Your appearance in SNAP 2016 on December 18 will greet you with an overhauled exam with changed scoring pattern awarding more weightage or low weightage to sections, change in number of questions. While your preparation by now must have been finalised you will need to attempt a few practice sessions before getting ready for the D-day as per the revamped pattern.
Key changes in SNAP 2016
Following are the key changes in SNAP 2016 exam pattern which need to be duly addressed so that you make maximise your attempts in the testing room on December 18
- Maximum marks reduced to 150 from 180
- Each correct answer carries maximum 1 mark
- Reduced weightage to Reasoning
- General Awareness (GK) limited to last 2 years study
- Total time to attempt the SNAP 2016 exam remains 2 hours
- ¼ mark will be deducted for each wrong answer
The exam will have reduced weightage per question in Analytical & Logical Reasoning as compared to last year exam. General Awareness section has also been trimmed to fewer questions. SNAP 2016 will have uniform sectional marking process for each question as against earlier marking system which awarded higher marks for correct answers in Reasoning section and lower marks for other sections.
The number of questions in reasoning section has been increased but the erstwhile higher weightage of 2 marks in marking for this section has been reduced to 1. Similarly, number of questions in GK section has been reduced in SNAP 2016 making it a 150 marks test instead of earlier180 marks exam.
Get ready for different SNAP 2016
Since inception SNAP, the admission test for all the Symbiosis institutes has remained paper pen based and SNAP 2016 will also maintain this legacy. Paper pen based format in SNAP test is proposed to continue not only for SNAP 2016 but for future exams also till the zero error in computer based format especially while copying the Data Interpretation questions is ensured.
The paper pen mode SNAP 2016 with Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) will be of 2 hours duration from 2 PM to 4 PM to be held in a single day on December 18, 2018. After many years, SNAP has effected changes in its exam pattern. The key changes are as follows-
Candidates have the facility to attempt any section in any order within overall allotted time of 2 hours.
Candidates will be allowed to mark their answers with blue or black ball pen on OMR sheet.
There will be 4 sections in SNAP 2016.
150Qs with 150 Maximum marks
Earlier SNAP used to have 150 questions carrying maximum weightage of 180 marks. The SNAP 2016 has changed this pattern and now there will be 150 questions carrying maximum 150 marks.
Overhauled Reasoning section
Analytical & Logical Reasoning section used to carry highest weightage in SNAP exam with 30 questions carrying 60 marks. Now SNAP 2016 has changed this pattern by awarding uniform weightage to the questions in this section. Out of total 150 questions, Reasoning will have 40 questions carrying a maximum scoring weightage of 40 marks. The section reports a loss of 20 marks as in SNAP 2016, all the 40 questions in this section will carry a weight of 1 mark.
Now even if you are very good at reasoning, you need to understand that the weightage is not the same as was there in earlier SNAP tests. So make sure that you do not depend upon Reasoning as it carries equal weightage now.
Comparative weight table: Reasoning
| Components |
Till SNAP 2015 |
SNAP 2016 |
|
Total number of questions |
30 |
40 |
|
Marks per question |
2 |
1 |
|
Total max marks for the section |
60 |
40 |
GK trimmed to 30 questions
The General Awareness section has been totally revamped and is now made much easier than earlier ones. It has been specified that the section will be limited to last 2 years of current affairs questions. It means no conventional or past static GK would be asked in this section.
Accordingly, you may not expect a question on ‘what happened in 2010 or 2011’ but you must go through the minute details of what happened during 2014 to 2016.
This section used to have 40 questions carrying the credit of 1 mark each. However, this pattern has been changed and now there will be only 30 questions, although the maximum mark per question would remain the same at 1 mark and the total marks for the section would be 30.
No change in Quant & Verbal
These 2 sections will remain same without any change in total number of questions, marking pattern or content
No Change: RC, Verbal Reasoning, Verbal Ability
SNAP 2016 will keep this section same as past years without any change. Total number of questions in this section will remain 40 with 1 Mark for each correct answer and total maximum marks for the section being kept at 40.
No change: Quant, DI & Data Sufficiency
No change is there in this section in SNAP 2016. Total number of questions will remain the same at 40 carrying 1 mark for each correct answer and 40 as total Maximum marks.
Sectional Composition of SNAP 2016
| Section name |
No. of questions |
Total marks |
|
General English: Reading Comprehension, Verbal Reasoning, Verbal Ability |
40 |
40 |
|
Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency |
40 |
40 |
|
Current Affairs (of last 2 years) |
30 |
30 |
|
Analytical & Logical Reasoning |
40 |
40 |
|
Total |
150 |
150 |
Negative marking
SNAP 2016 will contain objective type questions. Each question has 4 responses. Candidate should choose an appropriate response. Each wrong answer attracts 1/4 negative marks.
SNAP 2016 is the gateway to 15 Symbiosis management institutes including SIBM Pune.
This year SNAP 2016 will be conducted across the country in 32 test cities by Symbiosis International University (SIU) Pune on December 18, 2016.
High scores in SNAP 2016 will offer admission to MBA 2017-19 programmes in all 15 Symbiosis institutes namely SIBM – Pune; SICSR; SCMHRD; SIIB; SITM; SIMS; SIMC Pune; SIOM Nashik; SCIT; SIHS; SIBM Bengaluru; SSBF; SIMC Bengaluru; SIBM Hyderabad and Symbiosis School of Sports Sciences (SSSS). All the 15 B-schools are affiliated to SIU Pune.
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