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SNAP Exam Pattern

Each stage is checked separately so one stage cannot inherit another stage's scoring rules.

General English, Analytical and Logical Reasoning, and Quantitative, Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency

Official 2026 pattern
Questions60
Total marks60
Duration60 minutes
Negative marking0.25 per wrong answer
SectionsGeneral English, Analytical and Logical Reasoning, Quantitative, Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency
TestQsMarksMin
General English151515
Analytical and Logical Reasoning252525
Quantitative, Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency202020

Timing: Single composite 60-minute timer for all three sections combined: no sectional lock, matching the official test's own rule that candidates may attempt any section in any order.

The official SNAP (conducted by Symbiosis International, Deemed University) has 60 questions for 60 marks in 60 minutes, +1 for each correct answer and -0.25 for a wrong one, with no sectional time limit: candidates may attempt any section in any order. It is split across three sections: General English (15Q), Analytical and Logical Reasoning (25Q), and Quantitative, Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency (20Q). This mock matches the official pattern exactly, all 60 questions across the same three sections with the same single composite timer and no sectional lock. SNAP dropped its separate General Knowledge and Current Affairs section in 2020 and has not reinstated one since, so unlike CMAT and most other Management exams on this site, no section needed excluding for content-risk reasons: every official SNAP section is language- or reasoning-based with zero fact-recall dependency.

Official source · checked 16 August 2026