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GRE: Changes introduced in November

By Indraj M Sahi
December 06, 2007 11:52 IST
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GRE test takers experienced the new question types introduced this November. The introduction of new question types in the Sentence Completion and Quantitative sections was a well planned and systematic move by Education Testing Service (ETS) after their withdrawal of the proposed sudden and big changes in April 2007 worldwide.

This time the changes have been introduced in a very test-taker-friendly manner. The changes occurred in the form of at most one question each (either there will be one question of new type or none) in the Quantitative reasoning and Verbal reasoning modules of the test.

Moreover, in the initial takes (not clearly specified) of the test the new question type will not contribute to the test taker's score but the catch here is that test takers will not know when it actually started contributing to their score. In any case, it is time to get accustomed to the new types and start practicing them more often during your preparation for GRE.

Verbal reasoning experts from TCY have prepared 15 practice questions on the NEW sentence correction section exclusively for the rediff.com readers. These questions have been given in this article along with the solutions. The detailed explanations to these questions will follow in the article tomorrow. You may even visit www.tcyonline.com to attempt FREE GRE online tests.

GRE Verbal: NEW* Sentence Completion

1. The company's strategy __(Blank 1)__ focusing on the changing market, establishing __(Blank 2)__ distribution partnerships, making well timed investments and developing __(Blank 3)__ product features.

 

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Combined

Crucial

Experimental

Amalgamated

Constant

Novel

Considered

Essential

Innovative

 
2. Progressive business leaders welcome constructive __(Blank 1)__ as a __(Blank 2)__ that leads to __(Blank 3)__  improvements in the quality of their decision making process.
 

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Dissonance

System

Significant

 Discord

Pattern

Ominous

 Dissent

Process

Prized

 
3. The deal was a __(Blank 1)__ to show he had a gift for __(Blank 2)__  after years spent bringing order to __(Blank 3)__ groups of companies lacking strong coordination from the centre. 
 

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 Chance

Coalition

Different

 Platform

Coercion

Diverse

Coincidence

Cohesion

Disparate

 
4. Ultimately, in the __(Blank 1)__ against global poverty, it is the affected __(Blank 2)__,  that have to pull themselves up and out of the __(Blank 3)__ swamp.
 

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 Initiative

Countries

Penury

 Strike

Provinces

Paupery

 War

Regions

Privation

 
5. The current makeover addresses inferior __(Blank 1)__ of service and __(Blank 2)__, lack of appropriate training, poor time management and __(Blank 3)__ pricing.
 

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Quality

Material

Unrealistic

 Pattern

Item

Quixotic

 Nature

Product

Improbable

 
6. Some companies are __(Blank 1)__ on manufacturing industrial equipment in India with the objective of reducing cost and making the country their __(Blank 2)__ hub for __(Blank 3)__ equipment to neighboring countries.
 

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Dependent

Sourcing

Distributing

Keen

Original

Transferring

Relying

Recruiting

Exporting

 
7. The earliest known Greek __(Blank 1)__ are Mycenaean, written on clay tablets, and __(Blank 2)__ records, but cannot be __(Blank 3)__ literature.
 

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Runics

Document

Labeled

Transcripts

Register

Termed

Writings

Classify

Deemed

 
8. The Phoenician alphabet, a __(Blank 1)__ of the Semitic alphabet of the Canaanite area  was __(Blank 2)__ throughout the Mediterranean world by the traders sailing along the __(Blank 3)__ trade routes.
 

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Genre

Exchanged

Naval

Category

Disseminated

Maritime

Variant

Disbursed

Aquatic

 
9. A method suggested to enhance __(Blank 1)__ productivity is to build one's __(Blank 2)__ by working to the body's natural bio-rhythm of the __(Blank 3)__ and renewing of energy throughout the day.
 

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Tangible

Power

Expending

Physical

Vigor

Using

Material

Energy

Conserving

10. Aristotle clearly __(Blank 1)__ that the __(Blank 2)__ plot is better than the simple one; in it there is the sudden reversal of situation and the __(Blank 3)__ of the truth.

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Blank 3

Indicates

Puzzling

Unveiling

Concedes

Complex

Discovery

Testifies

Difficult

Exposition

11. The __(Blank 1)__ of feminist scholarship and funds for __(Blank 2)__,  gave a new __(Blank 3)__ to the new ways of thinking about women.

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Blank 2

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Fostering

Development

Incentive

Advocacy

Advancement

Stimulant

Patronage

Education

Impetus

12. The __(Blank 1)__ Indian Scriptures __(Blank 2)__ the original dance forms  as the manifestation of the __(Blank 3)__ rhythmic energy.

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Blank 2

Blank 3

Ancient

Portray

Pristine

Archaic

Depict

Primal

Venerable

Limn

Paramount

13. Freud's work was __(Blank 1)__ by Rousseau's and the widely __(Blank 2)__ notion of hidden, __(Blank 3)__ forces at work in human nature.

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Vaunted

Asserted

Mysterious

Influenced

Ubiquitous

Occult

Stimulated

Prevalent

Recondite

14. The corporation's __(Blank 1)__ franchise partner has decided to exit the mass production business and __(Blank 2)__ only on the __(Blank 3)__ brands.

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Model

Concentrate

Premium

Prototype

Insist

Popular

Original

Rely

Profitable

 
15. One __(Blank 1)__  of  record breaking skyscrapers is that they can say as much about __(Blank 2)__ as they can about wealth,  __(Blank 3)__ and technology.
 

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Blank 2

Blank 3

Notion

Hubris

Ambition

Perception

Haughtiness

Intention

Impression

Arrogance

Purpose

 
* Only Three blank questions are given here. As per the changed pattern, the other two ways possible are two blank questions and passage type questions.
 
The writer is a senior Verbal reasoning expert with Top Careers & You. Top Careers & You® (TCY) is an organisation that trains national and international students for high-end examinations viz. GRE, GMAT, CAT, SAT, IELTS and TOEFL.
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