The General Test measures verbal, quantitative, and analytical skills that been acquired over a long period of time and that are not related to any specific field of study. The verbal measures tests your ability to analyze and evaluate written material and synthesize information obtained from it, analyze relationships among component parts of sentences, and recognize relationships between words and concepts. The quantitative measures tests your basic mathematical skills and your understanding of elementary mathematical concepts, as well as your ability to reason quantitative setting. The analytical measure tests your ability to understand structured sets of relationships, deduce new information from sets of relationships, analyze and evaluate arguments, identify central issues and hypotheses, draw sound inferences, and identify plausible causal explanations.

Since students have wide-ranging backgrounds, interests, and skills, the verbal sections of the General Test use questions from diverse areas of experience. the areas tested range from the activities of daily life to broad categories of academic interest, such as the science, social studies, and the humanities. The content areas included in the quantitative sections of the test are arithmetic, algebra geometry, and data analysis. These are content areas usually studied in high school. Questions in the analytical sections measures reasoning skills developed in virtually all fields of study. No formal training in logic or methods of analysis is needed to do well in these sections.

Preparing for the General Test:

GRE General Test questions are designed to measure skills and knowledge gained over a long period of time. Although you might increase your scores to some extent by preparing for a few weeks or months before the test, last minute cramming is unlikely to help. the following information will help guide you if you decide to devote some time to prepare for the test.

• Become familiar with each type of question used in the test, paying special attention to the directions. If you thoroughly understand the directions for each question type before you take the test, you will have more time during the test to focus on the questions themselves.

• Research suggests that practising unfamiliar question types results in improved performance and decrease the likelihood of inaccurately low scores. You should still read the directions for each group of questions carefully during the actual test administration.

• Us official GRE publications and software to familiarize yourself with questions used on the GRE.

• Maximize your score through effective time management.

• Read each question carefully and thoroughly.

• Answer each question in the order it is presented to you.

• Click on the appropriate answer

• Understand the implications of exiting a section or quitting the test