The AIMS Test for Management Admissions (ATMA) is carried out by the Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) for the admittance of candidates into a variety of management programs that are being offered in different management institutions in our country.

The Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) is considered to be the Indian network of management schools. The AIMS stands for management schools of India in a variety of national and international for that is linked with Management Education. The AIMS Test for Management Admissions is the admission test that has an approval from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The main intention of this examination is to assess the aptitude a student has for management education.

The qualification needed for an individual to appear for this exam is a graduate degree in any stream. Those students who are going to appear for their final year examinations can also consider applying for this exam.

Structure and Syllabus for ATMA Exam

The topics that are included in the ATMA examination are:

• Analysis & Decision Making Ability
• Numerical Reasoning
• Reading Comprehension
• Verbal Reasoning

Question Pattern of ATMA Exam

This examination has a single paper that carries a total of 170 questions. The time limit for answering all questions of this paper is 3 hours. The topics included in the paper and the question distribution is mentioned below.

• Analytical Reasoning Skills – This section carries 30 questions.
• Verbal Skills – This section carries 25 questions.
• Quantitative Skills – This section carries 30 questions.
• Verbal Skills (II) - This section carries 25 questions.
• Analytical Reasoning Skills (II) – This carries 30 questions.
• Quantitative Skills (II) – This section carries 30 questions.

Each of these questions shall have multiple choices. Aspirants will need to choose the right answer from the options given below.

Preparing for ATMA Exam

The preparation for the ATMA examination must be done methodically. It is absolutely necessary for aspirants to have good analytical skills in addition to good skills in English communication. The best method for a person to get an intimate knowledge about the pattern of the ATMA examination and its syllabus is to practice on the question paper of the previous years. Besides getting familiar with the question pattern, it will also be possible for aspirants to attempt finish answering all questions within the time limit specified in the paper. Aspirants can also join with some coaching centre. Many coaching centres are there within our nation that offers aspirants coaching in the ATMA exam. Those include Career Forum, Career Launcher and Cerebral Heights. A few other well known ATMA coaching centres comprise of IMS Learning Center and PT – Education.