SNAP

SNAP is an easy exam so it is not necessary to spend long hours studying for it. However, one should ensure they spend quality time on SNAP preparation. If one is preparing for CAT along with SNAP, then they don't need to spend more than 2 hours on SNAP separately. If one is preparing for only SNAP, then they must spend 4-5 hours daily on an average.

The Quantitative Aptitude question of SNAP are easy to moderate in nature. Most of the questions are direct and not calculation intensive. The questions are usually asked from Arithmetic Geometry, Mensuration P&C/Probability Algebra and Numbers.

SNAP English section has 15 questions and all are based on grammar and vocabulary, so it is very critical to have a good control on English Grammar. To strengthen English grammar, one should start with basics. Study from Wren & Martin for best results. You can also seek help from a mentor or study from English grammar apps.

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.