The GRE (Graduate Record Examinations) General Test is a computer-delivered admissions test owned and administered by ETS, which positions it as one test for graduate, business and law school and states that it is accepted at thousands of such schools worldwide (ETS official GRE General Test page). Indian applicants use it mainly for MS and PhD admissions abroad, and increasingly for MBA admissions at schools that accept the GRE alongside the GMAT. In its current format the test runs about 1 hour 58 minutes across five sections — one Analytical Writing task, two Verbal Reasoning sections and two Quantitative Reasoning sections (ETS official test structure page). It is appointment-based rather than date-based, and is taken either at a test centre or at home.
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The GRE (Graduate Record Examinations) General Test is a computer-delivered admissions test owned and administered by ETS, which positions it as one test for graduate, business and law school and states that it is accepted at thousands of such schools worldwide (ETS official GRE General Test page). Indian applicants use it mainly for MS and PhD admissions abroad, and increasingly for MBA admissions at schools that accept the GRE alongside the GMAT. In its current format the test runs about 1 hour 58 minutes across five sections — one Analytical Writing task, two Verbal Reasoning sections and two Quantitative Reasoning sections (ETS official test structure page). It is appointment-based rather than date-based, and is taken either at a test centre or at home.
ETS publishes no age, degree or percentage bar for the GRE General Test; its registration conditions concern identity, not academic qualification. The official ID requirements page specifies an original physical ID — not a photocopy, not a digital ID on a phone — bearing your first and last name exactly as registered, a recent photograph, your signature and a valid expiry date. The eligibility that binds you is the university's: most master's programmes expect a completed or in-progress bachelor's degree. Confirm each programme's requirement on its official admissions page.
Five sections, total testing time about 1 hour 58 minutes (ETS official test structure page). Analytical Writing is always first: one 30-minute Analyze an Issue task. Verbal Reasoning follows in two sections — 12 questions in 18 minutes, then 15 questions in 23 minutes. Quantitative Reasoning also runs in two sections — 12 questions in 21 minutes, then 15 questions in 26 minutes. Both measures are section-level adaptive: performance on the first section sets the difficulty of the second. A basic on-screen calculator is provided for Quantitative Reasoning.
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