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Tips For GRE Preparation

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Key Highlights
Know Your Foe
Plan your work & Work the plan
Top tips for Quant
Managing Stress & Time
Top tips for Verbal

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Taking a test is no different from war . Let us see how the principles of
art of war can be applied to work smart.
Know Your Foe
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you
need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If
you know yourself but not the enemy, for every
victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you
know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will
succumb in every battle.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
So , first know the ETS. Its strengths and weaknesses.
Then know your strengths and weaknesses. You can
know about GRE and its testing pattern through diagnostic
test. The more tests you take,the more you get to know
about your enemy(ETS).

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MEASURE NUMBER OF
QUESTIONS
ALLOTTED TIME Average Time
per question
Min-Max
Score
Analytical Writing
(One section with
two separately timed
tasks)
One "Analyze an
Issue" task and one
"Analyze an
Argument" task
30 minutes per task 0-6
Verbal Reasoning
(Two sections)
20 questions per
section
30 minutes per
section
1.75 mins. 130-170
Quantitative
Reasoning
(Two sections)
20 questions per
section
35 minutes per
section
1.5 mins. 130-170
Unscored Varies Varies
Research Varies Varies
Test Structure

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The Verbal Reasoning section of the GRE General Test contains three types of questions:
● Reading Comprehension
● Multiple-choice questions: select one answer choice
● Multiple-choice questions: select one or more answer choices
● Select-in-passage: select the sentence in the passage that meets a certain description
● Text Completion-Single blank, Double blank, Triple blank.
● Sentence Equivalence
The Quantitative Reasoning section of the GRE® General Test contains four types of questions:
● Quantitative Comparison Questions
● Multiple-choice Questions — Select One Answer Choice
● Multiple-choice Questions — Select One or More Answer Choices
● Numeric Entry Questions
Note:More than one answer can be correct but it doesn't mean that more than one answer should be correct.
Question Types

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Question Types

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Question Types

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Question Types

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Plan your work & Work the planQuestion Types

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Question Types

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Select the two answer choices that, when
used to complete the sentence, fit the
meaning of the sentence as a whole and
produce completed sentences that are
alike in meaning.
Question Types

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Adaptive By section

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Adaptive By section

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Adaptive By section

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Plan your work & Work the plan
Before you jump into your GRE preparations , start
by taking a diagnostic test to establish your baseline
scoring level and start by making a plan.
Be sure you can answer these questions:
•When will you find time to study, do homework, and
take practice tests?
•Where will you study, do homework, and take
practice tests?
•How will you motivate and reward yourself as you
study?
•What is your goal for your GRE score?
* Use a calendar to set up a schedule
showing what you will accomplish each day.
*Set goals for each of your practice
tests.
* Consider simulating the actual GRE
testing environment by using a timer and
by eliminating water, snacks, music, and
technology during your practice tests and
homework.
*Plan out rewards for yourself when you
achieve specific goals.

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Top Tips For Quant
STAY OUT OF THE ZONE
Don’t get lost in calculations!
If you have half a page of calculations and
you are no where near the answer, it’s sure
shot indication that you are stuck in quick
sand.

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Top Tips For Quant
1.If a>4 and b>5 then what is the minimum integral value of a+b?
A. 9
B. 10
C. 11
D. 12
E. 13
2. If Set A consists of all non-negative even integers less than 12, then how many elements
are in Set A?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 10
E. 11
Learn to read for Math
a=4.5
b=5.5
So,a+b=10
A:{0,2,4,6,8,10}
So,Six numbers

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Top Tips For Quant
Always try to take advantage of the answer choices
Question:
T is a set of y integers,where 0<y<7.If the
average of set T is the positive integer
x,which of the following could not be the
median of set T?
(A)0
(B)x
(C) -x
(D)y/3
(E)2y/7
Solution:
Max number of integers =6
So median will either be an be an integer
Or a decimal ending with .5
Ans choice (E) can be neither of them.
So that will be the answer.
Whereas solving this mathematically takes a lot of
time.

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Top Tips For Quant
Always try to take advantage of the answer choices
3. The ratio of boys to girls in Class A is 3 to 4. The ratio of boys to girls in Class B is 4 to 5.
If the two classes were combined, the ratio of boys to girls in the combined class would
be 17 to 22. If the number of boys in Class B is one less than the number of boys in Class
A, and if the number of girls in Class B is two less than the number of girls in Class A,
how many girls are in Class A?
A) 7
B) 9
C) 10
D) 12
E) 14
Solution:
We need numbers of girls in class A and we know, in
class A that ratio of B:G is 3:4
So,the number of girls should be the multiple of 4
Therefore,we can eliminate A,B,C & E
and D is the answer.
Whereas again solving this mathematically takes a lot
of time.

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Key points to remember while solving charts
questions
Top Tips For Quant
As you know Charts questions always appear as a set of 3. It is recommended to go through the question
stems of all the charts questions before you pick one of them to solve .
Most of the times information acquired while solving a question will be useful for the next question also. So
going through the question stem enables us to use the data on the scratch work effectively.
Approximation plays a crucial role while solving charts questions. However its better to solve the question
precisely and then choose the approximate answer. If answer choices are close enough you need to use
calculator.
Though the charts is separate topic ,one should have a good knowledge of percent and percentage change,
average , ratios, median and mode to ace charts questions.

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Points to ponder
● Take advantage of the answer choices
● Learn the vocabulary used in Math..
● Don’t waste too much time on one question.
● Every question in the section is weighted equally.
● Formula is not the only way to solve questions.
.
● Figures are not drawn to scale. So don’t assume two lines to be parallel or perpendicular
unless it's stated.
● Make the best use of scratch paper on the test. Don’t keep too much in your head.
● It is recommended to go through the question stems of all the charts questions before you pick one of
them .As you know they always appear in a set of 3.
● If less than a minute is left and some of the questions are still left unanswered , better to mark an answer for
all the questions instead of trying to solve only one.There is no penalty for wrong answers.

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Top Tips For Verbal-Reading Comprehension
STAY OUT OF THE ZONE
Don’t just read! Read with a purpose.
Don’t get lost in reading or in your thoughts.
‘Interview’ the passage – that’s what
active reading is all about.

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Top Tips For Verbal-Reading Comprehension
Points to remember
● Though it is called Reading Comprehension, neither reading nor
comprehending gets you any score. Answering the question will
fetch you score. We should spend more time on answering the
question rather than reading.
● Try to distinguish main ideas from supporting ideas or evidence
● Try to identify main transitions from one idea to another
● Identify the relationship between different ideas: whether one
supports the other; do they contrast or are they consistent?
● Ensure you understand exactly what is being asked of you by
reading the questions carefully.
● Pay attention to the linking words used, as they may help you
establish a structure within the texts. Words introducing a
contrast, like, ‘however’, are important in a passage

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Top Tips For Verbal-Sentence Equivalnce
Directions: Select the two answer choices that, when used to
complete the sentence, fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole
and produce completed sentences that are alike in meaning.
Points to remember
● The two answer options need not be synonyms, but
must engender similar meaning.
● Focus on sentence structure and meaning of the
sentence.
● Avoid plugging in the answers,instead,come up with
your own word and use context clues.
● Finally,read the complete sentence to make sure that
it make sense.

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Top Tips For Verbal-Text Completion
Directions: Directions: For each blank select one entry from the
corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that
best completes the text.
Points to remember
● You don’t have to fill in the blanks in order. Read over
the passage to see which is easiest to fill, and continue
to follow this pattern.
● Focus on passage structure and meaning of the
passage.
● Avoid plugging in the answers,instead,come up with
your own word and use context clues
● Once you’ve completed the question, check the
passage is coherent and stylistically and grammatically
correct.

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Top Tips For Verbal-Critical Reasoning
GRE considers CR questions integeral
part of reading comprehension.
Points to remember
● Make sure that you read the question first so that you
know how to deal with the passage.
● Learn to identify argument patterns.(e.g. Causal,
Planning,Analogy, and Sampling.)
● Learn strategies for different question types.

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Top Tips For Verbal
No discussion about GRE is ever
complete without a discussion about
vocabulary building!

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Top Tips For Verbal
But whatever technique you use…
• Revision
• Regularity
• Repeated use
Remember the three R’s of vocab building
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Top Tips For Verbal
Ways to build voacbulary
● Maintain a vocab register
● Flash cards
● Use etymology,mnemonics
● Use e-Tools,vocab games & apps
● Membean vocab builder

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Top Tips For Verbal

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Top Tips For Verbal
Use Roots

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Top Tips For Verbal
Verity, Veracity, Verisimilitude = Truth
Aver, Asseverate = To state as true
Veritable = True
Tergiversate = To tell a lie
ver/veri = truth
(from the Latin word Veritas, meaning Truth)
Think of the word ‘verify’

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Managing Stress & Time
➢ Acing the mind game.
➢Some content and lot of Strategy
➢Be a good time manager
➢Don’t Panic if things aren’t in your favor
➢Pattern identification
➢Practice, Practice, Practice
➢Confidence and Execution

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