Pattern & Syllabus

Syllabus for GRE 2022

There are two types of GRE exam and the syllabus for both of these are different. GRE General Test has questions related to Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA), Quantitative Reasoning and Verbal Reasoning. GRE Subject.

Test has questions related to Maths, Physics, Chemistry, English, Biology and Psychology. Candidates have to study the respective syllabus connected with the GRE exam they are about to appear for. More inforamtion about the syllabus is provided below for the sake of the candidates:

GRE General

Analytical Writing

The GRE analytical writing section aims to measure the test taker's ability to articulate complex ideas clearly and effectively, support ideas with relevant reasons and examples, examine claims and accompanying evidence, sustain a well-focused, coherent discussion and control the elements of standard written English. The syllabus for GRE Analytical Writing includes two separately timed analytical writing tasks of thirty minutes each:

• Analyze an Issue
• Analyze an Argument

Verbal Reasoning

The verbal reasoning section aims to measure the test taker's ability to analyze and draw conclusions from the discourse, reason from incomplete data, identify the author's assumptions and/or perspective, select important points, distinguish major from minor or relevant points, summarize text, understand the structure of a text, understand the meanings of words, sentences and entire texts and understand relationships among words and concepts.

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

Quantitative Reasoning

The quantitative reasoning section aims to measure the test taker's ability to understand quantitative information, interpret and analyze quantitative information, solve problems using mathematical models, and apply basic mathematical skills and elementary mathematical concepts of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, probability, and statistics.

GRE Subject

Biology

• Cellular and Molecular Biology
• Organismal Biology
• Ecology and Evolution 

Chemistry

• Analytical Chemistry
• Inorganic Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry
• Physical Chemistry 

English

• Literary Analysis
• Identification
• Cultural and Historical Contexts
• History and Theory of Literary Criticism 

Maths

• Algebra          
• Calculus
• Additional Topics

Physics

• Classical Mechanics
• Electromagnetism
• Optics and Wave Phenomena
• Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
• Quantum Mechanics
• Atomic Physics
• Special Relativity
• Laboratory Methods
• Specialized Topics 

Psychology

• Biological
• Cognitive
• Developmental
• Social
• Clinical
• Measurement/Methodology