GMAT

If you miss your preferred GMAT slot. Check nearest test centers and available dates. Keep checking your desired center regularly. If any student cancels their slot, you can book that.

Applicants have the flexibility to schedule their GMAT exam dates 24 hours before the actual exam date (both test centre and online). But always getting a preferred slot may not always be possible for centre testing. The reason being, that the slots get booked fast and become unavailable last minute. This is why it is advised to book GMAT exam dates and centres in advance.

E-books are a good choice. These books help you study anywhere and find topics fast. But, staring at a screen for hours can tire your eyes. This make it hard to focus on long reading passages.

Use physical books for GMAT 2026 preparation as well.

Yes, there are ample resources available for applicants to prepare for GMAT exam and one of the best resources is using the official GMAT books. The GMAT books give detailed answer explanation and directly target the topics that are tested on the exam. Plus they also give practice questions along with full length GMAT exam sample papers. 

Yes, GMAT books are helpful resources to get hands on preparation, practice and work on strenghths and weaknesses closely. You can refer to 1-2 books for GMAT preparation and then look at solving some sample papers as well to get some additional practice.

Some of the trending GMAT books for preparation are as follos:

• Manhattan Prep All the GMAT
• Powerscore Critical Reasoning
• Kaplan GMAT Prep Plus
• GMAT for Dummies
• GMAC GMAT Official Guide
• GMAT Advanced Quant

Yes, definitely GMAT sample papers are accurate for preparation. They give you:

• An analysis of your performance
• Gives you an idea of how the exam will look like on the main day
• Helps you manage your time per question
• Helps you work on your weak areas and strengthen you areas of strength

Yes, those who have some knowledge can take a GMAT sample paper before starting their preparation. It will give them insights on topics they should ideally be tackling as and when they prepare for the exam.

On the other hand, those who do not much about the GMAT exam can also take a sample paper to have an understanding of the exam pattern and their weaknesses and strengths. And based on these analysis, make a prep plan.

No, as such there are no previous year's sample papers available for GMAT exam online or offline. There are official resources and some trusted sources that offer sample papers in a book and also diagnotic tests online. Since the GMAT exam is online and also an adaptive test, plus conducted frequently it gets difficult to get hold to previous years GMAT papers.