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As you want to get the previous year question papers of Graduate Record Examinations so here is the information of the same for you: Some content of the file has been given here: SECTION 1 Time –30 minutes 38 Questions 1.A computer program can provide information in ways that force students to --- learning instead of being merely ---- of knowledge. (A) shore up .. reservoirs (B) accede to .. consumers (C) participate in .. recipients (D) compensate for.. custodians (E) profit from .. beneficiaries 2. The form and physiology of leaves vary according to the ---- in which they develop: for example, leaves display a wide range of adaptations to different degrees of light and moisture. (A) relationship (B) species (C) sequence (D) patterns (E) environment 3. One theory about intelligence sees ---- as the logical structure underlying thinking and insists that since animals are mute, they must be ---- as well. (A) behavior.. inactive (B) instinct.. cooperative (C) heredity.. thoughtful (D) adaptation.. brutal (E) language.. mindless 4. Though ---- in her personal life, Edna St. Vincent Millay was nonetheless ---- about her work, usually producing several pages of complicated rhyme in a day. (A) jaded.. feckless (B) verbose.. ascetic (C) vain.. humble (D) impulsive.. disciplined (E) self-assured.. sanguine 5. The children's ---- natures were in sharp contrast to the even-tempered dispositions of their parents. (A) mercurial (B) blithe (C) phlegmatic (D) introverted (E) artless 6. By ---- scientific rigor with a quantitative approach, researchers in the social sciences may often have --- their scope to those narrowly circumscribed topics that are well suited to quantitative methods. (A) undermining.. diminished (B) equating.. enlarged (C) vitiating.. expanded (D) identifying.. limited (E) imbuing.. broadened 7. As early as the seventeenth century, philosophers called attention to the ---- character of the issue, and their twentieth-century counterparts still approach it with ----. (A) absorbing.. indifference (B) unusual.. composure (C) complex.. antipathy (D) auspicious.. caution (E) problematic.. uneasiness 8. TRIPOD: CAMERA:: (A) scaffolding: ceiling (B) prop: set (C) easel: canvas (D) projector: film (E) frame: photograph 9. AQUATIC: WATER:: (A) cumulus: clouds (B) inorganic: elements (C) variegated: leaves (D) rural: soil (E) arboreal: trees 10. EMOLLIENT: SUPPLENESS:: (A) unguent: elasticity (B) precipitant: absorption (C) additive: fusion (D) desiccant: dryness (E) retardant: permeability 11. DRAW: DOODLE:: (A) talk: whisper (B) travel: ramble (C) run: walk (D) calculate: add (E) eat: gobble 12. CONSPICUOUS: SEE: (A) repulsive: forget (B) prohibited: discount (C) deceptive: delude (D) impetuous: disregard (E) transparent: understand 13. IMMATURE: DEVELOPED:: (A) accessible: exposed (B) theoretical: conceived (C) tangible: identified (D) irregular: classified (E) incipient: realized 14. PERSPICACITY: ACUTE:: (A) adaptability: prescient (B) decorum: complacent (C) caprice: whimsical (D) discretion: literal (E) ignorance: pedantic 15. PLAYFUL: BANTER:: (A) animated: originality (B) exaggerated: hyperbole (C) insidious: effrontery (D) pompous: irrationality (E) taciturn: solemnity 16. QUARANTINE: CONTAGION:: (A) blockage: obstacle (B) strike: concession (C) embargo: commerce (D) vaccination: inoculation (E) prison: reform Influenced by the view of some twentieth-century feminists that women's position within the family is one of the central factors determining women's social position, some historians have underestimated the signi- (5) ficance of the woman suffrage movement. These histor- ians contend that nineteenth-century suffragism was less radical and, hence, less important than, for example, the moral reform movement or domestic feminism— two nineteenth-century movements in which women strug- (10)gled for more power and autonomy within the family. True, by emphasizing these struggles, such historians have broadened the conventional view of nineteenth- century feminism, but they do a historical disservice to suffragism. Nineteenth-century feminists and anti- (15)feminist alike perceived the suffragists' demand for enfranchisement as the most radical element in women's protest, in part because suffragists were demanding power that was not based on the institution of the family, women's traditional sphere. When evaluating (20)nineteenth-century feminism as a social force, contem- porary historians should consider the perceptions of actual participants in the historical events. 17.The author asserts that the historians discussed in the passage have (A) influenced feminist theorists who concentrate on the family (B) honored the perceptions of the women who participated in the women suffrage movement (C) treated feminism as a social force rather than as an intellectual tradition (D) paid little attention to feminist movements (E) expanded the conventional view of nineteenth- century feminism 18.The author of the passage asserts that some twentieth-century feminists have influenced some historians view of the (A) significance of the woman suffrage movement (B) importance to society of the family as an institution (C) degree to which feminism changed nineteenth- century society (D) philosophical traditions on which contemporary feminism is based (E) public response to domestic feminism in the nineteenth century 19.The author of the passage suggests that which of the following was true of nineteenth-century feminists? (A) Those who participated in the moral reform movement were motivated primarily by a desire to reconcile their private lives with their public positions. (B) Those who advocated domestic feminism, although less visible than the suffragists, were in some ways the more radical of the two groups. (C) Those who participated in the woman suffrage movement sought social roles for women that were not defined by women's familial roles. (D) Those who advocated domestic feminism regarded the gaining of more autonomy within the family as a step toward more participation in public life. (E) Those who participated in the nineteenth- century moral reform movement stood midway between the positions of domestic feminism and suffragism. 20.The author implies that which of the following is true of the historians discussed in the passage? (A) They argue that nineteenth-century feminism was not as significant a social force as twentieth-century feminism has been. (B) They rely too greatly on the perceptions of the actual participants in the events they study. (C)Their assessment of the relative success of nineteenth-century domestic feminism does not adequately take into account the effects of antifeminist rhetoric. (D)Their assessment of the significance of nineteenth-century suffragism differs considerably from that of nineteenth-century feminists. (E) They devote too much attention to nineteenth- century suffragism at the expense of more radical movements that emerged shortly after the turn of the century. Many objects in daily use have clearly been influenced by science, but their form and function, their dimensions and appearance, were determined by technologists artisans, designers, inventors, and engineers---using non- (5) scientific modes of thought. Many features and qualities of the objects that a technologist thinks about cannot be reduced to unambiguous verbal descriptions; they are dealt with in the mind by a visual, nonverbal process. In the development of Western technology, it has been non- (10)verbal thinking, by and large, that has fixed the outlines and filled in the details of our material surroundings. Pyramids, cathedrals, and rockets exist not because of geometry or thermodynamics, but because they were first a picture in the minds of those who built them. (15) The creative shaping process of a technologist's mind can be seen in nearly every artifact that exists. For exam- ple, in designing a diesel engine, a technologist might impress individual ways of nonverbal thinking on the machine by continually using an intuitive sense of right- (20)ness and fitness. What would be the shape of the com- bustion chamber? Where should the valves be placed? Should it have a long or short piston? Such questions have a range of answers that are supplied by experience, by physical requirements, by limitations of available (25)space, and not least by a sense of form. Some decisions, such as wall thickness and pin diameter, may depend on scientific calculations, but the nonscientific component of design remains primary. Design courses, then, should be an essential element (30)in engineering curricula. Nonverbal thinking, a central mechanism in engineering design, involves perceptions, the stock-in-trade of the artist, not the scientist. Because perceptive processes are not assumed to entail "hard thinking," nonverbal thought is sometimes seen as a prim- (35)itive stage in the development of cognitive processes and inferior to verbal or mathematical thought. But it is para- doxical that when the staff of the Historic American Engineering Record wished to have drawings made of machines and isometric views of industrial processes for (40)its historical record of American engineering, the only college students with the requisite abilities were not engi- neering students, but rather students attending architec- tural schools. It courses in design, which in a strongly analytical (45)engineering curriculum provide the background required for practical problem- solving, are not provided, we can expect to encounter silly but costly errors occurring in advanced engineering systems. For example, early models of high-speed railroad cars loaded with sophisticated (50)controls were unable to operate in a snowstorm because a fan sucked snow into the electrical system. Absurd ran- dom failures that plague automatic control systems are not merely trivial aberrations; they are a reflection of the chaos that results when design is assumed to be primarily a problem in mathematics. 21.In the passage, the author is primarily concerned with (A) identifying the kinds of thinking that are used by technologists (B) stressing the importance of nonverbal thinking in engineering design (C) proposing a new role for nonscientific thinking in the development of technology (D) contrasting the goals of engineers with those of technologists (E) criticizing engineering schools for emphasizing science in engineering curricula 22.It can be inferred that the author thinks engineering curricula are (A) strengthened when they include courses in design (B) weakened by the substitution of physical science courses for courses designed to develop mathematical skills (C) strong because nonverbal thinking is still emphasized by most of the courses (D) strong despite the errors that graduates of such curricula have made in the development of automatic control systems (E) strong despite the absence of nonscientific modes of thinking 23.Which of the following statements best illustrates the main point of lines 1-28 of the passage? (A) When a machine like a rotary engine mal- functions, it is the technologist who is best equipped to repair it. (B) Each component of an automobile— for example, the engine or the fuel tank— has a shape that has been scientifically determined to be best suited to that component's function (C) A telephone is a complex instrument designed by technologists using only nonverbal thought (D) The designer of a new refrigerator should consider the designs of other refrigerators before deciding on its final form. (E) The distinctive features of a suspension bridge reflect its designer's conceptualization as well as the physical requirements of its site. 24.Which of the following statements would best serve as an introduction to the passage? (A) The assumption that the knowledge incorpor- ated in technological developments must be derived from science ignores the many non- scientific decisions made by technologists. (B) Analytical thought is no longer a vital com- ponent in the success of technological development. (C) As knowledge of technology has increased, the tendency has been to lose sight of the impor- tant role played by scientific thought in making decisions about form, arrangement, and texture. (D) A movement in engineering colleges toward a technician's degree reflects a demand for graduates who have the nonverbal reasoning ability that was once common among engineers. (E) A technologist thinking about a machine, reasoning through the successive steps in a dynamic process, can actually turn the machine over mentally. 25.The author calls the predicament faced by the Historic American Engineering Record "para- doxical" (lines 36-37) most probably because (A) the publication needed drawings that its own staff could not make (B) architectural schools offered but did not require engineering design courses for their students (C) college students were qualified to make the drawings while practicing engineers were not (D) the drawings needed were so complicated that even students in architectural schools had difficulty making them. (E) engineering students were not trained to make the type of drawings needed to record the development of their own discipline 26.According to the passage, random failures in automatic control systems are "not merely trivial aberrations" (lines53) because (A) automatic control systems are designed by engineers who have little practical experience in the field (B) the failures are characteristic of systems designed by engineers relying too heavily on concepts in mathematics (C) the failures occur too often to be taken lightly (D) designers of automatic control systems have too little training in the analysis of mechanical difficulties (E) designers of automatic control systems need more help from scientists who have a better understanding of the analytical problems to be solved before such systems can work efficiently 27.The author uses the example of the early models of high-speed railroad cars primarily to (A) weaken the argument that modern engineering systems have major defects because of an absence of design courses in engineering curricula (B) support the thesis that the number of errors in modern engineering systems is likely to increase (C) illustrate the idea that courses in design are the most effective means for reducing the cost of designing engineering systems (D) support the contention that a lack of attention to the nonscientific aspects of design results in poor conceptualization by engineers (E) weaken the proposition that mathematics is a necessary part of the study of design 28.IGNITE: (A) amplify (B) douse (C) obscure (D) blemish (E) replicate 29.MUTATE: (A) recede (B) grow larger (C) link together (D) remain the same (E) decrease in speed 30.FRAGMENT: (A) ensue (B) revive (C) coalesce (D) balance (E) accommodate 31.OSTENSIBLE: (A) gargantuan (B) inauspicious (C) intermittent (D) perpetual (E) inapparent 32.PROLIXITY: (A) ceremoniousness (B) flamboyance (C) succinctness (D) inventiveness (E) lamentation 33.CONCERTED: (A) meant to obstruct (B) not intended to last (C) enthusiastically supported (D) run by volunteers (E) individually devised 34.FORBEARANCE: (A) fragility (B) impatience (C) freedom (D) nervousness (E) tactlessness 35.COSSETED: (A) unspoiled (B) irrepressible (C) serviceable (D) prone to change (E) free from prejudice For more detailed information I am uploading A PDF files which are free to download:
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Ok, as you want the previous year question papers of Graduate Record Examinations GRE so here I am providing you. GRE exam question paper SECTION 1 Time— 30 minutes 25 Questions 1. The Environmental Protection Agency must respond to the hazard to children's health posed by exposure to asbestos fibers released in the air in school classrooms. Since it is impossible to close school buildings, the best plan would be to initiate programs that mandate the immediate removal of asbestos from all the school buildings that are found to contain asbestos, regardless of whether or not the buildings are in use. Which of the following, if true, is the strongest reason for the Environmental Protection Agency not to follow the plan outlined above? (A) The techniques available for removing asbestos often increase the level of airborne asbestos. (B) Schools are places where asbestos is especially likely to be released into the air by the action of the occupants. (C) Children exposed to airborne asbestos run a greater risk of developing cancer than do adults exposed to airborne asbestos. (D) The cost of removing asbestos varies from school to school, depending on accessibility and the quantity of asbestos to be removed. (E) It is impossible to determine with any degree of certainty if and when construction materials that contain asbestos will break down and release asbestos fibers into the air. 2. Aedes albopictus, a variety of mosquito that has recently established itself in the southeastern United States, is less widespread than the indigenous swamp mosquito. Both the swamp mosquito and A. albopictus can carry viruses that are sometimes fatal to humans, but A. albopictus is a greater danger to public health. Each of the following, if true, provides additional information that strengthens the judgment given about the danger to public health EXCEPT: (A) Unlike the swamp mosquito, A. albopictus originated in Asia, and larvae of it were not observed in the United States before the mid- 1980's. (B) Unlike the swamp mosquito, A. albopictus tends to spend most of its adult life near human habitation. (C) Unlike swamp mosquito larvae, A. albopictus larvae survive in flower pots, tin cans, and many small household objects that hold a little water. (D) in comparison with the swamp mosquito, A. albopictus hosts a much wider variety of viruses known to cause serious diseases in humans. (E) A. albopictus seeks out a much wider range of animal hosts than does the swamp mosq- uito, and it is more likely to bite humans. Questions 3-8 The manager of a horse show is placing seven obstacles-one chicken coop, one gate, two stone walls, and three fences-on a jumping course that consists of seven positions, numbered and arranged consecutively from 1 to 7. The placement of the obstacles in the seven positions must conform to the following conditions: No two fences can be placed in consecutive positions. The stone walls must be placed in consecutive positions. 3. Which of the following is an acceptable placement of obstacles in the seven positions, in order from the first position to the last position on the course? (A) Chicken coop, fence, gate, stone wall, fence, stone wall, fence (B) Fence, gate, fence, fence, chicken coop, stone wall, stone wall (C) Fence, stone wall, stone wall, gate, chicken coop, fence, fence (D) Gate, stone wall, stone wall, fence, fence, chicken coop, fence (E) Stone wall, stone wall, fence, chicken coop, fence, gate, fence GRE exam question paper ![]() ![]() ![]() for complete question paper here is the attachment;
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