Everything you need to know about GRE syllabus

The verbal reasoning, mathematical reasoning, critical thinking, and analytical writing portions of the GRE are all measured in this test. The GRE test syllabus is divided into three sections: GRE Verbal Reasoning, GRE Quantitative Reasoning, and GRE Analytical Writing. In order to assist us comprehend the material and abilities needed for the GRE exam, ETS, the company that creates the GRE, provides a summary of the curriculum covered in these three sections.

Verbal Reasoning

The verbal reasoning section of the exam measures the test-takers’ abilities to analyze and draw conclusions from the discourse, reason from incomplete data, identify the author’s assumptions and/or point of view, choose important points, distinguish important from minor or relevant points, summarize text, understand text structure, comprehend the meanings of words, sentences, and entire texts, and comprehend relationships between words and concepts.

The following is a list of the subjects included in the GRE verbal syllabus:

• Verb Tense
• Subject-Verb Agreement
• Parallelism
• Idioms & Idiomatic Expressions
• Basic Sentence structure: Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives
• Pronoun Agreement
• Modifiers

Quantitative Reasoning

The exam’s quantitative reasoning component gauges test-ability taker’s to read, interpret, and analyze quantitative data as well as use mathematical models to solve problems and apply basic mathematical ideas and skills from arithmetic to algebra to geometry to probability and statistics.

The following is a list of subjects included in the GRE Quant Syllabus:

Operations with exponents, factoring and simplification of algebraic expressions, relations, functions, equations, and inequalities, simultaneous equations and inequalities, setting up equations to solve word problems, coordinate geometry, graphs of functions, equations, and inequalities, intercepts, and slopes of lines—these are all topics in algebra.

Parallel and perpendicular lines, circles, triangles, quadrilaterals, various polygons, congruent and comparable figures, three-dimensional figures, area, perimeter, volume, the Pythagorean Theorem, and angle measurement in degrees are among the subjects covered in geometry.

Analytical Writing

A student’s ability to clearly express complicated concepts is put to the test in the analytical writing portion. The exam gauges the test-capacity taker’s to express ideas clearly, back them up with persuasive arguments, sustain an interesting debate, and demonstrate written English proficiency. The GRE Analytical Writing syllabus consists of two activities, each of which must be completed in the allotted thirty minutes.
a) Issue Analysis
b) Argument Analysis

The GRE Analyze an Issue Task requires applicants to critically consider the supplied topic or statement and to articulate their thoughts in their own words. They must write at least 500–600 words on subjects of popular interest. The subjective nature of the test and the candidate’s capacity for clear argumentation are key factors.

The GRE Analyze an Argument Task is designed to evaluate a candidate’s analytical and evaluative skills. In under 30 minutes, they must produce at least 500–600 words. Candidates will be given a passage with justification and support, and they must evaluate the author’s position.

Candidates need to work on their reading, writing, and vocabulary in order to perform well on this test. They have access to read editorials, essays, periodicals, and items of general interest. They must work on their vocabulary, grammar, and phrasing so that they can make their argument in a concise amount of time.

Syllabus for the GRE Subject Test

Candidates need to work on their reading, writing, and vocabulary in order to perform well on this test. They have access to read editorials, essays, periodicals, and items of general interest. They must work on their vocabulary, grammar, and phrasing so that they can make their argument in a concise amount of time.

The following is a list of topics covered on the GRE Subject Test:

• Biology
• There are around 190 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) in the Biology section of the test, covering subjects like:
• Organism Biology
• Cellular and Molecular Biology
• Ecology and Evolution
• Chemistry

There are 130 multiple-choice questions on the four traditional areas of chemistry. The following subjects will form the basis of the questions:

• Analytical chemistry
• Chemistry, Inorganic
• Organic Chemistry
• Inorganic Chemistry

English literature

Around 230 questions covering poetry, biographies, essays, short stories, theater, novels, criticism, literary theory, and the history of the language are included in the subject test. To adequately prepare for the course, students need pay close attention to the following:

1. Literary Analysis
2. Identification
3. Cultural and Historical Contexts
4. History and Theory of Literary Criticism

Vocabulary

The ability to use a wide variety of words is required of test-takers. Students are required to select the most appropriate word(s) for the blank(s) in a sentence or paragraph while answering problems involving sentence equivalence and text completion. It is not advised for students to learn the complete dictionary; instead, they should have access to a credible list of terms that appear often on the GRE and practice the skills needed to answer these vocabulary-based questions.

Understanding of Reading

The number of questions based on a specific passage can range from one to six, and around half of the reading comprehension questions on the exam are passage-based. On the basis of information gathered in books and journals, both academic and non-academic, passages are selected from the physical sciences, biological sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, as well as from daily themes.

Mathematics

Based on the material typically taught in undergraduate programmes, the math subject test comprises about 66 MCQs. The following is included in the GRE math curriculum:

1. Algebra
2. Calculus
3. Discrete Mathematics
4. Geometry
5. Statistics

Physics

There are around 100 MCQs in the Physics section of the GRE Subject test. Some of the questions are arranged in sets according to various physics ideas. Some of the subjects for which you must become ready are as follows:

1. Classical Mechanics
2. Electromagnetism
3. Optics and Wave Phenomena
4. Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
5. Quantum Mechanics
6. Atomic Physics
7. Special Relativity
8. Laboratory Methods
9. Specialized Topics

Psychology

The 205 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) on the psychology subject test are based on the many disciplines of the field, including:

1. Biological
2. Cognitive
3. Developmental
4. Social
5. Clinical
6. Measurement/Methodology, etc.