All About GRE

GRE
This is the first post about GRE. So i will start from the beginning and will tell u thoroughly about GRE.
GRE means graduate record examination which is created and administered by ETS(Educational Testing Service) .
GRE is the entrance test for many universities around the world for the post graduation program.

The exam consists of 3 sections
1.Analytical Writing section:-
In this section there will be two categories
a)Issue Task -45 mins
b)Argument Task -30 mins
The student is given with a topic for each category and description should be given by the student about his views on the topic.The essays are written on computer
The marks allotted for this is given on a 0-6 scale
eg:- If the passage is extraordinarily written, then the student may get 5 out of 6 scale.
This analytical writing section is very important factor for a student to study in good universities. It is fair if the score is more than 4 out of 6.



2.Verbal Section:-
This section is allotted for marks 800 ie half of the GRE score
Verbal section is completely based on English which include synonyms, antonyms, sentence completion, reading comprehensions passages.
All the 30 questions are of type multiple choice.
5 choices will be given for each question.


3.Quantitative Section:-
Quant is completely based on mathematics we studied till 10th class
This section comprises of 28 questions in which all are of multiple choice.
The syllabus for quant is
a)Algebra
b)Data Interpretation
c)Geometry
d)Probability
e)Statistics
f)substitution
g)defined mathematics
h)number theory


The official site about gre is www.ets.org/gre

The Score is generally valid for 5 years

Passport and credit card are compulsory for registering the exam.

Centers in INDIA for writing GRE exam are Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Trivendrum.

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