GMAT Reading Comprehension Practice Questions
Select a question to read the accompanying passage.
Jump to Passage: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
Passage 1: Evolution in Internet Marketing
| Question | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Pay-per-Performance | Hard |
| The Main Idea | Hard |
| Pop-Up Status | Hard |
| Click Fraud | Intermediate |
| Internet vs. Television | Easy |
| Attributes for Success | Easy |
| Author's Tone | Easy |
Passage 2: The SWIFT Financial Controversy
| Question | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| A SWIFT Inference | Hard |
| An Ethical Justification | Hard |
| Ethical Analysis | Intermediate |
| Describing SWIFT | Intermediate |
| Consequential Cooperation | Intermediate |
| The Main Point | Easy |
| Ostensibly Used | Easy |
Passage 3: E-Community Externality
| Question | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| A Risky Implication | Hard |
| A Logical Flow | Hard |
| A Protective Step | Intermediate |
| A Final Tone | Intermediate |
| A Privacy Threat | Intermediate |
| A Primary Purpose | Easy |
| A Final Purpose | Easy |
Passage 4: European Colonization & Its Consequences
| Question | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Japanese Government Belief | Hard |
| Best Characterized | Hard |
| Article Eight | Hard |
| Culture & History | Intermediate |
| Big Fears | Intermediate |
| Protective Actions | Intermediate |
| A Primary Country | Intermediate |
Passage 5: Perestroika & the Fall of the USSR
| Question | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Perestroika's Objective | Hard |
| Soviet Economic Implications | Hard |
| The Impact of Perestroika | Hard |
| Perestroika and the Fall of the USSR | Intermediate |
| An Unthinkable Idea | Intermediate |
| The Need for Perestroika | Easy |
| Tone Deaf | Easy |
Passage 6: War Speech at Obersalzberg
| Question | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Military Confidence | Hard |
| A Primary Concern | Intermediate |
| Napoleonic Missteps | Intermediate |
| Campaign Failure | Intermediate |
| Confidence in War | Intermediate |
| Taking Poland | Easy |
| Timeline | Easy |
Passage 7: Herman Cortes & the Fall of the Aztec Empire
| Question | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Main Point | Intermediate |
| Sequentially Organized | Intermediate |
| Unconventional Confrontation | Intermediate |
| The Roots of Success | Easy |
| Aztec Inevitability | Easy |
| Aztec Influence | Easy |
| Impressive Success | Easy |
| Tone Considered | Easy |
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