Monday, December 20, 2010

SNAP Analysis & Cut-Offs

Overall an easy test, with 150 questions to be attempted in 120 minutes; i.e. AQAM – A Question A Minute Test. Except for some idioms and maxims in verbal section, there weren’t any question that could not be attempted – save for time. A student attempting 120+ Questions with 140+ Marks attempted for with a fair degree of accuracy (i.e. 85% - including for GK & Verbal) should surely expect call from SIBM Pune.

One small RC passage with 5 questions, with many sitters in verbal section on punctuations, and prepositional usages. There weren’t questions which required one to spend time, though being a well-read person did surely have its rewards in the section.

Quantitative section wasn’t time consuming either, rather there were many sitters, requiring a quick comprehension of the question and immediate response – more on TWIT line!

Reasoning section was easy to solve, but did require careful handling of questions. Unnecessary hurry might have landed a person in trouble.

GK section was largely drawn from the events in 2010, and till as recent as October 2010. Regular reading of newspapers was amply rewarded, as even if a student did not know the exact answer – one could surely eliminate other options.

Ideally, one could attempt 30+ Questions in 30 Minutes in Verbal, 35+ Questions in 35 Minutes in Quants, 25+ Questions in 35 Minutes in Reasoning, and 25+ Questions in GK in 20 Minutes. Cut-off for various institutes under SNAP can be expected to be as follows:
  • SIBM, Pune: 114
  • SCMHRD: 107+
  • SIBM, Bangalore: 103+
  • SIIB, Int. Bus.: 99+
  • SITM: 88+
  • SIOM, Nasik: 85+
  • SCIT, MBA-IT: 75+
  • SIIB, Agr. Bus.: 60+
  • SIMC/ SICSR/Other: 60+

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