Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Text Completion Problems SET 1 - Answers added

TEXT COMPLETION QUESTIONS SET 1
Hi Friends, I have posted information about the revised GRE Verbal section in my previous post, so in this post, i have posted some text completion questions, try to give answer to these Set 1 questions in the comment section and the answer for this Text completion questions will be released in the next week, so stay tuned to check your answer
 
TEXT COMPLETION SET 1

1.)    Although it appeared to be __________ after its stagnation and eventual cancellation in 1989, Doctor Who Returned to BBC in 2005 to become the longest –running science-fiction show in history.
a.)    Moribund
b.)    Ascendant
c.)    Unflagging
d.)    Defunct
e.)    Sated
2.)    The capacity of embryonic stem cells to develop into most types of human tissue makes them of ____________ value for a myriad of medical applications, but the genetic program that underlies this quality is not yet known.
a.)    Immediate
b.)    Negligible
c.)    Monetary
d.)   Intrinsic
e.)    Potential
3.)    Social Critic Neil Postman identified what he saw as a sort of intellectual __________ when he wrote, “What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.”
a.)    Pondering
b.)    Malingering
c.)    Entropy
d.)    Cerebration
e.)    Banishment
4.)    As the effect of foreign competition and a sense of threatened _________ reached each canton, talk of independence grew more common.
a.)    Immunity
b.)    Apotheosis
c.)    Belligerence
d.)    Recidivism
e.)    Autonomy
5.)    By the mid-1700s, when it began a concerted effort to prevent famine and plague, the French government had fully realized that the success of its state building projects ____________ the welfare of its people, particularly the labor-providing lower class.
a.)    Threatened
b.)    Depended on
c.)    Promoted
d.)   Should supercede
e.)    Prevented
6.)    Traditional upper class _________ such as fox hunting and cricket have largely given way to more egalitarian amusements over the course of the last century.
a.)    Stereotypes
b.)    Disportments
c.)    Vocations
d.)    Canards
e.)    Professions
7.)    One particular __________ of many grammarians is the serial comma: whether to use one or not is an issue about which they will quibble at great length and not without some pedantic pleasure.
a.)    Crotchet
b.)    Awl
c.)    Apogee
d.)    Nadir
e.)    Opus

The Answers to the above questions are:

1.)    D.) Defunct
2.)    E.) Potential
3.)    C.) Entropy
4.)    E.) Autonomy
5.)    B.) Depended on
6.)    B.) Disportments
7.)    A.) Crotchet
 

Press Ctrl+D to bookmark this blog, Subscribe to my posts. 


GRE VERBAL INTRODUCTION

GRE VERBAL INTRODUCTION

Hi Friends, Its been a long time since I've posted some tips and information here, My hard-disk caused me a lot of trouble by causing mechanical failure, resulting in the loss of all my valuable data collected over the years. So i had no material to post in this blog, so it took me a week to bring back to my normal condition, i have collected some information about the GRE verbal and ready to share it with you, so here we go:

GRE VERBAL INTRODUCTION

In revised GRE examination, we have 3 types of verbal reasoning questions, they are:
a.) Reading Comprehension
b.) Text Completion
c.) Sentence Equivalence

Reading Comprehension: 
In Short, Reading Comprehension questions will be your hardest questions because:
a.) It will test the various skills of the student, so it consumes all your valuable time.
b.) The passages are lengthy, some said they got passages of about 60-100 lines and only 4 multiple choice questions will be asked from that.
c.) The passages will not be easy to understand, It makes the students to spend a lot of time in understanding the author's main theme.
d.) The questions are tougher than the passages, almost all the questions will be in-direct questions
e.) So you have to spend most of your time preparing for your reading comprehension, as there will be about 50% of the questions from Reading Comprehension in GRE verbal section (so you can't omit this out!!!!).

In my following posts, i will discuss in-detail about the Reading Comprehension, stay tuned...

Text Completion and Sentence Completion:
In Text Completion, a Paragraph will be given with some blanks (one or more), the answer choices will be given below the paragraph, you have to choose the best answer choice that fits into the paragraph. Initially, You have to read the paragraph and understand the main theme of it, then try to fill out the blank with your own answer and look for the similar word in the answer choice. You could find one answer which suits it best. At times, you may have to do the Process of Elimination(POE) to remove the undesired answers. Anyway you need to be strong with the vocabulary, so practice as many vocabulary as possible.

In sentence completion, You may have to choose 2 answers for the blank, You cannot get the credit until you choose the 2 right answers (If anyone of your answer choice is wrong, you won't get any credit for it)

In my following posts, i will discuss in-detail about the Text completion and sentence equivalence, stay tuned...



Monday, August 1, 2011

GRE time table for 2 and 4 months preparation

GRE Time Table for 2 and 4 Months preparation

So I feel you are at the final stage of GRE exam preparation, its just 2 months to go for the exam, some could have started their preparation 6 months back, so they are well settled to face the Exam. There are also several test takers(like me) prepare in the last 2 or 4 months before the exam. So this post is about the Last minute preparations in GRE.

How could I prepare a proper scheduled time-table for GRE preparation?? This would be a question on the minds of several GRE Test takers like me. So how could tackle this New Revised GRE? What are the things you should keep in mind during your preparation?

The GRE Materials play the key role in your preparation. A good GRE material and right preparation strategy could land you in the safe zone. So what are the materials that are essential in GRE Preparation? So from the reviews of several old GRE aspirants, we found the must-have material for all the GRE test takers, they are:
  1. Barron’s New GRE Book and CD
  2. Kaplan's New GRE Book and CD
  3. Power-Prep II Software (official GRE test software, supplied by ETS)
So now you got the required material, so now we can see about the time-table for the GRE preparation.

a.) 4 month Time table:

So if you have 4 months to go for your GRE Exam, Hers is the Time-table which you could follow to succeed in your GRE exam.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday ------> 1+ 2 hours = 3 Hours

Morning:
      • GRE Verbal (Vocabulary, Strategies) = 1 Hour:
Evening:
      • GRE Verbal ( Review your work )      = 30 Minutes
      • GRE Math                                                     = 30 minutes
      • GRE Practice test                                      = 30 minutes
      • Test Review                                                 = 30 Minutes
Saturday, Sunday                                                       ------> 5 to 6 hours

b.) 2 month Time table:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday ------> 2+ 3 hours = 5 Hours

Morning:
      • GRE Verbal section                                            = 1 Hour
      • GRE Quantitative section                                = 1 Hour
Evening:
      • GRE Verbal (review work)                             = 1  Hour
      • GRE Quantitative section                               = 30 minutes
      • GRE Practice test                                               = 1 Hour
      • Test Review                                                          = 30 Minutes
Saturday, Sunday                                                       ------> 10 to 12 hours
    • 1 full test + Review of test           
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                   
So try to follow the above time table with sincerity and dedication to succeed in your GRE Test. All The Best. 

Its just an example, so each and every one have a different way to prepare for the GRE, they have their own methodology and schedule, so share your time table here in the comment section. So that it may help others to have the idea of GRE preparation.