GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test)

Structure & Format

• The GMAT Focus Edition (2025 onwards) has three main sections: Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, and Data Insights. Career Launcher+1
  
  
• Time per section: 45 minutes each. Study Abroad Careers360+1
  
  
• Total questions:
  
  
  • Quantitative: 21 vedantu.com
    
    
  • Verbal: 23 Career Launcher
    
    
  • Data Insights: 20 Study Abroad Careers360
    
    
• Test duration: 2 hours 15 minutes, with a 10-minute optional break. Study Abroad Careers360
  
  
• Adaptive format: question difficulty adjusts to your performance. Wikipedia
  
  

Skills Assessed

• Quantitative Reasoning: Problem solving, logic, basic mathematical concepts, data sufficiency.
  
  
• Verbal Reasoning: Critical reasoning, reading comprehension, sentence correction.
  
  
• Data Insights: Interpreting data from tables, charts, multi-source reasoning, two-part analysis, graphics interpretation.
  
  

Scoring

• Each section (Quant, Verbal, Data Insights) is scored from 60 to 90, in 1-point increments. Yocket Prep+1
  
  
• Total GMAT Score: Ranges from 205 to 805, in 10-point increments. vedantu.com
  
  
• The section order is flexible (you can choose which section to take first). Yocket Prep
  
  

Why It Matters

• GMAT Focus Edition is tailored for business school applicants (MBA, Masters in Management, etc.), making it very relevant for management education.
  
  
• The Data Insights section reflects real-world business analytics and decision-making, testing data interpretation and reasoning skills.
  
  
• The adaptive nature and ability to review certain questions make the test more personal and strategic.