GRE Duration: How Many Hours is GRE Exam
Updated on 21 September, 2022
Mrinal Mandal
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How many hours is GRE exam? The duration of GRE exam is usually 3 hours and 45 minutes (GRE General). There are a total of 6 sections with a break of ten minutes after the third section. It is applicable for the computer-based GRE examination while the paper-based GRE examination requires 3 hours and 40 minutes (inclusive of breaks). The length of the unscored section on the GRE computer-based test will vary and hence the exact duration may sometimes differ.
Here is a table that will help you get the entire picture for the computer-based GRE examination:
Name of the Section | Total Number of Questions | Total Time Required |
Analytical Writing: Analyze an Issue Essay | 1 | 30 minutes |
Analytical Writing: Analyze An Argument Essay | 1 | 30 minutes |
Verbal Reasoning Section | 20 | 30 minutes |
Break | None | 10 minutes |
Quantitative Reasoning Section | 20 | 35 minutes |
Unscored Portion | May Vary | May vary (usually between 30-35 minutes) |
Quantitative Reasoning Section | 20 | 35 minutes |
Verbal Reasoning Section | 20 | 30 minutes |
Based on this time schedule, you should make sure that you are spending a maximum of 90 seconds for each Verbal Reasoning question and a maximum of 84 seconds for each Quantitative Reasoning question. Computer-based GRE means that you should finish three sections (usually about 1 ½ hours) prior to the break of ten minutes. However, remember that the order of the sections will vary since there is no hard and fast rule.
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Name of the Section | Total Number of Questions | Total Duration (Minutes) |
Analytical Writing: Analyze An Issue | 1 | 30 |
Analytical Writing: Analyze An Argument | 1 | 30 |
Break | None | 10 |
Quantitative Reasoning | 25 | 40 |
Verbal Reasoning | 25 | 35 |
Quantitative Reasoning | 25 | 40 |
Verbal Reasoning | 25 | 35 |
The total time in this version works out to 3 hours and 40 minutes.
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