Sample GMAT Questions

Scoring well in the GMAT can help you get accepted into the graduate management or business school of your choice. Begin your preparation for the GMAT by familiarizing yourself with the test format. Here are sample questions to get you started.

Sentence Correction

This question presents a sentence, part of which or all of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.


This question tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. In choosing your answer, follow the requirements of standard written English; that is, pay attention to grammar, choice of words, and sentence construction. Choose the answer that produces the most effective sentence; this answer should be clear and exact, without awkwardness, ambiguity, redundancy, or grammatical error.

Question 1

Carbon-14 dating reveals that the megalithic monuments in Brittany are nearly 2,000 years as old as any of their supposed Mediterranean predecessors.
A. as old as any of their supposed.
B. older than any of their supposed.
C. as old as their supposed.
D. older than any of their supposedly.
E. as old as their supposedly.
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