AIMS Test for Management Admission (ATMA)
General Description:
The ATMA is another exam conducted on a very large scale, and is conducted by the Association of Indian Management Schools for admission to them.
Accepting Institutes:
A total of about 70 institutes that come under the AIMS accept these scores.
Dates:
ATMA is normally held on a Sunday in the month of February every year, in a number of locations across the country.
Format and Peculiarities:
The ATMA is a long, 3 hour test which consists of roughly 170 questions from a total of 6 sections. The exam normally follows a format like the one given below:
|
|
Section |
No of Questions |
Allotted Time |
|
1 |
Analytical Reasoning Skills |
60 |
60 |
|
2 |
Verbal Skills |
50 |
60 |
|
3 |
Quantitative Skills |
60 |
60 |
|
|
Total |
170 |
180 minutes |
Tips:
It isn’t a very straightforward test, first and foremost. The fact that you can’t decide how to divide your time means that you’ll have to be equally well-prepared for each section. Once that is taken care of, you also have to be really really quick, since the cutoffs for each section can go alarmingly high.
In a nutshell, you need to practice a lot of these tests well before you sit for the real thing.