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 level of difficulty of the questions asked. The number of attempts should have been for 120 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.

Most important thing about SNAP is that all the Symbiosis institutes will probably take overall cut-off and none of them is reported to consider sectional cut-offs so far. Hence, you should have spent ample time on the area(s) in which you consistently score well. The overall break-up, with detailed sectional analysis, is given below:

Overview

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IRMA 2011 had four sections like the previous years’ question papers.

IRMA maintained the paper structure with respect to number of sections and questions but the level of difficulty has gone up noticeably. There were quite a few surprises in types of questions.

English Comprehension – This year IRMA stressed on questions based on inferences. The section had 40 questions. There was one RC Passage (Rational thinking in politics) with only 4 questions from Vocabulary (2 Synonyms, 2 Antonyms). There were 10 questions of sentence correction with questions on articles, tenses, superlatives etc. IRMA threw a surprise with a new question type where the students were asked to select probable paraphrases of given sentences. (There were three sentences given which were to be combined into a single sentence. Five different ways of paraphrasing the given sentences were given. Each option was an introductory phrase, not a complete sentence. Students had to infer which sentence fragment is viable.) Like last year there was a cloze test with 10 blanks and very easy options.

Topic	Number of Questions	Difficulty Level
RC Passage on “Rational thinking in politics”  (including 4 questions on synonyms/antonyms, 1 question on title).	15	Moderate
Sentence correction	10	Moderate
Paraphrase	15	Difficult
Cloze Test	10	Easy

Quantitative Ability - This section came as a huge surprise as there were very few questions from quantitative ability. Most of the questions were of Data Interpretation. There were quite a few questions with one option as ‘none of these’. This compelled students to solve the questions entirely rather than rely on approximations. Most of the DI sets were calculation based.

Topic	Brief Description	Number of Questions	Difficulty Level
Data Interpretation	3 sets (table based), 1set on double pie chart, 1 set on vertical bar graph, 1 set on horizontal bar graph, 1 set on combination of pie chart and bar graph, 1 set on line chart	40 (8 sets with 5 questions in each set)	Moderate-Tough
Quantitative Ability	1 set of 3 questions on probability, 1 set of 2 questions on percentages and fractions.	5	Easy
Data-Sufficiency	5 individual questions (Age, PLD, TSD, Quadratic equations, Geometry)	5	Easy-Moderate

Analytical Reasoning – This section was tough as compared to previous years. There was a new kind of set where students were asked to select statements containing data as answers to given questions.

Topic	Number of Questions	Difficulty Level
Sitting arrangement (2 sets)	12(7+5)	Tough
Data Sufficiency (reasoning based – blood relations, directions etc.)	5	Easy
Statement – conclusion (syllogism)	6	Moderate
Logical Reasoning Set	7	Tough
Coding-Decoding	5	Easy
Linear Arrangement (Alphabet based)	4	Easy
Odd word/letter out	5	Easy
Formation of meaningful word	1	Moderate
Logical reasoning set based on sentence inferences	5	Moderate

Issues of Social Concern – The section had questions that were of primarily easy to moderate difficulty level. Only a few questions in this section were tough. Most of the questions asked were from development programs, agricultural organizations, personalities, economy, awards and environmental issues. 

Topic	Number of Questions	Difficulty Level
Agricultural and Rural development	17	Moderate
Economy (Rural economy)	18	Moderate-Tough
Organizations	8	Moderate
Personalities, awards and important days	8	Easy-Moderate
Misc	9	Moderate

Estimated Cut – Off Marks (IRMA 2011)

Section	Marks	Expected Cut off
English Comprehension	40	14-16
Quantitative Ability	50	18-20
Analytical Reasoning	50	15-18
Issues of Social Concern	60	20-22
Overall	200	80-85

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Team CL

IRMA 2010 had four sections like the previous years’ question papers. Let’s analyse the sections in detail.

Issues of Social Concern – The section had 60 questions with heavy emphasis on Economics and can be considered slightly more difficult than that of IRMA-2009.

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Team CL

IBSAT 2011 had four sections with a total of 125 questions that were to be attempted in 120 minutes. The sections were – Verbal Ability, Reading Comprehension, Quantitative Ability and Data Sufficiency & Data Interpretation. The question paper had easy to moderate level of difficulty. Each section had a few questions that were easy and made the question paper quite scoring. There was sectional cut-off for each section. Incorrect answers did not attract any negative marking.

Section I: Verbal Ability
Most of the questions in this section were easy to moderate in terms of difficulty level. There were 25 questions on vocabulary, 10 on English usage, 5 on cloze test and 10 on grammar. A few Para-jumbles and cloze test questions were difficult. Overall, this section was easy and scoring for a person with a moderately good vocabulary and knowledge of the basic rules of grammar.

Section II: Reading Comprehension
This section had three passages with nearly eight questions per passage. The passages were factual and most of the questions were pretty direct. The level of difficulty was easy to moderate. Each passage had one or two difficult questions, which could have been left un-attempted.

Section III: Quantitative Ability
Barring a few difficult questions, most of the questions in this section were of easy to moderate level of difficulty. The section covered almost all the topics – Number System, Arithmetic (Profit, Loss and Discount, Averages, Time and Work, Percentages), Geometry, Mensuration, Probability, P&C, Co-ordinate Geometry, Arithmetic Progression and Algebra. 

Section IV: Data Sufficiency and Data Interpretation
This section had questions of easy to moderate level of difficulty. The section consisted of 15 questions on Data Sufficiency, a set of 5 questions (table based) on Logical Reasoning and a set of 5 questions (multiple tables based) on Data Interpretation. Some of the Data Sufficiency questions were based on logical reasoning and could be easily attempted.

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It was clearly communicated to the candidates that the question paper will consist of two parts.

Part-I of the question paper was common for all applicants and did not pose too many challenges for the candidate. This part was divided into three sections: Analytical & Numerical Ability, Language Ability and Social Awareness. This part was of 50 marks with a time allotment of 45 minutes and there was no negative marking. Further, it was specified that there was no section-wise time limit or cut-offs.

Part II of the TISS exam was program specific, i.e. students applying for different programs took different tests. The question paper was objective/descriptive on the basis of the program(s) that the candidate had applied for. The duration to attempt Part II was one hour. For the popular HRM & LR program, there were 4 sections of the test including Data Interpretation, Data Sufficiency, Reading Comprehension, Economic and Social Concerns. This part contained 75 questions with each carrying equal marks. There was negative marking of one-fourth of the marks allotted to each question. Further, it was specified that there was no section-wise time limit or cut-offs.

Awareness Of General & Social Issues
This section had 15 questions. The paper mainly consisted of Current Affairs questions of national importance. Most of the questions were based on Indian Economy. The level of difficulty was easy to moderate. A total of 8-10 questions could be easily attempted correctly.

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Team CL

The IIFT 2012-14 Admission test was very much along the predictable lines. The paper was lengthy and the LRDI section had quite a few tedious questions. The question paper had 120 questions divided into six sections. Each question had four options and the extent of the negative marking was 1/3rd of the marks allotted to the question. The break-up of the sections is given below:

Reading Comprehension
Most of the questions were direct and based on specific details. There were two ‘Match the following’ questions in RC, which could be done by matching one or two options. There were 4 RCs with a total of 15 Questions.

English Usage
Just like previous years there were quite a few questions from Vocabulary. There were questions on Synonyms, Antonyms, Figure of speech, and Idioms. There were no questions on Analogy. The questions on Word-Jumble were easy but time consuming and could have been left.   

This section was tougher than previous years. The section had a healthy mix of questions from static and current G.K.

This section was easier as compared to previous years. Unlike previous years there were quite a few questions that were short in length and less tedious. All the questions in this section were attemptable. There were no questions from Higher Mathematics.

Though most of the questions in this section were straightforward, the sets were long, tedious and calculation intensive. The third set in this section could have been attempted. 

The questions in this section were easy. The Logical Reasoning sets were shorter in length as compared to previous years. There were a few questions from Verbal Logic.

Predicted Section wise Cut-offs

A score of approximately 37 should fetch a call for the second round of selection.

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Team CL