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Symbiosis National Aptitude
Test (SNAP) 2007 |
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Most of you knew the pattern of SNAP 2007
beforehand, thanks to the specification
in the exam’s e-brochure. Symbiosis
lived up to its reputation and came up
with an easy paper. Based on these observations,
the broad strategies to follow while attempting
this paper should have been:
- The number of attempts should have
been 100 or more; if your average accuracy
in Mocks (total correct / total attempts)
tops 90%+.
- Attempts of 110 - 120 would have sufficed;
if your average accuracy hovers around
80-85%.
- You should have attempted about 130
or more questions; if your average accuracy
is of the order of 70-75%.
- Since the paper was lengthy, you should
have been selective about the questions
to attempt, especially in QA and DI.
Since all the sections were easy, it was
at your discretion to choose which one
to attempt first. However, you should have
started with Logical Reasoning, given that
the questions were 2-markers. Then, you
could have attempted GK, because it does
not take up too much time. EU, which was
by and large easy, should have been next.
Subsequently, you could have attempted
QA and DI.
The overall breakup, with detailed sectional
analysis, is given below: |
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Overview
Total time = 120 minutes.
Total questions =150. Each question had four
choices.
Negative marking = 25% of the maximum marks of the question. |
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Section
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No. of questions
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Total Marks |
Suggested
Time |
Possible Attempts
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Possible scores
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Quantitative Ability, Data Interpretation & Data
Sufficiency |
40 |
40 |
35 minutes |
20-25 |
15-16 |
Logical Reasoning & Analytical
Reasoning |
30 |
60 |
40 minutes |
18-20 |
30-32 |
General Awareness: General knowledge,
Current affairs, Business scenario |
40 |
40 |
15 minutes |
20-25 |
15-16 |
General English |
40 |
40 |
30 minutes |
30-35 |
25-26 |
Total |
150 |
200 |
120
minutes |
88-105 |
85-90 |
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Most
important thing about SNAP is that all
the Symbiosis institutes release the 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.
Quantitative Ability, Data Interpretation & Data
Sufficiency |
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| Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Number System |
1 |
Easy |
Arithmetic |
7 |
Easy |
Algebra |
0 |
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Geometry |
4 |
Easy |
P&C and probability |
3 |
Moderate |
Reasoning and puzzles |
3 |
Moderate |
Data Interpretation |
20 (TSD,
Line Chart, DS, Pie Chart) |
Moderate |
Data Sufficiency |
8 |
Easy |
Total |
40 |
Easy |
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The
Quantitative Ability questions were of
easy to moderate difficulty level. Most
of them were direct; however, some of them
involving a lot of calculations were not
that easy. One set in DI with very close
options should have been skipped. Also,
the DI set on cars/trucks was the easiest
one in the lot and should have been attempted.
If the test taker had basic conceptual
clarity; 20 or more marks could have easily
been scored in this section. |
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Logical
Reasoning & Analytical Reasoning
| Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Critical reasoning |
4 |
Moderate |
Deductive logic & logical
consistency |
3 |
Difficult |
Logical reasoning |
6(3
sets) |
Moderate |
Visual reasoning |
2 |
Difficult |
Cross word |
1 |
Moderate |
P&C |
2 |
Moderate |
Miscellaneous (Coding,
Decoding, Sequence & Series,
etc.) |
12 |
Average
to Difficult |
Total |
30 |
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A
score of 30-32 could have been notched
up in this section. |
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General
Awareness Section:
This year’s GK section had 40 questions,
a total of 40 marks in all.
Questions were asked from varied areas,
like Static, Current and Business GK. The
level of difficulty of the questions was
easy to moderate. Barring some, many of
the questions were attemptable. A regular
reader of Management Compass and Gyan Dhara
would have found this section easy. A minimum
score of 15 was very much possible and
achievable. Some of the memory-based questions
were as follows
- Moonlight Sonata is a famous creation
of …
- Indian Broadcasting Service was renamed
in 1936 as…
- There was some IPO allotment problem;
the question was regarding the interim
order that was passed in this case by
which body?
- Myanmar Monks were protesting recently
against what?
- Zapak.com is a venture of…
- What is a blog (this was asked in an
indirect manner)?
- Mittal was tying up with India in which
fields?
- Bollywood was a trademark that was
given officially to…
- How many chromosomes are there in a
human cell?
- Which country is the Largest FDI contributor
in India?
- The largest newspaper in terms of reading
as per a recent survey was…
- When was the Governor General’s
rule ended in India?
- Which of the following is NOT a Constitutional
body:
- Radio signals were maximally influenced
in which region?
- Major oil fields were recently discovered
in?
- Pakistan recently signed a Free Trade
Agreement with?
- There were four deals that were given
and one was asked to identify the deal
that was NOT worth $ 1 billion
- Name the US-based Toys Company that
recalled its toys from the market after
they were found to contain toxic elements
- Mitsubishi produces vehicles in collaboration
with which automobile major in India?
- Phishing means what?
- Which of the following is the busiest
port in the world?
- Ruppiah was issued during the period
of…
- Monsoon is caused due to what?
- Indian Railways earned profit worth …in
2006.
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General
English Section
| Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
RC |
19
(4 passages) |
Easy |
Vocabulary-based
question (analogy + synonyms +antonyms
+ multiple usage + spellings) |
10 |
Easy |
Para-jumbles |
2 |
Easy |
Grammar & usage
(parts of speech +idioms + punctuation
+passive voice + prepositions + pronouns) |
9 |
Easy |
Total |
40 |
Easy |
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There
were 4 short passages, which included 2 excerpts
from articles written by David Ewing Duncan
and Nelson Vinod Moses. The subjects ranged
from Psychology and Science to Politics and
Business. Questions on spellings, grammar
and word usage were easy. Overall, within
a time span of 30 minutes a score of 25 could
have been scored easily in this section. |
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Likely
cut-offs for various institutes:
| Institute |
Cut-off |
SIBM |
85+ |
SCMHRD |
80+ |
SIIB, SIOM |
72+ |
SIMC, SCIT, SITM,
SIMS |
62+ |
All the best!
Career Launcher Team
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cut-offs, analysis, answer key, solutions
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We do not take responsibility for any decision
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