GRE Seminar II

Quantitative Aptitude
Q1. X<Y<Z<1, X0, Y0
Quantity A: Z/Y
Quantity B: Z/X
A.
B.
C.
D.

Quantity A is greater
Quantity B is greater
Quantity A is equal to Quantity B
The value cannot be determined

Q2. How many integers from 498 through 998, inclusive, are multiples of six?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

82
83
84
166
167

Q3. If a and b are positive integers, and a/7b is a prime number greater than 2,
which of the following statements must be true? Indicate all such statements.
A. a is a multiple of 7
B. b is a prime number
C. a is odd
Q4. In a right angled triangle, the hypotenuse measures 50, and one angle
measures 60. What is the value of the smallest side of the right angled triangle?
Ans:..
Q5. How many 3 digit positive odd numbers can you make with the numbers 3,
5, 7, and 8 if each digit in the positive odd number must be unique?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

16
18
20
22
None of these

Verbal Reasoning

Please refer to the following passage for Questions 1 to 3.

Q1. According to the passage, most turn-of-the century Black poets generally did
which of the following?
A. Wrote in ways that did not challenge accepted literary practice.
B. Described scenes from their own lives.
C. Aroused patriotic feelings by expressing devotion to the land.
D. Expressed complex feelings in the words of ordinary people.
E. Interpreted the frustrations of Blacks to an audience of Whites.
Q2. According to the passage, an issue facing Black poets in the 1920s was
whether they should
A. seek a consensus on new techniques of poetry
B. write exclusively about and for Blacks

C. withdraw their support from a repressive society

D. turn away from social questions to recollect the tranquillity of nature
E. identify themselves with an international movement of Black writers.
Q3. It can be inferred from the passage that classifying a poet as either
conservative or experimental would be of little significance (line 13) when
discussing Black poets of the 1910s and the 1920s because
A. these poets wrote in very similar styles
B. these poets all wrote about nature in the same way
C. these poets were fundamentally united by a sense of racial achievement
despite differences in poetic style
D. such a method of classification would fail to take account of the influence
of general poetic practice
E. such a method of classification would be relevant only in a discussion of
poets separated in time by more than three decades
Q4. Please select the two most appropriate options that has an equivalent effect
on the meaning of the following sentence:
The new institute provides intensive postgraduate teaching to a wide range of
students, in the hope that these students will use their knowledge to boost the
country's ____ economy.
A. languishing
B. emerging
C. booming
D. domestic
E. bankrupt
F. flagging
Q5. Rock music has often been credited with (or decried for) containing (i)____
messages, purportedly to influence the minds of (ii)____ listeners. [Please select
the most appropriate option for each of the blanks]
Blank (i)

Blank (ii)

A. criminal

D. preordained

B. overt

E. unsuspecting

C. subliminal

F. covert

IELTS Distance Learning

Pre Requisites:
1. Skype ID

2. Webcam
3. Internet Connectivity
4. Latest Cambridge IELTS Book
Time: Total 22 hours (Maximum hours)
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hours:
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Reading
Listening
Speaking
Writing
Practice
Queries

Points to be noted:
A. 2 hours per day preparation over skype
B. 2 full length mock tests to be provided
C. The student should get his/her own Cambridge IELTS book, as providing
photocopy might have some copyright issues.
D. We have to come to a consensus on how to provide the mock tests to the
student.
E. What I feel, the student should visit the institute one time, where we can
assess his/her skills and make a decision on how many hours he/she
should take to prepare for IELTS.