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INTRODUCTION TO GRE (Graduate Record Exam)

The Educational Testing Service (ETS) controls GRE EXAM on behalf of the GRE Board. It is a Computer Adaptive Test .
It consists of 3 multiple-choice sections namely
1.Quantitative, Analytical Writing and Verbal
2.An essay section - Writing Assessment, (mandatory only for certain universities).
(I) Students need to write this section on a separate day

 

GRE TEST PATTERN
Sections No: of questions Type Duration Points

Analytical Writing 2 Essay writings Issue Analysis 45min 0-6
Argument Analysis 30min

Verbal 30 Match the Analogies 30min 200-800
Match the Antonyms
Sentence Completion
Reading
Comprehension

Quantitative 28 Data Interpretation 45min 200-800
Discrete Maths
Comparison problems

Experimental Math or verbal

Total 1600



WORKING OF THE GRE EXAM

The Computer Adaptive Test picks the questions based on the candidate response to the given question. The first question is always of medium difficulty level and from then on the score starts to increase or decrease as per the performance of the candidate.  A candidate of higher caliber will get tougher questions than a candidate of a lower caliber. As the GRE EXAM progresses, the score graph begin to narrow down to a range and that range will determine the final score.
There are no negative points for wrong answers