GMAT Training

GMAT overview

The Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) is a standardized test that most business school applicants need to take in order to join credited MBA and a few other courses. While the admission committees do consider many other factors (including your college grades, transcripts, essays, resume, work experience, and interview), it is important to do well on the GMAT exam if you aspire to get into a competitive business school. Taking the GMAT exam opens your gateway to various top-notch B-schools in the USA, Canada, Singapore, and many other countries including India.

The GMAC is the owner and administrator of the GMAT® exam, the first and only standardized test specifically designed for graduate business and management programs. It oversees the GMAT exam and administers it around the world. B-schools use your scores to compare you with other applicants. High GMAT scores can truly help you stand out in the application process.

The GMAT exam is a computer adaptive test. It has 4 sections – Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, Integrated Reasoning, and Analytical Writing Analysis (AWA). You may use the Select Section Order facility to choose from any of the following three section orders:

Order #1 Order #2 Order #3
Analytical Writing Assessment Verbal Reasoning Quantitative Reasoning
Integrated Reasoning
Optional 8-minute Break
Quantitative Reasoning Quantitative Reasoning Verbal Reasoning
Optional 8-minute Break
Verbal Reasoning Integrated Reasoning Integrated Reasoning
Analytical Writing Assessment Analytical Writing Assessment

The GMAT exam is 3 hours and 7 minutes long excluding the breaks and tutorials. See the table below for exam format and duration.

Section Number of Questions Duration Question Types Score Range
Quantitative Reasoning 31 questions 62 minutes Data Sufficiency
Problem Solving
6-51
(on a scale of
0 – 60)
Verbal Reasoning 36 questions 65 minutes Reading Comprehension
Critical Reasoning
Sentence Correction
6-51
(in 1-point increments)
Integrated Reasoning 12 items 30 minutes Multi-Source Reasoning
Graphics Interpretation
Two-Part Analysis
Table Analysis
1 – 8

(in 1-point increments)

Analytical Writing Assessment 1 topic 30 minutes Analysis of Argument 0 – 6

(in 0.5-point increments)