GMAT Sample Questions

GMAT Verbal Section : GMAT Sample Sentence Correction Questions

71. To ensure consistently high quality in its merchandise, the chain of retail stores became involved in every aspect of their suppliers' operations, dictating not only the number of stitches and the width of the hem in every garment as well as the profit margins of those suppliers.
    1. their suppliers' operations, dictating not only the number of stitches and the width of the hem in every garment as well as
    2. its suppliers' operations, dictating not only the number of stitches and the width of the hem in every garment as well as
    3. their suppliers' operations, dictating not only the number of stitches and the width of the hem in every garment but also
    4. its suppliers' operations, dictating not only the number of stitches and the width of the hem in every garment but also
    5. their suppliers' operations, dictating the number of stitches, the width of the hem in every garment, and

    Answer : D

72. The medieval scholar made almost no attempt to investigate the anatomy of plants, their mechanisms of growth, nor the ways where each was related to the other.
    1. nor the ways where each was related to the other
    2. nor how each was related to some other
    3. or the way where one is related to the next
    4. or the ways in which they are related to one another
    5. or the ways that each related to some other

    Answer : D

73. Originally published in 1950, Some Tame Gazelle was Barbara Pym's first novel, but it does not read like an apprentice work.
    1. does not read like an apprentice work
    2. seems not to read as an apprentice work
    3. does not seem to read as an apprentice work would
    4. does not read like an apprentice work does
    5. reads unlike an apprentice work

    Answer : A

74. By installing special electric pumps, farmers' houses could be heated by the warmth from cows' milk, according to one agricultural engineer.
    1. farmers' houses could be heated by the warmth from cows' milk, according to one agricultural engineer.
    2. the warmth from cows' milk could be used by farmers to heat their houses, according to one agricultural engineer
    3. one agricultural engineer reports that farmers could use the warmth from cows' milk to heat their houses
    4. farmers, according to one agricultural engineer, could use the warmth from cows' milk to heat their houses
    5. one agricultural engineer reports that farmers' houses could be heated by the warmth from cows' milk

    Answer : D

75. In the traditional Japanese household, most clothing could be packed flatly, and so it was not necessary to have elaborate closet facilities.
    1. flatly, and so it was not necessary to have elaborate closet facilities
    2. flat, and so elaborate closet facilities were unnecessary
    3. flatly, and so there was no necessity for elaborate closet facilities
    4. flat, there being no necessity for elaborate closet facilities
    5. flatly, as no elaborate closet facilities were necessary

    Answer : B