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The big surprise in SNAP this year was that the authorities did not allow the students to take home the question paper. This move will only allow for greater amount of uncertainty while applying to colleges, and will definitely benefit the lower ranked Symbiosis colleges in attracting a larger number of applications. Other than this, SNAP did not throw many surprises this year. The number of questions and sections remained the same as last year. One thing that did change is the logical reasoning section, where absence of Critical Reasoning questions would have come as a welcome relief. This section was mostly made of Mathematical and Logical Reasoning.
The number of attempts should have been for 130 marks or more if your average accuracy in Mocks (total correct / total attempts) tops 85%+. It was at your discretion to choose which section to attempt first. However, you should have started with Logical Reasoning, given that all the questions in this section carried 2 marks each. Then, you could have attempted any of the sections depending upon your strengths. Although, colleges are not likely to take sectional cut-offs, a student with a zero or a negative score in a section is likely to get eliminated.
The overall break-up, with detailed sectional analysis, is given below:
Overview
Total time = 120 minutes. Negative marking = 25% of the maximum marks of the question.
Section |
No. of Questions |
Total Questions |
Total Marks |
|
1 Marks each |
2 Marks each |
|||
General English |
40 |
0 |
40 |
40 |
Quantitative, DI & DS |
40 |
0 |
40 |
40 |
General Awareness |
40 |
0 |
40 |
40 |
Analytical & Logical Reasoning |
0 |
30 |
30 |
60 |
Total |
120 |
30 |
150 |
180 |
Section |
Possible Attempts |
Suggested Time |
Possible Scores |
|
1 Marks each |
2 Marks each |
|||
General English |
27 - 30 |
0 |
25 mins |
22 - 25 |
Quantitative, DI & DS |
32 - 34 |
0 |
35 mins |
30 - 31 |
General Awareness |
12 - 15 |
0 |
15 mins |
8 - 10 |
Analytical & Logical Reasoning |
0 |
21 - 25 |
45 mins |
40 - 45 |
Total |
|
|
120 mins |
105 - 115 |
Quantitative Ability, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency |
||
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
TSD |
4 |
Easy |
Number System |
1 |
Easy |
Work -Time |
1 |
Easy |
Profit & Loss |
5 |
Moderate |
P&C, Probability, Set Theory |
3 |
Moderate |
Percentages |
1 |
Easy |
Algebra |
10 |
Easy-Moderate |
Statistics (Variance ) |
1 |
Tough |
Caselet (DI) |
6 |
Easy- Moderate |
Geometry, Mensuration and Coordinate Geometry |
3 |
Easy-Moderate |
Partnership |
1 |
Easy |
Ratio |
4 |
Easy |
Total |
40 |
|
The Quantitative Ability questions were of easy to moderate difficulty level. Most of them were direct.
Logical Reasoning & Analytical Reasoning |
||
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
FIJ |
2 |
Moderate-Tough |
Deductive logic & Logical Consistency (Venn Diagram) |
4 |
Easy |
Circular Arrangement |
3 |
Easy-Moderate |
Blood Relation |
4 |
Easy |
Cubes |
4 |
Easy |
Analogy |
1 |
Tough |
Analytical Reasoning (six houses) |
4 |
Easy |
Coding |
1 |
Easy |
Grid based |
2 |
Moderate |
Operators |
2 |
Moderate |
Switching |
3 |
Moderate |
Total |
30 |
|
General Awareness |
||
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Current Affairs |
8 |
Moderate - Tough |
Science |
4 |
Moderate - Tough |
Polity |
4 |
Tough |
Economy |
12 |
Moderate - Tough |
General Awareness &Miscellaneous |
12 |
Moderate - Tough |
Total |
40 |
|
General English |
||
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
RC (1 passage , 250 Words) |
5 |
Easy - Moderate |
Vocabulary-based questions (synonyms +antonyms + spelling + FIB ) |
16 |
Easy - Moderate |
Para-jumbles, Sentence Jumble |
3 |
Easy |
Critical Reasoning |
1 |
Moderate |
Grammar & Usage (active- passive + error spotting + parts of speech + punctuation + sentence structure) |
15 |
Moderate |
Total |
40 |
Easy - Moderate |
Likely Cut-Offs
| College | Cut-off |
SIBM, Pune |
100+ |
SCMHRD, Pune |
90 - 92 |
SIBM, Bangalore |
85 - 88 |
SIIB, Pune |
85 - 88 |
CL extends its best wishes to all SNAP aspirants
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