GMAT Test

GMAT stands for "The Graduate Management Admission Test", which is a Standardized test to measures verbal, mathematical and analytical writing skills. GMAT is meant for business schools in assessing the potential of applicants for advanced study in business and management. All universities of USA and many other universities worldwide give admission in the MBA program on the basis of GMAT scores.

GMAT test is held all-round-the-year. You can choose your own date and time for taking the GMAT. The test is administered five-days-a-week (Monday through Friday), twice-a-day. September to December is the high season for GMAT. In case you intend to take the test during this period, you need to register quite early (say 2-3 months advance) to get a date of your choice. Otherwise, registering at least 15 days in advance is mandatory.

Anyone is eligible to appear in GMAT. There are no restrictions based on age or qualifications. The test scores are valid for five years, i.e., most universities accept scores up to five years old.

GMAT Test Format

1.Analytical Writing Assessment:Two short essays to be written in one hour.(30 minutes each)
The first essay is to do the analysis of the given scenario and writing your views on it.
The second essay is on critical analysis and evaluation of a given argument.
2.Quantitative Section: There are about 37 question on Problem Solving (PS) and Data Sufficiency (DS). This is a mathematical section to be completed in 75 minutes.
3. Verbal Section: This is a language section which requires the basic skills of English with reasoning and analysis. There are 41 questions, to be completed in 75 minutes.General pattern is Sentence Correction (SC), Critical Reasoning (CR), and Reading Comprehension (RC).
So in all there are 78 questions and two essays to be attempted in 4 hours.