GRE General Examination is 3 hours long with 3 sections mentioned below:

a)    Writing (2 questions)- (45+30)- 75 minutes {10 minutes break}

b)    Verbal (30 questions)- 30 minutes {1 minute break}

c)    Maths (28 questions)- 45 minutes

The test always begins with the writing section and Maths and verbal section can be added in any order. The questions in every section can also appear in any order. There is one more experimental section that may appear in GRE exam in any order after analytical writing section.

For aspirants preparing for admission in graduate school, the scores in verbal and quantitative sections are highly considered. For doctoral programs, scores in range of 550 is enough whereas for master’s degree program scores ranging between 450 and 500 is considered well.