SNAP Exam Analysis 2024 (Test 1) – Expected cutoff, difficulty level
SNAP is one of India’s most popular MBA entrance exams, with nearly 1 lakh students signing up for it. The first slot of SNAP 2024 was held on 08 December 2024 from 2 PM to 3 PM. The exam maintained the same pattern as the previous years. One of the many takeaways from the paper has been that despite slightly tougher Quant and General English sections, when compared to last year the overall difficulty level of the paper was easy. Most questions were doable, and a good number of attempts would be around 42-45 with 85-90% accuracy. Read on to see our detailed SNAP exam analysis for the first slot of 2024.
SNAP exam analysis 2024 (Test 1) – Highlights
The overall pattern is given below, along with the level of difficulty reported by IMS students and experts and the suggested time allocation per section.
| SNAP Exam Analysis – Sections | Number of questions | Level of difficulty | Good Attempts | Suggested time (in minutes) |
| General English: Reading Comprehension, Verbal Reasoning, Verbal Ability | 15 | Easy | 11-12 | 10-11 |
| Analytical & Logical Reasoning | 25 | Easy to Medium | 19-20 | 24-26 |
| Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency | 20 | Easy to Medium | 13-14 | 20-22 |
Each question was worth 1 mark, and all incorrect questions were awarded -0.25. There was no sectional time limit.
SNAP exam analysis 2024 (Test 1) – Expected score vs percentile
Based on the feedback received from students and our own expert SNAP exam analysis, we estimate the scores required to secure a call for the next round of admissions by general category students to SIBM-Pune, SCMHRD, SIIB and SIBM-Bengaluru and corresponding percentiles as follows:
| SNAP Exam 2024 Test 1 Raw Score | Expected SNAP Percentile |
| 41-42 | 98 percentile ( for SIBM -Pune) |
| 39-40 | 97 percentile ( for SCMHRD) |
| 36-37 | 90 percentile ( for SIIB & SIBM Bengaluru) |
SNAP exam analysis 2024 (Test 1) – Sectional analysis
General English
According to our SNAP exam analysis, the General English section of SNAP-2024 was easy, like last year’s SNAP. There were no RC questions; all questions were based on Verbal Ability.
Following is the break-up of the questions in the section:
| Question types | Number of questions | Level of difficulty |
| Parts of Speech | 1 | Easy |
| Spot the Error | 2 | Easy |
| FIB (Vocab / Idioms: 1 and 2 blanks) | 2 | Easy |
| Figures of speech | 1 | Easy |
| FIB (Grammar: 1 and 2 blanks) | 2 | Easy |
| Match the Following (Antonyms, Synonyms) | 1 | Easy |
| Proverb-meaning | 1 | Easy |
| Grammar – Correct Usage (Adjectives, Adverbs, Compound Words, Conjunctions, Word Order | 5 | Easy |
Overall, this section was easy. A good strategy is to attempt around 11-12 questions in 10-11 minutes.
Analytical & Logical Reasoning
Out of the 25 questions in this section, 11 questions were on Verbal Reasoning, and the remaining 14 were on Non-Verbal Reasoning. Here’s what our SNAP exam analysis for this section looks like.
The eleven questions on Verbal Reasoning were on expected lines – 2 questions on syllogisms, 2 on course of action, 3 on statement – assumption, 1 on Critical reasoning (Inference), 2 on cause-effect and 1 on identifying the speculation. All were fairly easy to attempt.
The questions on Non-Verbal Reasoning were dominated by questions based on Series (total 3). There were two questions each on Arrangement (one involving linear arrangement and one circular arrangement), clocks, binary logic, family trees, and calendars. There was one question on coding-decoding. All questions were singleton questions, and there were no set-based questions.
Most of the questions in the section were easy to medium in terms of level of difficulty.
The following table shows the break-up of the questions in this section.
| Question types | Number of questions | Level of difficulty |
| Verbal Reasoning | ||
| Syllogisms | 2 | Easy |
| Statement & Course of Action | 2 | Easy |
| Critical Reasoning – Inference | 1 | Easy |
| Statement & Assumption | 3 | Easy |
| Cause-Effect | 2 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous (Speculation) | 1 | Easy |
| Non-Verbal Reasoning | ||
| Complete the series (numbers, letters, & combined) | 3 | 1 Easy, 2 Medium |
| Arrangement | 2 | 1 Easy, 1 Medium |
| Binary | 2 | 1 Easy, 1 Medium |
| Family Tree | 2 | 1 Easy, 1 Medium |
| Clocks | 2 | 1 Easy, 1 Medium |
| Calendar | 2 | 2 Easy |
| Coding decoding | 1 | 1 Easy |
Overall, this section was easy. A good strategy is to attempt 19-20 questions in 24-26 minutes.
Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency
Out of the 20 questions in this section, all of them were on Mathematics and there was no question on Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency. Same as the other sections, our SNAP exam analysis revealed that overall, this section was easy to medium. The questions on Mathematics were dominated by Modern Mathematics (8 questions: APGP – 2, Logarithm – 1, Probability – 2, Permutation and Combination – 3) and Arithmetic (6 questions: Percentages – 2, Time & Work – 1, Time Speed and Distance – 1, Ratio Proportion – 1, Profit & Loss – 1). There were two questions on Geometry (Circle, Mensuration), two questions on Numbers (Basic operation, HCF – LCM), and two questions on Algebra (Polynomial, Higher order equations). Students reported that some questions in the section had ‘None of the above’ as an option.
Following is the break-up of the questions in the section:
| Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency | Easy | Medium | Difficult | Total |
| Arithmetic | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Modern Mathematics | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Geometry | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Numbers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Algebra | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
A good strategy would be to attempt around 13-14 questions in 20-22 minutes.
SNAP exam analysis 2024 – Conclusion
As more data pours in, we’ll continue to update this section. However, according to our SNAP exam analysis, it is clear that the test was on a slightly higher level than last year. A good number of attempts would be 42 – 45 with good accuracy. Cutoffs for colleges like SIBM and SCMHRD should hover around 39-42. For more updates, follow this space.
