GMAT Verbal Questions (CR, RC, SC)
Posted: May 28th, 2012, 9:22 pm
Greetings!
This thread is dedicated to the discussions related with the Verbal Section of the GMAT test.
Let's start with the practice!
Here are 2 questions, try to solve them and post your answer and thoughts.
Critical Reasoning Question:
FCT container terminal at Mearsk Seaport was once a leader of container handling among the terminals of the Northern Sea, but most major shipping lines in the Northern Sea recently have started using a newly opened JCT container terminal instead. Unlike FCT terminal, the new JCT terminal has access to railroad, which is a major means of on-land container transportation. To return FCT occupancy rate to previous levels, FCT managers plan to build a railway line that will link the terminal with railway network and to offer discounted rates to all customers.
Which of the following, if true, most threatens the plan’s likelihood of success?
A) Access to railroad will increase FCT’s throughput capacity by 20,000 TEU.
B) Many shippers that continue using FCT terminal are bound by long-term contracts restricting them from switching to JCT terminal.
C) Due to higher operational costs, FCT will not be able to offer its customers rates lower than those offered by JCT.
D) Some large shipping lines that use JCT terminal sometimes use FCT terminal when JCT cannot handle all their shipments.
E) Current throughput capacity of JCT terminal significantly exceeds that of FCT container terminal.
Sentence Correction Question:
Visible minorities and groups that are not immediately identifiable have radically different experiences, not only because the former has no means of escaping racial marginalization and because their very appearance might trigger assumptions about their inferiority.
A. Visible minorities and groups that are not immediately identifiable have radically different experiences, not only because the former has
B. Visible minorities and groups that are not immediately identifiable and have radically different experiences have, because of the former,
C. Visible minorities and groups that are not immediately identifiable have radically different experiences, because both the former have
D. Radically different experiences of visible minorities and groups are not immediately identifiable, not only because the former have
E. Visible minorities and groups that are not immediately identifiable have radically different experiences, both because the former have
This thread is dedicated to the discussions related with the Verbal Section of the GMAT test.
Let's start with the practice!
Here are 2 questions, try to solve them and post your answer and thoughts.
Critical Reasoning Question:
FCT container terminal at Mearsk Seaport was once a leader of container handling among the terminals of the Northern Sea, but most major shipping lines in the Northern Sea recently have started using a newly opened JCT container terminal instead. Unlike FCT terminal, the new JCT terminal has access to railroad, which is a major means of on-land container transportation. To return FCT occupancy rate to previous levels, FCT managers plan to build a railway line that will link the terminal with railway network and to offer discounted rates to all customers.
Which of the following, if true, most threatens the plan’s likelihood of success?
A) Access to railroad will increase FCT’s throughput capacity by 20,000 TEU.
B) Many shippers that continue using FCT terminal are bound by long-term contracts restricting them from switching to JCT terminal.
C) Due to higher operational costs, FCT will not be able to offer its customers rates lower than those offered by JCT.
D) Some large shipping lines that use JCT terminal sometimes use FCT terminal when JCT cannot handle all their shipments.
E) Current throughput capacity of JCT terminal significantly exceeds that of FCT container terminal.
Sentence Correction Question:
Visible minorities and groups that are not immediately identifiable have radically different experiences, not only because the former has no means of escaping racial marginalization and because their very appearance might trigger assumptions about their inferiority.
A. Visible minorities and groups that are not immediately identifiable have radically different experiences, not only because the former has
B. Visible minorities and groups that are not immediately identifiable and have radically different experiences have, because of the former,
C. Visible minorities and groups that are not immediately identifiable have radically different experiences, because both the former have
D. Radically different experiences of visible minorities and groups are not immediately identifiable, not only because the former have
E. Visible minorities and groups that are not immediately identifiable have radically different experiences, both because the former have