MBA Entrance Exam

There are a range of books available for preparation of Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension section of CAT. However, the most recommended books are mentioned below:

1. How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for the CAT by Arun Sharma and Meenakshi Upadhyay
2. Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for the CAT by Nishit Sinha 
3. Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis 
4. High School Grammar and Composition by Wren and Martin 
5. 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary by Wilfred Funk and Norman Lewis/Simon and Schuster 
6. For English Grammar and Vocabulary, High School Grammar and Composition by Wren and Martin is the best book. 

For Verbal Ability preparation, practice questions of different difficulty levels are a major part of preparation. The abovementioned books are the best resources of Verbal Ability and practice questions. To prepare for Reading Comprehension, candidates should read books, novels, magazines, research papers, newspaper editorials, etc. Along with these books.

The best books for Quantitative Aptitude preparation of CAT exam are listed below. These books are recommended by experts and mentors not only for CAT but also for other MBA entrance exams.

1. NCERT Mathematics books (Class 9-10) 
2. How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT by Arun Sharma 
3. Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations by Abhijit Guha 
4. Quantitative Aptitude Quantum CAT by Sarvesh Verm
5. Quantitative Aptitude for CAT by Nishit Sinha 
6. Quantitative Aptitude by RS Aggarwal 

The NCERT Mathematics book is recommended for CAT preparation because it is the best source of building or revisiting the fundamentals of Algebra Geometry, Trigonometry Mensuration and Arithmetic. The NCERT books are extremely helpful to students from non-Engineering background. Quantitative Aptitude books by Arun Sharma, Abhijit Guha, Sarvesh Verma, Nishit Sinha and RS Aggarwal are the main books for CAT preparation as they cover all the topics at advanced level. They also have 1000s of sample questions of easy, moderate and high difficulty levels for practice.

Students who match the ATMA cutoff criteria at an institute which accepts ATMA score will be invited to appear for the further selection process, which includes Group Discussion, Written Ability Test and Personal Interview. If the students are shortlisted after the counselling process, they have to carry a set of documents for the admission process. Students are advised to keep original documents handy. These are:

1. Copies of Class 10 and Class 12 mark sheets
2. Copy of the Graduation mark sheet 
3. Birth certificate
4. ATMA scorecard
5. ATMA admit card
6. Residence proof
7. Photo ID
8. Copies of passport size photographs
9. Caste Certificate (if applicable)
10. Admission fee (challan/DD/cash). .

ATMA score is determined on the basis of correct answers marked by students in the ATMA exam. For each correct answer, they are awarded one mark. For an incorrect answer, 0.25 marks are deducted from the total score.

This means that for four incorrect answers, one mark is deducted from the total score. The raw score of students is scaled with reference to the total number of students appearing in the exam.

The ATMA percentile is percentage of students among those who have appeared for the exam and scored below the students in that category. That is, if a student has scored 53 per cent, this means that 53 per cent of students who have appeared in ATMA exam scored below him or her.