The GMAT exam consists of four main sections—Analytical Writing Assessment, Integrated Reasoning, Quantitative, and Verbal.

The GMAT exam is delivered at individualized workstations in a computer adaptive format. The test tailors itself to each test taker’s ability level by using the answers given to the previous questions to select questions of appropriate difficulty. In general, the more questions a test taker answers correctly, the harder the test becomes.

The GMAT exam pattern is as follows.

GMAT Test Section	No. of Questions	Question Types	Timing
Analytical Writing Assessment	1 Topic	Analysis of an Argument	30 Minutes
Integrated Reasoning	12 Questions	Multi-Source Reasoning Graphics Interpretation Two-Part Analysis Table Analysis	30 Minutes
Quantitative	37 Questions	Data Sufficiency Problem Solving	75 Minutes
Verbal	41 Questions	Reading Comprehension Critical Reasoning Sentence Correction	75 Minutes
Total Exam Time			3 Hours 30 min

 Incorrect Answers

If you answer a question incorrectly by mistake or correctly by randomly guessing, your answers to subsequent questions will lead you back to questions that are at the appropriate level of difficulty for you.

Random guessing can significantly lower your scores. So, if you do not know the answer to a question, you should try to eliminate as many answer choices as possible and then select the answer you think is best.