The AIMS Test for Management Admissions (ATMA) syllabus is meticulously structured to test essential executive skills across three broad domains: Analytical Reasoning Skills, Quantitative Skills, and Verbal Skills. In the exam, each of these three domains is split into two distinct 30-question sections (total 6 sections, 180 questions across 180 minutes).

1. Analytical Reasoning Skills (Sections I & IV • 60 Questions Total)

This domain tests the candidate's logical deduction, pattern recognition, and analytical decision-making capabilities without requiring complex mathematical formulas:

• Arrangements & Puzzles: Linear seating arrangements, circular arrangements, matrix assignments, floor puzzles, and scheduling problems.
• Deductive Logic & Syllogisms: Standard categorical syllogisms, statements and conclusions, statements and assumptions, course of action, and assertion-reasoning.
• Critical Reasoning: Strengthening and weakening arguments, identifying flawed logic, inferences, and paradox resolutions.
• Relations & Directions: Blood relations (coded and family trees), direction sense tests, and coordinate pathway navigation.
• Sequencing & Coding: Number and letter series, coding-decoding, alphanumeric patterns, analogies, and odd-one-out classifications.
• Data Sufficiency: Logical conditionality checks and truth-teller / liar riddles.

2. Quantitative Skills (Sections III & VI • 60 Questions Total)

Evaluates numerical aptitude, arithmetic comprehension, algebraic formulation, and data interpretation up to Class 10/12 standard mathematics:

• Commercial Arithmetic: Percentages, profit and loss, simple and compound interest, partnership, ratios and proportions, averages, mixtures and alligations.
• Work, Speed & Time: Time and work, pipes and cisterns, speed, distance and time, problems on trains, boats and streams, relative speeds.
• Number Systems: Factors, multiples, LCM and HCF, divisibility criteria, unit digit calculations, remainders, surds and indices.
• Algebra: Linear equations in one and two variables, quadratic equations, polynomials, inequalities, arithmetic and geometric progressions (AP/GP).
• Geometry & Mensuration: Triangles, circles, quadrilaterals, polygons, Pythagorean theorem, 2D perimeter and areas, 3D surface areas and volumes.
• Modern Math: Basic permutations and combinations, fundamental counting principle, probability, set theory, and Venn diagrams.
• Data Interpretation: Bar graphs, pie charts, line graphs, data tables, and numerical caselets.

3. Verbal Skills (Sections II & V • 60 Questions Total)

Measures comprehension of written English, grammatical precision, and contextual vocabulary usage required for management communication:

• Reading Comprehension (RC): Passages drawn from business, philosophy, technology, literature, sociology, and economics, testing direct facts, central theme identification, author tone, and implicit conclusions.
• Grammar & Sentence Correction: Subject-verb agreement, modifiers, verb tense consistency, parallel structure, prepositions, articles, and common idiomatic errors.
• Vocabulary in Context: Synonyms, antonyms, contextual word usage, analogies, idioms and phrases, and homophones.
• Verbal Organization: Para jumbles (sentence rearrangement), sentence completion, paragraph summary, and cloze tests.

Sectional Overview Table