GRE - Graduate Record Examination

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Graduate Record Examination

GRE is an examination designed to measure the verbal, quantitative and analytical writing skills.

GRE measures your skill that you have developed over a long period.

The GRE is available in two formats CBT ( Computer Based Test) and Paper Based.

A Computer Based GRE has the following pattern.


Section

Time

(Minutes)

Description


Variable

Tutorial – You must go through the tutorial

1

30

Verbal Ability

5-7 Sentence completion question

6-8 Analogy questions

8-10 Antonyms questions

6-10 Reading Comprehension Questions based on 2 to 4 passages

2

45

Quantitative Ability

14 Quantitative comparison questions

10 Discrete Quantitative Questions ( Multiple Choice Questions)

4 Data Interpretation Questions ( Tables/ Graphs)

10 Min Break

3

45

30

Analytical Writing I : Issue Task – 1 essay on an issue giving one’s perspective

Analytical Writing II : Argument Task – 1 essay analyzing an argument

Total

150

2 hours and 30 Minutes

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