SNAP 2011 Analysis

The SNAP exam conducted on 18th Dec was of nearly same level as compared to the previous year. The test had total time limit of 120 minutes. The positive marks per question were 1 marks and negative marks 0.25. Each question had 4 options. The breakup of questions according to sectional area is given below. SECTION General English) Quant, DI and DS General Awareness Analytical and Logical Reasoning TOTAL The sectional analysis is given below. GENERAL ENGLISH The breakup is given below SECTION Analogies Antonyms / Synonyms Idioms Grammar Vocabulary Proverbs Fill in the Blanks Reading Comprehension Sentence Correction TOTAL Questions 1 6 6 2 3 2 13 4 1 40 No. of questions 40 40 40 30 150 Marks per question 1 1 1 2 150 Total 40 40 40 60 180

The RC passage was comparably difficult as compared to last year. The other questions on Fill in the Blanks, Idioms, Synonyms/Antonyms and Grammar were easy. The minimum score got from this section could be around 18.The time allocation could be 30 minutes. QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE, DATA INTERPRETATION AND DATA SUFFICIENCY The breakup is given below. SECTION Arithmetic Number system Algebra Geometry / Questions 11 4 3 1

Mensuration/Trigonometry Miscellaneous Tables Data Sufficiency TOTAL

4 4 13 40

The Arithmetic questions were very easy.1 question was a direct replica of the CAT question asked 3-4 years ago. The Number system questions were mainly on basic concepts and simplifications. The Algebra section was mainly from basic equations. The Data sufficiency questions were mainly from Arithmetic and should have been attempted. The minimum score got from this section could be around 21.The time allocation could be 40 minutes. GENERAL AWARENESS The questions were majorly from Current GK and Business GK with vey less of Static GK.There were around 18-19 questions from Current GK. The minimum score got from this section could be around 12.The difficulty level of this section was varying. The time allocation could be 15 minutes. ANALYTICAL & LOGICAL REASONING The sectional breakup is given below SECTION Logical Caselets Critical reasoning Logical and Mathematical one liners Tables TOTAL Questions 10 7 21 2 40

Most of the one liners were from Series. The Critical Reasoning questions were based on Binary Logic and Statement and Conclusion type. Most of the questions were very easy. Out of 4 logical caselets comprising of 2, 3, 3 and 2 questions, two sets were very easy and should have been attempted. The table based questions were also easy. Overall the section was of easy to moderate level. The minimum score got from this section could be around 18.The time allocation could be 35 minutes. SECTIONAL SCORES AND OVERALL CUT-OFFS Below is presented the summary of the above analysis.Only overall cut-offs will be considered this time. Section General English Quant, DI and DS General Awareness Analytical and Logical Reasoning TOTAL Questions 40 40 40 30 150 Time Allocation 30 40 15 35 120 Total Attempts 29 32 19 26 106 Possible Correct Attempts 24 28 16 24 92 Possible Scores 22 27 15 47 112

The overall level of the paper was on the easy-medium side. The probable cut-off score for which GD/PI calls can be expected is given below. Institute SIBM (Pune) SCM-HRD SIIB SITM SCIT SIBM Bangalore SIOM SIMS SICSR SIMC SIG SIHS Estimated Cut-Off 109+ 104+ 95+ 88+ 83+ 80+ 75+ 68+ 62+

Disclaimer: The above cutoffs are only suggestive in nature and may differ from the actual cutoffs. Roots Education cannot be held responsible for any decision taken by the candidate on the basis of the above information.

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Question No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46

Answer key a b a a a a b d b c a d b d c b b a d b a c d b a b error error d a c b c d b a d b d b a a c a b a

47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94

c a b c d a c b d b a c b b d d b c b d b b b d d a c b d b a a b a b c b a b a c a b d b d c c

95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142

d c c c b b a c a b d c a d a a b d d d d b d c b d b c b b c b d b d b b b b b a a d b c d a b

143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150

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