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80 multiple-choice questions and 250 flashcards, written to the ETS GRE General Test Content Specifications blueprint. Every question carries a full rationale.
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ETS GRE General Test Content Specifications — 3 sections: Verbal Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning, Analytical Writing
CoStudy's GRE General Test bank holds 330 items. Every multiple-choice question carries a written rationale explaining why the correct answer is correct and why each distractor is tempting but wrong.
A sample of 6 multiple-choice questions from the bank, with the full rationale shown.
GRE Quant: Probability of rolling a 4 on a standard 6-sided die:
Answer: B — 1/6 (one favorable outcome / six possible)
Basic probability = favorable / total. 6 equally likely outcomes (1-6). Only 1 is '4.' = 1/6. GRE probability covers basic conditional, independent/dependent events, combinations/permutations.
Quantity A: 2^10. Quantity B: 10^2. Which is larger?
Answer: A — Quantity A is greater
2^10 = 1024 (memorize this powers-of-2 milestone). 10^2 = 100. 1024 > 100, so Quantity A is greater. Quantitative Comparison questions test fluency more than computation — common doubling/squaring patterns appear often.
ETS recommends to prepare for the GRE by:
Answer: C — Working through official practice tests and GRE-style problems, focusing on weak areas, and reviewing solution strategies
C) Standard prep approach. A/B/D) Each is impractical or counterproductive.
Choose the word that best completes the sentence: 'Despite his __________ demeanor, he was actually quite ambitious.'
Answer: C — phlegmatic
Phlegmatic means calm, unemotional, unexcitable — contrasting with ambitious. (A) zealous = passionate (would not contrast); (B) ostentatious = showy; (D) garrulous = excessively talkative.
GRE Adaptive test design:
Answer: D — Section-level adaptive: performance in first Verbal section determines difficulty of second Verbal section (similarly for Quant); scoring weights difficulty + correctness
GRE section-adaptive: not question-adaptive like LSAT. First V/Q section: medium difficulty. Second V/Q section: easy/medium/hard based on first performance. Scoring accounts for difficulty level reached. Strategy: maximize first-section accuracy.
The GRE Analytical Writing section involves:
Answer: C — A single "Analyze an Issue" essay (30 minutes) requiring a clear argument with reasoning and examples
C) Post-2023 AW structure. A) Verbal section. B) Quant section. D) Not on the GRE.
6 sample cards from the 250 in the bank.
Vocab: 'magnanimous'?
Generous; forgiving.
Vocab: 'opulent'?
Wealthy; lavish.
Simple interest: $1000 at 5% for 3 years?
I = Prt = $150.
Vocab: 'abstemious'?
Not self-indulgent; moderate.
Square inscribed in circle radius 5. Side length?
Diagonal = 10. Side = 10/√2 = 5√2.
Vocab: 'urbane'?
Sophisticated; suave.
These samples are a small slice. The full bank runs flashcards, multiple choice and timed mock exams with per-chapter progress tracking, on the web and in the iOS app.
The GRE General Test bank holds 330 items: 80 multiple-choice questions, 250 flashcards. 12 of them are on this page to read free, with no signup.
Yes. Every multiple-choice item carries a written rationale that states the controlling principle behind the correct answer and then addresses each wrong option in turn — why it tempts and precisely where it fails. Knowing why the plausible answer was wrong is worth more than knowing which letter was right.
The samples on this page are free to read in full, rationales included, with no account. The complete 330-item bank, the timed mock exams and per-chapter progress tracking are part of CoStudy on the web and in the iOS app.
Last reviewed 2026-08-22. Banks are written against the certifying body's published exam outline and re-checked when that outline changes — exams get renumbered, retired and reweighted, and a bank written to a superseded outline teaches the wrong proportions. Figures that are re-indexed annually are deliberately not asserted as rules; the questions test the governing principle instead.
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