ATMA 2012 - Analysis
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ATMA 2012
Overall:
180 questions, 180 minutes
There were no distinct sections, though the questions were arranged in 6 batches of 30 in the
following way:
1-30: Quantitaive Skills (PS)
31-60: Analytical reasoning Skills ( LR & VR)
61-90: Verbal Skills (RC & VA)
91-120: Quantitative Skills (DI & PS)
121-150: Analytical reasoning Skills (LR & VR)
151-180: Verbal Skills (RC & VA)
Test-takers could attempt any of the questions in any order, i.e. there was no sectional timing.
All questions were 3 marks each, with negative marking of 1 mark for each incorrect answer.
All questions had 4 options.
Several questions were incorrectly framed, or had major typos or ambiguities – for example, a
sentence correction question in which the correct option was repeated twice, so there was no
way to know which one to mark; or a syllogism question in which two incompatible conclusions
were included in the same sentence, so that the conclusion was both correct and incorrect at
the same time; and an antonym question which was most likely meant to be a synonym
question, as there was no antonym possible for the given word (‘odor’).
Verbal Reasoning (VR):
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There were 18 VR questions in all, consisting of Analogies (5), Anagrams (8) and Syllogisms
(5). They were all of easy to medium difficulty, except for two of the analogy questions, which
were a bit tough, as they involved a bit of general knowledge of concepts such as ‘joules’ and
‘hygrometer’. The anagram questions could be tricky, but doable if you have had sufficient
practice with such questions. The syllogisms questions were mostly straightforward.
Type of
questions
No. of Questions
Difficulty Level
Analogies
5
Easy to
difficult
Anagrams
8
Easy to moderate
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Syllogisms
5
Easy to moderate
Reading Comprehension (RC):
There were 4 RC passages overall, 2 in each VA/RC section. There were a total of 28
questions: 8, 5, 5 and 10. The topics were: business, philosophy, technology and politics. All
passages were very short – about 200-300 words each – and except for the one on philosophy,
fairly easy to understand. Almost all the questions were direct, and the options were far apart,
so the questions were very easy to understand.
Topic of RC
No. of Questions
Difficulty Level
Influence
of anti-import laws on American businesses
8
Easy to moderate
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Philosophical
aspect of mathematics
5
Moderate to
The effect
difficult
of technology on society and governance
5
Easy to moderate
The need for a
unified world government
10
Easy
Verbal Ability (VA):
There were 32 VA questions in all, of the following types: Synonyms (2), Antonyms (9),
Sentence Correction (8), Fill in the Blanks (6) and Jumbled Paragraphs (7). Most of the
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questions were extremely easy, for example, the antonyms included very simple words such as
‘proper’ and ‘broad’. This was a section in which you could maximize your score, as the
questions were all short and easy.
Type of
questions
No. of Questions
Difficulty Level
Synonyms
2
Easy
Antonyms
9
Easy
Sentence Correction
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8
Easy
Fill in the Blanks
6
Easy to moderate
Jumbled Paragraphs
7
Moderate to
difficult
Problem solving (PS):
There were around 40 questions in all, which majorly consisted of Arithmetic (27 questions), 2
from modern maths, 2 from Numbers and around 5 from Algebra. Most of the questions were
on the easier side and could be solved within 30-40 seconds. Most of the questions mostly
tested the basics of the particular topic and hence the level of difficulty was easy. Few questions
were not framed properly and hence few assumptions had to be made to solve the questions.
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Topics
No. of questions
Level of difficulty
work
4
Easy-Moderate
Time,Speed and distance
5
Easy-Moderate
Simple and compound Interest
2
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Moderate
Profit-loss and Partnership
1
Moderate-difficult
Percentage
5
Moderate
Ratio and proportions
2
Moderate-difficult
Algebra
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5
Permutations and combinations
2
Easy-Moderate
Probability
2
Moderate-difficult
Geometry and Mensuration
2
Moderate
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Data Interpretation (DI):
There were 25 questions on Data Interpretation. It included pie charts, Graphs etc. The
questions were easy to moderate in the level and were a little time consuming as most of it
included close observation and reasonably good calculation skills
Data Sufficiency (DS):
There were around 15 questions in Data sufficiency which also were on an easier side. These
questions covered topics from Arithmetic, logic, Arrangement and family tree. These were also
a little time consuming but solvable.
Logical Reasoning (LR):
Around 40 - 45 questions were there from Logical reasoning. This included 5 questions from
groups and conditionalities, 15-17 from arrangements (linear and circular), 5 from selection
criteria and 15 from miscellaneous topics. These were a little time consuming and the level of
difficulty was moderate.
Topic
No.
of Questions
Level
Groups
of Difficulty
and conditionalities
5
Easy-Moderate
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Selection
Criteria
5
Easy-Moderate
Miscellaneous
(Series,Coding,Family Tree,Directions etc)
16
Moderate-
Circular
Difficult
Arrangement
5
Easy-Moderate
Linear
Arrangement
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10
Moderate-Difficult
As there were no sections in this exam an ideal no of attempts for this exam should be around
125-135 questions in 180 minutes with around 85-90 percent accuracy.
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