ATMA Syllabus 2025

Once familiar with the ATMA Exam Pattern, understanding the ATMA exam Syllabus 2025 becomes essential. This knowledge will assist candidates in devising a suitable strategy to excel in the exam. The ATMA syllabus encompasses topics/sections designed to evaluate the following abilities of the candidates:

• Management abilities
• Aptitude solving abilities
• Analysing abilities
• Comprehension abilities
• Synthesizing abilities
• Numerical reasoning abilities
• Verbal reasoning abilities

The ATMA exam syllabus encompasses a diverse range of topics, evenly distributed among the six sections.

ATMA Syllabus: Quantitative skills I

The quantitative skills I syllabus for ATMA with 30 questions and 30 marks consists of the following topics:

• Arithmetic
• Modern Math
• Number System
• Percentages
• Proportion & Ratio Variations
• Mensuration
• Quadratic Equation
• Algebra
• Geometry
• Average
• Profit & Loss
• Time, Distance, and Speed
• Combination and Permutation
• Logarithm
• Number Systems
• LCM and HCF
• Inequalities
• Problems on Ages
• Complex Numbers
• Binomial Theorem
• Averages
• Set Theory
• Surds and Indices
• Discounts

ATMA Syllabus: Quantitative skills II

The quantitative skills II syllabus consists of topics that is not different from the topics found in the quantitative skills I syllabus. This skill test consists of 30 questions and 30 marks with 1 mark being allocated to each question found in this skill test.

ATMA Syllabus: Analytical Reasoning skills I

This skill test consists of 30 questions and 30 marks with one mark getting allocated to each other. The topics which are usually tested in the Analytical Reasoning skills I Test are as follows:

• Critical Reasoning
• Statement – Inference
• Statement – Course of Action
• Statement – Weak and Strong Arguments

ATMA Syllabus: Analytical Reasoning skills II

This Analytical Reasoning skill test II also consists of 30 marks and questions and one mark is allotted to all questions in this skill test. The topics that were found in the skill test are as follows:

• Coding-decoding
• Arrangements
• Strengthen/ Weaken arguments
• Syllogisms
• Statement – Conclusion
• Data sufficiency

ATMA Syllabus: Verbal skills I

Verbal skills I comprises of 30 questions with 30 marks testing the abilities of the candidate to test English Language Command and Expertise. The following topics are found in this skill test:

• Grammar
• Passages (Reading Comprehension)
• Vocabulary
• Sentence Completion
• Jumbled Sentences

ATMA Syllabus: Verbal skills II

Verbal skills II also contain 30 questions and marks with one mark for each. Verbal skill I and Verbal Skill II topics are one other the same.

Books

For the above syllabus, there are a lot of books available on the market. Selecting the right book is the most important thing. There are many who have the habit of reading a lot of books once. This is not the right approach. Candidates need to choose a book for a particular topic and go through it more than once to get a conceptual clarity. It is important to prepare notes for each topic so that it would help in the frequent revision. Please remember to take the notes clearly. Otherwise, it would create unnecessary confusion.

Nowadays, it becomes easy to buy a book as most of the books are available online. Some of the important books needed for this exam are mentioned below

• The book of SK Sinha named “The Complete Reference Manual for CMAT”
• Quantitative Aptitude by R.S. Agarwal
• Mission MBA MAT mock tests and solved papers by Tarun Goyal
• A book of Rajesh Verma on Fast Track Objective Arithmetic
• Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis
• Quantitative Aptitude for MBA by Sulava Ee
• 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary Mass Market Paperback written by Wilfred Funk and Norman Lewis / Simon and Schuster.
• The Pearson Guide to Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning for CAT written by Nishit K Sinha

To improve the Vocabulary in a better way, read an English Newspaper every day. Try to find some unknown words every day and find the meaning. If you continue this exercise every day, then you can see a vast improvement in your vocabulary. For easy retaining, try to frame sentences using those words.

You can also refer to some topics on the internet. In certain sites, previous year questions are given. Practise those question papers too. The solutions for these questions are available either online or in some of the standard books.

You can find a number of materials of various institutes in the market. Select only those which are standard. But it always better to refer the books. These coaching institute materials can be used as a substitute only.