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Important Dates

Admission Deadline First attempt Second attempt (if required) When to register
October August September May-June
November September October June-July
December October November July-August
January November Decemeber August-Sep

How To Prepare

For GMAT preparation tips and all information click here. GMAT is a computer based exam that offers you questions on the basis of previous choices made by you.

Exam Pattern

The GMAT consists of 4 sections set over a 3 and a half hours timeframe. The sections are as follows: Analytical writing assessment,Integrated reasoning,Quantitative and Verbal.

Skills Tested

Following skills are tested for GMAT exam:

  • Quantitative reasoning,
  • Verbal reasoning,
  • Integrated reasoning
  • Analytical writing.

Study Material

GMAC has its own official study guide and a free software. Refer to the following GMAT guides and books to help create a study plan -

The Official Guide for GMAT Review – This exam guide includes more than 900 questions from past GMAT exams, a diagnostic section to help you assess where to focus your efforts, and invaluable test-taking tips and strategies to help you get the score you want. 

 Free GMATPrep Software – This software includes ninety free questions – 30 Quantitative, 45 Verbal, and 15 Integrated Reasoning – with answers and explanations, tools to create your own practice question set, two full-length practice tests with answers etc.

Manhattan GMAT Strategy Guides - This set includes: GMAT Roadmap; Fractions, Decimals, & Percents; Algebra; Word Problems; Geometry; Number Properties; Critical Reasoning; Reading Comprehension; Sentence Correction; Integrated Reasoning & Essay.

Kaplan GMAT 800: Advanced Prep for Advanced Students - Tips for test taking, proven strategies for getting a perfect score of 800, and focused guidelines for tackling each question type all combine for the ideal preparation tool for the most ambitious student. 

Quicks Tips

GMAT is offered multiple times a year. A candidate can take it five times a year.However, two subsequent attempts must be at least 16 days apart. The candidates have the option of making only their best score visible to the universities they apply to.

  • The concepts needed to ace GMAT are finite.Keep a concept diary and keep entering every new concept.This list will eventually become shorter.
  • Consistent learning will always be more useful than cramming for long hours. It leads to better retention of concepts and increased efficiency.
  • Practice Smart guessing.In questions especially of verbal reasoning, multiple options can seem correct.Smartly ranking them and eliminating the wrong ones is a useful practice

What's New

What is the Mini-GMAT?

The Executive Assessment Exam or Mini GMAT has been recently launched by GMAC. This is designed in specific for Executive MBA courses. 

Usually, EMBAdoeso not have the criteria for a standardized test. The candidates or Executive MBA are typically not in touch with academic classroom experience and have lesser time to take standardized test. Mini GMAT provides a comfortable option.

Six top executive MBA schools have begun accepting the new Mini GMAT for admission to the Executive MBA, as follows:

  • China European International Business School, China
  • Chicago Booth, US
  • Columbia Business School
  • University of Hong Kong Business School
  • INSEAD,France
  • London Business School

GMAC looks forward to Mini GMAT to being accepted by the rest of the B-schools very soon. 

The total duration of the Mini GMAT is 90 minutes. It consists of 3 sections, each timed for 30 minutes. The following table includes the section-wise topics covered in the EA exam:

Section Question count Syllabus Marks
Reasoning 12 Interpreting graphics, two-part analysis, table analysis, reasoning for multi-source 0-20
verbal 14 Reading Comprehension, Critical Reasoning, Sentence Correction 0-20
Quantitative 14 Problem solving and data sufficiency 0-20
Total 40   100-200

Pattern

The GMAT consists of 4 sections set over a 3 and a half hours timeframe. The sections are as follows: Analytical writing assessment,Integrated reasoning,Quantitative and Verbal.

Test Center

The GMAT exam is conducted and offered on demand, round the year in 17 of the following GMAT test centres in India:

Ahmedabad

Bangalore

Chandigarh

Chennai

Coimbatore

Delhi

Hyderabad

Indore

Jaipur 

Kochi

Kolkata

Lucknow

Mumbai

Nagpur

Pune

Ranchi

Visakhapatnam


Exam Duration

Total Duration - 3hrs 30 minutes