GMAT Pattern

What is the GMAT Exam Pattern?

Before understanding the GMAT syllabus, it is important to know about the GMAT exam pattern. The GMAT exam pattern is divided into four sections Writing, Reasoning, Verbal and Quantitative skills.

Further, the GMAT is a Computer Adaptive Test of 3 hours 30 minutes and comprises both objective and subjective questions. There is a total of 91 questions.

Before we understand the finer details of the GMAT exam syllabus, it will be good to know an overview of all the types of questions asked on the GMAT. The table given below provides the types of questions asked on the GMAT

Section	Number of Questions	Score Range
Analytical Writing Assessment (30 minutes)	1 Topic (Essay)	0-6
Integrated Reasoning (30 minutes)	12 Questions	1-8
Quantitative (62 minutes)	31 Questions	6-51
Verbal (65 minutes)	36 Questions	6-51
Total Exam Time (3 hours 7 minutes)	Total 80 Questions	Score Range 200- 800

Before we understand the finer details of the GMAT exam syllabus, it will be good to know an overview of all the types of questions asked on the GMAT.

GMAT Section	GMAT Question Type
Quantitative Reasoning	Problem Solving  Data Sufficiency
Verbal Reasoning	Sentence Correction (SC)  Critical Reasoning (CR)  Reading Comprehension (RC)
Analytical Writing Assessment	Analysis of an Argument
Integrated Reasoning	Table Analysis  Two-Part Analysis  Multi-Source Reasoning  Graphics Interpretation