SNAP Exam Analysis 2022: Symbiosis International University has completed Phase 2 of the SNAP 2022 exams. Phase 1 of the exams was held on December 10, 2022, and Phase 3 of the exams will be held on December 23, 2022. Candidates who have appeared for the SNAP 2022 Phase 2 Exams today can check here the detailed sectional analysis given by experts on the phase 2 exams, its comparison with phase 1 and what to expect in the phase 3 exams.
SNAP 2022 Phase 2 Exam Analysis - IMS
SNAP – Phase 2 had no major changes in pattern or difficulty level from the first slot. The duration of the exam was 60 minutes with 3 Sections.
The overall pattern and the level of difficulty as reported by IMS students are given below along with the IMS suggestion of time allocation per section:
| Section | Number of questions | Level of difficulty | Good Attempts | Suggested time (in minutes) |
| 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 |
Each question carried 1 mark. There was a negative marking of – 0.25 for each incorrect answer. There was no sectional time limit.
Verdict
Based on the feedback received from students and IMS experts who took the test in Phase 2, we estimate the 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 2022 Test | Percentile |
| 40-42 | 98 percentile ( for SIBM -Pune) |
| 38-40 | 97 percentile ( for SCMHRD) |
| 34-35 | 90 percentile ( for SIIB & SIBM Bengaluru) |
The above estimate is based on the feedback received on Phase 2. The scores and percentiles may change subject to the other slots. Slot 3 is due to take place on 23rd December 2022.
Analysis of sections:
General English
The General English section of SNAP-2022 was easy like Slot 1. There were no RC questions. All questions were on Verbal Ability.
Following was the break-up of the questions in the section:
| Question types | Number of questions | Level of difficulty |
| Compound Word | 1 | Easy |
| FIB (Grammar) | 6 | Easy |
| Synonym | 1 | Easy |
| Poem-based | 1 | Easy |
| Idioms | 2 | Easy |
| Identify the statement that makes a request | 1 | Easy |
| Tense, Voice, Suffix | 3 | Easy |
The General English section was dominated by Grammar questions. There were questions on synonyms (1 question), idioms (2 questions) and compound words (1 question). There was also a poem-based question where one had to identify the line with the correct order of words. In Grammar, fill in the blanks and other miscellaneous questions were asked which tested knowledge of various parts of speech, tenses, active-passive voice, suffixes, etc. There was one question that required one to identify the sentence that made a request. No RC questions were asked which made the section less time-consuming.
Since the section was overall easy, one could attempt 13 or 14 questions with high accuracy in about 13 or 14 minutes.
Analytical & Logical Reasoning
Out of the 25 questions in this section, 10 questions were on Verbal Reasoning and the remaining 15 were on Non-Verbal Reasoning.
The questions on Verbal Reasoning included 1 on Critical Reasoning. The other Verbal Reasoning questions were on expected lines with Courses of Action and Decision Making (2 questions), Logical Consistency (2 questions), Statement and Assumption (1 question), Strong-Weak Arguments (1 question), Cause-Effect (1 question), and a couple of miscellaneous questions including an anagram-based question.
The questions on Non-Verbal Reasoning included questions on clocks, family trees, Series completion, 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.
The majority of the questions in the section were easy to medium in terms of level of difficulty.
The following table shows the break-up of the questions in this section.
| Question types | Number of questions | Level of difficulty |
| Verbal Reasoning (10 questions, An attempt of around 8 would be considered good.) | ||
| Statement & Assumption | 1 | Easy |
| Strong/Weak Arguments | 1 | Easy |
| Logical Consistency | 2 | Easy |
| CR – Conclusion | 1 | Easy |
| Course of Action and Decision Making | 2 | Easy |
| Cause-Effect | 1 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous (Anagram-based, etc) | 2 | Easy |
| Non-Verbal Reasoning (Total 15 questions: good attempt is 10-11 questions) | ||
| Coding-Letter | 1 | 1 Easy |
| Series-Letter | 1 | 1 Easy |
| Series-Number | 1 | 1 Easy |
| Numerical Puzzles (BODMAS) | 1 | 1 Easy |
| Analogies-Number | 1 | 1 Easy |
| Binary Logic | 1 | 1 Medium |
| Sequential Output | 1 | 1 Medium |
| Circular Arrangement | 2 | 2 Easy |
| Clock | 1 | 1 Easy |
| Calendar | 2 | 1 Easy, 1 Medium |
| Family Tree | 2 | 1 Easy, 1 Medium |
| Visual Reasoning | 1 | 1 Medium |
Overall this section was of medium difficulty level. A good strategy would be to attempt around 18-19 questions in 24-26 minutes.
Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency
Out of the 20 questions in this section, 18 questions were on Mathematics and there were two questions on Data Interpretation. The two questions on Data Interpretation were based on the same data but they didn’t appear consecutively in the paper. There was no question on Data Sufficiency. Overall this section was one notch easier than the SNAP-1 held on 10th December 2022.
The questions on Mathematics were dominated by Arithmetic (5 questions), followed by Modern Mathematics (4 questions) and Geometry (3 questions). Students reported that all questions in this section had ‘None of the above’ as an option.
Following was the break-up of the questions in the section:
| Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency | Easy | Medium | Difficult | Total |
| Arithmetic | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Modern Mathematics | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Geometry | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Numbers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Number Grid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Algebra | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Series-Number | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Data Interpretation (Table) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
A good strategy would be to attempt around 13 to 14 questions in 20-22 minutes.
SNAP 2022 Phase 2 Analysis - CareerLauncher
SNAP 2022 Phase 2: General English
The General English section has stuck to the paper pattern followed in SNAP 2021 and SNAP 2022 slot 1. There were no reading comprehension questions which saved a lot of time. The fill-in-the-blank and grammar questions were easy while vocabulary was moderate in terms of difficulty.
The topic-wise breakup of the General English section is given below:
| Topic |
Number of Questions |
Difficulty Level |
| Proverb |
1 |
Easy |
| Poem |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Grammar (Parts of Speech, Verb) |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Active-Passive Voice |
1 |
Easy |
| Idiom |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Suffix |
1 |
Easy |
| Compound Words |
1 |
Moderate |
| Tense |
1 |
Easy |
| Fill in the blanks |
6 |
Easy-Moderate |
| Synonyms |
1 |
Moderate |
| Total |
15 |
Easy-Moderate |
A good score in this section would be 11+ marks.
SNAP 2022 Phase 2: Analytical & Logical Reasoning
This section was completely similar to SNAP 2022 slot 1. This section had 25 questions of analytical and logical reasoning questions and was heavy on analytical reasoning.
The topic-wise breakup of SNAP 2022 Phase 2 Analytical & Logical Reasoning is given below:
| Type of Q |
No. of Qs |
Difficulty Level |
| Implicit Assumptions |
2 |
Easy to Moderate |
| Cause & Effect |
1 |
Easy to Moderate |
| Linear Arrangement |
2 |
Easy |
| Binary Logic Puzzle |
2 |
Moderate |
| Blood Relations |
3 |
Easy |
| Coding |
1 |
Easy |
| Decision Making |
3 |
Moderate |
| Calendar |
2 |
Easy |
| Clock |
1 |
Easy to Moderate |
| Analogy |
1 |
Moderate |
| Number Series |
3 |
Moderate to Difficult |
| Order of words |
1 |
Moderate |
| Series (Word) |
3 |
Moderate |
| Total |
25 |
Moderate |
Candidates can aim for a score of 17 to get a good percentile in this section.
SNAP 2022 Phase 2: Quantitative, Data Interpretation, Data Sufficiency
While this section is named, Quantitative, Data Interpretation (DI) and Data Sufficiency (DS), there were only two questions in DI and no question in DS. The Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency was a surprise in terms of geometry and mensuration with more questions of numbers as well.
The topic-wise breakup of questions from this section is given below:
| Type of Q |
No. of Qs |
Difficulty Level |
| Probability |
1 |
Easy |
| P&C |
1 |
Moderate |
| Time, Speed & Distance |
1 |
Easy |
| Data Interpretation (DI) |
2 |
Easy |
| Missing Numbers |
2 |
Moderate |
| Grid based |
1 |
Moderate |
| Simple Interest |
1 |
Easy |
| Mensuration |
1 |
Moderate |
| LCM |
1 |
Easy |
| Profit, Loss & Discount |
1 |
Moderate |
| Time & Work |
1 |
Easy |
| Percentage |
3 |
Moderate |
| Direction |
1 |
Easy |
| Average |
1 |
Difficult |
| Geometry |
1 |
Easy |
| Number System |
1 |
Moderate |
| Total |
20 |
Moderate to Difficult |
Overall, this section was moderate to difficult. A good score for Phase 2 QA section would be 11+ marks.
About SNAP 2022
SNAP 2022 Phase 2 is being conducted in the computer-based mode with 60 questions to be answered in 60 minutes. Each correct answer will fetch 1 mark while an incorrect answer will be 0.25 marks.
The exam is divided into three sections - General English, Analytical & Logical Reasoning and Quantitative, DI & Data Sufficiency.
- General English: 15
- Analytical & Logical Reasoning: 25
- Quantitative, DI and Data Sufficiency: 20
SNAP 2022 Exam Pattern & Expected Cutoff
| Section |
Total Questions |
Total Marks |
Marking Scheme |
Good Score |
| General English |
15 |
15 |
+1/-0.25 |
10 |
| Analytical & Logical Reasoning |
25 |
25 |
+1/-0.25 |
18-19 |
| Quantitative, DI and Data Sufficiency |
20 |
20 |
+1/-0.25 |
12-14 |
| Total |
60 |
60 |
+1/-0.25 |
40-42 |
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