SNAP 2021 Exam Analysis: Symbiosis International (Deemed University) conducted the Symbiosis National Aptitude Online Test (SNAP) first phase exam. The exam was conducted between 2 to 3 PM on 19th December 2021. This year, as per the reviews of the SNAP exam takers and experts, in terms of the level of difficulty, the exam was easy to moderate while some found it easy.
The test layout was similar from the last year, there were no major changes in pattern or difficulty level from last year. All three sessions have the time duration of 60 minutes having questions from General English, Analytical & Logical Reasoning (A-LR) and Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency (QA, DI-DS).
SNAP 2021 Exam Analysis - Overall
The first slot of SNAP was easy to medium for the candidates. SNAP 2021 consisted of 60 questions to be attempted in 60 minutes. As per experts, good attempts refers to the number of serious attempts and exclude the randomly marked answers. Also, each question carried 1 mark. Whereas for wrong answers 0.25 marks had been deducted. There was no sectional time limit.
| Sections | Number of questions | Difficulty level | Good attempts | Suggested time |
| General English: Reading Comprehension, Verbal Reasoning, Verbal Ability | 15 | Easy | 13-14 | 13-14 |
| Analytical & Logical Reasoning | 25 | Easy | 20-22 | 24-26 |
| Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency | 20 | Medium | 14-15 | 20-22 |
Based on the feedback received from students and IMS experts who took the test in Slot 1, the estimated scores and the corresponding percentiles required to secure a call for the next round of admissions for General Category students to SIBM-Pune, SCMHRD, SIIB and SIBM-Bengaluru as
follows -
| Raw Score for SNAP Dec 2021 Test | Percentile |
| 41-43 | 98 percentile ( for SIBM -Pune) |
| 39-41 | 97 percentile ( for SCMHRD) |
| 35-37 | 90 percentile ( for SIIB & SIBM Bengaluru) |
SNAP 2021 Exam Analysis - General English
As per the exam analysis, the General English section of SNAP-2021 was easy like last year’s SNAP. There were no RC questions which made the section less time-consuming. All questions were on Verbal Ability. The VARC section was dominated by Vocabulary and Grammar questions. There were questions on synonyms, (1 question) Fill in the blanks (Single blank 2 questions and two blanks 1 question) and spellings (1 question). Parts of speech and tenses were tested in grammar questions. There were 6 questions on direct grammar.
There was one question that required one to identify the correct sentence and another similar question to identify the incorrect sentence. In another question, one had to identify the meaning of a proverb. Since the section was overall easy, one could attempt 13 or 14 questions with high accuracy in about 13 or 14 minutes.
| General English | Number of questions | Difficulty level |
| Vocabulary | 6 | Easy |
| Grammar | 8 | Easy |
| Others | 1 | Medium |
SNAP 2021 Exam Analysis - Analytical & Logical Reasoning
As per the exam analysis, out of the 25 questions in this section, 10 questions were on Verbal Reasoning and the remaining 15 were on Non-Verbal Reasoning. This was the easiest section in the test. Overall this section was easy. A good strategy would be to attempt around 20-22 questions in 24-26 minutes.
Verbal Reasoning Exam Analysis
The 10 questions on Verbal Reasoning, out of which 3 were Critical Reasoning - Conclusion questions. The rest of the Verbal Reasoning questions were on expected lines with Courses of Action (2
questions), Statement and Assumption (1 question) Cause-Effect (1 question), and Syllogisms (1 question). However, all these questions were easy and one could easily score in 7 or 8 questions.
| Sections | Number of questions | Difficulty level |
| Syllogisms | 1 | Easy |
| Statement & Course of Action | 2 | Easy |
| Conclusion - Critical Reasoning | 3 | Easy |
| Statement & Assumption | 1 | Easy |
| Cause- Effect | 1 | Easy |
| Word-Arrangement | 2 | Easy |
Non-Verbal Reasoning Exam Analysis
The questions on Non-Verbal Reasoning included questions on clocks, calendars, Linear arrangement etc. There were no set based questions. Unlike previous years of SNAP test, no question in this section required any understanding of Physics in order to be able to answer the question.
| Sections | Number of questions | Difficulty level |
| Complete the series | 2 | Easy |
| Clocks | 2 | Easy |
| Calendars | 2 | Easy |
| Linear Arrangement | 2 | Easy |
| Coding | 1 | 1 Easy, 1 Medium |
| Family Tree | 1 | 1 Easy, 1 Medium |
| Odd man out | 1 | Easy |
| Sequential Output | 1 | Easy |
| Numerical puzzle | 1 | 1 Medium |
SNAP 2021 Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency
As per the exam analysis, out of the 20 questions in this section, 19 questions were on Mathematics and there was one singleton question on Data Interpretation. There was no question on Data Sufficiency. Overall this section was very medium in terms of the level of difficulty.
Though many questions in the section were easy and could be solved orally, about 5 to 6 questions were somewhat challenging. Overall,
this section was slightly more difficult than the QA section of the first attempt of SNAP-2020.
The questions on Mathematics were dominated by Arithmetic (7 questions), followed by Modern Mathematics and Geometry (4 questions each). Students reported that the options in one question on Modern Mathematics did not match the correct answer.
| Sections | Number of questions | Difficulty level |
| Arithmetic | 7 | 6 Easy, 1 Medium |
| Modern Mathematics | 4 | 3 Medium, 1 Difficult |
| Geometry | 4 | 1 Easy, 2 Medium, 1 Difficult |
| Numbers | 2 | 2 Easy |
| Algebra | 2 | 2 Medium |
| Data Interpretation | 1 | 1 Medium |