ATMA

There is a range of ATMA books available for preparation of the Verbal Ability section. Mentioned below are some of the most recommended books:
1. Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis
2. High School Grammar and Composition by Wren and Martin
3. 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary by Wilfred Funk and Norman Lewis/Simon and Schuster
4. Pearson Guide to Verbal Ability by Nishit K Sinha
For English Grammar and Vocabulary, High School Grammar and Composition by Wren and Martin is the best book. For Verbal Ability preparation, practice ample number of questions of different difficulty levels and take various mock tests. The above mentioned books are the best resources of Verbal Ability and practice questions. To prepare for Reading Comprehension passages, students should regularly read books, novels, magazines, research papers, newspaper editorials, etc. Along with these books.

The best books for Quantitative Aptitude preparation of ATMA exam are listed below. These are the recommended books by experts.
1. NCERT Mathematics books (Class 9-10)
2. Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations by Abhijit Guha
3. Quantitative Aptitude by RS Aggarwal
The NCERT Mathematics book is recommended for ATMA preparation because it is the best source of building or revisiting the fundamentals of Algebra Geometry, Trigonometry Mensuration Number Systems and Arithmetic. The NCERT books are extremely helpful to students from non-Engineering background. Quantitative Aptitude books by Arun Sharma, Abhijit Guha, Nishit Sinha and RS Aggarwal are the main books for ATMA preparation as well as other MBA entrance exams such as CAT. These books cover all the topics at intermediate and advanced level. They also have many sample questions of easy, moderate and high difficulty levels for practice.

Aspirants should start preparing for the ATMA exam at least six months before the test date. ATMA preparation requires planning thus one must start early. They can also join coaching institutes for focused preparation. Starting early will also help you assess that whether you need to join a coaching institute or not. Divide your preparation into three phases - 1. Covering the syllabus 2. Practicing mock tests, sample questions and 3. Revision. The ATMA syllabus includes the following topics:
Verbal Skills: Parajumbles, Sentence Completion, Grammar, Comprehension Passages, Synonyms and Antonyms, etc. , Analytical Reasoning: Tables, Graphs, Pie Charts, Blood Relation, Seating Arrangement, Strong and Weak Arguments, and Syllogism
Quantitative Skills: Geometry, Algebra Number System Arithmetic, Mensuration etc. You can read the following ATMA books for exam preparation:
1. A New Approach to Reasoning by BS Sijawali
2. Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation for the CAT by Nishit K Sinha
3. Multi-Dimensional Reasoning by Mishra Kumar and Dr Lal
4. Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis
5. How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for CAT by Arun Sharma and Meenakshi Upadhyay
6. High School English Grammar and Composition by Wren & Martin
7. How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT by Arun Sharma
9. Class 9 and Class 10 NCERT Mathematics books
10. Quantitative Aptitude by R. S Aggarwal.