29 Sep EVERYTHING U NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GRE PAPER PATTERN
The GRE (Graduate Record Examination) is an important standardized test that holds significance for individuals who are planning to pursue graduate or business school education.
GRE 2023 Key Highlights:
GRE Full Form: Graduate Record Examination
GRE Exam Conducting Body: Educational Testing Service (ETS)
GRE 2023 Official Website: ets.org
GRE General Test Structure
The GRE General Test is a computer-delivered test. Its test-taker friendly design lets you skip questions within a section, go back and change answers and have the flexibility to choose which questions within a section you want to answer first.
Test sections and timing (beginning September 22, 2023)
The overall test time is about 1 hour and 58 minutes. There are five sections.
| Measure | Number of Questions | Allotted Time |
| Analytical Writing (One section) | One “Analyze an Issue” task | 30 minutes |
| Verbal Reasoning (Two sections) | Section 1: 12 questions Section 2: 15 questions | Section 1: 18 minutes Section 2: 23 minutes |
| Quantitative Reasoning (Two sections) | Section 1: 12 questions Section 2: 15 questions | Section 1: 21 minutes Section 2: 26 minutes |
The Analytical Writing section will always be first. The Verbal Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning and unidentified/unscored sections may appear in any order after the Analytical Writing section.
Test sections and timing before September 22, 2023
The overall testing time is about 3 hours and 45 minutes. There are six sections with a 10-minute break following the third section.
| Measure | Number of Questions | Allotted Time |
| Analytical Writing (One section with two separately timed tasks) | One “Analyze an Issue” task and one “Analyze an Argument” task | 30 minutes per task |
| Verbal Reasoning (Two sections) | 20 questions per section | 30 minutes per section |
| Quantitative Reasoning (Two sections) | 20 questions per section | 35 minutes per section |
| Unscored¹ | Varies | Varies |
| Research² | Varies | Varies |
The Analytical Writing section will always be first. The Verbal Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning
and unidentified/unscored sections may appear in any order; therefore, you should treat each section as if it counts toward your score
The Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning sections in the test are designed to be adaptive at the section level. In both the Verbal and Quantitative sections, the first section starts with questions of average difficulty. The difficulty level of the second section, however, is determined by your performance in the first section.
To elaborate, if you excel in the first Quantitative Reasoning section, the second section of Quantitative Reasoning will present more challenging questions. The scoring for both Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning takes into account the total number of correct answers across both sections, as well as the difficulty levels of the respective sections. Your overall performance in these sections is evaluated based on this adaptive approach.
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