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GMAT GMAT SECTION 3: VERBAL ABILITY Exam
GMAT Section 3: Verbal Ability (Page 14 )

Updated On: 30-Jan-2026
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In Spartans territory, archaeologists discovered charred bone fragments dating back 1 million years. Analysis of the fragments, which came from a variety of animals, showed that they had been heated to temperatures no higher than those produced in experimental campfires made from branches of white stinkwood, the most common tree around Spartans.
Which of the following, if true, would, together with the information above, provide the best basis for the claim that the charred bone fragments are evidence of the use of fire by early hominids?

  1. The white stinkwood tree is used for building material by the present-day inhabitants of Swartkans.
  2. Forest fires can heat wood to a range of temperatures that occur in campfires.
  3. The bone fragments were fitted together by the archaeologists to form the complete skeletons of several animals.
  4. Apart from the Swartkans discovery, there is reliable evidence that early hominids used fire as many as 500 thousand years ago.
  5. The bone fragments were found in several distinct layers of limestone that contained primitive cutting tools known to have been used by early hominids.

Answer(s): D



The local board of education found that, because the current physics curriculum has little direct relevance to today’s world, physics classes attracted few high school students. So to attract students to physics classes, the board proposed a curriculum that emphasizes principles of physics involved in producing and analyzing visual images.
Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest reason to expect that the proposed curriculum will be successful in attracting students?

  1. Several of the fundamental principles of physics are involved in producing and analyzing visual images.
  2. Knowledge of physics is becoming increasingly important in understanding the technology used in today’s world.
  3. Equipment that a large producer of photographic equipment has donated to the high school could be used in the proposed curriculum.
  4. The number of students interested in physics today is much lower than the number of students interested in physics 50 years ago.
  5. In today’s world the production and analysis of visual images is of major importance in communications, business, and recreation.

Answer(s): E



Many companies now have employee assistance programs that enable employees, free of charge, to improve their physical fitness, reduce stress, and learn ways to stop smoking. These programs increase worker productivity, reduce absenteeism, and lessen insurance costs for employee health care. Therefore, these programs benefit the company as well as the employee.
Which of the following, if true, most significantly strengthens the conclusion above?

  1. Physical fitness programs are often the most popular services offered to employees.
  2. Studies have shown that training in stress management is not effective for many people.
  3. Regular exercise reduces people’s risk of heart disease and provides them with increased energy.
  4. Physical injuries sometimes result from entering a strenuous physical fitness program too quickly.
  5. Employee assistance programs require companies to hire people to supervise the various programs offered.

Answer(s): C



Unlike the wholesale price of raw wool, the wholesale price of raw cotton has fallen considerably in the last year. Thus, although the retail price of cotton clothing at retail clothing stores has not yet fallen, it will inevitably fall.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?

  1. The cost of processing raw cotton for cloth has increased during the last year.
  2. The wholesale price of raw wool is typically higher than that of the same volume of raw cotton.
  3. The operating costs of the average retail clothing store have remained constant during the last year.
  4. Changes in retail prices always lag behind changes in wholesale prices.
  5. The cost of harvesting raw cotton has increased in the last year.

Answer(s): A



Small-business groups are lobbying to defeat proposed federal legislation that would substantially raise the federal minimum wage. This opposition is surprising since the legislation they oppose would, for the first time, exempt all small businesses from paying any minimum wage.
Which of the following, if true, would best explain the opposition of small-business groups to the proposed legislation?

  1. Under the current federal minimum-wage law, most small businesses are required to pay no less than the minimum wage to their employees.
  2. In order to attract workers, small companies must match the wages offered by their larger competitors, and these competitors would not be exempt under the proposed laws.
  3. The exact number of companies that are currently required to pay no less than the minimum wage but that would be exempt under the proposed laws is unknown.
  4. Some states have set their own minimum wages — in some cases, quite a bit above the level of the minimum wage mandated by current federal law — for certain key industries.
  5. Service companies make up the majority of small businesses and they generally employ more employees per dollar of revenues than do retail or manufacturing businesses.

Answer(s): B



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