ATMA 2025 Paper Analysis - Section-wise Difficulty Level, Expected Cutoff, Chapterwise Weightage

ATMA 2024 Paper Analysis

ATMA 2024 paper analysis will be made available after the conclusion of the exam. The ATMA 2024 exam will be conducted by AIMS (Association of Indian Management Schools) in four sessions. The first session of ATMA 2024 will be conducted on February 18, 2024, the subsequent sessions will be conducted on May 25, June 23, and July 21, 2024.

ATMA 2024 exam will have three parts Analytical Reasoning Skills, Quantitative Skills, and Verbal Skills, each having two sections. The duration of the ATMA 2024 exam is 3 hours. For every correct answer, a +1 mark will be awarded to the candidates while -0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer. ATMA is a national-level Management entrance exam conducted by AIMS for admission into postgraduate management programs such as MBA, PGDM, MCA, and PGDBA offered by over 750 colleges across India.

Candidates will be able to check the ATMA exam analysis 2024 on this page for extensive detail about the question paper, the overall and sectional difficulty level, the weightage of each topic, the types of questions asked, and the anticipated cut-offs. You can also check the ATMA previous years' exam analyses provided below to understand the difficulty level of exams and topics asked.

ATMA 2024 Exam Pattern Highlights

ATMA 2024 Exam is conducted at the national level test with the aim of providing admission to the top management colleges in India. Candidates seeking admission in postgraduate management courses corresponding to MBA, PGDM, MCA, MCM, etc must appear for the ATMA 2024 exam. Check the table below to get an understanding of the ATMA Exam Pattern 2024.

ATMA 2024 Exam Date & Time

ATMA 2024 will be conducted in three sessions. Check the dates and timings of each session mentioned below:

ATMA 2024 Sectional Time Limit

Refer to the table below to know the number of questions asked and time allotted per section.

ATMA 2024 Expected Paper Analysis

Going through the paper analysis of ATMA 2024 will help the test takers in understanding the exam and where they stand with respect to their performance. They will also get an idea of the score they can expect and the colleges to which they can apply.

ATMA 2023 Paper Analysis

Examinees can gain insight into the exam and their performance status by reading the ATMA 2023 paper analysis review. Additionally, they will have an understanding of the expected score and the universities to which they can apply. Check out the ATMA 2023 paper analysis mentioned below:

ATMA 2021 Paper Analysis

ATMA 2021 was conducted on April 25 from 2-5 pm. One mark was given for every correct answer and 0.25 marks were deducted for every incorrect answer. The exam analysis will be updated here once the exam has been conducted. ATMA 2021 exam analysis will help the candidates get an idea of the overall and sectional difficulty of the exam, the marking scheme, the exam pattern, topic-wise questions, and the expected cutoff. Meanwhile, candidates can take a look at the exam analysis for the February session. 

ATMA 2020 Paper Analysis

Candidates can check the paper analysis of ATMA 2020 here. The detailed analysis and difficulty level of all the sections of ATMA 2020 have been explained here.

Section-Wise ATMA 2020 Paper Analysis

Check the analysis of all the sections of ATMA 2020 here:

Quantitative Skills

• The candidates who gave ATMA revealed that they found this section of the paper to be the most challenging.
• It was a popular opinion that the examinees considered this part of the exam to be taxing to a large extent.
• It is also deemed to have been lengthy owing to the thought-provoking questions.
• Its questions were mostly dominated by data interpretation, modern math, and geometry owing to which it is placed in the position of the most difficult section in the paper.

Verbal Skills

• The Verbal Skills section of ATMA 2020 was more or less easier as compared to the other sections.
• The maximum number of questions asked in this section were on reading comprehension.
• The passages from the comprehension were said to have consumed more time as it involved going through the given paragraphs multiple times in order to arrive at the answers to the consequent questions.

Analytical Reasoning

• Most candidates found the Analytical Reasoning section of ATMA to be challenging to quite an extent.
• This section was judged to be the second most difficult part of the examination.
• A majority of the questions were from the topics of critical reasoning along with questions from coding-deciding, puzzles, and inferences.

ATMA 2018 Exam Analysis

The ATMA or AIMS Test for Management Admission 2018 was conducted in a computer-based format on Sunday, February 25, 2018 in various cities across the country. ATMA is conducted in both online and offline modes on different dates. In ATMA, (Objective) Multiple Choice type questions are asked from candidates. For offline mode, the correct answers have to be marked on the OMR answer sheet. Using blue or black ink ball point pen only to mark the answers is a must.

The paper has 6 sections carrying a total of 180 questions. In case of offline test, one has to attempt each section in serial order. However, the computer-based exam has no such requirement. All the questions, which cover topics including Analytical Reasoning, Quantitative, and Verbal skills, have to be attempted within a duration of 3 hours.

For every multiple-choice question, you have to choose the correct or best answer from the four choices available. The four answers are numbered as 1, 2, 3 and 4. In case of paper-based test, you have to darken the oval in the answer sheet whereas you have to click on the right answer in the computer-based test. In the question paper, you will see that the questions are numbered serially starting from 1 and ending at 180. You must begin with answering the first question of each section and proceed in a sequential manner.

For every right answer, one mark is awarded. A zero score is given to a question that had not been answered. For every wrong or incorrect answer, a negative score 0.25 is subtracted. Therefore, one mark is deducted from the total score for four wrong answers.

ATMA is a national-level exam, which is taken by management aspirants for admission to programmes such as MBA, PGDM, MCA, MCM etc. Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) is the official conducting body of ATMA and it is held multiple times in a year.

You may check the ATMA 2018 Answer Key now that the exam has been conducted. With the help of answer key, you can calculate your probable marks and get an idea of how you performed in the exam. The last ATMA 2018 examination was conducted on 14th January, 2018 in a paper-based format.

ATMA Exam Analysis 2016

ATMA exam is one of the most popular MBA entrance exams in India. The exam pattern of ATMA exam has remained similar as compared to previous years ATMA exams. The paper was divided into 2 parts, each part having 1 Quant, 1 Analytical Reasoning and 1 Verbal section. The ATMA test is conducted online and the duration of each part is 90 minutes, and the students have no option to go back to the first part once the second part has started. However, individual sections are not timed during the ATMA exam. There are 170 questions in total: 85 questions each in Part I & Part II to be attempted in 180 minutes. Negative mark of 1/3 is deducted for every wrong answer. One minute gap is usually given between the parts. Students with a valid ATMA score can apply to Master of Business Administration/ MBA course across top MBA colleges in India.