TOEFL

The purpose of the test is to evaluate the English proficiency of non-native speakers of English.

This test is required to be taken by all the students whose language is not English and wish to study in colleges and universities where English is the language of instruction.

No.	Sections	Approx Number Of Questions	Time (Minutes)	Skills Tested
1.	Listening	30 - 50	15 - 25*	Ability to understand American English
2.	Structure	20 - 25	15 - 20	Ability to understand short messages similar in topic and style to academic texts.
3.	Reading	44 - 60	70 - 90	Ability to understand short Comprehension passages similar in topic and style to academic texts
4.	Essay	1	30 min	Ability to write in English on an assigned topic.

Total time at the Test Centre: Approx 3 1/2 (includes the time for Tutorials).
The clock does not run when you are listening to the conversation, so the total time given for listening section is 40 - 60 minutes.
The CBT gives four scaled scores:

Sections	Band score between
Listening	0 - 30
Structure	0 - 30
Reading	0 - 30
Essay	0 - 6

Finally a total converted score of 0 - 300.
The essay first is rated separately on a scale of 0 - 6 and then is later figured in the total structure / writing score.
(For more details www.toefl.org )