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GRE Previous year question paper

I need the GRE Previous year question paper, will you please provide me the same??

As per your request here I am sharing the GRE Previous year question paper:

Question 1
When m is divided by 5 the remainder is 2.
When n is divided by 5 the remainder is 1.
Column A Column B
The remainder when m + n The remainder when mn
is divided by 5. is divided by 5.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

Question 2
2a + b = 17
b - 3 = 2
Column A Column B
a b
(A) (B) (C) (D)

Question 3
x > 1
Column A Column B
x5 (x³)²
(A) (B) (C) (D)

Question 4
1, 2, -3, -4, 1, 2, -3, -4...
The sequence above begins with 1 and repeats in the pattern 1, 2, -3, -4 indefinitely.
Column A Column B
The sum of the 49th and 51st terms. The sum of the 50th and 52nd terms.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

Question 1
If the integer a is a multiple of 6, the integer b is a multiple of 3, and a>b>0, then
which of the following integers must be a2 – b2 multiple of?
A. 6
B. 8
C. 9
D. 10

Question 2
If a sweater sells for $48 after a 25 percent markdown, what was its original price?
A. $56
B. $60
C. $64
D. $68
E. $72

Question 3
If x + y =8 and y- x = -2, then y=
A. -2
B. 3
C. 5
D. 8
E. 10

Question 4
If r ♥ s= r(r-s) for all integers r and s, then 4♥(3♥5) equals
A. -8
B. -2
C. 2
D. 20
E. 40

Question 5
If there are 14 women and 10 men employed in a certain office, what is the
probability that one employee picked at random will be a woman?
F. 1/6
G. 1/14
H. 7/12
I. 1
J. 7/5

Question 1
According to the passage, the structure of a fish school is dependant upon which of
the following.
I. Rigidly formed random aggregations
II. The tendency of each fish to remain at a preferred distance from neighboring
fish
III. Measurement of a weighed average by individual fish
A. II only
B. III only
C. I and II only
D. I and III only
E. II and III only

Question 2
Which of the following best describes the author’s attitude toward the theory that the
structure of fish schools is maintained primarily through vision?
A. Heated opposition
B. Careful neutrality
C. Considered dissatisfaction
D. Cautious approval
E. Unqualified enthusiasm

Question 3
The passage suggests that, after establishing its position in the school formation, an
individual fish will subsequently
A. Maintain its preferred position primarily by visual and auditory means
B. Rigorously avoid changes that would interfere with the overall structure of the
school
C. Make conscious sensory readjustments to its position within the school
D. Make unexpected shifts in position only if threatened by external danger
E. Surrender its ability to make quick, instinctive judgements

Schools of Fish Passage
The style of this natural science passage is factual, descriptive, and straightforward,
although the discussion does get fairly detailed. The topic is clear from the first
sentence: our knowledge of how fish schools are formed and how their structure is
maintained. The next two sentences get more specific and express the author’s main
point, which is that, contrary to the previous theory, the structure of fish schools is
not merely dependant on vision but also involves “the lateral line, an organ sensitive
to transitory changes in water displacement.” The tone is objective and positive, but
it’s worth noting that since the author is contrasting the new knowledge about lateral
lines with older, outdated knowledge, he must be sceptical of the notion that the
vision is the only means of forming and maintaining fish schools. The rest of the
passage is a more technical report of how the schools are structured, how individual
fish actually behave in forming schools-this is all merely detail and the best way to
deal with it is to read attentively, but more quickly than earlier lines.
The Questions

Question 1
E
This Roman numeral-format question focuses on detail. The stem is asking what the
structure of fish schools depends on, and the focus is on the more technical elements
in the last half of the passage.
The author states the ideal positions of individual fish aren’t maintained rigidly, and
this contradicts statement I right away. The idea of random aggregation appears:
the school formation results from a probabilistic arrangement that appears like a
random aggregation, so the idea is that fish are positioned probabilistically, but not
rigidly so.

Statement II is true, repeating the idea in the next sentence that fish school
structure is maintained by the preference of fish to have a certain distance from their
neighbors.
Statement III is true too. It’s a paraphrase of the last two sentences that each fish
uses its vision and lateral line first to measure the speed of the other fish, then to
adjust its own speed to conform, based primarily on the position and movements of
other fish. So statements I and II are true and (E) is the right choice.

Question 2
C
You know the primary purpose here is to present new ideas that challenge the
emphasis of the old theory. So you’re probably safe in assuming that the author’s
attitude toward the old idea will be at least somewhat negative. You can therefore
cross off choices that sound neutral or positive: (B), (D) and (E).
The negative choices are (A) and (C).(A) is out because it’s much too extreme – the
author is not offended or indignant, nor does he argue that vision is insignificant –
quite the contrary. This leaves (C) as the best choice. The author disagrees with the
old theory since it overlooks the role of the lateral line, but the disagreement is
tempered by an acknowledgement that the old theory did recognize the role of
vision. So it’s a qualified or measured disagreement – the adjective “considered”
works well here.

Question 3
Question 3 involves inference, as the word “suggests” in the stem indicates. It refers
to the latter, more detailed half of the passage, and that’s where correct answer C is.
It’s logically suggested by the last couple of sentences in which you are told that,
once it establishes its position, each fish uses its eyes and lateral line to measure the
movements of nearby fish in order to maintain appropriate speed and position.
Since the school is moving each fish’s adjustments must be ongoing and continuous,
as C states. (A) is wrong because auditory organs aren’t mentioned. Lateral lines
correspond to a sense of touch, not hearing. (B) and (D) both have words that
should strike you as improbably. Nothing suggests that each fish rigorously avoids
any disruptive movements, (B), or that the fish would make sudden, unexpected
movements only in presence of danger, (D). The idea in (E) also isn’t mentioned. It’s
never suggested that a fish, once part of a school, completely loses its ability to act
on its own.

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Last edited by Neelurk; March 31st, 2020 at 04:49 PM.
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