The Graduate Management Assessment Test (GMAT) is a standardized test that is designed to evaluate applicants who wish to pursue post-graduation in management and ascertain whether they are ready for the academic rigors of the program. It evaluates your skills in various areas such as reading, verbal, writing, analytical computational, and reasoning skills.
More than 2100 universities and colleges accept the GMAT scores as a criteria for selection. Almost all the top universities including the Ivy League schools in America and universities like Oxford, Cambridge and Leeds in UK accept the GMAT scores, apart from other prestigious universities. The GMAT has grown to become a benchmark for colleges to determine a student’s ability to undertake the rigorous course work expected in a graduate management program. Some universities stipulate that GMAT scores are a mandatory part of the selection process, while for some the GMAT score is optional.
The GMAT is accepted by Management institutes in the following countries
The GMAT or Graduate Management Aptitude Test is a Computer based Adaptive Test (CAT). It evaluates the students on the following four areas.
This section is of 30 minutes duration and measures your abipty to read, understand and critique an argument. It assesses your abipty for thinking critically and focusing on a specific aspect of the argument.
This section comprises of 12 questions which you are expected to answer in 30-minutes. It measures your skill at comprehending and analyzing complex data and using the output to find solutions to problems. This part needs focused study during your GMAT exam preparation and our trained faculty are well equipped to help you with the various parameters of this section.
This section consists of thirty seven questions which have to be answered over 75 minutes. This section evaluates your skills at comprehending word problems and figurative problems.
The verbal section tests the candidates for sentence correction, Reading comprehension and critical reasoning. It comprises of forty one questions that have to be answered over seventy five minutes.The GMAT Exam has four separately timed sections. You will have the opportunity to take two optional eight-minute breaks during the exam.
Test Section | Time Limit / Number of Questions | Question Types | Score Range |
Analytical Writing Assessment
|
30 minutes
1 question |
Analysis of an Argument
|
0-6
(in 0.5-point increments) |
Integrated Reasoning
|
30 minutes
12 questions |
Graphics Interpretation, Table Analysis, Multi-source Reasoning, Two-part Analysis
|
1-8
(in 1-point increments) |
Quantitative Reasoning
|
62 minutes
31 questions |
Data Sufficiency, Problem Solving
|
6-51
(in 1-point increments) |
Verbal Reasoning
|
65 minutes
36 questions |
Reading Comprehension, Critical Reasoning, Sentence Correction
|
6-51
(in 1-point increments) |
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