ATMA Exam Analysis & Expected Cut off 2018

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ATMA 2018 was conducted on December 23. Find out how was the exam and its difficulty level as part of ATMA exam analysis 2018.

ATMA 2018 was conducted on December 23. Go through ATMA Exam Analysis 2018 to find out more about the paper pattern, difficulty level and expected cut offs for admission through ATMA 2018 exam.

ATMA Exam Analysis 2018: Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) conducted ATMA 2018 on December 23. ATMA December 2018 was conducted as an online entrance test. ATMA December exam was the last and final edition of the management entrance exam conducted for the year. Shiksha brings to you ATMA exam analysis 2018. The ATMA analysis 2018 includes going through the ATMA question paper including the type of questions asked, the difficulty level of the question paper and expected ATMA cut off 2018.

As per ATMA exam analysis for December 2018 exam, the overall test pattern and difficulty level of the exam was quite similar to previous editions of the management entrance exam. Candidates had to attempt 30 questions in each section of ATMA December 2018 exam

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Before providing detailed ATMA paper analysis 2018 let us first take a look at ATMA exam pattern.

Exam Structure

Details

Number of Sections

6 (Analytical Reasoning Skills – I, Verbal Skills – I, Quantitative Skills – I , Analytical Reasoning Skills – II, Verbal Skills –II, Quantitative Skills – II)

Duration of Exam

180 minutes (30 minutes per section)

Number of questions

180

ATMA Exam Total Marks

180

Language of Paper

English

Number of Answer Choices

4

Mode of Examination

Online

ATMA Marking Scheme

+1 mark for each correct answer

-0.25 for every wrong answer

 

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Section-wise ATMA Exam Pattern 2018 

 

Section

Number of Questions

Allotted Time

Analytical Reasoning Skills Part 1

30

30 minutes

Analytical Reasoning Skills Part 2

30

30 minutes

Quantitative Skills Part 1

30

30 minutes

Quantitative Skills Part 2

30

30 minutes

Verbal Skills Part 1

30

30 minutes

Verbal Skills Part 2

30

30 minutes

Total

180

180 minutes

 

Section-wise ATMA Exam Analysis for December 2018 Exam

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Section

Number of Questions

Good Attempt

Analytical Reasoning Skills Part 1

30

21-22

Analytical Reasoning Skills Part 2

30

21-22

Quantitative Skills Part 1

30

20-21

Quantitative Skills Part 2

30

20-21

Verbal Skills Part 1

30

20-21

Verbal Skills Part 2

30

20-21

Total

180

122-128

 

ATMA Exam Analysis 2018 for Analytical Reasoning Skills Sections

Both the sections comprised of questions from Verbal and Logical Reasoning. Most of the questions in Analytical Reasoning Skills Part 1 section were from Critical Reasoning, Statement Interference, Course of Action, Statement-Conclusion, Data Sufficiency and the likes. On the other hand in Analytical Reasoning Skills Part 2 section of ATMA December 2018 exam more questions were from topics such as Strengthen or Weaken arguments, Coding-Decoding etc.

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Good Attempt: Candidates who managed to attempt 42-43 questions in both the Analytical Reasoning Sections of ATMA December 2018 can be considered to have attempted well in the exam.

ATMA Exam Analysis 2018 for Analytical Reasoning Skills Sections

Topic

Difficulty Level

No of Questions

Coding Decoding

Easy to Moderate

6

Data Sufficiency

Moderate

8

Arrangements

Moderate to Difficult

10

Course of Action

Easy

2

Statement-Inference

Moderate

5

Strong/ Weak Arguments

Moderate to Difficult

1

Strengthen/Weaken

Moderate

6

Statement-Conclusion

Easy

1

Statement Cause-Effect

Moderate

6

Course of Action

Easy

3

Syllogisms

Moderate to Difficult

6

Critical Reasoning

Moderate to Difficult

6

 

ATMA Exam Analysis 2018 for Quantitative Skills Sections

Most of the questions asked in Quantitative Skills Part 1 section of ATMA December 2018 exam were from topics like Arithmetic and numbers. On the other hand maximum questions were from topics such as Geometry and Data Interpretation in Quantitative Skills Part 2 section of the exam.

Good Attempt: Candidates who managed to attempt 41-42 questions in both the Quantitative Skills Sections of ATMA December 2018 can be considered to have attempted well in the exam.

ATMA Exam Analysis 2018 for Quantitative Skills Sections

Topic

Difficulty Level

No of Questions

Data Interpretation

Moderate

15

Geometry

Easy to Moderate

8

Modern Math

Easy to Moderate

12

Algebra

Moderate to Difficult

5

Arithmetic

Easy to Moderate

9

Numbers

Easy

11

 

ATMA Exam Analysis 2018 for Verbal Skills Sections

The difficulty level of the questions asked in Verbal Skills Section of ATMA December 2018 exam was ‘Moderate’. Most of the questions in this section were from topics such as Grammar, Para jumbles, Correct the Statement and the likes.

Good Attempt: Candidates who managed to attempt 41-42 questions in both the Verbal Skills Sections of ATMA December 2018 can be considered to have attempted well in the exam.

ATMA Exam Analysis 2018 for Verbal Skills Sections

Topic

Difficulty Level

No of Questions

Incorrect word/phrase

Easy

3

Part of sentence with error 

Easy

4

Correct Statement

Easy

1

Cloze

Moderate

4

Fill in the blanks

Easy to Moderate

6

Reading Comprehension ( 5 passages)

Easy to Moderate

30

Antonym-Synonym pairs

Moderate

3

Sentence starters

Moderate

2

Sentence not contributing
to Main Idea

Easy

1

Jumbled Paragraph

Easy to Moderate

6

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