ATLAS Business Aptitude Test (BAT)

About Aptitude Test

The purpose of our aptitude test is to evaluate your proficiency in essential areas including
quantitative aptitude, logical reasoning, verbal reasoning, business communication,
written communication, and verbal communication. We aim to assess if you possess the
desired and well-rounded combination of these skills that are necessary to thrive in our
academically challenging BBA program. Please note that the test is designed to help us
have a comprehensive understanding of the breadth and depth of your abilities and
aptitude. Therefore, no one section or one score, but rather the combination of scores
against all sections will be utilized to assess the outcome of this stage.

Scope of Aptitude Test

The ATLAS Aptitude Test will be a 100-minute test and have questions across the following
sections
• Quantitative Aptitude
• Verbal Reasoning
• Logical Reasoning
• Business Communication
• Written Communication
• Verbal Communication

Sample Questions
The following sample questions are only indicative and not an exhaustive list. The intent of
this sample is demonstrate the type of questions that may be asked. The questions will be
of various degrees of difficulty. They will be in the format of Multiple Choice Questions.

Section: Verbal
Q. A sentence is given below with double blanks. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words
from the given options. While the demand is ____ for clay idols, people also prefer
moulded idols ___________ in bulk from other cities.
A. Low, manufactured
B. Few, transferred
C. Small, distributed
D. High, procured
Answer: D
Q. Directions:
Given below is a statement, followed by the conclusions numbered I and II. Assume the
given statements to be true even if they seem to differ from commonly known facts and
then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow from the given statements.

Statement: Company Z is making such camera that you can take perfect photos even in
bad weather.

Conclusions:
I. No other company has such a manufacturing camera unit.
II. Any common man can take perfect shots through this camera.
A. Only conclusion I is valid
B. Only conclusion II is valid
C. Either conclusion I or II is valid
D. Neither conclusion I nor II is valid
Answer: D

Q. There may or may not be an error in the following sentence. Read the sentence and
mark the suitable answer option.

I wonder (a) / what he has done with the book (b) I lend him. (c) / No error (d)
A. a
B. b
C. c
D. d
Answer: C

Q. Rearrange the sentences to form a coherent paragraph

P. One theory is that it began as a planet, got too near the more massive earth, was
‘captured’ and turned into a satellite.

Q. All the moon gazing, probing and measuring has never solved the big problem:
its origin.

R. Another is that the latter theory is true, scientists say, there would be two clues: the moon
would consist of lighter material than the earth, and the earth would be left with a scar.
S. As a matter of fact, the moon does weigh less. And the Pacific Ocean does have a scar
like the bottom of basaltic rocks instead of the granite rocks usually found near the
earth’s surface.

A. QPRS B. PQRS C. RSQP D. SQPR

Answer: A
Q. In the question below, there is a sentence with jumbled up parts. Rearrange these
parts, which are labelled A, B, C and D to produce the correct sentence. Choose the
proper sequence.

a. She saw her opportunity

b. to make amends
c. when he came to her home
d. to borrow some sugar.
A. bcda
B. bcad
C. adbc
D. abcd
Answer: D

Section: Business Communication

Q. An angry client lashes out at you regarding poor software quality and inadequate
support. You need to pacify the client and assure them about improvement in software
development practices and support mechanism. How would you manage this
conversation?
a. Apologize to the client in a calm manner. Assure improvement in services.
b. Speak courteously to the client. Assure to put more team members and allocate a
dedicated spoc to monitor timely progress.
c. Listen actively with empathy and understand the complaint, calmly assure them of a
better software and support system.
d. Raise this concern with the project management team.
Answer: C

Q. Ryan works as a warehouse manager for a Fortune 500 company. The company has
sent him to Singapore for product orientation and a quarterly meeting. Joseph, the
marketing head, gives a very emotional and customer-centric speech. All team
members are super excited and charged. Ryan is not very convinced by Joseph’s
presentation. What should Ryan do?
a. Ryan should politely interrupt Joseph and ask him to clear his doubts.
b. Ryan should withhold commenting until Joseph finishes his point.
c. Ryan should take note of it and offer suggestions via email later on.
d. Instead of giving comments, Ryan should try to find something valuable in Joseph’s
presentation.
Answer: B
Q. INSTRUCTION: part of the given sentence is marked in bold type. Choose the option
which should replace the part of sentence marked in bold to make the sentence
grammatically correct.

Explaining that one of its many difficulties had been the recent growing injury list among
starting players, the minor league baseball team said it would start a month-long search
for better physical trainers and physicians.
a. its many difficulties have been the recent
b. its many difficulties has been the recently
c. their many difficulties is the recent
d. their many difficulties had been the recent
Answer: A

Section: Logical Reasoning

Q. A Cubid has six sides of different colours. The red side is oppsite to black, the blue side
is adjacent to white. The brown side is adjacent to blue. The red side is face down. Which
one of the following would be opposite to brown?
a. Blue
b. Black
c. White
d. Red

Q. Oscar is known for finishing jobs quickly even when they are new and challenging
tasks that require adaptation. What dimensions of learning agility does he display?
a. Flexibility and Experimentation
b. Speed, Experimentation, and Performance Risk-taking
c. Performance Risk-taking
d. Collaboration and Reflection
Answer: B

Section: Quantitative Reasoning

Q. At the exam, a student has to obtain 33% of the total marks to pass. John got 120
marks and failed by 12 marks. What are the maximum marks for the exam?
a. 600
b. 500
c. 400
d. 300
Answer: C
Q. The following chart shows the production of cars in thousands.

Production of Cars for 2002 - 2005 period from the Selected Manufacturers

How many companies have shown production below their average production in 2002 -
2003, but have showed above the average production in 2003 - 2004?

a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four

Answer: C

Section: AI-Speaking (you will be asked to speak your response)

Q. Describe a time when you faced conflict and how you addressed it.
Section: AI-Writing (you will be asked to write your response)
Reply to your manager to explain, why the submission of an urgent task is postponed?