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The Symbiosis group of institutes is synonymous with management education in Pune. Symbiosis National Aptitude (SNAP) Test is a mandatory first step for applying to any post-graduate programme at any Symbiosis Institute. Every year, thousands of students from all over the country take this test to get a call from one of the many prestigious Symbiosis institutes.
| Overview of the SNAP Paper |
Time |
120 mins |
Total no. of questions |
150 |
Total marks |
180 |
Negative marking |
25% |
The break-up and weight-age of the sections is as follows:
| S. No. |
Area |
No. of Questions |
Marks
allotted |
Difficulty Level |
1. |
General English |
40 |
40 |
Easy |
2. |
Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation & Sufficiency |
40 |
40 |
Easy |
3. |
Analytical & Logical Reasoning |
30 |
60 |
Easy to Average |
4. |
General Awareness |
40 |
40 |
Above Average |
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Total |
150 |
180 |
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| S No. |
Section |
Time allotment |
1. |
General English |
20-25 mins |
2. |
Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation & Sufficiency |
25-30 mins |
3. |
Analytical & Logical Reasoning |
45 - 50 mins |
4. |
General Awareness |
15 mins |
The optimal time allotment strategy for this paper would be:
SECTIONAL BREAK UP
 General English: Reading Comprehension, Verbal Reasoning and Verbal Ability
Students had a field day answering the General English section. The level of difficulty of the questions showed a marked reduction raising the number of attempts and also increasing the scores for this section.
| Area Tested |
Description |
No. of Questions |
Difficulty Level |
Reading Comprehension |
One short passage |
3 |
Easy |
Verbal Ability |
Fill in the blanks (grammar based) |
4 |
Easy |
Fill in the blanks ( Double as well as single blanks; word based) |
5 |
Easy to Average |
Incorrect spelling |
1 |
Easy |
Correct spelling |
1 |
Easy |
Missing punctuation |
2 |
Easy |
Synonyms (Words+Phrases) |
4 |
Easy to Average |
Idiomatic phrase |
2 |
Easy |
Convey the same idea |
1 |
Easy to Average |
Antonyms |
2 |
Average |
Odd man out |
1 |
Easy to Average |
Analogy |
1 |
Easy |
Match the following (Parts of speech) |
2 |
Average |
Match the following (phrases) |
1 |
Average |
Error in pars of sentences |
2 |
Easy to Average |
Appropriate use of the underlined word |
1 |
Easy to Average |
Grammatically correct sentence |
2 |
Easy to Average |
Sentence Completion (Grammar) |
1 |
Easy |
Jumbled parts of sentences |
1 |
Easy |
Grammatically clear and concise sentence |
1 |
Easy |
Figures of Speech |
2 |
Easy |
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Total |
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40 |
Easy |
Quantitative Aptitude and Data Interpretation & Sufficiency
| Topic |
No. of Questions |
Difficulty Level |
Men time and work |
2 |
Easy to average |
Progression |
1 |
Average |
Inequalities |
1 |
Average |
Numbers |
1 |
Easy |
Probability |
2 |
Easy to average |
Set theory |
2 |
Easy to average |
Mixture and Alligation |
2 |
Easy to average |
Statictics |
2 |
Average |
Aided Motion |
1 |
Easy |
Percentage |
5 |
Easy to average |
Permutation & Combination |
3 |
Easy to average |
Ratio and Proportion |
1 |
Easy |
Geometry |
3 |
Average |
Simple interest / Compound Interest |
1 |
Easy |
Reasoning based QA |
5 |
Easy to average |
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Total |
32 |
Easy |
Area Tested |
No. of Questions |
Difficulty Level |
Table |
3 |
Easy to average |
Pie chart |
5 |
Easy to average |
Total |
8 |
Average |
Analytical Reasoning & Logical Reasoning
Area Tested |
Description |
No. of Questions |
Difficulty Level |
Analytical
Reasoning |
Arrangement |
2 |
Easy to Average |
Coding Decoding |
2 |
Easy |
Verbal Reasoning
|
Analogies |
4 |
Easy |
Inductive Reasoning (Valid Conclusion) |
3 |
Average |
Inductive Reasoning (Weakening Argument) |
1 |
Average |
Mathematical
Reasoning
|
Single Questions |
1 |
Easy |
Calendar based |
1 |
Average |
Series |
2 + 1 |
Average |
Reasoning Based DI |
- |
3 |
Average |
Visual reasoning |
- |
2 |
Easy |
Data interpretation
|
Table |
4 |
Easy to average |
Bar graph |
2 |
Easy to average |
Pie chart |
2 |
Average |
Total |
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30 |
Easy to average |
General Awareness
This section was a good blend of Current Affairs, Business Awareness, Indian Polity and static General Knowledge. Those who have made use of the Infodigest and General Knowledge Handouts on Career Forum’s website stood to gain in this section. Total number of questions was 40.
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