All CoursesThe GMAT Official Guide is a must-have study guide for prospective management aspirants as it includes Quantitative, Verbal and Integrated Reasoning types of questions. The GMAT Official Guide 2021 edition comprises of new content with 265 new sets of questions and exclusive access to the online platform. Once activated the GMAT Official Guide online portal has a validity of 1 year which can be extended although the pricing options might not be readily available. The online supplement includes of question bank that allows you to create practise tests from a wide range of GMAC questions featured in the book, as well as exclusive videos from real test takers. Besides, the GMAC staff also share their insights and effective tips on GMAT preparation.
The Official Guide for GMAT Review 2021 highlights 1172 practice questions with answers and detailed explanations, essay topics, quant review and a diagnostic test. Additionally, you also get access to an online study companion that includes some practice questions and Integrated Reasoning questions and diagnostic exam which can help you to focus on your test preparation endeavours.
New Updates in the GMAT Official Guide 2021:
- New Flashcards: The new OG has introduced 163 flashcards (119 for Quant and 44 for Verbal). They test individual concepts or explain them in simple terms.
- Increase in the number and types of questions in the GMAT Official Guide 2019: The overall number of questions in each section have remained increased since GMAT OG 2020. One old question was deleted. The distribution of questions in GMAT OG 2021 is given in the table below:
| GMAT Sub-Section | Number of questions in OG 2021 |
| Sentence Correction | 180 |
| Critical Reasoning | 167 |
| Reading Comprehension | 149 |
| Problem Solving | 262 |
| Data Sufficiency | 240 |
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Should you purchase the new GMAT Official Guide 2021?
If you are just kickstarting your GMAT preparation and do not have the GMAT Official Guide of any prior years handy, then we would recommend you to buy the GMAT OG 2021. In India, the GMAT Official Guide 2021 Paperback is priced at Rs. 1.999 (subject to change in forex rates). Frankly speaking, you can purchase the OG 2020 for your preparation as it is more reasonable than the latest GMAT OG 2021.
As mentioned earlier, there are some noteworthy changes in the latest edition, particularly more questions for IR, so you can save some money by purchasing its older counterpart if you do not need the extra questions. On the contrary, if you are the one who wants to do everything in your power to prepare for the GMAT exam and you have already finished working through the OG 2020 and want to work on more practice questions, then the new GMAT 2021 official guide has fresh new questions which can certainly help, and the flashcards will be a boost too!
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