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GMAT GMAT SECTION 3: VERBAL ABILITY Exam
GMAT Section 3: Verbal Ability (Page 20 )

Updated On: 30-Jan-2026
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Houses built during the last ten years have been found to contain indoor air pollution at levels that are, on average, much higher than the levels found in older houses. The reason air-pollution levels are higher in the newer houses is that many such houses are built near the sites of old waste dumps or where automobile emissions are heavy.
Which of the following, if true, calls into question the explanation above?

  1. Many new houses are built with air-filtration systems that remove from the house pollutants that are generated indoors.
  2. The easing of standards for smokestack emissions has led to an increase in air-pollution levels in homes.
  3. New houses built in secluded rural areas are relatively free of air pollutants.
  4. Warm-weather conditions tend to slow down the movement of air, thus keeping pollution trapped near its source.
  5. Pressboard, an inexpensive new plywood substitute now often used in the construction of houses, emits the pollutant formaldehyde into the house.

Answer(s): C



The most important aspect of moviemaking is conveying a scene’s rhythm. Conveying rhythm depends less on the artistic quality of the individual photographic images than on how the shots go together and the order in which they highlight different aspects of the action taking place in front of the camera.

If the statements above are true, which of the following must be true on the basis of them?

  1. The artistic quality of the individual photographic image is unimportant in movie photography.
  2. Photographers known for the superb artistic quality of their photographs are seldom effective as moviemakers.
  3. Having the ability to produce photographs of superb artistic quality does not in itself guarantee having the ability to be a good moviemaker.
  4. Movie photographers who are good at their jobs rarely give serious thought to the artistic quality of the photographs they take.
  5. To convey a scene’s rhythm effectively, a moviemaker must highlight many different aspects of the action taking place.

Answer(s): A



The proportion of manufacturing companies in Alameda that use microelectronics in their manufacturing processes increased from 6 percent in 1979 to 66 percent in 1990. Many labor leaders say that the introduction of microelectronics is the principal cause of the great increase in unemployment during that period in Alameda. In actual fact, however, most of the job losses were due to organizational changes. Moreover, according to new figures released by the labor department, there were many more people employed in Alameda in the manufacturing industry in 1990 than in 1979.
Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the labor leaders’ claim concerning the manufacturing industry in Alameda?

  1. From 1979 to 1990, fewer employees of manufacturing companies in Alameda lost their jobs because of the introduction of microelectronics than did employees of manufacturing companies in the nearby community of Rockside.
  2. The figures on the use of microelectronics that were made public are the result of inquiries made of managers in the manufacturing industry in Alameda.
  3. The organizational changes that led to job losses in all sectors of the manufacturing industry in Alameda were primarily the result of the introduction of microelectronics.
  4. Figures on job losses in the manufacturing industry in Alameda for the late sixties and early seventies have not been made available.
  5. A few jobs in the manufacturing industry in Alameda could have been saved if workers had been willing to become knowledgeable in microelectronics.

Answer(s): C



Bank depositors in the United States are all financially protected against bank failure because the government insures all individuals’ bank deposits. An economist argues that this insurance is partly responsible for the high rate of bank failures, since it removes from depositors any financial incentive to find out whether the bank that holds their money is secure against failure. If depositors were more selective, then banks would need to be secure in order to compete for depositors’ money.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the economist’s argument?

  1. Before the government started to insure depositors against bank failure, there was a lower rate of bank failure than there is now.
  2. When the government did not insure deposits, frequent bank failures occurred as a result of depositors’ fears of losing money in bank failures.
  3. Surveys show that a significant proportion of depositors are aware that their deposits are insured by the government.
  4. There is an upper limit on the amount of an individual’s deposit that the government will insure, but very few individuals’ deposits exceed this limit.
  5. The security of a bank against failure depends on the percentage of its assets that are loaned out and also on how much risk its loans involve.

Answer(s): B



Adult female rats who have never before encountered rat pups will start to show maternal behaviors after being confined with a pup for about seven days. This period can be considerably shortened by disabling the female’s sense of smell or by removing the scent-producing glands of the pup.
Which of the following hypotheses best explains the contrast described above?

  1. The sense of smell in adult female rats is more acute than that in rat pups.
  2. The amount of scent produced by rat pups increases when they are in the presence of a female rat that did not bear them.
  3. Female rats that have given birth are more affected by olfactory cues than are female rats that have never given birth.
  4. A female rat that has given birth shows maternal behavior toward rat pups that she did not bear more quickly than does a female rat that has never given birth.
  5. The development of a female rat’s maternal interest in a rat pup that she did not bear is inhibited by the odor of the pup.

Answer(s): E



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