Changes in SNAP Exam Pattern 2020

The SNAP 2020 exam pattern has been revised. SNAP exam will be held thrice and the total time duration and total number of questions in SNAP exam have been reduced. Read more.

Along with announcing the SNAP 2020 exam dates, Symbiosis International (Deemed) University or SIU announced some changes in the SNAP exam pattern. The SNAP 2020 exam pattern has been revised due to the prevailing COVID-19 situation in the country. The total time duration and total number of questions in SNAP exam have been reduced significantly. A major change has also been made in the marking scheme and question type.

The SIU announced that the SNAP 2020 would be conducted three times - On December 20, 2020,  January 6, 2021 and January 9, 2021. Candidates can avail two attempts and the score of best of the two will be considered for MBA admission 2021-2023.  The registration process will begin on September 23 and end on November 28, 2020.

The SNAP exam pattern was revised in 2019 as well, when the General Awareness section was scrapped, total number of questions were reduced and the marking scheme was revised.

Changes in SNAP 2020 Exam Pattern: Highlights

• The duration of SNAP exam has been reduced from 120 minutes to 60 minutes
• The exam timing has been changed from 2 PM to 4 PM to 11 AM to 12 Noon
• The total number of questions in the SNAP exam will be 60 and there will be no special questions this year
• General English section will have 15 questions, Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency will have 20 questions and Analytical & Logical Reasoning will have 25 questions
• There will be no variable marking scheme. All questions will carry one mark each
• For each wrong attempt, 1/4^thmarks will be deducted
• There is no change in SNAP exam syllabus

Also Read: Changes in Top MBA Entrance Exams Due to COVID-19

SNAP Exam Pattern Changes in Last Three Years

Take a look at the table below to know the changes in SNAP exam pattern over the years.

Change in SNAP Exam Pattern. What it means for test-takers?

For the test-takers nothing changes as far as SNAP exam preparation is concerned. What they need to focus on now is exam-day preparation i.e. how to approach the SNAP question paper. They may have been practicing SNAP mock tests designed on the basis of last year’s question paper ( 120 minutes, 110 questions) but in SNAP 2020 they will have to negotiate 60 questions in 60 minutes.

If you look at the revised exam pattern, handling the SNAP 2020 question paper will be most likely easier as there will be no Special Questions. Also, since SNAP has done away with differential marking, you won’t have the pressure of not skipping or getting more A-LR or English questions correct (the two sections carried 1.5 marks per MCQ before as opposed to QA, DI-DS which carried 1 mark per MCQ).

Now that the marks allotted to every question is same, you can strategise well on which question to attempt or skip without worrying for that extra 0.5 marks.

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