
GMAT EXAM
Overview
The Graduate Management Admission Test is a computer based test contemplated to assess certain reading skills, verbal, quantitative, and analytical writing in written English for use in admission to a graduate management program, like MBA. The GMAT does not determine trade knowledge or skill, nor does it measure agility. According to the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), the GMAT assesses elucidate writing and problem-solving competencies, while also marking data sufficiency, logic, and critical reasoning expertise that it considers to be indispensable to real-world business and management success. The Graduate Management Admission Council registered the trademark GMAT under it. More than 2000 universities and institutions around the globe offering 5900+ courses use the GMAT exam as part of the admission criteria for their programs. B-schools use the test as a criterion for admission into a wide range of graduate or diploma management programs, such as Master of International Business, Masters of Financial Reporting and Master of Accountancy programs. 112 countries administer and have standardized test centers to conduct the GMAT exam. According to GMAC enumeration, it has unceasingly performed validity studies to statistically verify that the exam predicts success in business school programs. In the Kaplan Test Prep survey, the GMAT is still an elite option for MBA aspirants even though the increasing acceptability of GRE scores.
Test Format
GMAT Test Section | No. of Questions | Question Types | Timing |
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Analytical Writing Assessment | 1 Topic | Analysis of Argument | 30 Minutes (Analytical Writing Assessment) |
Integrated Reasoning | 12 Questions | Multi-Source Reasoning, Graphics Interpretation, Two-Part Analysis, Table Analysis | 30 Minutes (Integrated Reasoning) |
Quantitative | 37 Questions | Data Sufficiency, Problem Solving | 75 Minutes (Quantitative) |
Verbal | 41 Questions | Reading Comprehension, Critical Reasoning, Sentence Correction | 75 Minutes (Verbal) |
Total Timing |
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3 hour 75 Minutes |