Analysis Of Atma - 2004

Analysis of ATMA – 2004 The test comprised of three section viz. Quantitative ability, Verbal Ability and Analytical Reasoning, each of which had to be attempted in an hour’s time. There was one-third negative marking for each wrong. The paper consisted of 200 questions. QA, VA were of average difficulty level but analytical section was tough and required careful solving. SECTION QUANTITATIVE ABILITY VERBAL ABILITY ANALYTICAL REASONING

NUMBER QUESTIONS

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SECTIONAL TIME LIMIT (in hours)

70

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70

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QUANTITATIVE ABILITY: S.NO. 1. 2.

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TYPE OF NUMBER OF DIFFICULTY COMMENTS QUESTIONS QUESTIONS LEVEL Arithmetic 5 Easy Most of the Algebra 20 Average questions were on inequalities. Visual Geometry 15 Average inspection was enough. Could have been solved by Numbers 5 Average answer option substitution It formed the Data difficult part of 25 Average+ sufficiency the quantitative section.

The ideal number of attempts could have been 60 – 65 with an ideal accuracy of 85-90 percent. An ideal cut off would be around 50 or higher. VERBAL ABILITY: NUMBER TYPE OF DIFFICULTY S.NO. OF COMMENTS QUESTIONS LEVEL QUESTIONS Passages were Reading short, but were 1. comprehension 25 Average of implied type – 5 passages making them a bit dicey. Vocabulary 2. Analogies 5 Easy based Sentence Difficult to 3. 5 Average Completion comprehend Instructions should have been read Antonyms and 5 Average 4. carefully or Synonyms else would lead to some silly mistakes Sentence Simple yet 5. 5 Easy correction lengthy These questions should have Passage 6. 15 Tough been attempted Building last as they were time consumi9ng

The number of attempts in this section could have been 45+ with an ideal score of 30+. ANALYTICAL REASONING: S.NO. 1.

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TYPE OF NUMBER OF DIFFICULTY COMMENTS QUESTIONS QUESTIONS LEVEL 3 questions out of Venn Diagram 5 Average 5 could have been attempted Questions were a blend of tough Caselets 30 Tough and average difficulty level . Also had Critical 35 Average+ questions on reasoning logical reasoning

The ideal number of attempts could have been 35-40.An ideal cut off would be around 30+.Overall an ideal cut off will be around 110 for SIBM/BIM.