The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is a computer adaptive test with a total duration of 3 hours and 30 minutes. The GMAT Exam Pattern is decided by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), which is the official exam administrating body. The GMAT Exam Pattern comprises of both objective and subjective questions.
Overall the GMAT test has 90 questions which are divided into four sections namely Analytical Writing Assessment, Integrated Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning and Verbal Reasoning. Further, candidates are given a specific time to complete every section of the exam.
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The GMAT Exam comprises of four sections:
Section |
No. of questions |
Question Type |
Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
Analytical Writing Assessment |
1 Topic |
Analysis of an Argument |
30 minutes |
Integrated Reasoning |
12 questions |
Multi-Source Reasoning, Graphics Interpretation, Two-Part Analysis, Table Analysis |
30 minutes |
Quantitative |
31 questions |
Data Sufficiency, Problem Solving |
62 minutes |
Verbal |
36 questions |
Reading Comprehension, Critical Reasoning, Sentence Correction |
65 minutes |
Total Exam Duration |
3 hours 7 minutes |
In July 2017, GMAC introduced Select Section Order that allows students to customize their GMAT exam experience by giving the freedom to choose the section order they want to adopt during the exam.
Now candidates have the opportunity to choose from three options for the exam’s section order:
This choice gives candidates the freedom to take the GMAT Exam as per their own preference.