SNAP (Symbiosis National Aptitude Test)
Exam Date :- 20th Dec 2020, 6th,9th Jan 2021
Apply Before :- 28th Nov 2020
SNAP Overview
SNAP Test or Symbiosis National Aptitude Test is a national level management entrance test conducted by Symbiosis International Deemed University. Qualifying this exam makes the candidate eligible for admission to different MBA/ PGDM courses offered by 15 other institutes under the University. SNAP 2020 will be conducted on December 20th 2020, January 6th and January 9th 2021.
SNAP 2021 Exam Highlights
| Features | Details |
|---|---|
| Exam Name | Symbiosis National Aptitude Test |
| Conducting Body | Symbiosis International (Deemed) University (SIU) |
| Exam Level | National |
| Exam Frequency | Once a year (three attempts) |
| Exam Mode | Online |
| Exam Duration | 60 minutes |
| Exam Syllabus | General English Quantitative-Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency Analytical & Logical Reasoning |
| Exam Pattern | 60 questions in MCQ format |
| Language | English |
| Exam Fees | Rs 1,750 |
| Number of candidates | 50,000 (average) |
| Exam Purpose | Admission into SIU affiliated colleges and 20 other institutes |
| Course Offered | MBA/PGDM |
| No. of Test Cities | 94 |
| Exam Helpdesk No. | 020-39116226 |
| Exam Website | https://www.snaptest.org/ |
SNAP Eligibility Criteria
The following are the eligibility criteria for SNAP test:
- The candidate must have a bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized University.
- The aggregate marks must be 50% for general category students whereas reserved category candidates must have a minimum of 45% marks.
- Final year students are also eligible to apply for the Test.
- Foreign students can also apply provided they produce an equivalence certificate from AIU.
- There is no age limit for applying for the exam.
SNAP 2021 Important Dates
| SNAP Events | SNAP 2020 Dates |
| SNAP 2020 registrations begin | |
| SNAP mock test slot booking | 30-Oct-2020 to 01-Nov-2020 18-Nov-2020 to 22-Nov-2020 |
| SNAP mock test | 31-Oct-2020 to 01-Nov-2020 19-Nov-2020 to 22-Nov-2020 |
| SNAP 2020 registrations end | 30-Nov-2020 |
| Admit cards download begins | 05-Dec-2020 (first attempt) 21-Dec-2020 (second attempt) 24-Dec-2020 (third attempt) |
| SNAP 2020 exams | 20-Dec-2020 06-Jan-2021 09-Jan-2021 |
| SNAP 2020 result announcement | 22-January-2021 |
SNAP Registration
Before applying for the exam, the candidates need to go through the detailed eligibility criteria of the exam. The registration for the above mentioned exam was started on 24th September 2020 and will end on 28th November 2020.
For registration,
- The candidate needs to go to the official website.
- Then the applicant is required to create an account where an user id and password will be generated.
- With the user id and password, the candidate needs to complete the form providing all the necessary details like name, address, educational qualification, experience, etc.
- After completion of form, the candidate needs to click on “I agree” and submit the form.
- Then upload a photograph at the provided place.
- Finally applicants need to pay the application fees of 1750 INR through credit card/ debit card/ net banking etc.
SNAP 2021 Exam Pattern
The above mentioned exam is conducted through online mode. Candidates are provided a total time of 60 minutes to complete the exam. There are special questions as well as MCQ type questions in the paper which the applicant is required to attempt.
The entire question paper is divided into 3 sections:
- Quantitative and Data sufficiency and data interpretation
- General English
- Analytical and logical reasoning
Quantitative section consists of 20 questions. General English contains 15 and Analytical and Logical Reasoning contains 25 questions. All the questions are MCQ type but there are short type questions in data interpretation and data sufficiency.
SNAP Syllabus
| Sections | Topics |
| General English | Jumbled paragraphs, Reading comprehension, Analogies, Fill in the blanks, Contextual usage, Synonyms and Antonyms, Sentence correction, Proverbs Idioms and Syllogisms, Critical Reasoning, Sentence completion |
| Analytical & logical reasoning | Simple interest and Compound interest, Seating Arrangement, Coding and Decoding, Clocks and Calendars, Venn diagram, Visual Reasoning, Series Analogy, Syllogism, Directions, Blood Relations, Miscellaneous |
| Quantitative, data interpretation & data sufficiency | Data Interpretation based on text, Co-ordinate geometry, Time speed and Distance, Trigonometry, Percentages, Mensuration, Time and work Permutation and combination, graphs and tables, Probability, Number System, Set theory, Profit and Loss, Linear Equation and Quadratic Equation, Symbol Based problems, Inequalities, Simple interest and Compound interest, Progressions, Critical reasoning, Functions, Ratios, Proportion and Variation, Logarithm, Column graphs and Bar graphs, Binomial Theorem, Allegation Mixtures and Averages, Geometry, Tables Pie Chart, Mixed graphs Line graph, Bar graph, Miscellaneous |
SNAP 2021 Test Center List
| Agra | Jhansi | Ernakulam – Kochi |
| Ahmedabad | Jodhpur | Gandhinagar |
| Ajmer | Kakinada | Gangtok – Bardang |
| Aligarh | Kanpur | Guntur |
| Ambala | Karnal | Guwahati |
| Amravati | Kolhapur | Gwalior |
| Amritsar | Kolkata | Hisar |
| Anand | Kota | Hooghly |
| Asansol | Kottayam | Howrah |
| Aurangabad | Kozhikode | Hubballi |
| Bareilly | Kurnool | Hyderabad |
| Belagavi | Lucknow | Indore |
| Bengaluru | Ludhiana | Jabalpur |
| Bhilai | Madurai | Jaipur |
| Bhopal | Mangalore | Jalandhar |
| Bhubaneswar | Meerut | Jammu |
| Bilaspur | Moradabad | Jamshedpur |
| Chandigarh – Mohali | Mumbai | Raipur |
| Chennai | Mysuru | Rajkot |
| Coimbatore | Nagpur | Ranchi |
| Cuttack | Nashik | Roorkee |
| Dehradun | Navi Mumbai | Rourkela |
| Delhi | Palghar | Shillong |
| Gurugram | Panipat | Shimla |
| Faridabad | Panjim – Mapusa | Siliguri |
| Ghaziabad | Patiala | Surat |
| Greater Noida | Patna | Thane-Kalyan-Dombivli |
| Noida | Portblair | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Dhanbad | Prayagraj | Thrissur |
| Dibrugarh | Pune | Udaipur |
| Vadodara | Varanasi | Vijayawada |
| Visakhapatnam |
SNAP Result
SNAP 2020 results will be declared on 22nd January 2021 on the official website. Candidates need to click on the link provided in the site and enter the user id and password earlier generated at the time of registration. The results published can then be downloaded and further be kept till the completion of the admission process.
SNAP Cut-off
The cut off score for each Symbiosis college majorly depends upon the maximum marks scored by the students, scoring pattern in the exam, eligibility and preference given to different parameters. The SNAP exam scores are well accepted by 16 Symbiosis institutes for MBA admission and high scores will lead to shortlisting and admission of candidates based on their scores.
| Institute | Cut-off 2020 (percentile) | Cut-off 2019 (percentile) |
| SIBM, Pune | 98.5 | 96 |
| SCMHRD, Pune | 96 | 95 |
| SIIB, Pune | 93 | 92 |
| SIBM, Bangalore | 90 | 88 |
| SIOM, Nashik | 87 | 85 |
| SITM, Pune | 83 | 81 |
| SICSR, Pune | 82 | 80 |
| SIMS, Pune | 77 | 75 |
| SCIT, Pune | 76 | 74 |
| SSMC, Bangalore | 75 | 72 |
| SIMC, Pune | 73 | 70 |
| SSBF, Pune | 60 | 58 |
| SIHS, Pune | 58 | 55 |
| SIBM, Hyderabad | 58 | 50 |
| SSSS, Pune | 55 | 50 |
Sectional Cut off for 2020
| Sections | General | SC | ST | DA | KM |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 25.95 | 16.24 | 10.60 | 10.83 | 19.18 |
| Verbal Ability | 28.75 | 18 | 11.75 | 12 | 21.25 |
| Logical Reasoning | 23.15 | 14.49 | 9.46 | 9.66 | 17.11 |
