This practice GMAT test includes only GMAT critical reasoning questions, which are part of the GMAT verbal section.
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The governor claims that the state faces a drought and has implemented new water-use restrictions; but that’s just a move to get some free publicity for his reelection campaign. So far this year we have had 3.5 inches of rain, slightly more than the average amount of rain for the same period over the last three years. Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the conclusion of the argument above?
A. The governor did not declare drought emergencies in the previous three years.
B. City officials who have the authority to mandate water-use restrictions have not done so.
C. The snow melt that usually contributes significantly to the state’s reservoirs is several inches below normal.
D. The amount of water the state can draw from rivers that cross state boundaries is limited by federal law.
E. Water-use restrictions are short-term measures and do little to reduce long-term water consumption.
A survey was recently given to all high school students in a certain town to measure the effect of environmental factors on attitudes and behavior, and the results indicated that students who play a minimum of two hours per day of violent video games are more likely to engage in violent behavior in school and at home. Therefore, playing violent video games encourages violence among teens. Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the argument above?
A. The same survey was conducted in a neighboring town with similar results.
B. Playing violent video games keeps violent teenagers at home and prevents them from engaging in publicly aggressive behavior.
C. The survey used a standard question format that did not allow students to produce responses that could not be interpreted incorrectly.
D. Students who play violent video games often have a history of behavioral issues leading back to early childhood.
E. The survey was given over a period of days to ensure that all students attending the high school would participate.
Gary Johnson, a major star in track and field, advertises a certain brand of vitamin supplements for aspiring athletes. Alan runs cross country for his university and has decided to start a fitness regimen including the vitamins to improve his event rankings. The statements above, if true, best support which of the following assertions?
A. The vitamins have been shown to improve stamina in scientific studies.
B. Alan’s regimen also includes changes in his workout and diet.
C. Alan is not satisfied with some aspects of his current athletic performance.
D. Gary Johnson used the vitamins to become a major track and field star.
E. Alan has fallen victim to the marketing strategies of the company that manufactures the vitamins.
Modern warfare does not revolve around the usage of standard weapons and armaments only. Recently China held India hostage, when an artificial lake was formed in a region in Tibet under the control of the Chinese, and the overflow of the lake or a leakage in the dam could overflow the Sutlej and hence flood the entire Sutlej basin in India. China refused permission to Indian specialists to inspect the lake, and held the country ransom to a “water bombâ€. Again, the US is arm-twisting India to support US on major issues like Iraq and terrorism, in return for supporting India’s demand for a UNSC seat. These are symptoms of war, albeit of a different kind. Which of the following would qualify as war, according to the definition of war described above ?
A. The refusal of the Taliban government in Afghanistan to permit Indian forces to free hostages by use of force, of an Indian plane hijacked in India and taken to Afghanistan.
B. The refusal of a groom to marry just before the marriage ritual if the bride’s family did not provide him a Maruti 800 car in dowry.
C. The US slapping high duties on Chinese exports to USA, in retaliation to rising trade deficit of USA with China, and the Chinese refusal to devalue its currency to set into order the imbalance in trade.
D. A strike called by farmers in the rest of Maharashtra to protest against the decision of the government to cut power in the rest of the state to provide uninterrupted power to the capital Mumbai, when the power was actually generated outside Mumbai.
E. None of these
The spate of terrorist acts against airlines and their passengers raises a new question: should government officials be forced to disclose the fact that they have received warning of an impending terrorist attack? The answer is “yes.†The government currently releases information about the health hazards of smoking, the ecological dangers of pesticides, and the health consequences of food. The argument above relies primarily on
A. circular reasoning
B. generalisation
C. authority
D. analogy
E. casual analysis
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