The first phase of the SNAP exam was held on December 19, 2021. SNAP 2021 had no major changes in pattern or difficulty level from last year. SNAP 2021 aspirants had to face 60 questions in 60 minutes comprising a total of 60 marks. As per reports, ~60,000 candidates have appeared for the first phase of SNAP this year. In this article, we will deep-dive into the detailed analysis of SNAP by Career Launcher (CL) and IMS along with the predicted cut-offs.
SNAP 2021 Phase 1 Analysis And Predicted Cut-offs: Overall - CL And IMS
According to experts at Career Launcher, the General English section and Analytical & Logical Reasoning were doable, the Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency was a little difficult as compared to last year. Here are the section-wise attempts and predicted scores by Career Launcher and IMS.
|
Section
|
Level Of Difficulty |
Good Attempts |
Good Score |
| IMS |
CL |
IMS |
CL |
| General English |
Easy |
Easy to Moderate |
13-14 |
10 |
| Analytical & Logical Reasoning |
Easy |
Easy to Moderate |
20-22 |
18-19 |
| Quantitative, DI and Data Sufficiency |
Medium |
Moderate to Lengthy |
14-15 |
11-12 |
| Total |
|
|
|
39-41 |
Here are the cut-offs for some of the institutes under the Symbiosis umbrella, as predicted by Career Launcher (CL) and IMS.
|
Institute Name
|
Cut-Off |
| CL |
IMS |
| SIBM Pune |
37+ |
41-43 |
| SCMHRD Pune |
35+ |
39-41 |
| SIIB Pune |
33+ |
35-37 |
| SIBM Bangalore |
31+ |
35-37 |
| SIOM Nashik |
28+ |
|
SNAP 2021 Phase 1 Analysis And Predicted Cut-offs - General English
There was no Reading Comprehension which saves a lot of time. There were a number of questions on Grammar including on Parts of Speech, and sentence correction. The section also had 4 fill-in-the-blank questions with one such question requiring to select 2 blanks.
According to Career Launcher, a good student is expected to answer all the questions or almost all the questions in about 8 to 10 minutes. Any score above 10 would be considered very good and a student expecting a top Symbiosis institute interview call may require 7 to 8 marks at the least to be in good stead.
According to IMS, one could attempt 13 or 14 questions with high accuracy in about 13 or 14 minutes.
| General English |
No. Of Qs |
| Vocabulary |
6 |
| Grammar |
8 |
| Standard Word Order (Poem) |
1 |
SNAP 2021 Phase 1 Analysis And Predicted Cut-offs - Analytical & Logical Reasoning
According to Career Launcher, a good student would have attempted almost all the 25 questions save one or two in the Number Series / Missing Number series type of questions. The time allotted for this section need not have been more than 20 to 25 minutes. A good score in this section would be around 18+ to get to that 99%ile overall.
According to IMS, the overall section was easy. A good strategy would be to attempt around 20-22 questions in 24-26 minutes.
| Analytical Reasoning |
| Type of Q |
No. of Qs |
| Coding-Decoding |
2 |
| Blood Relations |
2 |
| Number Series |
1 |
| Letter Series |
2 |
| Syllogisms |
1 |
| Input-Output |
1 |
| Linear Arrangement |
2 |
| Clocks |
2 |
| Calendars |
2 |
| Odd one out |
1 |
| Total |
16 |
| Logical Reasoning |
| Type of Q |
No. of Qs |
| Statement Conclusion |
1 |
| Statement & Assumptions |
1 |
| Course of Action |
2 |
| Cause and Effect |
1 |
| General Misc. Reasoning/CR |
3 |
| Paragraph Conclusion |
1 |
| Total |
9 |
SNAP 2021 Phase 1 Analysis And Predicted Cut-offs - Quantitative, DI and Data Sufficiency
According to Career Launcher (CL), the section was doable but anyone spending 25 to 30 minutes would have attempted 15 questions in this section.A good score in this section would be around 11+.
According to IMS, this section was very medium in terms of the level of difficulty. Though many questions in the section were easy and could be solved orally, about 5 to 6 questions were somewhat challenging. Overall, this section was slightly more difficult than the QA section of the first attempt of SNAP-2020.
| Type of Q |
No. of Qs |
| Percentages |
1 |
| Profit and Loss |
1 |
| Numbers |
2 |
| Time and Work |
2 |
| TSD |
1 |
| Quadratic Equations |
1 |
| Geometry |
2 |
| P&C |
2 |
| Mensuration |
1 |
| Probability |
1 |
| Data Interpretation |
2 |
| Set Theory |
1 |
| Progressions and Series |
1 |
| Binomial Theorem |
1 |
| Data Interpretation |
1 |
| Total |
20 |
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