SNAP 2015 Pattern and Question Paper Analysis
SNAP Question paper analysis: There are 4 sections in SNAP namely Quantitative ability, Analytical and logical reasoning, general English and GK section.
Total number of question asked 150
Total time duration 120 minutes
Quantitative Ability:
| Level of Difficulty | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topic | Easy | Medium | Difficult | Total |
| Work, Pipes and Cistern | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Time, Speed and Distance | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Percentage | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Geometry | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| HCF and LCM | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Averages | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Arithmetic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Set and Venn Diagram | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Permutation and Combination | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Profit and Loss | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ratios | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mixtures | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Geometric Progression | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Indices | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Logarithm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 30 | 6 | 4 | 40 |
General English:
| Level of Difficulty | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topics | Easy | Medium | Difficult | Total |
| Synonyms | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Grammar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Spellings | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jumbled Paragraph | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jumbled Sentences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Odd one out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Idiom | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Give meaning of Idiom | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Grammar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| FIB with 2 words that mean the same | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pick antonym/synonym pair | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Double FIB | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Single FIB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Identify part of speech of underlined word | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| FIB with preposition | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Identify Mistake in one sentence | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 11 | 16 | 6 | 33 |
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General Awareness:
| Topics | Number of questions |
|---|---|
| Current Affairs | 7-9 |
| International Affairs | 13-15 |
| Economics and Finance | 16 |
Analytical Reasoning — Logical Reasoning
This section contained amalgamation of questions from Coding, data interpretation, sequences and Verbal Reasoning. There were 2 DI questions, one DI question was of moderate level and other was easy. There were 3 questions on venn diagram. Also one question was from Visual reasoning and two verbal questions on syllogisms which were easy.
What is a good attempt in SNAP?
Quantitative ability: questions upto 32-35 with 90% accuracy would be a good attempt
Analytical Reasoning: In this 25-27 questions with 85% accuracy is considered to be good attempt
English: with a attempt of 28-30 questions with 85% accuracy
General Awareness: attempt of 18-20 questions with 60% accuracy
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