SIU SNAP Exam
SIU SNAP Exam

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).

4th Dec 2023: SNAP Test-1 2023 admit card has been released.

Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP)

SNAP Important Dates

EventsDates
Release of SNAP 2023 application formSep 2023
Last date to apply online at snaptest.org23 Nov 2023
SNAP 2023 admit card release dateFor SNAP Test 1 – 04 Dec 2023
For SNAP Test 2, and 2 – 09 Dec 2023
SNAP 2023 Exam Date10, 17, 22 Dec 2023
Release of official answer keyAs per SIU
SNAP 2023 result announcement10 Jan 2024
SNAP Important Dates

Important Downloads and Official Links

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

SectionQuestionsMarks Per
Correct Answer
Total Marks
General English: Reading Comprehension, Verbal Reasoning, Verbal Ability15115
Analytical & Logical Reasoning25125
Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency20120
Total60 60
SNAP Test 2023 Structure
  • 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.

1Port Blair29Mangaluru (Mangalore)57Patiala
2Guntur30Mysuru58Ajmer
3Kakinada31Ernakulam – Kochi59Jaipur
4Kurnool32Kottayam60Jodhpur
5Vijayawada33Kozhikode61Kota
6Visakhapatnam34Thiruvananthapuram62Udaipur
7Dibrugarh35Thrissur63Chennai
8Guwahati36Bhopal64Coimbatore
9Patna37Gwalior65Madurai
10Bhilai38Indore66Hyderabad
11Raipur39Jabalpur67Agra
12Panjim – Mapusa40Amravati68Aligarh
13Ahmedabad- Gandhinagar41Aurangabad69Bareilly
14Anand42Kolhapur70Ghaziabad
15Rajkot43Mumbai71Kanpur
16Surat44Navi Mumbai72Lucknow
17Vadodara45Nagpur73Meerut
18Ambala46Nashik74Moradabad
19Faridabad47Palghar75Noida
20New Delhi – Gurugram48Pune76Prayagraj
21Bilaspur – HP49Thane/Thane District77Varanasi
22Jammu50Shillong78Dehradun
23Dhanbad51Bhubaneswar79Roorkee
24Jamshedpur52Cuttack80Asansol
25Ranchi53Rourkela81Howrah
26Belagavi (Belgaum)54Amritsar82Kalyani – Hooghly
27Bengaluru55Chandigarh – Mohali83Kolkata
28Hubballi (Hubli)56Jalandhar84Siliguri
CITIES WHERE SNAP TEST 2023 WILL BE CONDUCTED

*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. 

AspectsDetails
Name of ExamSNAP
Full Form of SNAPSymbiosis National Aptitude
Organizing BodySIU
Full Form of SIUSymbiosis International Deemed University
Type of ExamMBA Entrance Exam
Level of ExamUniversity
RegionMaharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, NCR
Official Websitesnaptest.org
Courses Where Admission is Through SNAPMBA
Minimum Educational Qualification As per eligibility criteria
Mode of ExamComputer-based test
Type of QuestionsObjective 
Number of Questions60
Total Marks60
Marking Scheme+1, 0.25
Exam Duration60 minutes
Subjects in Question PaperGeneral English, Analytical & Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency
SNAP Overview

FAQs

When will SNAP 2023 be conducted?

SNAP 2023 will be conducted on three dates: December 10th, 17th, and 22nd, 2023.

What is the eligibility criteria for SNAP?

To be eligible for SNAP candidates must have a bachelor’s degree from a recognized university with a minimum of 50% marks (45% for SC/ST candidates). Final year students are also eligible to apply, but they must obtain the required marks before admission.

What is the exam pattern for SNAP?

SNAP 2023 will be a 60-minute computer-based test with 60 questions. The exam will have four sections:
General English
Quantitative Ability
Analytical & Logical Reasoning
General Awareness

Is there any negative marking in SNAP?

Yes, there is negative marking in SNAP. For each incorrect answer, 25% of the marks for that question will be deducted.

How many times can I attempt SNAP?

You can attempt SNAP 2023 twice. The best score out of the two attempts will be considered for admission.

What is the application fee for SNAP?

The application fee for SNAP 2023 is Rs. 2250/- per attempt. You will also need to pay a programme fee of Rs. 1000/- for each programme you wish to apply for.

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