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GMAT Format

The GMAT is an internationally conducted test that is accepted across many institutions across the world. For those of you who are unfamiliar with it, it is the Graduate Management Admissions Test or GMAT for short and is conducted by GMAC.

The GMAT is mostly taken by people who wish to study business degrees like the MBA or MIM/MSM.

What is tested?

There are 4 types of sections on the GMAT:

Analytical Writing Assessment or AWA
Integrated Reasoning or IR
Quantitative Reasoning
Verbal Reasoning

GMAT Sections
AWA	1 task	30 minutes
IR	1 section, 12 Questions	30 minutes
Quantitative Reasoning	1 section, 31 Questions Each	62 minutes
Verbal Reasoning	1 section, 36 Questions Each	65 minutes

AWA

This section tests your ability to:

Critically analyze complex ideas
Effectively verify claims and corresponding evidence
Coherently communicate thoughts with reasons and examples
Effectively use grammar and standard elements of English

Quantitative Reasoning

There are two types of questions in this section:

Problem Solving
Data Sufficiency

The syllabus for the GMAT quant section is basic school level math.

GMAT Quant Syllabus
· Number Properties	· Statistics
· Fractions, Decimals & Percentages	· Algebra
· Speed, Rate & Time	· Word Problems
· Geometry	· Data Analysis

The GMAT quant syllabus is comprised mostly of basic concepts of the above topics. While the concepts in and end of themselves are simple, the difficulty level of the questions varies.

Verbal Reasoning

There are three types of questions in this section:

Sentence Correction
Critical Reasoning
Reading Comprehension

The main objective of this section is to test your reading and analytical ability. There are many different subcategories of the above question types, some of which can be very tricky.

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