ATMA 2012: Syllabus

The Test contains Questions on three abilities or skills. These are Analytical Reasoning Skills, Quantitative Skills, Verbal Skills, Analytical Reasoning Skills.

The Questions on Analytical Skills will examine the logical thinking abilities of a candidate. Do remember that a particular Question is less important than the reasoning task you are asked to perform. No specialized knowledge of any particular field is required for answering the questions and no knowledge of the terminology and conventions of formal logic are presumed.

In the Questions on Analytical Skills you need to analyse the situations on which each Question is based and then select the answer choice that is most appropriate response to the question.

Each set of Questions or group of Questions is based on a passage or set of conditions.  In answering some of the Questions, it may be useful to draw a rough diagram.  For each Question, select the best answer from the choices given.

Prepare well for ATMA and get success ! 

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Essay in previous XAT - Analysis

After the test of 2 hours, the candidates were given 20 minutes to write an essay. That time the essay topic had two statements:

Poverty is a big menace in India. Due to its complexity and magnitude, most of the government initiatives fail.

Poverty is a consequence of failure of government policies due to the governments not targeting the root causes.

One had to select one of the statements and then justify the same and substantiate it with the help of relevant examples.

This was an easier task compared to the essay topic given last year where most students found it difficult to understand the statement. This was topical theme – poverty in India – and one who is updated regarding the welfare policies and schemes of government could have written the essay well.

Go for Essay writing and practice well to be successful in XAT !!!

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CMAT 2013-14 Notification, Second Test

The test is scheduled to be conducted within a 5 day test window starting from: 21st February 2013 and ending on 25th February 2013.Test centers will be in 62 cities.

The candidates will have option of selecting date and city for appearing in the test.

Graduates with 50% in any discipline and Final year students of Graduate Courses  can also apply.

Online from November 1, 2013 to January 2, 2013 on website www.aicte-cmat.in

Selection up-to 3 cities giving order of preference. First come first served; actual allotment subject to availability of the slots in a particular city.

Prepare well and get success at CMAT second test.

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Pattern of MAT Exam

In forthcoming December MAT 2012 there will be Total number of Questions: 200 with Total Time allocated: 150 minutes and Marks allocation will be as:

• Correct attempt: 1 mark
• Incorrect attempt: Negative marking not specified

MAT exam covers five sections in all. Scores of first four sections compose the final scores. However, institutions might choose to consider the score of the General Awareness section.

MAT is the test conducted by All India Management Testing Service for entering into MBA or equivalent post graduate programs. The five sections mentioned above are basically comprised of the following five papers: 

• Paper 1 : Language Comprehension 
• Paper 2 : Mathematical Skills 
• Paper 3 : Data Analysis 
• Paper 4 : Intelligence & Critical Reasoning 
• Paper 5 : Indian & Global Environment Section

Prepare well and get success at December MAT 2012!!!

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Nature of XAT exam

XAT usually comprises 3 Objective type Multiple Choice sections and an essay writing section. 

1. Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation (Math) - (Objective Type Multiple Choice)
2. Verbal Reasoning (English) - (Objective Type Multiple Choice)
3. Analytical Reasoning and Decision Making - (Objective Type Multiple Choice)
4. And an essay writing section

The duration of the test is 120 minutes for the objective type section and an additional 20 minutes is provided at the end of the 2 hours for the essay writing section.

In order to crack XAT, you should first know how the exam is different from others. In XAT, the Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation questions are in one section. 

The second section is English Usage (EU) and RC. The third section is Analytical Reasoning (AR) and Decision Making.

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