Monday, May 6th, 2013
Fundas for SNAP
Symbiosis National Aptitude (SNAP) Test is a common and mandatory written test for the admission to all the Post-Graduate Institutes of Symbiosis International University.
The structure of this year’s paper is given below:
Sr.No. |
Section | Total Marks |
1. |
General English: Reading Comprehension, Verbal Reasoning, Verbal Ability | 40 |
2. |
Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency | 40 |
3. |
General Awareness: General Knowledge, Current Affairs, Business Scenario | 40 |
4. |
Analytical & Logical Reasoning | 60 |
Total | 180 |
The above information is via www.snaptest.org I would also recommend that you join the official SNAP Facebook page if you haven’t done it already. They keep posting questions / information about the exam which might come in handy.
Few basic things that you should note based upon the official information available and papers from last two years are:
a)Â Â Â Â Â It is a two-hour exam with 150 questions.
b)     All questions are of 1 mark except of ‘Analytical & Logical Reasoning’ that are 2 marks each. This means, that there will be 40 questions each in English, Quant & General Awareness and 30 in LR.
c)Â Â Â Â Â Each wrong answer attracts 25% negative marks. So, avoid blind guesses.
In this post we would discuss a little about the General Awareness section. GA is a scoring area because it does not need any specific talent. Also, you need not devote too much time to this section. The questions are ‘either-you-know-or-you-don’t’ category and hence spending too much time on these would not be a good idea. Let’s face it – you cannot work out or calculate who is the Paramount Leader of China. I recommend a maximum of 20 minutes to go through this section. 30 seconds per question might sound a little optimistic but if you go through some of the sample papers for GA – you will realize that it is enough.
Given below is a broad categorization of questions that have come in the exam in the past three years (2008 / 09 / 10).
Topic-wise distribution:
Topic |
# of Ques (‘08) |
# of Ques. (‘09) |
# of Ques ‘(10) |
Business & Economy |
9 |
12 |
12 |
People |
0 |
3 |
8 |
Technology (IT / Science) |
9 |
9 |
7 |
Politics |
7 |
4 |
7 |
Awards |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Sports |
2 |
5 |
2 |
Geography – World |
4 |
5 |
1 |
Books & Authors |
3 |
1 |
1 |
Total |
35 |
40 |
40 |
Time-wise distribution:
# of Ques (08) |
# of Ques. (09) |
# of Ques (10) |
|
Current Affairs |
10 |
7 |
16 |
Time independent |
25 |
33 |
24 |
Total |
35 |
40 |
40 |
There are few things that I will like to point out from the above data:
There is no substitute or short cut to keeping yourself up-to-date and reading newspapers / magazines regularly. However, sample papers and old SNAP papers will come in handy in such situations.
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