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GRE Verbal Section Overview

Time : 30 minutes
Questions : 30

The verbal part in GRE exam can be broken down into

S- Sentence Completion (6 Questions)
A- Analogies (7 Questions)
R- Reading Comprehension (8 Questions)
A- Antonyms (9 Questions)

The range of score : 200 minimun – 800 maximum
Initial score: 500 points

  • GRE always has had a unique pattern of scoring in its Verbal and Quant sections. Below is a break up of how its scored and hence how much time you have to spend on each question.
1st 5 questions
Next 10 questions
Last 15 questions

100 points

(initially 500)

 100 points

100 points

(800 Max)
Very very important Important Ok
Take 10-12 minutes Take 15 minutes

Only 5 minutes

(20 seconds per question)
  • If you get the first 24 questions right in a row your score reaches 800 and after that even if you mark the next 6 questions wrong you still end up getting 800.




Tips to crack the verbal section:Know the type of question

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