The GRE

The GRE revised General Test is the only admissions test for graduate or business school that lets you skip questions, change your answers and have control to tackle the questions you want to answer first. Plus, you decide which scores to send to schools even if you take the test more than once.

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.

The overall testing time for the computer-based GRE revised General Test is about three hours and 45 minutes. There are six sections with a 10-minute break following the third section.

The overall testing time for the paper-based GRE revised General Test is about three hours and 30 minutes. There are six sections with a 10-minute break following the second section.

Source: http://www.ets.org/gre/