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GMAT GMAT SECTION 3: VERBAL ABILITY Exam
GMAT Section 3: Verbal Ability (Page 11 )

Updated On: 30-Jan-2026
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An annually conducted, nationwide survey shows a continuing marked decline in the use of illegal drugs by high school seniors over the last three years.
Which of the following, if true, would provide most support for concluding from the survey results described above that the use of illegal drugs by people below the age of 20 is declining?

  1. Changes in the level of drug use by high school seniors are seldom matched by changes in the level of drug use by other people below the age of 20.
  2. In the past, high school seniors were consistently the population group most likely to use illegal drugs and most likely to use them heavily.
  3. The percentage of high school seniors who use illegal drugs is consistently very similar to the percentage of all people below the age of 20 who use illegal drugs.
  4. The decline revealed by the surveys is the result of drug education programs specifically targeted at those below the age of 20.
  5. The number of those surveyed who admit to having sold illegal drugs has declined even faster than has the number who have used drugs.

Answer(s): C



President of the United States: I have received over 2,000 letters on this issue, and the vast majority of them support my current position. These letters prove that most of the people in the country agree with me.
Which of the following, if true, most weakens the President’s conclusion?

  1. The issue is a very divisive one on which many people have strong opinions.
  2. Some members of Congress disagree with the President’s position.
  3. People who disagree with the President feel more strongly about the issue than do people who agree with him.
  4. People who agree with the President are more likely to write to him than are people who disagree with him.
  5. During the presidential campaign, the President stated a position on this issue that was somewhat different from his current position.

Answer(s): D



Some governments have tried to make alcohol and tobacco less attractive to consumers by regulating what can be shown in advertisements for these products, rather than by banning advertising of them altogether.
However, the need to obey the letter of these restrictions has actually stimulated advertisers to create advertisements that are more inventive and humorous than they were prior to the restrictions’ introduction. which of the following, if true, would, in conjunction with the statements above, best support the conclusion that the government policy described above fails to achieve its objective?

  1. Because of the revenues gained from the sale of alcohol and tobacco, governments have no real interest in making these products less attractive to consumers.
  2. Advertisers tend to create inventive and humorous advertisements only if they have some particular reason to do so.
  3. Banning advertising of alcohol and tobacco is a particularly effective way of making these products less attractive to consumers.
  4. With the policy in place, advertisements for alcohol and tobacco have become far more inventive and humorous than advertisements for other kinds of products.
  5. The more inventive an advertisement is, the more attractive it makes the advertised product appear.

Answer(s): E



Wood smoke contains dangerous toxins that cause changes in human cells. Because wood smoke presents such a high health risk, legislation is needed to regulate the use of open-air fires and wood-burning stoves. Which of the following, if true, provides the most support for the argument above?

  1. The amount of dangerous toxins contained in wood smoke is much less than the amount contained in an equal volume of automobile exhaust.
  2. Within the jurisdiction covered by the proposed legislation, most heating and cooking is done with oil or natural gas.
  3. Smoke produced by coal-burning stoves is significantly more toxic than smoke from wood-burning stoves.
  4. No significant beneficial effect on air quality would result if open-air fires were banned within the jurisdiction covered by the proposed legislation.
  5. In valleys where wood is used as the primary heating fuel, the concentration of smoke results in poor air quality.

Answer(s): E



Within 20 years it will probably be possible to identify the genetic susceptibility an individual may have toward any particular disease. Eventually, effective strategies will be discovered to counteract each such susceptibility. Once these effective strategies are found, therefore, the people who follow them will never get sick.
The argument above is based on which of the following assumptions?

  1. For every disease there is only one strategy that can prevent its occurrence.
  2. In the future, genetics will be the only medical specialty of any importance.
  3. All human sicknesses are in part the result of individuals’ genetic susceptibilities.
  4. All humans are genetically susceptible to some diseases.
  5. People will follow medical advice when they are convinced that it is effective.

Answer(s): C



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