ATMA Preparation

There is a range of books to read for ATMA preparation. Here is a list of section-wise best books for the ATMA exam:
Verbal Skills section
-Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis
-High School English Grammar and Composition by Wren and Martin
-Objective General English by RS Aggarwal
-The Pearson Guide to Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning for the CAT
Analytical Reasoning section
-How to Prepare for Logical Reasoning for CAT by Arun Sharma
-Analytical Reasoning by MK Pandey
-Multi-Dimensional Reasoning by Mishra Kumar and Dr. Lal
-Logical and Analytical Reasoning by K Gupta
Quantitative Skills section
-Quantitative Aptitude by R. S Aggarwal
-Fast track objective Arithmetic by Rajesh Sharma
-Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations by Abhijit Guha
-NCERT Mathematics Books for Class 9 and 10 by NCERT publications.

AIMS conducts the ATMA exam at least three to four times a year. This year, the exam will be conducted thrice in the computer-based test mode. Here are important topics for the exam according to the sections of ATMA question paper.
1. Analytical Reasoning: Every year, this section is considered to be the toughest among the others. This section contains questions mainly from Analytical Reasoning and Critical Reasoning. Some of the important topics of this section include:
1. Syllogisms
2. Critical Reasoning
3. Course of Action
4. Cause and Effect
5. Statement and Conclusion
6. Strong and Weak Arguments
7. Statement and Inference
8. Coding and Decoding
9. Arrangements
10. Data Sufficiency
2. Verbal Skills: Just like other management entrance tests, this section is divided into Reading Comprehension and Verbal Ability/English Usage. There are about four to five comprehension passages while the topics of English usage are as follows:
1. Synonyms (word pair)
2. Fill in the blanks
3. Para Formation Questions (PFQs)
4. Idioms
5. Error identification
6. Word Meaning
7. Antonyms
8. Sentence Completion
9. Para Jumbles
10. Grammar
3. Quantitative Skills: This section of the ATMA question paper is also considered tough. However, the overall difficulty level can be considered to be moderate. Some of the important topics of this section include:
1. Percentage
2. Profit and Loss
3. Partnership
4. Simple Interest and Compound Interest
5. Average, Mixture and Alligation
6. Time and Distance
7. Time and Speed
8. Geometry and Mensuration
9. Time and Work
10. Permutation & Combination
11. Probability
12. Statistics
13. Graphs and Pie Chart.

If you have a good study plan, you can study independently at home for the ATMA exam. This exam is conducted around four times a year and is relatively easier than other exams. The following is advice from professionals on how to create an ATMA plan:
1. Using the ATMA syllabus as a guide, make a list of the subjects that the study materials must cover.
2. Plan your study time on a monthly, weekly, and daily basis according to the time available.
3. Analyze previous ATMA tests to note important topics.
4. You can find a mentor to assist you or join any online study group.
5. To enable thorough planning, assign a time limit to each section.
6. Start reading newspaper and magazine editorials to gain a command of the verbal skill section.
7. For the quantitative section, read the basic concepts and formulas from school textbooks.
8. Examine your progress through mock tests on a monthly basis.
9. Keep analyzing and improving your score over time until test day.
10. Set your score to meet the cutoff for the college to which you want to apply.