Detailed Analysis And Strategy For Snap

BASIC STATISTICS 

SNAP is the entrance test for admission to all the institutes under Symbiosis Group for their Professional PG programs. There are 14 institutes accepting SNAP scores.  The number of seats in each institute varies between 120 to 250.The best institutes are SIBM   (Pune), SCMHRD (Pune) and SIIB (Pune). SNAP 2009 was not much different in many respects from previous year papers.  The change in pattern from 2008 is given below

The total number of questions increased from 135 to 150.

The  2  marks  questions   were  only  in   Analytical   Reasoning/Logical   Reasoning   section unlike last  year where the first  5 questions in each section  had 2 marks  while the rest  of the questions  had  1  mark. The negative  marking remained constant at  25% of  the maximum  marks which was  the  same  as  last  year. The total time remained at 120 minutes.

The broad section-wise breakup is given below.

SECTIONAL ANALYSIS

GENERAL ENGLISH

The breakup is given below

The difficulty level of this section ranged from easy to moderate.  There were lots of Grammar questions which were asked.  The grammar questions would have taken some time to answer because the errors were difficult to spot. Those preparing for CAT would have done these questions easily.  The questions on Fill   in the blanks, Spellings and Punctuation and General Usage were very easy. A good time allocation strategy for this section would be around 30-35 minutes. Attempts in the range of 26-28 can be termed as good.

QUANTITATIVE ABILITY, DATA INTERPRETATION AND DATA SUFFICIENCY

The breakup of the number of questions according to topics is as given below

This section was of moderate difficulty level.  Almost all the questions in this section were solvable in comparatively less time and were direct questions based on concepts and requiring hardly any application. There were two questions which did not have the correct options. The questions  on   Arithmetic were  very  easy,   while  the  questions  on   Algebra  were  of   medium difficulty  level.   The questions   on   Statistics   were easy   with straight forward application   of Formulae.  The sets on   Tables and the Combined Chart should have been attempted.  The question on Visual Reasoning should be left. In all, a good time allocation for this section should have been 35 minutes and one could attempt around 28-30 questions with a possible score of 25+.

GENERAL AWARENESS

There was a mix   of questions on   Definitions, Economy, Acronyms, History, Sport, Science & Technology and Current Affairs.  The current affairs and business terms were given more weightage. The section looked easy at first glance, but on   careful analysis the options were close. Hence those reading the current affairs regularly should have an edge. In general, a good time allocation for this section should have been 15 minutes and one could attempt around 24-26 questions with a possible score of 19+.

ANALYTICAL AND LOGICAL REASONING

The breakup of the number of questions according to topics is as given below

The section had the highest weightage in terms of marks. DI was a part of this section too and again the questions were not calculation-intensive but required basic understanding and some logic. Some of the questions were easily doable with the help of options and required very less time to solve.  Questions based on   critical reasoning were time-consuming.  Visual Reasoning questions were easy. There were 2 questions on groups and conditionality, which again were very easy. There were 5 single-question sets on Strong/Weak Arguments, which were slightly on the tougher side requiring some analysis compared to the rest of the section.

A  good strategy  for any student  would have  been  to  spend  a  good  amount  of  time  in  this section  on   account of  the higher  marks per question  which implies  a higher  return  for time spent. Overall, a good time allocation for this section should have been 45 minutes and one could attempt around 22-25 questions with a possible score of 40+

OVERALL ANALYSIS

An  analysis of all the sections with the number of doable questions is given below for ready reference

The estimated cut-offs of 2009 for some of the leading institutes are as shown below.

STRATEGY FOR SNAP 2010

• ANALYTICAL  AND  LOGICAL   REASONING: Practice  questions  on  centerics like Blood Relations, Series,   Coding- Decoding. This will  help in   this section as well as   the Quantitative Ability section. Logical caselets are easy, hence it is very important to crack those first. Some questions require basic common sense as well as  a little  bit  of  basic scientific knowledge.(e.g. Hot air rises and cool  air comes in to fill its place..).
• QA, DI AND DS: The focus should be on basic concepts of Arithmetic and Algebra which has around 60-65% weightage.  Some Data Interpretation questions require intelligent guesswork; hence the approximation concepts have to be revised.
• GENERAL AWARENESS: At the cost of being repetitive, the focus should be on Current Affairs with specific focus on Business and Economics.
• GENERAL ENGLISH: Grammar and Grammar related topics have to be given ultimate priority.  The questions on general usage are easy but the options are very close.  Hence the focus should be on accuracy.
• As a Manager, keep your eyes & ears open and collect data about previous year tests, Areas tested institutes, competition, important dates etc.  The dates keep changing; Hence it is very important to keep track of the developments happening around.

Disclaimer: The above cutoffs are only suggestive in nature and may differ from the actual cutoffs. Roots Education cannot be held responsible for any decision taken by the candidate on the basis of the above information.

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