The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is a standardized assessment-delivered in English-that helps business schools assess the qualifications of applicants for advanced study in business and management. Schools use the test as one predictor of academic performance in an MBA or in other graduate management programs. The GMAT is developed and administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in consultation with the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC).
The GMAT consists of four separately timed sections. Each of the first two sections consists of an analytical writing task; the remaining two sections (Quantitative and Verbal) consist of multiple-choice questions delivered in a computer-adaptive format. Questions in these sections are dynamically selected as you take the test. Therefore, your test will be unique, and the multiple-choice questions will adjust to your ability level.

Typical GMAT Pattern

SECTION	NO. OF QUESTIONS	TIME
Analytical Writing	1. Analysis of an issue 2. Analysis of an argument	60 Minutes
Verbal: Reading Comprehension and Critical Reasoning	47	75 Minutes
Quantitative: Problem Solving and Data Sufficiency	37	75 Minutes

• In India, tests are conducted at Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Trivandrum round the year
• Score of 550 (out of 800) is considered good by average universities, the best ones (the top 20) require you to get a percentile score of 90+, which means, you must get, roughly a score of 650 and upwards
• The GMAT score is valid for a period of 5 years
• You can select up to five schools to receive your scores before you take the GMAT test. Your test registration fee covers the cost of sending your scores to the schools you select on test day
• If you would like to send your scores to more schools than the five you selected on the test day, you may order additional score reports, at a cost of U.S. $28 per school
• Only scores from your three most recent test dates within the last five years will be reported
• From the average profile of the students in the top 25 B-schools in the US, we find that 90% of them have more than 2 years of work experience before they join the MBA program