Symbiosis National Aptitude Test - (SNAP-2015)

Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP) is conducted by Symbiosis International University (SIU), Pune for admission to various post graduate programs for the academic year 2015-16. This test is held under the guidance of SIEC Deemed University. All institutes under Symbiosis International University have made the SNAP exam mandatory for taking admission in the post graduate programs.

SNAP 2014: Admission Process
SNAP 2014 is the initial step in the admission process. After that, the selected students will be required to submit applications in individual colleges and clear their respective rounds of selection that are generally Group Discussions (GD) and Personal Interview (PI) rounds.
SNAP 2014: Important Dates

Event	Date
Online Registrations for SNAP commences	September 3, 2014 - Wednesday
SNAP Test Registration closes	November 26, 2014 - Wednesday
SNAP Test payment closes	November 29, 2014 - Saturday
SNAP Test Admit Card available on website	December 06, 2014 Saturday to December 21, 2014 - Sunday
SNAP Test 2014	December 21, 2014 - Sunday
Announcement of Result	January 10, 2015 - Saturday

Exam Time: 02.00 p.m. - 04.00 p.m.


 SNAP 2014: Eligibility Criteria
Only those candidates who meet the eligibility criteria should apply for the SNAP 2014. The criteria is as follows:

• The candidates should have completed their graduation in any discipline from statutory university with minimum of 50% marks (45% for SC/ST candidates) for all the Master of Business Administration Program.
• The candidate should have completed 21 years of age and needs to be a citizen of India.

NOTE:All those candidates who belong to reserved category are given relaxation in age as per government norm. The candidates who wish to avail relaxation in age should attach all relevant documents to prove their eligibility for relaxation along with the form.

SNAP 2014: Registration Process
To register, one has to visit the official website of SNAP 2014, www.snaptest.org (from September 3, 2014 to November 26, 2014). . The registration fee for SNAP 2014 test is Rs 1,500 (from September 03, 2014 to November 29, 2014). . However, candidates will have to apply for their desired institutes separately.


SNAP 2014:How to apply for the test?

• Step I – Online Registration
• Register for SNAP test at www.snaptest.org
• Fill in the required details and upload latest scanned photograph
• SNAP ID is generated

• Step II – Payment

4 payment options are available:

• Cash – After online SNAP 2014 registration, take a print out of ‘Axis Bank Challan’ from SNAP website. This will be in 3 parts. Pay Rs. 1500/- in cash at any Axis Bank branch in your city.

NOTE:Candidate should keep the ‘Student copy’ as payment receipt. Sign the stamped ‘Symbiosis copy’ of the ‘Axis Bank Challan’ and send it to the Symbiosis Test Secretariat.

• Demand Draft – Get a DD from any nationalized bank and courier it to the Symbiosis Test Secretariat Address
• Credit Card - Make an online payment through using either a Master or Visa card
• Net Banking - Transfer the SNAP test fee to the Symbiosis Test Secretariat a/c through Net Banking

• Step III – Admit Card
• Print the admit card as and when the date is announced.
• Preserve this authenticated Admit Card for the further selection processes of individual Institutes.

SNAP 2014: Courses offered
There are different courses offered by different Symbiosis Institutes across India and following courses are common to all:

• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• M. Sc. (CA): Master of Science (Computer Applications)
• Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Communication Management
• Master of Mass Communication (MMC)
• Masters of Business Administration – International Business [MBA-(IB)]

SNAP 2014: Paper Pattern for the test

• The test consists of 150 objective type questions for duration of two hours (120 Minutes).
• The testfollows an MCQ format wherein each question lists 4 options out of which a student has to select the right answer.
• ¼ marks (25%) are deducted for every wrong answer.

SNAP consists of 4 sections as mentioned below:

Section	Number of Questions	Marks
General English: Reading Comprehension, Verbal Reasoning and Ability	40	40
General Awareness: General Knowledge,  Current Affairs and  Business Scenario	40	40
Quantitative, Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency	40	40
Analytical and Logical Reasoning	30	60
Total	150	180

SNAP 2014: Syllabus
NOTE: The syllabus mentioned is not exhaustive, but indicative only.

QUANTITATIVE:

• Geometry (Lines, Angles, Triangles, Spheres, Rectangles, Cube, Cone, etc.)
• Ratios and Proportion,
• Percentages,
• In-equations Quadratic and linear equations Algebra,
• Profit & Loss,
• Averages,
• Partnership,
• Time-Speed-Distance,
• Work and time,
• Number system,
• HCF &LCM,
• Geometric Progression,
• Arithmetic progression,
• Arithmetic mean,
• Geometric mean,
• Harmonic mean,
• Median,
• Mode,
• Number Base System,
• BODMAS,
• Mensuration,
• Alligation& Mixtures,
• Work, Pipes and Cisterns,
• Simple Interest & Compound Interest,
• Set Theory,
• Venn Diagram,
• Installment Payments,
• Clocks, Probability,
• Permutations & Combinations,
• Trigonometry,
• Vectors,
• Binomial Expansion,
• Co-ordinate geometry,
• Logarithm,
• Calendar,
• Maxima & Minima Progression,
• Surds & Indices,
• Complex numbers,
• Etc.

DI AND REASONING:

• Data Interpretation based on text, graphs and tables.
• Graphs can be Column graphs, Bar Graphs, Line charts, Pie Chart, Graphs representing Area, Venn diagram, etc.
• Critical reasoning,
• Visual reasoning,
• Assumption-Premise-Conclusion,
• Assertion and reasons,
• Statements and assumptions,
• Identifying valid inferences ,
• Identifying Strong arguments and Weak arguments,
• Statements and conclusions,
• Cause and Effect,
• Identifying Probably true,
• Probably false,
• definitely true,
• definitely false kind of statement,
• Linear arrangements,
• Matrix arrangements.
• Puzzles,
• Syllogisms,
• Functions,
• Family tree - identifying relationship among group of people,
• Symbol Based problems,
• Coding and decoding ,
• Sequencing ,
• Identifying next number in series,
• Etc.

ENGLISH:

• Comprehension of passage (Poems can also come)
• Verbal Reasoning,
• Syllogisms,
• Contextual usage,
• Analogies,
• Antonyms,
• Fill In the Blanks,
• Jumbled paragraphs with 4 or 5 sentences,
• Jumbled paragraphs (6 sentences with first and last fixed),
• Sentence Correction,
• Foreign language words used in English,
• Sentence completion,
• Sentence correction,
• Odd man out,
• Idioms,
• One word substitution,
• Different usage of same word,
• Etc.

GK/GA/BA:

• Current Affairs,
• Business,
• Punch line of companies,
• Top officials of big companies,
• Major corporate events
• Famous award and prizes
• World Records
• Books and authors
• Science,
• History,
• Geography,
• International organizations
• Important quotations
• Social issues,
• Sports,
• Finance,
• Automobiles,
• Entertainment,
• Politics,
• Etc.