The purpose of the GMAT is to measure your ability to think systematically and to employ the verbal and mathematical skills that you have acquired throughout .It should be noted that the test does not aim to measure your knowledge of specific business or academic subjects .The format includes the following:

Analytical Writing Assessment

It is designed to assess your ability to think critically and to communicate complex ideas You begin the GMAT with the Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) which consists of two separate writing tasks-

• Analysis of an Issue and
• Analysis of an Argument

You are allowed 30 minutes to complete each one

Quantitative Section:

Following an optional five-minute break, you begin the Quantitative Section of the GMAT. This section contains 37 multiple-choice questions of two question types-Data Sufficiency and Problem Solving. You will be allowed a maximum of 75 minutes to complete the entire section.

Verbal Section:

After a second optional five-minute break, you begin the Verbal Section of the GMAT. This section contains 41 multiple choice questions of three question types-Reading Comprehension, Critical Reasoning, and Sentence Correction. You are allowed a maximum of 75 minutes to complete the entire section.