The country of Maravia has severe air pollution, 80 percent of which is caused by the exhaust fumes of cars. In order to reduce the number of cars on the road, the government is raising taxes on the cost of buying and running a car by 20 percent. This tax increase, therefore, will significantly reduce [...]

Z=123^4-123^3+123^2-123, what is the remainder when Z is divided by 122. A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3 E) 4

This year, Ross instituted two major changes to the undergrad program: it’s now three years and you can apply out of high school This year’s freshman business majors at the University of Michigan were the first to be admitted as business majors. Prior to this fall, students could only apply to the Ross School of [...]

What are the largest and smallest full-time business programs? Here we list the business schools by the size of their full-time programs, from the largest to the smallest. Data are based on their fall 2005 M.B.A. enrollment. Name                                Enrollments Harvard University  (MA)      1,821 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)     1,626 Columbia University (NY)     1,180 [...]

In the United States, injuries to passengers involved in automobile accidents are typically more severe than in Europe, where laws require a different kind of safety belt. It is clear from this that the United States needs to adopt more stringent standards for safety belt design to protect automobile passengers better.Each of the following, if [...]

Scientists calculated that the asteroid, traveling at 46,000 miles an hour, is on an elliptical path that orbits the Sun once a year and regularly brings it back toward Earth. (A) hour, is on an elliptical path that orbits the Sun once a year and regularly brings it (B) hour, is orbiting the Sun once [...]

If x and y are integers, is x + y greater than 0? (1)      x is greater than 0. (2)      y is less than 1. A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient. B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient. C. BOTH [...]

A company’s personnel director surveyed employees about their satisfaction with the company’s system for awarding employee performance ratings. The survey data indicated that employees who received high ratings were very satisfied with the system. The personnel director concluded from these data that the company’s best-performing employees liked the system. The personnel director’s conclusion assumes which [...]

Exports of United States wood pulp will rise consid-erably during this year. The reason for the rise isthat the falling value of the dollar will make itcheaper for paper manufacturers in Japan and West-ern Europe to buy American wood pulp than to getit from any other source.Which of the following is an assumption made indrawing [...]

A manufacturer of men’s dress socks sought to increase profits by increasing sales. The size of its customer pool was remaining steady, with the average customer buying twelve pairs of dress socks per year. The company’s plan was to increase the number of promotional discount-sale periods to one every six months.Which of the following, if [...]

If x is a positive integer, is the remainder 0 when 3x + 1 is divided by 10? (1)      x = 4n + 2, where n is a positive integer. (2)      x > 4 A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient. B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, [...]

On Aug 2nd after studying for exactly 60 days I took the GMAT in Mumbai as i had to meet the IIMA deadline of Aug 10th for the 1 year MBA and scored 640 and 5.5/6.0 in the AWA section. Can anyone guide me as to where else I can apply with this kind of [...]

For a recent play performance, the ticket prices were $25 per adult and $15 per child.  A total of 500 tickets were sold for the performance.  How many of the tickets sold were for adults? (1)   Revenue from ticket sales for this performance totaled $10,500. (2)   The average (arithmetic mean) price per ticket [...]

Most large companies prefer customized computer software because it can be molded to fit the way a company does business, when off-the-shelf software often requires the company to alter its procedures to fit the software. (A) when (B) since (C) whereas (D) because (E) insofar as