SNAP 2023: Exam (10, 17, 22 Dec), Registration Started

SNAP 2023 will be held on 10, 17, 22 December 2023. Symbiosis International University (SIU), Pune invites applications for admission to Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP) Exam for the academic session 2022 at its Pune Campus. The Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP Test) is an yearly management entrance test conducted by the Symbiosis International University for admission to MBA post-graduation programs in the affiliated colleges under the University. SNAP is the first step in the process of admission after which the students are required to submit applications in individual colleges and clear personal interaction and Writing Ability Test (WAT).

Quick Links

• Syllabus
• Question Papers
• Application Form
• Admit Card
• Result

Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP)

SNAP Important Dates

Events	Dates
Release of SNAP 2023 application form	Sep 2023
Last date to apply online at snaptest.org	23 Nov 2023
SNAP 2023 admit card release date	For SNAP Test 1 – 04 Dec 2023 For SNAP Test 2, and 2 – 09 Dec 2023
SNAP 2023 Exam Date	10, 17, 22 Dec 2023
Release of official answer key	As per SIU
SNAP 2023 result announcement	10 Jan 2024

Important Downloads and Official Links

• Overview
• How to Register
• Important Dates
• Test Cities
• Test Structure

Eligibility Criteria

SIMS – Master of Business Administration : 

• Candidates should be a graduate from any recognised University/ Institution of National Importance and must have obtained a minimum of 50% marks or equivalent grade at graduation.
• Defense Category candidates should be the son/ daughter/ spouse of Defence personnel.
• Candidates appearing for final year examinations can also apply, but their admission will be subject to obtaining a minimum of 50% marks or equivalent grade in the qualifying examination.
• A candidate who has completed qualifying qualification from any Foreign University must obtain an equivalence certificate from Association of Indian Universities (AIU).

SIOM, Nashik – Master of Business Administration (Operations Management) : 

• Candidates should be an Engineering Graduate (Bachelor of Engineering/ Technology) from any recognised University/ Institution of National Importance and must have obtained a minimum of 50% marks or equivalent grade (45% marks or equivalent grade for Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes) at graduation.
• Candidates appearing for final year examinations can also apply, but their admission will be subject to obtaining a minimum of 50% marks or equivalent grade in the qualifying examination.
• A candidate who has completed qualifying qualification from any Foreign University must obtain an equivalence certificate from Association of Indian Universities (AIU).

SCIT – Master of Business Administration (Data Sciences & Data Analytics) : 

• Candidates should graduate with Mathematics at 10+2 level from any recognised University/ Institution of National Importance and with a minimum of 50% marks or equivalent grade (45% or equivalent grade for Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes) at graduation.
• Candidates appearing for final year examinations can also apply, but their admission will be subject to obtaining a minimum of 50% marks or equivalent grade in the qualifying examination.
• A candidate who has completed qualifying qualification from any Foreign University must obtain an equivalence certificate from Association of Indian Universities (AIU).

SIBM, Bengaluru – MBA (Quantitative Finance) : 

• Candidates should graduate from any recognised University/ Institution of National Importance and must have obtained a minimum of 50% marks or equivalent grade (45% marks or equivalent grade for Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes) at graduation level. The students must have studied Mathematics/ Statistics during Standard XII.
• Candidates appearing for final year examinations can also apply, but their admission will be subject to obtaining a minimum of 50% marks or equivalent grade in the qualifying examination.
• A candidate who has completed qualifying qualification from any Foreign University must obtain an equivalence certificate from Association of Indian Universities (AIU).
• All course wise eligibility Criteria check on the website https://www.snaptest.org/eligibility.html

How to Apply

---

• SNAP Test 2023 will be conducted on three different dates. Please note these dates carefully:
  • Date: 10 December 2023 (Sunday)
  • Date: 17 December 2023 (Sunday)
  • Date: 22 December 2023 (Friday)
• A candidate can appear for upto three tests for SNAP 2023. If a candidate appears for more than one test, the higher score will be considered for the final percentile calculation and there will be no normalization . A rigorous process that has been statistically tested will be administered to ensure that unique types of questions are framed under a specific topic across the question papers. The normal spread will ensure that there is no unfair advantage to candidates who opt for any specific test / multiple tests. This will ensure normalisation of the spread of questions across sections. Furthermore, the question papers will be normalised for the level of difficulty across all three tests. No correspondence regarding this will be entertained.
• Register online on the website snaptest.org (upto November 23, 2023 (Thursday)) .
• Ensure that the information you have filled in is accurate. No change in name, date of birth, category, test city and test date requests will be entertained once a candidate has paid her/his SNAP Test 2023 registration fee.
• SNAP Test registration fee and programme registration fee of the Institute is non- refundable and non-transferable.
• Upload your latest scanned colour passport size photo (in case a candidate is registering for SNAP on a desktop) at the time of online registration for the SNAP Test. (Your photograph should not be more than six months old)

Registration Fee

• SNAP Test registration fee of Rs.2250/- per test
• Mode of Payment : Billdesk Payment Gateway/Indian Bank Payment Gateway/Demand Draft.

Selection Process

• Shortlisting for Group Exercise, Personal Interaction and Writing Ability Test (GE-PIWAT):
• A candidate will be shortlisted for further admission process (GE-PIWAT) based on her/his overall SNAP Percentile. Please check the respective Institute website for information and dates of GE-PIWAT.
• The further admission process is conducted separately for each programme by each Institute. The cut-off for shortlisting is also calculated separately for each programme. Based on her/his overall SNAP percentile, a particular candidate may get shortlisted for more than one programme. In such a scenario the candidate is expected to participate in the GE-PIWAT for each programme separately.

• Merit list will be based on the following parameters:
• Weightage for Final Merit List
• SNAP Score (out of 60, scaled down to 50 marks) : 50
• Group Exercise (GE) :  10 
• Personal Interaction(PI) : 30
• Writing Ability Test (WAT) :  10

SNAP Test 2023 Structure

Nature of Question Paper / Topics and Marks Allotted

Section	Questions	Marks Per Correct Answer	Total Marks
General English: Reading Comprehension, Verbal Reasoning, Verbal Ability	15	1	15
Analytical & Logical Reasoning	25	1	25
Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency	20	1	20
Total	60		60

• Please note that the SNAP Test 2023 will be a computer-based test.
• SNAP Test duration is of 60 minutes.
• Date: 10 December 2023 (Sunday)
• Date: 17 December 2023 (Sunday)
• Date: 22 December 2023 (Friday)
• SNAP TEST 2023 timing’s will be available on the Admit Card
• SNAP Test is an objective test. Each question has four responses. The candidate should choose an appropriate response.
• Each wrong answer attracts 25% negative marks.
• A candidate can appear for upto three tests for SNAP. If a candidate appears for more than one test, the higher score will be considered for the final percentile calculation and there will be no normalization. A rigorous process that has been statistically tested will be administered to ensure that unique types of questions are framed under a specific topic across the question papers. Normal spread will ensure that there is no unfair advantage to candidates who opt for any specific test / multiple tests. This will ensure normalisation of the spread of questions across sections. Furthermore, the question papers will be normalised for the level of difficulty across all three tests. No correspondence regarding this will be entertained.
• Any malpractice / use of unfair means will lead to your disqualification from the admission process of SIU. Instances of any incorrect information or process violation detected at any stage of the selection process will lead to immediate disqualification of the candidate from the selection process and he/she will not be allowed to appear for SNAP in the future. If such instances go undetected during the current selection process but are detected in subsequent years, such disqualification will take place with retrospective effect.  

SNAP Syllabus

SNAP Test consists of Question from the following Subjects and Topics

General English

1. Antonyms
2. Comprehension Of A Passage
3. Grammar
4. Reading Comprehension
5. Reasoning
6. Sentence Completion
7. Synonyms
8. Verbal
9. Verbal Ability
10. Vocabulary

Quantitative Aptitude

1. Arithmetic
2. Basic Mathematical relations and Formulas
3. Computation
4. Data Interpretation
5. Data Sufficiency
6. Measurements
7. Relationship between Numbers
8. Time and Distance

General Awareness

1. Business Scenario
2. Current Affairs
3. Economic condition of India and Other countries
4. General Knowledge
5. Social Scenario of Indian and other countries of the world

Analytical & Logical Reasoning

1. Analogies
2. Analysis
3. Arithmetical Number Series
4. Arithmetical Reasoning
5. Decision-Making
6. Differences
7. Discrimination
8. Judgment
9. Observation
10. Problem-Solving
11. Relationship Concepts
12. Similarities
13. Space Visualization
14. Verbal And Figure Classification

TEST Centers

SNAP Test 2023 will be conducted in 84 cities all over India.

1	Port Blair	29	Mangaluru (Mangalore)	57	Patiala
2	Guntur	30	Mysuru	58	Ajmer
3	Kakinada	31	Ernakulam – Kochi	59	Jaipur
4	Kurnool	32	Kottayam	60	Jodhpur
5	Vijayawada	33	Kozhikode	61	Kota
6	Visakhapatnam	34	Thiruvananthapuram	62	Udaipur
7	Dibrugarh	35	Thrissur	63	Chennai
8	Guwahati	36	Bhopal	64	Coimbatore
9	Patna	37	Gwalior	65	Madurai
10	Bhilai	38	Indore	66	Hyderabad
11	Raipur	39	Jabalpur	67	Agra
12	Panjim – Mapusa	40	Amravati	68	Aligarh
13	Ahmedabad- Gandhinagar	41	Aurangabad	69	Bareilly
14	Anand	42	Kolhapur	70	Ghaziabad
15	Rajkot	43	Mumbai	71	Kanpur
16	Surat	44	Navi Mumbai	72	Lucknow
17	Vadodara	45	Nagpur	73	Meerut
18	Ambala	46	Nashik	74	Moradabad
19	Faridabad	47	Palghar	75	Noida
20	New Delhi – Gurugram	48	Pune	76	Prayagraj
21	Bilaspur – HP	49	Thane/Thane District	77	Varanasi
22	Jammu	50	Shillong	78	Dehradun
23	Dhanbad	51	Bhubaneswar	79	Roorkee
24	Jamshedpur	52	Cuttack	80	Asansol
25	Ranchi	53	Rourkela	81	Howrah
26	Belagavi (Belgaum)	54	Amritsar	82	Kalyani – Hooghly
27	Bengaluru	55	Chandigarh – Mohali	83	Kolkata
28	Hubballi (Hubli)	56	Jalandhar	84	Siliguri

*SIU reserves the right to add/delete/change the test cities due to unavoidable circumstances without prior intimation.

No request for a change of test date or test city will be entertained once a candidate has paid the SNAP Test registration fee. Test City and Test Date are allocated on a first come, first serve basis. The earlier you pay, the higher are your chances to obtain a test date and test city of your choice. The Test Timing, Test Centre and its address will be printed on the Admit Card. (The Admit Card will be live on the SNAP website snaptest.org)

SNAP Question Papers

Click here to view SNAP Previous Year Question Papers

SNAP Admit Card

Candidates have to print SNAP 2020 Admit Card from the website: http://www.snaptest.org/ which will be available from 1st week of December 2020. Admit Card along with Photo Identity proof should be carried to the Test Centre at the time of the test.
An acceptable photo identity is any one of the following:
• Passport.
• Driving license.
• College/ Institute Identity Card.
• Credit card with photograph.
• Voter ID Card.
• Pan Card
• AADHAR Card (UID)

Note: Candidates have to note that an authenticated Admit Card is an important document without which the candidate will not be permitted to appear for further selection processes of SIU. If the Admit card is lost, a duplicate Admit Card will not be issued. It should be retained by the candidate till the admission process is over.

SNAP Result

The result of the SNAP Test is expected to be released in January . The result will be available online on the official website of the exam: http://www.snaptest.org/ . The result shows the score obtained by the candidates. The students can use this score for seeking admission to all MBA institutes of Symbiosis International University for the academic year only.

Accepting College

1. Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM – Pune)

2. Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies & Research (SICSR)

3. Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resources Development (SCMHRD)

4. Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB)

5. Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management (SITM)

6. Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies (SIMS)

7. Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication, Pune

8. Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management (SIOM- Nashik)

9. Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology (SCIT)

10. Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences (SIHS)

11. Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Bengaluru

12. Symbiosis School of Media & Communication, Bengaluru

13. Symbiosis School of Banking and Finance (SSBF) (Formerly Symbiosis School of Banking Management)

14. Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Hyderabad (SIBM, Hyderabad)

For more details and to apply online, please visit the official website

Contact Details

Address: Symbiosis Test Secretariat

Symbiosis International (Deemed University),

Gram: Lavale, Tal: Mulshi, District: Pune – 412115

Call. : 18001231454 | +91-20-61936226/27

Email : [email protected]

https://www.snaptest.org/

SNAP Overview

Highlights of the examination are as follows. 

Aspects	Details
Name of Exam	SNAP
Full Form of SNAP	Symbiosis National Aptitude
Organizing Body	SIU
Full Form of SIU	Symbiosis International Deemed University
Type of Exam	MBA Entrance Exam
Level of Exam	University
Region	Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, NCR
Official Website	snaptest.org
Courses Where Admission is Through SNAP	MBA
Minimum Educational Qualification	As per eligibility criteria
Mode of Exam	Computer-based test
Type of Questions	Objective
Number of Questions	60
Total Marks	60
Marking Scheme	+1, 0.25
Exam Duration	60 minutes
Subjects in Question Paper	General English, Analytical & Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency

FAQs