Present GRE Test Format

GRE General Test checks the fundamental skills including reasoning and comprehension. It does not require any subject-specific theoretical study. The test has three distinct sections:

• Quantitative Section
1. Quantitative Comparison
2. Problem Solving
3. Data Interpretation

This section contains 28 questions on Mathematics to be attempted in 45 minutes. The difficulty level of questions is comparable to Class X. Major topics include Number Systems, Percentages, Fractions & Decimals, Algebra (including Quadratic Equations), Geometry (including Basic Coordinate Geometry), Ratio & Proportion, Area & Volume of 2-D and 3-D figures, and Probability.

• Verbal Section 
1. Analogies
2. Antonyms
3. Sentence Completion
4. Reading Comprehension

This section contains 30 questions to be attempted in 30 minutes. The verbal section requires a good vocabulary level, and fundamental skills of grammatically correct English in addition to reasoning and analysis. The questions consist of above four types (i.e. Antonyms, Analogies, Sentence Completion, and Reading Comprehension). The four types are intermingled, with no fixed number for each type.

• Analytical Writing Section
1. "Issue" task- contains the collection of Issue topics from which your Issue task will be selected.
2. "Argument" task- contains the collection of Argument topics from which your Argument task will be selected.

The writing assessment section requires you to write two short essays. The first is the Issue task, in which you need to analyze the issue presented and explain your views on it. You can choose 1 of 2 essay topics selected by the computer from the pool of topics. The time allotted is 45 minutes.

The second essay is Analysis of an Argument, in which a given argument has to be critically analyzed and evaluated. You are not offered a choice of topics; the computer will present you with a single topic selected from the topic pool. The time allotted is 30 minutes.