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ATMA-
2009 ANALYSIS
SNAPSHOT
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No. of Questions
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170
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Marking Scheme
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1
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Negative marking
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1/3
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Number of Sections
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6
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Number of Choices
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4
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Duration
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180 MIns
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ATMA
had 170 questions to be attempted in 180 minutes and 1 minute gap was
given for transition between the sections. One special condition was
that one shouldn’t go to back to any section after the given
time limit. Though there were 6 sections, the questions pertained to
three areas i.e., Quantitative skills, Analytical reasoning skills
and Verbal skills and there were two sections in each of these areas.
With such an arrangement students couldn’t adjust their timing
according to their choice, each section must be given equal time
irrespective of one’s comfort level. One advantage with this
approach is that every student will put some effort in each of the
sections. The sections in ATMA-2009 were as follows:
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S.NO
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Section
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Allotted time
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1
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Quantitative skills
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30min
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2
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Analytical reasoning
skills
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30min
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3
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Verbal skills
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30min
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4
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Analytical reasoning
skills
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30min
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5
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Verbal skills
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30min
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6
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Quantitative skills
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30min
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Verbal
Skills
No .of Questions: 50
(In both sections put together)
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Area
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Description
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Marks
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Diff.Level
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Expected Score
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Good Score
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Reading Comprehension
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Passage 1 - About ITC’s
Legal protection from Exports (around 300 words)
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6
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Moderate
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3
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4
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Passage 2 – Archeology
(around 400 words)
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4
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Moderate
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2
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3
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Passage 3 – Economy &
Unemployment (around 190 words)
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7
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Moderate
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3
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4
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Verbal
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Best summary
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2
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Difficult
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1
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1
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Inappropriate usage of words
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3
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Moderate
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1
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2
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Grammar: Most appropriate
replacement
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3
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Difficult
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1
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1
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Reading Comprehension
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Passage 1- Keynesian theory of
economics(around 750 words)
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6
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Moderate
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3
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4
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Passage 2- Milankovitch’s
Ice-age prediction and its validity
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7
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Moderate
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3
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4
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Verbal
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Grammar: Must appropriate
replacement
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5
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Difficult
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1
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2
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Para formation
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4
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Difficult
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1
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2
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Fill in the blanks(2 Blanks)
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3
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Moderate
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1
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2
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Overall
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50
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20
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29
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The
Verbal Skills section had a good mix of reading comprehension and
verbal questions. The key was to pick up the moderate level of
difficulty questions in Reading comprehension and try to maximize the
attempts there. The grammar and para-formation questions were quite
tricky and should have been avoided.
Quantitative
Skills
No. of Questions: 60
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AREA
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Topic
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Marks
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Difficulty Level
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Expected Score
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Good Score
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Arithmetic
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Time &Work
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3
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Easy -Moderate
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16
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23
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Time & Distance, Clocks
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5
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Numbers
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13
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Progressions
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4
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Geometry and Mensuration
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7
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Quadratic equations
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8
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Inequalities
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Higher Math
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Co ordinate geo
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10
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Moderate
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6
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10
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Data sufficiency
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4
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Probability Venn diagrams
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6
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Overall
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60
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Moderate
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22
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33
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In this
section, the difficulty level of the questions ranged from Easy to
Moderate but the time limit ensured that high scores were quite
difficult to get. The questions in arithmetic were direct in nature
and scoring marks was much easier as compared to the higher math
areas. The questions from higher mathematics however were moderate to
difficult in nature. This section required speed and accuracy on the
part of the student in order to score well. On the whole, this area
can be classified as MODERATE.
Analytical
Reasoning Skills
No. of Questions: 60
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Area
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Detail
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Marks
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Difficulty Level
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Expected Score
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Good Score
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Analytical
Reasoning
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Deductions
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10
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Easy
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16
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20
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Individuals
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10
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Moderate
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Network
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2
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Easy
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Linear sequencing
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4
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Moderate
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Seating arrangement
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4
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Moderate
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Distribution
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4
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Difficult
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Grid
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1
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Difficult
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Critical Reasoning
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Strong and weak Arguments and
assumptions and conclusions
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25
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Moderate
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7
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10
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Overall
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60
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Difficult
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23
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30
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The
sets on Analytical Reasoning were of higher difficulty level as
compared to individual questions. Students who have done enough
practice on these types of questions would rate this section as
Moderate in terms of the difficulty level.
A total
of 60 questions were asked in this area. The questions based on
linear sequencing and seating arrangement was comparatively
difficult. Questions based on critical reasoning (strong and weak
arguments and assumptions) could be classified as easy to moderate.
Given the strict time limits, this area can be considered to be
difficult.
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