SNAP Pattern

There is no sectional time limit in SNAP exam. Candidates can utilize 60 minutes in whichever way they like. However, candidates have previously claimed that 60 minutes fall short in attempting the questions, thus it is important to ensure that you have a time management strategy for the exam, which means you should decide how much time you wish to spend on which section and not overspend. For example, Reasoning section has 25 questions and you may want to target about 15-18 questions, so analyse how much time would you need to spend on it.

SNAP has 3 attempts for all candidates in a particular academic year. For every session, candidates has to pay application fee of INR 2500. The examination body allows candidates to attempt the exam once, twice or thrice – it is up to the candidate to choose the number of attempts. Ideally, two attempts of SNAP should be good as there is not much gap between the sessions, and one doesn't really get a lot of time to prepare for the second attempt to improve score.

SNAP has 60 questions but it is not mandatory to attempt all of them. Candidates can choose to attempt any number of questions, but they should be mindful of the fact that they need to attempt about 2/3^rd of the total number of questions in each section to get an overall good score. So, candidates should aim to and attempt nearly 45 questions all together with maximum accuracy.

To avoid negative marking in SNAP, candidates must choose the questions carefully. There are 60 questions in SNAP and not all are mandatory. So, first they should go through the questions and see which ones they find easy and which ones they find tough. Solve the easy ones first and then move to tough ones. If they are not confident of the answer of a question, they must skip it and not do the guess work to avoid negative marking.

There is no difference between SNAP session 1, 2 and 3, apart from question sets. The exam pattern, marking scheme and test structure are same for all three sessions of SNAP, but the questions are different. The difficulty level of SNAP sessions is also the same.

SNAP question paper has 60 questions in all the sessions, English has 15 questions, QA, DI-DS has 20 questions and A-LR has 25 question. Candidates are not supposed to attempt all the questions. But they must attempt about 2/3rd of the total questions with maximum accuracy to be able to get a good score. SNAP sectional cut offs are important for selection to SIU, so don't ignore one section for another. 

No, SNAP exam is conducted in only one slot but on three days. In 2024, the exam will be conducted on three days and the candidates can attempt the exam in all three sessions.An admit card for the SNAP exam will be issued on December 2, 9, and 15, 2024. SIU will conduct the SNAP exam 2024 on three different dates, i.e., December 8, 15, and 21, 2024. Candidates can appear for all three SNAP exam slots. The SNAP exam result will be announced on January 8, 2025.