Dear Aspirant,

ATMA is conducted by All India Management Association (AIMA). There will be six sections in the 2020 paper. The February session for the same is on the 9th of February 2020. Knowing the pattern will help you with the exam and will also aid you for the mock tests. The exam is generally conducted five times a year.

Here is the link to some sample papers for the same:

https://bschool.careers360.com/download/atma-sample-papers-previous-years

The exam mode is online and offline. The six sections are as follows:

• Analytical Reasoning Skills - I
• Analytical Reasoning Skills - II
• Verbal Skills - I
• Verbal Skills - II
• Quantitative Skills - I
• Quantitative Skills - II

The paper is of three hours duration with 1 mark for every correct answer, so try to keep the time constraint in mind while solving the mock test paper. The paper is of 180 marks with each section of 30 marks with 30 questions. There is 0.25 negative marking for every wrong answer as well. So while evaluating your score for the mock test, score accordingly.

MAT, also known as Management Aptitude Test is also conducted by AIMA and the first phase of the exam is generally conducted in the second or third week of February.

The link to the sample papers is as follows:

https://bschool.careers360.com/download/sample-papers/mat-sample-paper

https://bschool.careers360.com/download/mat-sample-papers-previous-years

There will be a total of 200 questions and 150 minutes will be given to solve the same. There will be five sections, namely, Intelligence and Critical Reasoning, Language Comprehension, Mathematics, Data Analysis and Sufficiency and Indian and Global Environment. Each section will consist of 40 questions each. Each correct answer will get one mark and there will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks. Keep these pointers in mind while evaluating your sample papers.

Hope this helps. All the best!