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How to Prepare for GRE?
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Agenda
● What is GRE?
● GRE General Test vs GRE Subject Test
● GRE syllabus
● Verbal Reasoning – Strategies and sample questions
● Quantitative Reasoning – Strategies and sample questions

● Analytical Writing – Strategies and sample questions
● Practical tips for a high GRE score
● GRE FAQs
Planning on getting admission
to graduate programs abroad?
What is GRE?
What is GRE?
● GRE stands for Graduate Record Examination.
● Developed and conducted by ETS (Educational Testing Services).
● One of the important admission requirements to start a career abroad.
● Crucial step in the graduate school or business school application process.
● More than 1300 business schools accept this exam.
A high score on the GRE will have a positive impact

on your graduate or business school application.
GRE General Test vs. GRE Subject Test
GRE General Test vs GRE Subject Test
● The GRE General Test measures your verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, critical thinking, and
analytical writing skills that have been developed over a long period of time and are not related to a
specific field of study but are important for all.
● The GRE Subject Tests are achievement tests that measure your knowledge and skill level in a particular
field of study (Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology). They’re intended for students with an
undergraduate major or extensive background in one specific discipline.
GRE General Test vs GRE Subject Test
GRE General Test GRE Subject Test
● Standardized general test ● Specialized subject test

● Major sections are Quantitative Reasoning, ● Candidate chooses one specific subject:
Analytical Writing, and Verbal Reasoning. Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and
● 3 hours 45 minutes long Psychology.
● Computer-based and paper-based ● 2 hours 50 minutes long
● Paper-based only
How to Decide – GRE General Test or GRE Subject Test?
● The GRE Subject Test is a comparatively less sought-after test for international universities. It might be
ideal if you seek admission to a specialization course and want to stand out from the other applicants.
● While GRE General Test scores are commonly needed for completing the admission process of a
postgraduate program, you can also provide GRE Subject Test scores to highlight your knowledge in a
specific subject such as Psychology, Mathematics, Physics, etc.
GRE Syllabus
GRE Syllabus
There are three major sections:
Verbal Reasoning
Quantitative Reasoning
Analytical Writing
Experimental or Unscored Section
Research Section
GRE Syllabus
Verbal Reasoning Quantitative Reasoning Analytical Writing
● 2 sections ● 2 sections ● 2 tasks
● 20 questions per section ● 20 questions per section ● 30 minutes per task
● 30 minutes per section ● 35 minutes per section ● Score: 0 – 6
● Score: 130 – 170 ● Score: 130 – 170
GRE Syllabus
Experimental or Unscored Section Research Section
● Quantitative or verbal section with 20 ● Unscored Quantitative or Verbal section

questions, but you don’t get scored always appears at the end of the exam.
irrespective of your answers.
● Used for research purposes, and hence it is
● ETS uses it to gauge the difficulty level of unscored and optional.
questions.
● You can actually skip this section.
● The experimental section isn’t marked;
hence, you can’t skip it.
Verbal Reasoning –
Strategies and Sample Questions
Verbal Reasoning
The Verbal Reasoning section measures your ability to:
● Analyze and draw conclusions from discourse, reason from incomplete data, identify the author’s
assumptions and understand multiple levels of meaning such as literal, figurative, and author's intent.
● Select important points, distinguish major from minor or irrelevant points, summarize text, and
understand the structure of a text.
● Understand the meaning of individual words and sentences and relationships among concepts.
This section majorly contains three types of questions:

1. Reading comprehension
2. Text completion
3. Sentence equivalence
Verbal Reasoning: Reading Comprehension
● Based on a passage that may range from one paragraph to several paragraphs.
● Passages are drawn from the physical sciences, biological sciences, social sciences, business, arts,
humanities, etc.
● Not all questions are standard MCQs in which you are required to select a single correct answer. You
might be asked to select multiple correct answers.
General Tips:
● Do not be discouraged if you encounter an unfamiliar passage. All the
questions can be answered based on the information provided in the
passage.
● Read and analyze the passage carefully before trying to answer any of
the questions, and pay attention to clues that help you understand less
explicit aspects of the passage.
● Answer each question based on the information provided in the passage,
and do not rely on outside knowledge.
Verbal Reasoning: Text Completion
● Tests your ability by omitting crucial words from short passages and asks the candidate to use the
remaining information in the passage as a basis for selecting words or short phrases to fill in the blanks
and create a coherent, meaningful whole.
● Passage is composed of one to five sentences with one to three blanks. Usually, there are three answer
choices given per blank.
General Tips:
● Read through the passage to get an overall sense of it.
● Do not assume that the first blank is the one that should be filled
first; perhaps one of the other blanks is easier to fill first.
● When you have made your selection for each blank, check to make
sure the passage is logically and grammatically correct.
Verbal Reasoning: Sentence Equivalence
● Consist of a single sentence with just one blank, and you are required to find two choices that lead to a
complete, coherent sentence while producing sentences that mean the same thing.
General Tips:
● Read the sentence to get an overall sense of it.
● Try to fill in the blank with a word that seems appropriate to you and then
see if two similar words are offered among the answer choices.
● When you have selected your pair of answer choices, check to ensure that
each one produces a sentence that is logically and grammatically coherent
and that the two sentences mean the same thing.
Verbal Reasoning: Sample Question
Answer the questions based on this passage:
Reviving the practice of using elements of popular music in classical composition, an approach that had
been in hibernation in the United States during the 1960s, composer Philip Glass (born 1937) embraced the
ethos of popular music in his compositions. Glass based two symphonies on music by rock musicians David
Bowie and Brian Eno, but the symphonies' sound is distinctively his. Popular elements do not appear out of
place in Glass's classical music, which from its early days ,has shared certain harmonies and rhythms with
rock music. Yet this use of popular elements has not made Glass a composer of popular music. His music is
not a version of popular music packaged to attract classical listeners; it is high art for listeners steeped in
rock rather than the classics.
Select only one answer choice:
Question 1:
The passage addresses which of the following issues related to Glass's use of popular elements in his
classical compositions?
a) How it is regarded by listeners who prefer rock to the classics.
b) How it has affected the commercial success of Glass's music.
c) Whether it has contributed to a revival of interest among other composers in using popular elements in
their compositions.
d) Whether it has had a detrimental effect on Glass's reputation as a composer of classical music.
e) Whether it has caused certain of Glass's works to be derivative in quality.
Select the two choices that apply:
Question 2:
The passage suggests that Glass's work displays which of the following qualities?
a) A return to the use of popular music in classical compositions.
b) An attempt to elevate rock music to an artistic status more closely approximating that of classical music.
c) A long-standing tendency to incorporate elements from two apparently disparate musical styles.
Question 3:
Select the sentence that distinguishes the two ways of integrating rock and classical music.
Select the two answer choices that, when used to complete the sentence, fit the meaning of the sentence
as a whole and produce completed sentences that are similar in meaning.
Question:
Although it does contain some great ideas, one would hardly classify the work as __________.
a) Orthodox b) Eccentric c) Original
d) Trifling e) Conventional f) Innovative
Question:
Although it does contain some great ideas, one would hardly classify the work as __________.
a) Orthodox b) Eccentric c) Original
d) Trifling e) Conventional f) Innovative
Question:
Existential philosophers are known for focusing on the subjective aspects of life rather than the ________.
a) Authentic b) Personal c) Dispassionate
d) Uncertain e) Unbiased
Question:
Existential philosophers are known for focusing on the subjective aspects of life rather than the ________.
a) Authentic b) Personal c) Dispassionate
d) Uncertain e) Unbiased
Quantitative Reasoning -
Quantitative Reasoning
The Quantitative Reasoning section measures your ability to:
● Understand, interpret, and analyze quantitative information.
● Solve problems using mathematical models.
● Apply basic skills and elementary concepts of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and data analysis.
The skills, concepts, and abilities are assessed in the four content areas:
1. Arithmetic
2. Algebra
3. Geometry
4. Data analysis
Quantitative Reasoning: Arithmetic
Arithmetic Topics
● Properties and types of integers (divisibility, factorization, prime numbers, odd and even integers).
● Arithmetic operations, exponents, and roots.
● Percentages, ratio, rate, and absolute value.
● Number line, decimal representation, and sequences of numbers.
Quantitative Reasoning: Algebra
Algebra Topics
● Operations with exponents.

● Factoring and simplifying algebraic expressions.
● Relations, functions, equations, and inequalities.
● Solving linear and quadratic equations and inequalities.
● Solving simultaneous equations and inequalities.
● Setting up equations to solve word problems.
● Coordinate geometry (graphs of functions, intercepts, and slopes of lines).
Quantitative Reasoning: Geometry
Geometry Topics
● Parallel and perpendicular lines.
● Circles, triangles, quadrilaterals, and other polygons.
● Congruent and similar figures.
● 3D figures.
● Area, perimeter, and volume.
● Pythagorean theorem.
● Angle measurement in degrees.
Quantitative Reasoning: Data Analysis
Data Analysis Topics
● Basic descriptive statistics (mean, median, mode, range, standard deviation, interquartile range,
quartiles, and percentiles).
● Interpretation of data in tables and graphs (line graphs, bar graphs, circle graphs, boxplots, scatterplots,
and frequency distributions).
● Elementary probability (probabilities of compound events and independent events).
● Conditional probability.
● Random variables and probability distributions.
● Combinations, permutations, and Venn diagrams.
Quantitative Reasoning: Sample Question
Compare quantity A with quantity B and select one of the following four answer choices:
Question:
Quantity A: 54% of 360
Quantity B: 150
a) Quantity A is greater.
b) Quantity B is greater.
c) The two quantities are equal.
d) Cannot be determined.
Compare quantity A with quantity B and select one of the following four answer choices:
Question:
Quantity A: 54% of 360
Quantity B: 150
a) Quantity A is greater.
b) Quantity B is greater.
c) The two quantities are equal.
d) Cannot be determined.
Select a single answer choice:
Question:
Which of the following numbers is farthest from the number 1 on the number line?
a) -10
b) -5
c) 0
d) 5
e) 10
Question:
Which of the following numbers is farthest from the number 1 on the number line?
a) -10
b) -5
c) 0
d) 5
e) 10
Question:
A certain jar contains 60 boxes - 21 white, 19 green, 11 yellow, 5 red, and 4 purple. If a box is to be chosen
at random, what is the probability that the box will be neither red nor purple?
a) 0.09
b) 0.15
c) 0.54
d) 0.85
e) 0.91
Question:
A certain jar contains 60 boxes - 21 white, 19 green, 11 yellow, 5 red, and 4 purple. If a box is to be chosen
at random, what is the probability that the box will be neither red nor purple?
a) 0.09
b) 0.15
c) 0.54
d) 0.85
e) 0.91
Enter your answer as an integer or a decimal:
Question:
One pen costs $0.25 and one marker costs $0.35. At those prices, what is the total cost of 18 pens and 100
markers?
Answer: __________ $
Enter your answer as an integer or a decimal:
Question:
One pen costs $0.25, and one marker costs $0.35. At those prices, what is the total cost of 18 pens and 100
markers?
Answer: $39.50
Question:
If 5x + 21 = 5 - 3x, what is the value of x?
a) -4
b) -3
c) 4
d) -2
e) 2
Question:
If 5x + 21 = 5 - 3x, what is the value of x?
a) -4
b) -3
c) 4
d) -2
e) 2
Select two answer choices:
Question:
Which two of the following numbers have a product that is between –1 and 0? Indicate both of the
numbers.
a) -20
b) -10
c) 2^(-4)
d) 3^(-2)
Select two answer choices:
Question:
Which two of the following numbers have a product that is between –1 and 0? Indicate both of the
numbers.
a) -20
b) -10
c) 2^(-4)
d) 3^(-2)
Enter your answer as a fraction:
Question:
Rectangle R has length 30 and width 10, and square S has length 5. What is the ratio of perimeter of S to
the perimeter of R?
Answer: ___ /___
Enter your answer as a fraction:
Question:
Rectangle R has length 30 and width 10, and square S has length 5. What is the ratio of perimeter of S to
the perimeter of R?
Answer: 20/80
Enter your answer as an integer:
Question:
Working alone at its constant rate, machine A produces x liters of a chemical in 10 minutes.
Working alone at its constant rate, machine B produces x liters of the chemical in 15 minutes.
How many minutes does it take machines A and B, working simultaneously at their respective constant
rates, to produce x liters of the chemical?
Answer: __________
Question:
Working alone at its constant rate, machine A produces x liters of a chemical in 10 minutes.
Working alone at its constant rate, machine B produces x liters of the chemical in 15 minutes.
How many minutes does it take machines A and B, working simultaneously at their respective constant
rates, to produce x liters of the chemical?
Answer: 6 minutes
Question:
Animal Distribution in the Zoo
Animal Percent
Lion 32%
Leopard 16%
Tiger 20%
Cat 8%
Zebra 24%
If there are 44 leopards at the zoo, what is the zoo's total population?
Answer: _________
Question:
Animal Distribution in the Zoo
Animal Percent
Lion 32%
Leopard 16%
Tiger 20%
Cat 8%
Zebra 24%
If there are 44 leopards at the zoo, what is the zoo's total population?
Answer: 275
Analytical Writing –
Analytical Writing
The Analytical Writing section measures your ability to:
● Articulate complex ideas clearly and effectively.
● Support ideas with relevant reasons and examples.
● Examine claims and accompanying evidence.

● Sustain a well-focused, coherent discussion.
● Control the elements of standard written English.
This section consists of two separately timed analytical writing tasks:

1. Analyze an issue
2. Analyze an argument
Analytical Writing
‘Analyze an Issue’ Task
● This task presents an opinion on an issue and instructions on how to respond.
● Candidates are required to evaluate the issue, consider its complexities, and develop an argument with
reasons and examples to support their views.
‘Analyze an Argument’ Task
● This task consists of a brief passage in which the author makes a case for some course of action by
presenting claims backed by reasons and evidence.
● Candidates are required to evaluate the logical soundness of the argument

rather than agree or disagree with the position it presents.
‘Analyze an Issue’ Task vs ‘Analyze an Argument’ Task
The ‘Analyze an Issue’ task requires you to construct your own argument, while the
‘Analyze an Argument’ task requires you to evaluate someone else's argument.
Analytical Writing: General Tips
● Budget your time smartly by allowing sufficient time to consider the issue or argument and the specific
instructions, plan a response, and compose your essay.
● Give multiple examples or present a single extended example.
● Create a new paragraph whenever you shift to a new cluster of ideas.
● Briefly summarize the writer's position and then explicitly announce the main points to be argued.
● Clarity of ideas and the skill with which you convey them are more important than the number of
examples and paragraphs.
● Save a few minutes, in the end, to check for obvious errors.
Analyze an Issue: Sample Question
Issue:
Teachers' salaries should be based on their student’s academic performance.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In
developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or examples
that could be used to challenge your position.
Analyze an Argument: Sample Question
Argument:
The VP of Human Resources at an organization sent the following recommendation to the company's
president:
In an effort to improve our employees' productivity, we should implement electronic monitoring of

employees' internet use from their workstations. Employees who use the Internet from their workstations
need to be identified and punished if we are to reduce the number of work hours spent on personal or
recreational activities, such as shopping or playing games. By installing software to detect employees'
internet use on company computers, we can prevent employees from wasting time, foster a better work
ethic, and improve our overall profits.
Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated

assumptions of the argument. Explain how the argument depends on
these assumptions and what the implications are for the argument.
Practical Tips for a High GRE Score
Practical Tips for a High GRE Score
Timed practice.
Create an error log.
Take practice tests on a regular basis.
Keep improving your vocabulary.
Learn 20 words a day.
GRE FAQs
GRE FAQs
● How long is the GRE?
● Who accepts the GRE?
● When and where is the GRE held?
● Which MBA programs accept GRE scores?

● What level of Math is required in GRE?
● How long are GRE scores valid?
● Is there any age limit for appearing for the GRE Exam?
● What is a good score on the GRE?
● What are the best GRE prep resources?
Summary
Summary
Here is a brief recap:
● GRE is one of the most important admission requirements to start a career abroad.
● A high score on the GRE will have a positive impact on your graduate or business school application.
● The GRE Subject Test is a comparatively less sought-after test for international universities, and it is
ideal if you seek admission to a specialization course.
● There are three major sections in the GRE test- Verbal Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning, and
Analytical Writing.
● Creating an error log, consistent and timed practice, improving vocabulary, etc., are some of the
strategies for a high GRE score.

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How to Prepare for GRE?

● GRE General Test vs GRE Subject Test

● Verbal Reasoning – Strategies and sample questions

● Quantitative Reasoning – Strategies and sample questions

● Practical tips for a high GRE score

● Developed and conducted by ETS (Educational Testing Services).

● One of the important admission requirements to start a career abroad.

● Crucial step in the graduate school or business school application process.

● More than 1300 business schools accept this exam.

A high score on the GRE will have a positive impact

GRE General Test GRE Subject Test

● Standardized general test ● Specialized subject test

Experimental or Unscored Section

● 2 sections ● 2 sections ● 2 tasks

● 20 questions per section ● 20 questions per section ● 30 minutes per task

● 30 minutes per section ● 35 minutes per section ● Score: 0 – 6

● Score: 130 – 170 ● Score: 130 – 170

Experimental or Unscored Section Research Section

● Quantitative or verbal section with 20 ● Unscored Quantitative or Verbal section

This section majorly contains three types of questions:

a) Orthodox b) Eccentric c) Original

d) Trifling e) Conventional f) Innovative

a) Orthodox b) Eccentric c) Original

d) Trifling e) Conventional f) Innovative

a) Authentic b) Personal c) Dispassionate

a) Authentic b) Personal c) Dispassionate

● Solve problems using mathematical models.

● Operations with exponents.

c) The two quantities are equal.

c) The two quantities are equal.

Answer: ___ /___

● Support ideas with relevant reasons and examples.

● Examine claims and accompanying evidence.

● Control the elements of standard written English.

This section consists of two separately timed analytical writing tasks:

● This task presents an opinion on an issue and instructions on how to respond.

‘Analyze an Argument’ Task

● Candidates are required to evaluate the logical soundness of the argument

● Give multiple examples or present a single extended example.

● Create a new paragraph whenever you shift to a new cluster of ideas.

● Save a few minutes, in the end, to check for obvious errors.

In an effort to improve our employees' productivity, we should implement electronic monitoring of

Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated

Create an error log.

Take practice tests on a regular basis.

Keep improving your vocabulary.

Learn 20 words a day.

● Who accepts the GRE?

● When and where is the GRE held?

● Which MBA programs accept GRE scores?

● How long are GRE scores valid?

● What is a good score on the GRE?

● What are the best GRE prep resources?

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