GMAT Exam Details

I want to apply for Graduate Management Admission test GMAT exam so can you please provide me all the details regarding this exam?

[Shaleen]

Graduate Management Admission test GMAT is conducted by the US-based Pearson VUE under the direction of the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC)

It is a Standardized test that measures verbal, mathematical and analytical writing skills.

Nearly 900 management Colleges all over the world require GMAT scores from each candidate.

GMAT Exam Eligibility

Anyone and everyone are eligible to apply for this exam irrespective of age or qualification.

GMAT Exam Dates

GMAT Test Dates are not fixed.

In fact one can choose his own date and time for taking the exam

September to December is the high season for GMAT

GMAT Syllabus

The test has three distinct sections:

1. Analytical Writing Ability (AWA)

Analysis of an Argument

2. Integrated Reasoning

Graphic interpretation
Multiple-source reasoning
Table analysis and
Two-part analysis.

3. Quantitative: The Quantitative section has two types of questions:

Problem Solving and
Data Sufficiency mingled throughout the section.

4. Verbal:-The Verbal Section has three types of questions:-

Sentence Correction
Critical Reasoning and
Reading Comprehension

GMAT Pattern

There are a total of 78 questions

37 in Quantitative and 41 in Verbal

These have to be done in 75 minutes each.

Topic has to be written in 30 minutes.

The new section -Integrated Reasoning- will consists of 12 questions to be done within 30 minutes.

The score and timings of the exam is 3 hours 30 minutes

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The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is a computer adaptive test (CAT) intended to assess certain analytical, writing, quantitative, verbal, and reading skills in written English for use in admission to a graduate management program, such as an MBA for admission in abroad business schools.


Here is the syllabus of the exam
Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) Section - The Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) measures your ability to think critically and to communicate your ideas. During the AWA, you are asked to analyze the reasoning behind a given argument and write a critique of that argument.

Integrated Reasoning Section - The Integrated Reasoning section measures your ability to evaluate information presented in multiple formats from multiple sources.

Quantitative Section - The Quantitative section measures your ability to analyze data and draw conclusions using reasoning skills.

Verbal Section - The Verbal section measures your ability to read and understand written material, to evaluate arguments, and to correct written material to conform to standard written English.

Here is the GMAT exam pattern
GMAT Test Section No. of Questions Question Types

Analytical Writing Assessment 1 Topic Analysis of Argument

Integrated Reasoning 12 Questions Multi-Source Reasoning
Graphics Interpretation
Two-Part Analysis
Table Analysis

Quantitative 37 Questions Data Sufficiency
Problem Solving

Verbal 41 Questions Reading Comprehension
Critical Reasoning
Sentence Correction
Total Exam Time

Exam centers of GMAT
Delhi
Mumbai
Chennai
Kolkata
Hyderabad
Bangalore
Pune
Chandigarh
Ahmedabad
Visakhapatnam
Ranchi
Kochi
Indore
Nagpur
Coimbatore
Lucknow
Jaipur