The General Test
The general test includes business and law. It measures candidates' verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, critical thinking, and analytical writing skills.
| GRE pattern | No. of Question |
|---|---|
| Analytical writing | 1+1 |
| Verbal reasoning | 20+20 |
| Quantitative reasoning | 20+20 |
GRE analytical writing
The syllabus for GRE analytical writing includes two separately timed analytical writing tasks of thirty minutes each
- Analyse an issue: this requires you to present an option on the issue of general interest with specific instructions on how to respond to that issue.
- Analyse an argument: this requires you to evaluate a given argument according to specific instructions.
GRE Verbal syllabus includes
- Basic sentences: nouns, pronouns, adjectives.
- Verb tense
- Idioms & idiomatic expressions
- Pronoun agreement
- Subject-verb agreement
- Modifiers
- parallelism
GRE Quantitative reasoning
| GRE Quantitative reasoning | |
|---|---|
| Arithmetic | Property and types of integer, Powers and roots, Statistics, Estimation, Number properties, Percentage, Exponents and roots, Ratio and proportions, Simple and compound interest, Arithmetic operations |
| geometry | Lines and angles, Circles, Triangle, Quadrilaterals, Polygon, Three-dimensional figures Area, perimeter, volume Angles measurements |
| Data analysis | Descriptive statistics such as Median, mean, range, mode, percentiles, etc. Interpretation of data based on graphs, circle graphs, scatter plots, etc. Probability Permutation and combination Venn diagrams Sets Theory |
| Algebra | Exponents Algebraic expressions- factoring and simplifying Equations and inequalities Linear equations Quadratic equations Word problems Speed, distance, and time Profit and loss Coordinate geometry |
GRE 2025: Subject test syllabus
The GRE syllabus 2025 for Subject tests consists
| subject | Syllabus |
|---|---|
| Biology | Cellular and molecular biology Organismal biology Ecology and evolution |
| Chemistry | Analytical Chemistry Inorganic chemistry Organic chemistry Physical chemistry |
| English literature | Literary analysis Identification Cultural and historical contexts History and Theory of Literary Criticism |
| Maths | Algebra, Calculus Additional topics |
| Physics | Classical mechanics Electromagnetism Optics and wave phenomena Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics Atomic physics Special relativity Laboratory methods Specialised topics |
| Psychology | Biological Cognitive Developmental Social Clinical measurement/ methodology/ other |