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GMAT practice section 4: Verbal Reasoning
Verbal Reasoning is one of the three sections of the GMAT Focus Edition: 23 questions in 45 minutes. This harder section has closer-reasoned Critical Reasoning arguments and three denser Reading Comprehension passages; each passage question repeats the passage so it stands alone. On the real test you may review and change up to 3 answers per section.
Exam mode: timed, answers at the end, like the real test. Practice mode: untimed, the answer and explanation after each question.
What is in this test
| Multiple choice, one answer | 23 questions | instant marking |
Covers: critical reasoning (13) · reading comprehension (10)
A sample question
After the national postal service raised the price of first-class stamps by 15 percent, its revenue from first-class mail rose, even though the volume of first-class mail fell. Over the same period, however, the postal service's overall operating deficit grew. Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain how the postal service's deficit could grow over this period?
- The price increase was the first in five years.
- Revenue from the postal service's package delivery business, its largest source of income, fell sharply after a private competitor expanded.
- Most first-class mail is sent by businesses rather than individuals.
- The volume of first-class mail fell by less than 15 percent.
- Several other countries raised their stamp prices during the same period.
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