What is GMAT and what skills are required?
The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is a computer adaptive test (CAT) intended to assess certain analytical, writing, quantitative, verbal, and reading skills in written English for use in admission to a graduate management program, such as an MBA. It requires knowledge of certain grammar and knowledge of certain algebra, geometry, and arithmetic. The GMAT does not measure business knowledge or skill, nor does it measure intelligence. According to the test owning company, the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), the GMAT assesses analytical writing and problem-solving abilities, while also addressing data sufficiency, logic, and critical reasoning skills that it believes to be vital to real-world business and management success. It can be taken up to five times a year. Each attempt must be at least 16 days apart. GMAT is a registered trademark of the Graduate Management Admission Council. More than 5,900 programs offered by more than 2,100 universities and institutions use the GMAT exam as part of the selection criteria for their programs. Business schools use the test as a criterion for admission into a wide range of graduate management programs, including MBA, Master of Accountancy, and Master of Finance programs.

The GMAT test measures general verbal, quantitative, and analytical writing skills that are developed over a long period of time and are associated with academic success in the core courses of graduate management programs. GMAT now has a new section called Integrated Reasoning in place of 'Analysis of an issue' Essay topic. The GMAT examination does not presuppose any specific knowledge of business or of other specific content areas, nor does it measure achievement in any particular subject area.

What are the Sub-parts of GMAT?
There are in all 3 sub-parts. They are:

• Analytical Writing:
  The Analytical Writing Assessment section of the test measures your ability to think critically and communicate complex ideas through writing. The Analysis of an Argument task tests your ability to formulate an appropriate and constructive critique of a specific conclusion based on a specific line of thinking. Integrated Reasoning section will assess the data analysis skill of a candidate. It will consist of our types of questions:
  
  
  • Graph analysis
  • Table analysis
  • Two way analysis
  • Multi source analysis
  
  
• Quantitative Section:
  The Quantitative section of the GMAT exam measures your ability to reason mathematically, solve quantitative problems, and interpret graphic data. This section contains the following types of questions:
  
  
  • Problem Solving
  • Data Sufficiency
  
  
• Verbal Section:
  The Verbal section of the test measures your ability to understand and evaluate what you read and to recognize basic conventions of standard written English. The section contains the following types of questions:
  
  
  • Reading Comprehension (Reading and comprehending the given text, and answering the questions based on the same)
  • Critical Reasoning (Reasoning and evaluating arguments)
  • Sentence Correction (Correcting the data by following the standard conventions of writing)