GRE Question Paper
Section 1-Verbal Ability
30 Questions-30 Minutes
Antonym Directions: In each of the following antonym questions, a work printed in capital letters precedes five lettered words or phrases. From these five lettered words or phrases, pick the one most nearly opposite in meaning to the capitalized word.
1. PRODIGAL:
(A) nomad
(B) sycophant
(C) gifted child
(D) economical person
(E) antagonist
2. ARTIFICE:
(A) edifice
(B) sincerity
(C) prejudice
(D) creativity
(E) affirmation
Sentence Completion Directions: Each of the following sentence completion questions contains one or two blanks. These blanks signify that word or set or works has been left out. Below each sentence are five words or sets of words. For each blank, pick the word or set of words that best reflects the sentence's overall meaning.
3. The earth is a planet bathed in light; it is therefore ----- that many of the living organisms that have evolved on the earth have ----- the biologically advantageous capacity to trap light energy.
(A) anomalous...engendered
(B) unsurprising...developed
(C) predictable...forfeited
(D) problematic...exhibited
(E) expectable...relinquished
4. Relatively few politicians willingly forsake center stage, although a touch of --- on their parts now and again might well increase their popularity with the voting public.
(A) garrulity
(B) misanthropy
(C) self-effacement
(D) self-dramatization
(E) self-doubt
Analogy Directions: Each of the following analogy questions presents a related pair of words linked by a colon. Five lettered pairs of words follow the linked pair. Choose the lettered pair of words whose relationship is most like the relationship expressed in the original linked pair.
5. CIRCUITOUS : ROUTE ::
(A) problematic : solution
(B) devious : argument?
(C) gullible : incredulous
(D) enigmatic : dumbfounded
(E) deferential : sycophantic
Reading Comprehension Directions: Each of the following reading comprehension questions is based on the
30 Questions-30 Minutes
Antonym Directions: In each of the following antonym questions, a work printed in capital letters precedes five lettered words or phrases. From these five lettered words or phrases, pick the one most nearly opposite in meaning to the capitalized word.
1. PRODIGAL:
(A) nomad
(B) sycophant
(C) gifted child
(D) economical person
(E) antagonist
2. ARTIFICE:
(A) edifice
(B) sincerity
(C) prejudice
(D) creativity
(E) affirmation
Sentence Completion Directions: Each of the following sentence completion questions contains one or two blanks. These blanks signify that word or set or works has been left out. Below each sentence are five words or sets of words. For each blank, pick the word or set of words that best reflects the sentence's overall meaning.
3. The earth is a planet bathed in light; it is therefore ----- that many of the living organisms that have evolved on the earth have ----- the biologically advantageous capacity to trap light energy.
(A) anomalous...engendered
(B) unsurprising...developed
(C) predictable...forfeited
(D) problematic...exhibited
(E) expectable...relinquished
4. Relatively few politicians willingly forsake center stage, although a touch of --- on their parts now and again might well increase their popularity with the voting public.
(A) garrulity
(B) misanthropy
(C) self-effacement
(D) self-dramatization
(E) self-doubt
Analogy Directions: Each of the following analogy questions presents a related pair of words linked by a colon. Five lettered pairs of words follow the linked pair. Choose the lettered pair of words whose relationship is most like the relationship expressed in the original linked pair.
5. CIRCUITOUS : ROUTE ::
(A) problematic : solution
(B) devious : argument?
(C) gullible : incredulous
(D) enigmatic : dumbfounded
(E) deferential : sycophantic
Reading Comprehension Directions: Each of the following reading comprehension questions is based on the