GRE Preparation with Quant, Verbal, Reasoning and online CBT Mock Tests

GRE Preparation with Quant, Verbal, Reasoning and online CBT Mock Tests

·         Graduate Record Examination or GRE is a standardized test that is an admission requirement for many graduate schools mainly in the United States and Canada.

·         ETS creates and administers this test worldwide.

·         It is usually computer-based test administered by top quality qualified testing centers. The paper-based GRE test is offered in those regions where computer-based testing is not available. In India, only computer-based test is offered.

·         The GRE test is only one of the several factors which graduate schools look at to decide the selection of a candidate. A high score alone does not convert to an admission offer. But the test can be looked upon as the first major hurdle to be cleared in the process of getting admission into a graduate school.

·         The Graduate Record Examination measures verbal, mathematical and analytical writing skills. There is more emphasis on your ability to understand what you've read and how you apply your reasoning and less reliance on vocabulary out of context.

The GRE revised General Test features question types that closely reflect the kind of thinking you'll do in graduate or business school.

• Verbal Reasoning — Measures your ability to analyze and evaluate written material and synthesize information obtained from it, analyze relationships among component parts of sentences and recognize relationships among words and concepts.
• Quantitative Reasoning — Measures problem-solving ability, focusing on basic concepts of arithmetic, algebra, geometry and data analysis.
• Analytical Writing — Measures critical thinking and analytical writing skills, specifically your ability to articulate and support complex ideas clearly and effectively.

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Vocabulary in Context with GRE Preparation

Hello Everyone! All you GRE Aspirants – Are you in good shape? Holiday season is approaching and most of you must have finished your exams, so this is an appropriate time to hang around with friends and have a great time. Even the winter has started to show its charm. Days are becoming shorter and shorter. Sun refuses to wake up from its slumber even till 10 in the morning. So, what has all this got to do with GRE? I just want to say that this is the ideal time to develop a laid back attitude and to water down the hard work that you must have put in, in the previous months. Though holidays are around, spend some time for GRE prep. If not doing some serious study, try to read some good articles or books that may keep you vocabulary fresh in your mind. I stumbled upon an article during my regular readings and I thought that I should share the same with you. This one is from the New York Times entitled A Nose For Words. In this article, the author talks about his first exposure to vocabulary and how he develops an affinity towards it. So, if you are one of those students, who just despair at the mention of some unwieldy words like hortatory, cleave, recondite, my advice for you is to read this article.

GRE Reading Comprehension Strategies for Exam Preparation

Whenever you watch a movie or read a book, what is the first thing that you do subconsciously or to a very limited extent, deliberately? You try to classify the movie or the book into its genre. You call it a comedy, thriller, action, horror and so on. Then what if your friend asks you what the movie or the book was about, then do you narrate the whole plot with every detail or do you just put the whole thing in one or two sentences? In the case of ordinary mortals, which most of us are (though some of you may take exceptions to this) try to summarize the whole thing in one or two sentences, which try to capture the whole essence of the plot. This is also exactly the case with reading comprehension questions that you encounter in your test. First of all you read the passage and then classify it as science, business, social, political, socio-economic and so on. Then the next thing is that you hunt for the main idea, i.e. you try to capture the whole essence of the passage in one or two sentences. The sad part is, in your test, the grilling doesn’t stop just here. You are put through a whole plethora of tortuous questions, which attempt to put your entire reading prowess to test. Here are the 4 main reading skills tested in reading comprehension questions on GRE:

1. Main Idea: This involves the following:
   • Selection of the main thought in the passage
   • Ability to decipher the general significance of the passage
   • Ability to select the best title for a passage
   Learn to distinguish between a main idea and supporting ideas
2. Specific Details: This involves the following:
   • Ability to understand the author’s explicit statements
   • To get the literal meaning of what is written
   • To identify details