GMAT Sample Questions Set-6
Categories: GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test)
Question: In the figure above, what is the measure of 
ABC?
(1) BX bisects ABY and BY bisects XBC.
(2) The measure of ABX is 40°.
A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
D. Each statement ALONE is sufficient.
E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
Answer: (c)
Question: If y = 4+ (x-3)2, then y is least when x =
A. 14
B. 13
C. 0
D. 3
E. 4
Answer: (d)
Question: Will the first 10 volumes of a 20-volume encyclopedia fit upright in the book rack?
(1) x = 50 centimeters
(2) Twelve of the volumes have an average (arithmetic mean) thickness of 5 centimeters.
A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
D. Each statement ALONE is sufficient.
E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
Answer: (e)
Question: Manufacturers of mechanical pencils make most of their profit on pencil leads rather than on the pencils themselves. The Write Company, which cannot sell its leads as cheaply as other manufacturers can, plans to alter the design of its mechanical pencil so that it will accept only a newly designed Write Company lead, which will be sold at the same price as the Write Company's current lead.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the Write Company's projection that its plan will lead to an increase in its sales of pencil leads?
A. First-time buyers of mechanical pencils tend to buy the least expensive mechanical pencils available.
B. Annual sales of mechanical pencils are expected to triple over the next five years.
C. A Write Company executive is studying ways to reduce the cost of manufacturing pencil leads.
D. A rival manufacturer recently announced similar plans to introduce a mechanical pencil that would accept only the leads produced by that manufacturer.
E. In extensive test marketing, mechanical-pencil users found the new Write Company pencil markedly superior to other mechanical pencils they had used.
Answer: (e)
Question: Does the integer k have a factor p such that 1<p<k?
(1) k> 4!
(2) 13! + 2 ≤ k ≤ 13! + 13
A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
Answer: (b)