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ATMA Exam Pattern

Each stage is checked separately so one stage cannot inherit another stage's scoring rules.

Analytical Reasoning Skills, Verbal Skills, and Quantitative Skills

Official 2026 pattern
Questions60
Total marks60
Duration60 minutes
Negative marking0.25 per wrong answer
SectionsAnalytical Reasoning Skills I, Analytical Reasoning Skills II, Verbal Skills I, Verbal Skills II, Quantitative Skills I, Quantitative Skills II
TestQsMarksMin
Analytical Reasoning Skills I101010
Analytical Reasoning Skills II101010
Verbal Skills I101010
Verbal Skills II101010
Quantitative Skills I101010
Quantitative Skills II101010

Timing: Six separately timed sectional locks (10 minutes each), in fixed order (Analytical Reasoning Skills I and II, then Verbal Skills I and II, then Quantitative Skills I and II): once a section's time runs out or you move on, you cannot return to it, matching the official ATMA's fixed 30-minute-per-section time limit with no carryover, scaled down proportionally.

The official ATMA (conducted by AIMS, the Association of Indian Management Schools) has 180 questions for 180 marks in 3 hours, +1 for each correct answer and -0.25 for a wrong one, across six equal 30-question sections: Analytical Reasoning Skills I and II, Verbal Skills I and II, and Quantitative Skills I and II. Each of the six sections has its own fixed 30-minute time limit with no carryover: once a section ends, you cannot return to it. This mock covers all six sections in equal proportion, scaled down to 10 questions per section (60 questions total) with the same six 10-minute sectional locks and the same +1/-0.25 marking scheme. All six sections are skill-based (logical reasoning, vocabulary and comprehension, calculation), not fact-recall, so no section needed excluding for content-risk reasons.

Official source · checked 17 August 2026