. X keeps some pizza for himself and divides the remaining slices among Q friends. If each friend receives T slices, how many slices does Mr. X keep for himself? ( re-framed sentences )
Ans: L-(Q*T)
2. A cab-for-hire company costs $1.75 for the first quarter mile and fifteen cents for each additional quarter mile. What is the maximum distance you can travel with $4.90?
Ans: 5 1/2 miles
3. A master builder is building a new house. He gets 3 apprentices who EACH work 2/3 as fast as he does. If all 4 work on it together, they should finish it in what fraction of the time that it would have taken the master builder working alone? ( re-framed )
Ans: 1/3
4. A salesman's income was divided between commission and regular salary. His salary, therefore, varied from week to week. His weekly salaries over a 5-week period were: $406.20, $413.50, $420.00, $425.00 and $395.30. What was his average weekly salary over the 5 week period?
Ans: $412.00
5. A train travels 15 miles per ton of coal when it carries no cargo. When the train is filled with cargo, it travels 80% as far on a ton of coal as it does when it has no cargo. If the train is filled with cargo, how many tons of coal will the train use to travel 160 miles?
Ans: 13 1/3
6. The average (arithmetic mean) of six numbers is 24. If the sum of four of these numbers is 96, what is the average of the other 2 numbers?
Ans: 24
7. A bottle cap factory makes 7,200 bottle caps per hour, how many does it make per second?
Ans: 2
8. X years in the future, Jim will be Y years old. Z years in the future, Jim will be how old?
Ans: Y - X + Z
9. Sam earns $12 per hour and Peter earns $10 per hour. Approximately how much less, as a percentage, does Peter earn than Sam per hour?
Ans: 17 %
10. The original price of a furniture was $50.00. Because the manager of the furniture store thought he could get more money for the furniture, he increased the price of the furniture to 108% of its original price. After a week, the furniture had not sold, so the manager then discounted the price by 10%, and the furniture was finally sold. At what price was the furniture sold? (Values have been changed and sentences re-framed )
Ans: $48.60
**Short method to solve : Since 108% of $50 = (1.08)(50) = $54, the furniture was offered for sale at $54.00. It was sold for 90% of $54 since there was a 10% discount. Therefore, the furniture was sold for (.9)($54) or $48.60. Several questions appear of this type.
11. In 2007, Ramond had a collection of 48 stamps. Since then he has given away 13 stamps, purchased 17 new stamps and traded 6 of his stamps to Peter for 8 of Peter's stamps. Since 2007, what has been the net percent increase in Ramond's collection?
Ans: 12.5 %
12. A pair of fair six-sided dice are rolled. The probability that the sum of the numbers, on the faces up is 12 is what percent greater than the probability that the sum of the faces up is 2?
Ans: 0 %
13. 7 1/5 inches is what fraction of a yard? (1 yd = 36 inches)
Ans: 1/5
14. If A - (B/3) = 1/3 and A + (B/4) = 3/2, find A + B. ( The question was something like this )
Ans: 3
15. A classroom has a ratio of girls to boys of 4 to 3. If the class has a total of 35 students, how many more girls are there than boys?
Ans: 5
16. A cloak was purchased on sale for $140. If it was marked down 30%, what was the original price?
Ans: $200
17. A salesman makes a profit of 5% on his first $1,000 of sales each day, and 7% on all sales in excess of $1,000 for that day. How much commission will the salesman make if his sales are $7,000 in one day?
Ans: $470.00
18. If a**b = ab - b + b², then 3**5 =
Ans: 35 ( Very common question type, you would have observed this in tyhe previous months' databases too )
Also, check out my other links for GRE SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 2007 QUANTS AND VERBAL DATABASE :
GRE August 2007 Verbal
GRE September 2007 Verbal
GRE September 2007 Quants
GRE September 2007 Quants Updated
GRE September 2007 Verbal Updated
GRE October 2007 Verbal
Also, see my friend's blog for other GRE preparation material, GRE bible, Kaplan and other series :
http://sparklingswami.blogspot.com/
Thank you
All the Best
sincerely,
Praveen Chandar.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
GRE UPDATE - OCTOBER 2007 VERBAL
Hi guys and girls,
I'm really sorry for having delayed a lot in producing the GRE VERBAL material for October 2007. I have been getting several requests through mail, scraps as well as my C-Box on my blog to update the VERBAL AND QUANT questions for October 2007. Frankly speaking, I do not update my database till the first week of any month. But, this time, due to repeated and earnest requests, on a collaborative effort with my friend Swaminathan, I have intensified my search to provide a complete solution for GRE preparation, which has resulted in this database that contains GRE Verbal questions that have appeared on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd of OCTOBER 2007. Quants questions for the month of October 2007 will follow soon. Kindly give me sometime. I sincerely regret for the inconvenience caused due to the delay, and I hope you will understand that it is only a consequence of my arduous efforts to produce authentic and reliable material.
ANTONYMS :
1. CAPITULATE
Ans: attack (surrender and defend were other choices, defend is a little close but attack is the right word)
2. INSOUCIANT
Ans: concerned ( this one is pretty easy no matter what the choices are )
3. EBULLIANT
Ans: glum ( cheerful and exuberant were other choices which are synonyms )
4. TYRO
Ans: expert ( A tyro is a beginner, other choices were green-horn and novice )
5. EULOGY
Ans: abuse ( praise and extol were other two choices )
6. LOQUACIOUS
Ans: reticent ( verbose, ill-humoured and pompous were other choices )
7. HAUTEUR
Ans: humility ( hauteur means over-bearing pride or conceit, humility is easily the antonym )
8. INNOCUOUS
Ans: toxic ( harmless and perilous were other choices )
9. VINDICATE
Ans: indict ( uphold, exonerate and aggrandize were other choices. 'confute' is also correct which appeared for another person )
10. INVIGORATE
Ans: enervate ( invigorate is to impart strength or energy, whereas enervate is to weaken )
11. AUDACIOUS
Ans: pusillanimous ( bold and pugnacious were other choices )
12. LASSITUDE
Ans: alacrity ( torpor, rectitude and indolence were other choices )
13. LACONIC
Ans: verbose ( terse and lascivious were other choices )
14. PRODIGAL
Ans: frugal ( pervasive and wasteful )
ANALOGY :
1. REDOLENT : SMELL
Ans: piquant : taste
2. MILK : EXTRACT
Ans: water : distill
3. LIGNEOUS : WOOD
Ans: osseous : bone
4. CHOREOGRAPHY : DANCE
Ans: plot : story
5. GUSH : EFFUSIVE
Ans: rage : irate
6. WOOD : SAWDUST
Ans: metal : filings
7. SPLINT : MOBILITY
Ans: lubricant : friction
8. DISCOMFITED : BLUSH
Ans: contemptuous : sneer
9. PANEGYRIC : EULOGIZE
Ans: lampoon : satirize
10. CONFLUENCE : STREAMS
Ans: junction : roads
11. TINE : FORK
Ans: mallet : hammer
More Verbal Questions will follow. What I observed from my conflation of October 2007 questions is that most of the questions that appeared in September 2007 have been reiterated in October too. So as I always say, it is very important to go through the database for Quant and Verbal for the previous and the month before the last one too.
Here are the links to my other databases :
GRE August 2007 Verbal
GRE September 2007 Verbal
GRE September 2007 Quants
GRE September 2007 Quants Updated
GRE September 2007 Verbal Updated
Also, visit Swaminathan's blog for October Updates. Comments and corrections are welcome.
http://sparklingswami.blogspot.com
GRE October 2007 Quants Questions will be out soon.
sincerely,
Praveen Chandar.
I'm really sorry for having delayed a lot in producing the GRE VERBAL material for October 2007. I have been getting several requests through mail, scraps as well as my C-Box on my blog to update the VERBAL AND QUANT questions for October 2007. Frankly speaking, I do not update my database till the first week of any month. But, this time, due to repeated and earnest requests, on a collaborative effort with my friend Swaminathan, I have intensified my search to provide a complete solution for GRE preparation, which has resulted in this database that contains GRE Verbal questions that have appeared on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd of OCTOBER 2007. Quants questions for the month of October 2007 will follow soon. Kindly give me sometime. I sincerely regret for the inconvenience caused due to the delay, and I hope you will understand that it is only a consequence of my arduous efforts to produce authentic and reliable material.
ANTONYMS :
1. CAPITULATE
Ans: attack (surrender and defend were other choices, defend is a little close but attack is the right word)
2. INSOUCIANT
Ans: concerned ( this one is pretty easy no matter what the choices are )
3. EBULLIANT
Ans: glum ( cheerful and exuberant were other choices which are synonyms )
4. TYRO
Ans: expert ( A tyro is a beginner, other choices were green-horn and novice )
5. EULOGY
Ans: abuse ( praise and extol were other two choices )
6. LOQUACIOUS
Ans: reticent ( verbose, ill-humoured and pompous were other choices )
7. HAUTEUR
Ans: humility ( hauteur means over-bearing pride or conceit, humility is easily the antonym )
8. INNOCUOUS
Ans: toxic ( harmless and perilous were other choices )
9. VINDICATE
Ans: indict ( uphold, exonerate and aggrandize were other choices. 'confute' is also correct which appeared for another person )
10. INVIGORATE
Ans: enervate ( invigorate is to impart strength or energy, whereas enervate is to weaken )
11. AUDACIOUS
Ans: pusillanimous ( bold and pugnacious were other choices )
12. LASSITUDE
Ans: alacrity ( torpor, rectitude and indolence were other choices )
13. LACONIC
Ans: verbose ( terse and lascivious were other choices )
14. PRODIGAL
Ans: frugal ( pervasive and wasteful )
ANALOGY :
1. REDOLENT : SMELL
Ans: piquant : taste
2. MILK : EXTRACT
Ans: water : distill
3. LIGNEOUS : WOOD
Ans: osseous : bone
4. CHOREOGRAPHY : DANCE
Ans: plot : story
5. GUSH : EFFUSIVE
Ans: rage : irate
6. WOOD : SAWDUST
Ans: metal : filings
7. SPLINT : MOBILITY
Ans: lubricant : friction
8. DISCOMFITED : BLUSH
Ans: contemptuous : sneer
9. PANEGYRIC : EULOGIZE
Ans: lampoon : satirize
10. CONFLUENCE : STREAMS
Ans: junction : roads
11. TINE : FORK
Ans: mallet : hammer
More Verbal Questions will follow. What I observed from my conflation of October 2007 questions is that most of the questions that appeared in September 2007 have been reiterated in October too. So as I always say, it is very important to go through the database for Quant and Verbal for the previous and the month before the last one too.
Here are the links to my other databases :
GRE August 2007 Verbal
GRE September 2007 Verbal
GRE September 2007 Quants
GRE September 2007 Quants Updated
GRE September 2007 Verbal Updated
Also, visit Swaminathan's blog for October Updates. Comments and corrections are welcome.
http://sparklingswami.blogspot.com
GRE October 2007 Quants Questions will be out soon.
sincerely,
Praveen Chandar.
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