SNAP 2007 Paper Analysis and Cut Off
SNAP 2007 was held on 15th December 2007. More questions were expected but they were reduced to 150 from the last year’s 165 questions. There was no change in the pattern of the paper as compared to SNAP 2006 Paper.
Institutes accepting this exam score
SIBM, SCMHRD, SIIB, SITM
| Total Duration of the exam (minutes) |
120 |
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| Total number of questions |
150 |
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| Number of sections |
4 |
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| Number of choices per question |
4 |
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| Marks per question |
Differential |
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| Negative marking |
1/4th of the allotted mark |
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Sections |
Area |
No. of questions |
Marks |
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1 |
General English |
40 |
40 |
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2 |
Quantitative Ability, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficienc |
40 |
40 |
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3 |
General Awareness |
40 |
40 |
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4 |
Analytical & LR |
30 |
60 |
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Total |
150 |
180 |
SECTION I: General English
In General English section both verbal ability and reading comprehension part were involved. Out of 40 questions, 21 were on verbal ability and 19 were on reading comprehension. VA questions were all usage-based while 3 out of 4 RC passages were of medium length and were easy to understand.
Grammar and Usage Based Questions
The questions of this type were: identifying the correct and incorrect sentences, converting from active to passive voice and identifying sentences with similar meanings. There was also a question testing punctuation and one on spelling. The words that were asked in the usage based questions were simple ones like AFTER, WOULD, FIRE and ALMOST. There was also one question each on jumbled paragraph and scrambled sentence. On the whole, the grammar based questions tested the basic concepts of grammar. The usage based questions used familiar sentences that we regularly come across in the newspapers.
Word Based Questions
There were questions of the type like fill in the blank (maximum number of times), synonym, antonym, analogy and odd one out. Although the words were familiar ones, the options were close and thus time consuming. Questions based on words like SUBTLE, MALINGER, DIN and CADENCE were asked.
Reading Comprehension
There were four passages on a variety of topics viz., science, entrepreneurship, trade and quality of a person. Out of 4 passages, 3 passages (14 questions) were simple. These 14 questions were direct and could be located from the passage easily. The passages were of medium length and easy to comprehend. Only the passage on ‘trade’ (5 questions) was slightly difficult for understanding though the passage was of medium length. All the 5 questions based on this passage were inferential ones.
The best strategy for solving this section would have been to attempt as many VA questions as possible and then attempt one or two of the RC passages, especially the passages on quality of a person (with 6 questions) and science (with 5 questions).
Ideally one could attempt 21+ questions in the General English section with a possible score of 17-19 marks.
SECTION II: Quantitative Ability, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency
The PS section did not have questions based on higher mathematics or ones that involve difficult concepts. The calculations involved were so basic and simple that the section could be attempted in a short span with good accuracy.
Out of 5 DI sets, some questions from the set involving Online Job Portal and Opening/Closing Stock Prices were calculation intensive and hence were time consuming. The other 3 sets (Train Speed, Wheat/Rice production ratio and employees in diff depts.) were either observation based or simple calculation based.
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Level of Difficulty |
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Topics |
Number of Questions |
Easy |
Medium |
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TSD |
2 |
1 |
1 |
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Average |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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Probability |
3 |
2 |
1 |
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Divisibility |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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Numbers |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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Equations |
2 |
1 |
1 |
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Functions |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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Simple Interest |
2 |
2 |
0 |
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Geometry |
4 |
3 |
1 |
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PnC |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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Statistics |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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Counting |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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Tables(3 sets) |
10 |
6 |
4 |
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Line Chart(1 set) |
3 |
3 |
0 |
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Pie Chart(1 set) |
4 |
3 |
1 |
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Data Sufficiency |
3 |
3 |
0 |
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Total |
40 |
31 |
9 |
Ideally one could attempt 30-33 questions in this section with a possible score of 25+ marks.
SECTION III: General Knowledge
This section was named General Awareness. There were 40 questions and these were a mix of sports, IT, films, science, business/economy, persons, quotation, history, etc. Majority of the questions was on IT (4), Business/economy (8), science (4) and current affairs (8). Although the questions were all one-liners and looked simple, only a person who is a regular reader of newspapers could have attempted them with ease.
Ideally one could attempt 20+ questions in this section with a possible score of 14-16 marks.
SECTION IV: Analytical and Logical Reasoning
Most of the questions in this section were discreet questions except one set each on Venn Diagram and Matrix Arrangement. Overall, the questions were very simple and 5 out of the six questions based on Visual Reasoning could be solved by observation.
Of the 2 verbal reasoning questions, one question each was on critical reasoning and syllogisms. These questions were simple and did not pose any problem.
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Topics |
Number of Questions |
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Matrix arrangement |
3 |
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Linear Arrangement |
3 |
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Venn diagram |
3 |
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Puzzles |
12 |
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Family Tree |
1 |
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Visual Reasoning |
6 |
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Critical Reasoning |
1 |
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Syllogism |
1 |
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Total |
30 |
Ideally one could attempt 22-24 questions in this section with a possible score of 38+ marks.
OVERALL, a good score could be 90+ marks.
Likely cut-offs for various institutes:
| Institute | Cut-off |
| SIBM | 85+ |
| SCMHRD | 80+ |
| SIIB, SIOM | 72+ |
| SIMC, SCIT, SITM, SIMS | 62+ |