Created and administered by Educational Testing Service (or ETS) since a non-profit organization of graduate business schools worldwide. The exam measures verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, critical thinking, and analytical writing skills.
In the United States and Canada, the cost of the general test is $160 and in India it costs $180 as of March 2010, although ETS will reduce the fee under certain circumstances.
GRE is for those seeking graduate school entries in US and other English speaking countries. Each year, more than 600,000 prospective graduate school applicants from approximately 230 countries take the GRE General Test.