GMAT 2025 Practice Exam Questions
and Answers
In many nations, criminal law does not apply to corporations, but in the United States
today, **a corporation commits a crime whenever one of its employees commits a
crime, if the employee acted** within the scope of his or her authority and if the
corporation benefited as a result. - correct answer-a corporation commits a crime
whenever one of its employees commits a crime, if the employee acted
In laboratory rats, a low dose of aspirin usually suffices to block production of
thromboxane, **which is a substance that promotes blood clotting, but not seriously
interfering** with the production of prostacyclin, which prevents clotting. - correct
answer-a substance that promotes blood clotting, but does not seriously interfere
Minivans carry as many as seven passengers, and compared with sport utility vehicles,
most cost less, get better gas mileage, **and make it easy for passengers to get in and
out,** and have a smoother, more car-like ride. - correct answer-allow passengers to get
in and out more easily,
Early in the twentieth century, Lake Konfa became very polluted. Recently fish
populations have recovered as release of industrial pollutants has declined and the
lake's waters have become cleaner. Fears are now being voiced that the planned
construction of an oil pipeline across the lake's bottom might revive pollution and cause
the fish population to decline again. However, a technology for preventing leaks is being
installed. Therefore, provided this technology is effective, the fears are groundless.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument? - correct answer-
The pipeline's construction will disturb sediments at the bottom of the lake, dispersing
into the water toxic pollutants that have settled there.
Which of the following, if true, most logically completes the reasoning in the passage?
Kernland's government restricts the export of unprocessed cashew nuts in order to
ensure a low-cost supply for domestic processing plants. Though the policy constrains
farm income and limits the number of farmers who can profitably grow cashews, the
government defends it on the grounds that, since the processing plants are in urban
areas, removing the restrictions would hurt efforts to reduce urban unemployment.
However, the policy may actually have contributed to urban unemployment, since
__________. - correct answer-a lack of profitable crops is driving many small cashew
farmers in Kernland off their land and into the cities
A mixture of poems and short fiction, Jean Toomer's Cane has been called one of the
three best novels ever written by **Black Americans—the others being Richard Wright,
, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man.** - correct answer-a
Black American—the others being Richard Wright's Native Son and Ralph Ellison's
Invisible Man
The United States government has a long-standing policy of using federal funds to keep
small business viable. The Small Business Act of 1953 authorized the Small Business
Administration (SBA) to enter into contracts with government agencies having
procurement powers and to arrange for fulfillment of these contracts by awarding
subcontracts to small businesses. In the mid-1960's, during the war on poverty years,
Congress hoped to encourage minority entrepreneurs by directing such funding to
minority businesses. At first this funding was directed toward minority entrepreneurs
with very low incomes. A 1967 amendment to the Economic Opportunity Act directed
the SBA to pay special attention to minority-owned businesses located in urban or rural
areas characterized by high proportions of unemployed or low-income individuals. Since
then, the answer given to the fundamental question of who the recipients should be—
the most - correct answer-Determining who should be the recipients of the funding
Previous Passage:
It can be inferred that the "ownership gap" (see highlighted text) would be narrowed if
which of the following were to occur? - correct answer-The percentage of self-employed
minority persons rose to more than ten percent of all self-employed persons.
Previous Passage:
According to the passage, in 1970 funding to minority entrepreneurs focused primarily
on which of the following? - correct answer-Narrowing the ownership gap
Previous Passage (2nd paragragh):
Which of the following best describes the function of the second paragraph in the
passage as a whole? - correct answer-It presents an example of the type of change
discussed in the first paragraph.
Which of the following most logically completes the passage?
Using new detection techniques, researchers have found trace amounts of various
medicinal substances in lakes and rivers. Taken in large quantities, these substances
could have serious health effects, but they are present in quantities far too low to cause
any physiological response in people who drink the water or bathe in it. Nevertheless,
medical experts contend that eliminating these trace amounts from the water will have
public health benefits, since __________. - correct answer-disease-causing bacteria
exposed to low concentrations of certain medicinal substances can become resistant to
them
and Answers
In many nations, criminal law does not apply to corporations, but in the United States
today, **a corporation commits a crime whenever one of its employees commits a
crime, if the employee acted** within the scope of his or her authority and if the
corporation benefited as a result. - correct answer-a corporation commits a crime
whenever one of its employees commits a crime, if the employee acted
In laboratory rats, a low dose of aspirin usually suffices to block production of
thromboxane, **which is a substance that promotes blood clotting, but not seriously
interfering** with the production of prostacyclin, which prevents clotting. - correct
answer-a substance that promotes blood clotting, but does not seriously interfere
Minivans carry as many as seven passengers, and compared with sport utility vehicles,
most cost less, get better gas mileage, **and make it easy for passengers to get in and
out,** and have a smoother, more car-like ride. - correct answer-allow passengers to get
in and out more easily,
Early in the twentieth century, Lake Konfa became very polluted. Recently fish
populations have recovered as release of industrial pollutants has declined and the
lake's waters have become cleaner. Fears are now being voiced that the planned
construction of an oil pipeline across the lake's bottom might revive pollution and cause
the fish population to decline again. However, a technology for preventing leaks is being
installed. Therefore, provided this technology is effective, the fears are groundless.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument? - correct answer-
The pipeline's construction will disturb sediments at the bottom of the lake, dispersing
into the water toxic pollutants that have settled there.
Which of the following, if true, most logically completes the reasoning in the passage?
Kernland's government restricts the export of unprocessed cashew nuts in order to
ensure a low-cost supply for domestic processing plants. Though the policy constrains
farm income and limits the number of farmers who can profitably grow cashews, the
government defends it on the grounds that, since the processing plants are in urban
areas, removing the restrictions would hurt efforts to reduce urban unemployment.
However, the policy may actually have contributed to urban unemployment, since
__________. - correct answer-a lack of profitable crops is driving many small cashew
farmers in Kernland off their land and into the cities
A mixture of poems and short fiction, Jean Toomer's Cane has been called one of the
three best novels ever written by **Black Americans—the others being Richard Wright,
, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man.** - correct answer-a
Black American—the others being Richard Wright's Native Son and Ralph Ellison's
Invisible Man
The United States government has a long-standing policy of using federal funds to keep
small business viable. The Small Business Act of 1953 authorized the Small Business
Administration (SBA) to enter into contracts with government agencies having
procurement powers and to arrange for fulfillment of these contracts by awarding
subcontracts to small businesses. In the mid-1960's, during the war on poverty years,
Congress hoped to encourage minority entrepreneurs by directing such funding to
minority businesses. At first this funding was directed toward minority entrepreneurs
with very low incomes. A 1967 amendment to the Economic Opportunity Act directed
the SBA to pay special attention to minority-owned businesses located in urban or rural
areas characterized by high proportions of unemployed or low-income individuals. Since
then, the answer given to the fundamental question of who the recipients should be—
the most - correct answer-Determining who should be the recipients of the funding
Previous Passage:
It can be inferred that the "ownership gap" (see highlighted text) would be narrowed if
which of the following were to occur? - correct answer-The percentage of self-employed
minority persons rose to more than ten percent of all self-employed persons.
Previous Passage:
According to the passage, in 1970 funding to minority entrepreneurs focused primarily
on which of the following? - correct answer-Narrowing the ownership gap
Previous Passage (2nd paragragh):
Which of the following best describes the function of the second paragraph in the
passage as a whole? - correct answer-It presents an example of the type of change
discussed in the first paragraph.
Which of the following most logically completes the passage?
Using new detection techniques, researchers have found trace amounts of various
medicinal substances in lakes and rivers. Taken in large quantities, these substances
could have serious health effects, but they are present in quantities far too low to cause
any physiological response in people who drink the water or bathe in it. Nevertheless,
medical experts contend that eliminating these trace amounts from the water will have
public health benefits, since __________. - correct answer-disease-causing bacteria
exposed to low concentrations of certain medicinal substances can become resistant to
them
