The SNAP 2008 question paper is now available with detailed solutions for free download. SNAP 2008 was conducted by Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune on Sunday, December 21, 2008, for admission to its MBA and PGDM programmes, and the paper carried 135 objective questions across four sections in a 120-minute, paper-based test.
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SNAP 2008 Combined paper Questions with Solutions
Match the following idiomatic references to parts of the human anatomy.
| Item | Body Part |
|---|---|
| 1 | palm |
| 2 | foot |
| 3 | eye |
| 4 | stomach |
| Item | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 5 | could not tolerate the insult |
| 6 | to look at with envy and desire |
| 7 | to put the blame on someone else |
| 8 | forced to pay the bill |
Find the maximum number of times any one of the given words fits the sets of sentences.
Words: RAISE, ARISE, AROSE, RISE
i) Opportunities will ______, and you must grab them.
ii) A hot wind ______ from the desert.
iii) I ______ at dawn on most days.
iv) A mood of optimism ______ among the people.
Which two sentences in the following convey the same idea? Choose from the combinations listed below.
1) He is in a fool's paradise.
2) He can't see the wood for the trees.
3) He can't distinguish between reality and fancy.
4) He is unable to separate unimportant details from the really important ones.
Find the correct match of grammatical function with usage for the word THEN.
| Item | Function |
|---|---|
| 1 | Noun |
| 2 | Adjective |
| 3 | Adverb |
| 4 | Conjunction |
| Item | Usage |
|---|---|
| 5 | He was the then King of Nepal. |
| 6 | I have not heard about him since then. |
| 7 | He is not feeling well, then how can he possibly go for the picnic. |
| 8 | He was not a graduate then. |
We can never make our beliefs regarding the world certain. Even scientific theory of a most rigorous and well-confirmed nature is likely to change over a decade or even tomorrow. If we refuse to even try to understand, then it is like resigning from the human race. Undoubtedly life of an unexamined kind is worth living in other respects, as it is no mean thing to be a vegetable or an animal. It is also true that a man wishes to see this speculation domain beyond his next dinner.
From the above passage it is clear that the author believes that
By 'Sanctimonious greens' the writer refers to
The elite are
The paradox of the situation is that
In saying 23 square metres of parking space costs 40 lakhs, the writer is _____
The writer blames India for
The most suitable title for this passage is
The plural of Virus is
If the following segments of a sentence are to be rearranged in logical order as A, B, C, D where would '3' be placed?
1) to see that students do not altogether forget to write especially during exam time
2) the education groups are now asking for hand writing classes
3) thanks to mobile testing and computer literacy
4) writing in long hand is becoming a vanishing art
If leaf is to leaves and knife is to knives, then belief is to _______
Choose the sentence where the underlined word "pedestrian" is used correctly.
When the fire alarm rang, _______ left the building immediately.
In the following sentence choose the erroneous segment/s:
He is one of those people (A) / who thinks (B) / he owns the world (C)
Choose the correct meaning for the word: cynic
Choose the word with the correct spelling.
Pick out the right sentences.
1) I will go with you.
2) There was nobody I could go with.
3) I have a glass with painting on it.
4) The curtains do not match with the furniture.
About the following pair of phrases, choose the correct option.
i. A two days' visit
ii. A two day's visit
Read the following passage and answer the question given below.
...Association. There was the thought that business forecasting might well be on its way from an art to a science, and some speakers talked about new-fangled computers and high-faulting mathematical systems in terms of excitement and endearment, which we, at least in our younger years when these things mattered, would have associated more readily with the description of a fair maiden.
But others pointed to a deplorable record of highly esteemed forecasts and forecasters with a batting average below that of the Mets and the President-elect of the Association cautioned that 'high-powered statistical methods are usually in order where the facts are crude and inadequate, statisticians assume.'
We left his birthday party somewhere between hope and despair and with the conviction, not really newly acquired, that proper statistical methods applied to ascertainable facts have their merits in economic forecasting as long as neither forecaster nor public is deluded into mistaking the delineation of probabilities and trends for a prediction of certainties of mathematical exactitude.
According to the passage, taxation in Roman times was based on
Read the same passage as previous question.
The author refers to the Mets primarily in order to
Read the same passage as previous questions.
The author's tone can best be described as
Disinterested is closest in meaning to
Choose the option which is nearly opposite in meaning to BERATE
Arrange the following in the right order to make a complete sentence:
i. with interconnected vibrating balls and springs
ii. in a naive sense, a field in physics may be envisioned as if space were filled
iii. as the displacement of a ball from its rest position
iv. and the strength of the field can be visualized
Select the odd man out from the given alternatives.
Find the odd one out
In the following sentence, part of the sentence is left blank. Beneath the sentence, different ways of completing the sentence are given. Choose the best alternative among them.
He told the teacher that ___________.
Match the several meanings of the word COMPLEX with their appropriate usages.
| Meaning | Usage | |
|---|---|---|
| 1) complicated | 5) | A new sports complex is coming up for the Common Wealth Games. |
| 2) abnormal state of mind | 6) | Culture is a complex whole of many things. |
| 3) group of structures | 7) | She has a complex about being overweight. |
| 4) mixture | 8) | His motives in carrying out the crime were complex. |
Which does not make a sensible word/phrase when added to the word:
Honey
Answer the question based on the passage given below.
In September of 1929, traders experienced a lack of confidence in the stock market's ability to continue its phenomenal rise. Prices fell. For many inexperienced investors, the drop produced a panic. They had all their money tied up in the market, and they were pressed to sell before the prices fell even lower. Sell orders were coming in so fast that the ticker tape at the New York Stock Exchange could not accommodate all the transactions.
To try to reestablish confidence in the market, a powerful group of New York bankers agreed to pool their funds and purchase stock above current market values. Although the buy orders were minimal, they were counting on their reputations to restore confidence on the part of the smaller investors, thereby affecting the number of sell orders. On Thursday, October 24, Richard Whitney, the Vice President of the New York Stock Exchange and a broker for the J.P. Morgan Company, made the effort on their behalf. Initially it appeared to have been successful, then, on the following Tuesday, the crash began again and accelerated. By 1932, stocks were worth only twenty percent of their value at the 1929 high. The results of the crash had extended into every aspect of the economy, causing a long and painful depression, referred to in American history as the Great Depression.
The New York bankers counted on -
Answer the question based on the same 1929 stock market passage as previous question.
The cause of downfall of share market was-
Answer the question based on the same 1929 stock market passage.
Choose the word in the passage that is an antonym of 'minimal'
Identify the correct sentence.
A band passes around all the wheels so that they can all be turned by the driving wheel. When the driving wheel turns in the direction shown, which way will the wheel B turn?
In a certain language, (A) 'Sun shines brightly' is written as 'ba lo sul'; (B) ' Houses are brightly lit' is written as 'kado udo ari ba'; and (C) 'Light comes from sun' as 'dapi kup lo nro'. What words will be written for 'sun' and 'brightly'?
Given are the following three equations:
How many circles are equivalent to a square, as per the ratios in the three given equations?
Each child in a family has at least 4 brothers and 3 sisters. What is the smallest number of children the family might have?
In the following question two statements are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. Assume the two statements are true even if they are at variance with commonly known facts. Then pick the correct answer from the choices given below.
Statements: Some doctors are fools. Joshi is a doctor.
Conclusions: I. Joshi is a fool.
II. Some fools are doctors.
Debu walks towards the east then towards North and turning 45 degrees right walks for a while and lastly turns towards left. In which direction is he walking now?
Answer the following questions based on the information given below.
I. There is a rectangular wooden block of length 4 cm, height 3 cm and breadth 3 cm.
II. The two opposite surfaces of 4 cm x 3 cm are painted yellow on the outside.
III. The other two opposite surfaces of 4 cm x 3 cm are painted red on the outside.
IV. The remaining two surfaces of 3 cm x 3 cm are painted green on the outside.
V. Now, the block is cut in such a way that cubes of 1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm are created.
How many cubes will have only one colour?
Same wooden block as previous question (4x3x3 cm, painted yellow/red/green, cut into 1cm cubes).
How many cubes will have no colour?
Same wooden block as previous questions (4x3x3 cm, painted yellow/red/green, cut into 1cm cubes).
How many cubes will have any two colours?
Read the following about the grid given below and answer.
The cells in this grid contain the digits 1 to 9 in random order.
Column A contains no odd digits.
Cell C3 minus Cell C2 equals 4.
The sum of three digits in Row 1 is 17.
Number 7 is in Column B; its left hand neighbour is not 4.
The digits of Column C add up to 14.
2 is not in the same horizontal row as 8; and 9 is not immediately below 3.
| A | B | C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||
| 2 | |||
| 3 |
Which cell holds the number 9?
Replace the question mark with the right option.
4, 32, 288, ?, 31680
In the Sunday bazzar, Jamuna sells her lemons at Rs. 0.50 for two. Her neighbour Seema has a little smaller lemons; she sells hers at Rs. 0.50 for three. After a while, when both ladies have the same number of lemons left, Seema is called away. She asks her neighbour to take care of her goods. To make things simple, Jamuna puts all lemons in one big pile, and starts selling five lemons per one rupee. When Seema returns, at the end of the day, all lemons have been sold. But when they start dividing the money, there appears to be a shortage of Rs. 3.50. Supposing they divide the money equally, how much does Jamuna lose with this deal?
There are two cups, one containing orange juice and one containing an equal amount of lemonade. One teaspoon of the orange juice is taken and mixed with the lemonade. Then a teaspoon of this mixture is mixed back into the orange juice. Is there more lemonade in the orange juice or more orange juice in the lemonade?
Consider the statement and decide which of the assumptions are implicit.
Statement: "In the present period of economic hardships, education and small family norm may lead the nation to progress and prosperity."
Assumptions:
A. Education and small family norms are directly related to the nation's progress.
B. Big families find it difficult to bear the cost of education.
Beautiful beaches attract people, no doubt about that. Just look at the city's most beautiful beaches, which are amongst the most overcrowded places in the state.
Which of the following exhibits a pattern of reasoning similar to the one exhibited in the argument above?
Abdul, Mala and Chetan went bird watching. Each of them saw one bird that none of the others did. Each pair saw one bird that the third did not. And one bird was seen by all three. Of the birds Abdul saw, two were yellow. Of the birds Mala saw, three were yellow. Of the birds Chetan saw, four were yellow. How many yellow birds were seen in all? How many non-yellow birds were seen in all?
In each of the following two sets I & II, find the word or pair of words different from the other three words or pair of words:
Set I: J. Lake, K. Brook, L. Stream, M. River
Set II: J. Weighty-Heavy, K. Broad-Wide, L. Big-Large, M. Tiny-Small
A, B, C and D are standing on the four corners of a square field as shown in the figure. From the positions shown in the figure, A walks to North position and B walks to the East position while C decides to walk two sides in anticlockwise direction. B walks to North and then changes his mind to take the previous position. Identify the choice with correct positions.
A gambler bet on a horse race, but the bookie wouldn't tell him the results of the race. The bookie gave clues as to how the five horses finished, which may have included some ties, and wouldn't pay the gambler off unless the gambler could determine how the five horses finished based on the following clues:
1. Penn Fe finished before Night Marvel and after Wish Bones.
2. If Hallelujah is not tied with Sundae, then Wish Bones is tied with Penn Fe.
3. Penn Fe finished as many places after Sundae as Sundae finished after Wish Bones if and only if Wish Bones finished before Night Marvel.
The gambler thought for a moment, then answered correctly. How did the five horses finish the race?
In a school drill, a number of children are asked to stand in a circle. They are evenly spaced and the 6th child is diametrically opposite the 16th child. How many children are made to stand in the circle?
In this question insert the missing number at the sign of interrogation.
| 8 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
| 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 39 | 44 | 60 | ? |
Steel cylinders are made so that each one has a large and small hole through the middle. In the drawing six cylinders have been stacked on top of each other. To stop the cylinders from rolling on the smooth floor they are wedged by heavy blocks at each side of the bottom row. If the heavy blocks are removed, what would be the position of the cylinder when they stopped rolling?
Four possible resting positions are marked below the stack: A and B lie off to one side, C lies at the centre directly beneath the original stack, and D lies off to the other side.
A B C D
Answer the following questions based on the information given below.
i. There is a group of 5 persons A, B, C, D and E.
ii. In the group there is one badminton player, one chess player and one tennis player.
iii. A and D are unmarried ladies and they do not play any games.
iv. No lady is a chess player or a badminton player.
v. There is a married couple in the group of which E is the husband.
vi. B is the brother of C and is neither a chess player nor a tennis player.
Which of the groups has only ladies?
Same puzzle as previous question (A,B,C,D,E; badminton/chess/tennis players; A,D unmarried ladies who play no games; no lady plays chess/badminton; E is husband; B is brother of C, neither chess nor tennis player).
Who is the tennis player?
There are five persons A, B, C, D and E. One of them is a badminton player, one is a chess player and one is a tennis player. A and D are unmarried ladies who do not take part in any game. None of the ladies play chess or badminton. There is one married couple in the group, in which E is the husband. B is the brother of C and is neither a chess player nor a tennis player.
Who is the wife of E?
Consider the following statements and answer the question.
M, N, O and P are all different individuals.
M is the daughter of N.
N is the son of O.
O is the father of P.
Which among the following statements is contradictory to the above premises?
The drawing shows a cross section where the land meets the sea. The section covered is 5 kilometers. On a hot day, in which direction, indicated by the four arrows, is the wind most likely to blow?
In the diagram below, the circle stands for 'educated', square stands for 'hard working', triangle for 'urban people' and rectangle for 'honest'. The different regions of the diagram are numbered from 1 to 12. Study the diagram carefully and answer the question.
Uneducated urban hard-working and honest people are indicated by:
In the diagram below, the circle stands for 'educated', square stands for 'hard working', triangle for 'urban people' and rectangle for 'honest'. The different regions of the diagram are numbered from 1 to 12. Study the diagram carefully and answer the question.
Non-urban educated people who are neither hard-working nor honest are indicated by:
A. M. Turing award is considered as the Nobel Prize in the field of computers, given annually by Association for Computing Machinery co-sponsored by Intel and Google. Who was A. M. Turing in whose memory the award was instituted?
Find the most accurate description of 'Bt Cotton'.
Las Vegas, US-based tour operator AMX Company has filed a trademark patent for which of the following Tagline?
Which out of the following holds the highest number of shares of ICICI Bank?
Indian Standard time is based on the longitude of 82.5 degrees passing through which of the following places?
The Black Box of an aircraft is an important part as all the conversations and data are recorded therein. Although it is named black box, but its color is not black. What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?
Find the person who plays the odd sport out of the following.
Sariska and Ranthambore are the reserves for which of the following animals?
March, 2008 witnessed a turning point in the history of which of the following Himalayan Kingdoms when democracy was ushered in replacing monarchy?
Neil Armstrong brought back a rock from the moon. On earth
Milk, Cheese and Eggs are the source of
In August 2008, India's longest runway for the passenger aircraft was commissioned in:
The first ever public hearing in India, almost like a referendum, on the fate of SEZ was held during the month of September 2008 in / at ___
Al Ahram is
India's largest and first multi-national pharmaceutical giant Ranbaxy is being bought over by ____.
Find the odd product out of the following:
In the internet sphere, 'Opera' is the name of a:
Which of the following pair is not correct?
At what frequency SENSEX calculation is carried out?
The second largest manufacturer of CD's, DVD's and other optical media in the world is:
Which of the following is a legal right and not a fundamental right?
The term Net Shot is associated with
What is Dry Ice?
The rail-based mass rapid transit system in Mumbai has been awarded to a consortium of companies led by:
If bilirubin is high in a human body, which organ is most affected?
Who of the following is one of the most celebrated Photo Journalists in India?
Inflation implies
The India-US Nuclear Deal is called 123 Agreement. What does 123 denote?
In the United States of America, the President is elected
The term "Uruguay Round" is associated with an important world organization. Which one?
Siebel is a software firm that is now taken over by:
First Indian motion picture insured by a General Insurance company is
India's first coalition government in New Delhi was formed under the leadership of:
WiMax stands for:
El Nino is
A factory is to commission two production lines. Production line 1 is to use existing technology. Production line 2 is to use the latest innovation in technology and, while promising to achieve considerable advances in productivity, it will take longer to start and is likely to experience teething problems. The graph indicates the production record of each line, in units of production (in 000s), over 9 months.
Production line 1 climbs at a fairly steady pace across the months (its path runs up through the region near points E and F). Production line 2 starts later at point A, rises to point B, then stays flat from point B to point C for a stretch of months, before climbing again through point D and point E to join production line 1 near point F.
Refer to the graph to answer the following:
A. Can the duration of reported breakdown be established?
B. Can the loss of production be quantified?
From a book, a number of consecutive pages are missing. The sum of the page numbers of these pages is 9808. Which pages are missing?
In the following series find the one number that is wrong:
2, 3, 13, 37, 86, 167, 288
Two sea trawlers left a sea port simultaneously in two mutually perpendicular directions. Half an hour later, the shortest distance between them was 17 km and another 15 minutes later, one sea trawler was 10.5 km farther from the original than the other. Find the speed of each sea trawler.
The image below indicates the number of residents at 5 hotels on 1 Feb and 1 July 1998. Which hotel had the greatest increase in the total number of adult residents on 1 July 1998 compared with 1 Feb of that year?
1-Jul-98
| Hotel | Female Adults | Male Adults | Female Children |
|---|---|---|---|
| V | 41 | 73 | 16 |
| W | 18 | 37 | 7 |
| X | 47 | 92 | 12 |
| Y | 37 | 59 | 19 |
| Z | 81 | 112 | 26 |
1-Feb-98
| Hotel | Female Adults | Male Adults | Female Children | Male Children |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | 32 | 64 | 8 | 11 |
| W | 11 | 28 | 3 | 2 |
| X | 47 | 84 | 14 | 7 |
| Y | 22 | 42 | 5 | 6 |
| Z | 63 | 104 | 18 | 23 |
This question consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II. Decide whether the data given in the statements are sufficient to answer the question.
What is the 57th number in a series of numbers?
I. Each number in the series is three more than the preceding number.
II. The tenth number in the series is 29.
The cost of levelling and turfing a square field at Rs. 160 per hectare is Rs. 2624.40. The cost of surrounding it with a railing costing 25 paise per metre is:
When the Sun ray's inclination increases from 30 degrees to 60 degrees, the length of the shadow of a tower decreases by 60 m. Find the height of the tower.
A survey of movie goers from five cities A, B, C, D and E is summarized below. The first column gives the percentage of viewers in each city who watch less than one movie a week. The second column gives the total number of viewers who watch one or more movies per week.
| City | Column I: % watching <1 movie/wk | Column II: total viewers watching >=1 movie/wk |
|---|---|---|
| A | 60 | 2400 |
| B | 20 | 3000 |
| C | 85 | 2400 |
| D | 55 | 2700 |
| E | 75 | 8000 |
A survey of movie goers from five cities A, B, C, D and E (same table as previous question). Which city has the highest number of viewers who watch less than one movie a week?
A survey of movie goers from five cities A, B, C, D and E (same table as previous questions). A city with the second lowest number of movie watchers (viewers who watch less than one movie a week) is:
A survey of movie goers from five cities A, B, C, D and E (same table as previous questions). The total number of all movie goers in the five cities who watch less than one movie per week is:
The 288th term of the sequence a, b, b, c, c, c, d, d, d, d, ... is:
The inequality p^2+5 < 5p+14 can be satisfied if:
Answer the question based on the following table, which shows the relative sweetness of different sugars (sucrose is taken as 1.00).
| Relative Sweetness of Different Sugars | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lactose | 0.16 | Maltose | 0.32 |
| Glucose | 0.74 | Sucrose | 1.00 |
| Saccharin | 675.00 | ||
A colourless cube is painted blue on all its faces and then cut parallel to a pair of its sides to form two rectangular solids of equal volume. What percentage of the surface area of each of the new solids is not painted blue?
There are 10 stations on a railway line. The number of different journey tickets that are required by the authorities is
A and B throw one dice for a stake of Rs.11, which is to be won by the player who first throws a six. The game ends when the stake is won by A or B. If A has the first throw, what are their respective expectations?
Which investment gives a better return, assuming the face value of shares to be Rs. 10?
A. 5% stock at 75, subject to 30% income tax
B. 4% stock at 90, tax free
Four stacks containing equal number of chips are to be made from 11 orange, 9 white, 13 black and 7 yellow chips. If all of these chips are used and each stack contains at least one chip of each colour, what is the maximum number of white chips in any one stack?
A 14.4 kg gas cylinder runs for 104 hours when the smaller burner on the gas stove is fully opened while it runs for 80 hours when the larger burner on the gas stove is fully opened. Which of these values are closest to the percentage difference in the usage of gas per hour, of the smaller burner over the larger burner?
Study the question and the statements given below. Decide whether any information provided in the statement(s) is redundant and/or can be dispensed with, to answer it.
If 7 is added to numerator and denominator each of fraction a/b, will the new fraction be less than the original one?
Statement I: a = 73, b = 103
Statement II: The average of a and b is less than b
Statement III: a - 5 is greater than b - 5
Coefficient of variation is useful to study
A cyclist drove one kilometer, with the wind in his back, in three minutes, and drove the same way back, against the wind, in four minutes. If we assume that the cyclist always puts constant force on the pedals, how much time would it take him to drive one kilometer without wind?
A, B and C started a business by investing 1/2, 1/3rd and 1/6th of the capital respectively. After 1/3rd of the total time, A withdrew his capital completely and after 1/4th of the total time B withdrew his capital. C kept his capital for the full period. The ratio in which total profit is to be divided amongst the partners is
A number lock consists of 3 rings each marked with 10 different numbers. In how many cases the lock cannot be opened?
A person buys 18 local tickets for Rs. 110. Each first class ticket costs Rs. 10 and each second class ticket costs Rs. 3. What will another lot of 18 tickets, in which the number of first class and second class tickets are interchanged, cost?
A clock loses 12 minutes every 24 hours. It is set right at 7:25 p.m. on Monday. What will be the time when the clock shows 1:45 p.m. the following day?
In a row at a bus stop, A is 7th from the left and B is 9th from the right. They both interchange their positions. A becomes 11th from the left. How many people are there in the row?
A merchant wants to make profit by selling food grains. Which of the following will maximize his profit?
I. Sell product at 30% profit
II. Increase the price by 15% over the cost price and reduce weight by 15%
III. Use 700 gm of weight instead of 1 kg
IV. Mix 30% impurities in grains and sell it at cost price
The bar graph below shows the failure rates, number of failures per thousand units, of different electronic components.
| Component | Failure Rate |
|---|---|
| Picture Tubes | 15 |
| Signal Devices | 16 |
| Capacitors | 20 |
| Integrated Circuits | 30 |
| Printed Circuit Boards | 33 |
| Hybrid Micro Circuits | 40 |
The bar graph below shows the failure rates, number of failures per thousand units, of different electronic components.
| Component | Failure Rate |
|---|---|
| Picture Tubes | 15 |
| Signal Devices | 16 |
| Capacitors | 20 |
| Integrated Circuits | 30 |
| Printed Circuit Boards | 33 |
| Hybrid Micro Circuits | 40 |
The bar graph below shows the failure rates, number of failures per thousand units, of different electronic components.
| Component | Failure Rate |
|---|---|
| Picture Tubes | 15 |
| Signal Devices | 16 |
| Capacitors | 20 |
| Integrated Circuits | 30 |
| Printed Circuit Boards | 33 |
| Hybrid Micro Circuits | 40 |
The bar graph below shows the failure rates, number of failures per thousand units, of different electronic components.
| Component | Failure Rate |
|---|---|
| Picture Tubes | 15 |
| Signal Devices | 16 |
| Capacitors | 20 |
| Integrated Circuits | 30 |
| Printed Circuit Boards | 33 |
| Hybrid Micro Circuits | 40 |
The water from a roof, 9 sq. metres in area, flows down to a cylindrical container of 900 cm² base. To what height will the water rise in cylinder if there is a rainfall of 0.1 mm?
SNAP 2008 Exam Pattern and Marking Scheme Explained
SNAP 2008 was a pen-and-paper test with four sections in a single 120-minute sitting, held on Sunday, December 21, 2008, and every wrong answer cost you a quarter mark.
- Total questions: 135 objective questions across four sections
- General English: 35 questions, 40 marks (30 questions worth 1 mark each, 5 questions worth 2 marks each)
- Quantitative Ability, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency: 35 questions, 40 marks (30 questions worth 1 mark each, 5 questions worth 2 marks each)
- General Awareness: 35 questions, 40 marks (30 questions worth 1 mark each, 5 questions worth 2 marks each)
- Analytical & Logical Reasoning: 30 questions, 60 marks (2 marks each)
- Duration: 120 minutes for the full paper
- Marking scheme: each question had four choices, and a wrong answer lost 25% of that question's maximum marks
High-Weightage Sections in SNAP 2008 to Focus On First
Analytical & Logical Reasoning carried the most marks despite having the fewest questions, since each of its 30 questions was worth 2 marks instead of 1.
- Analytical & Logical Reasoning (30 questions, 60 marks): the highest-scoring section per question, covering puzzles, coding-decoding, syllogisms and diagram-based reasoning sets
- General English (35 questions, 40 marks): reading comprehension, verbal ability, grammar, idioms and vocabulary questions
- General Awareness (35 questions, 40 marks): static GK, current affairs and business awareness current as of late 2008
- Quantitative Ability, DI & DS (35 questions, 40 marks): arithmetic, algebra, mensuration, data interpretation and data sufficiency questions
SNAP 2008 Question Paper Analysis Video
Source: Mathological
How to Use the SNAP 2008 Question Paper for Practice
Solve the full paper as one timed 120-minute sitting first, then go through the solutions section by section.
- Attempt all 135 questions across General English, Analytical & Logical Reasoning, General Awareness and Quantitative Ability in one sitting before checking any answer
- Review every question against the solutions PDF and note down where you went wrong
- Practice the Analytical & Logical Reasoning section on its own first, since it carries the highest per-question weight
- Treat the General Awareness questions as a snapshot of late-2008 current affairs rather than a source of exam-day facts, since GK content dates quickly
- Time yourself section-wise to build the speed needed for a 120-minute, 135-question paper
SNAP 2008 Question Paper with Solutions FAQs
Ques. How many questions were there in SNAP 2008?
Ans. SNAP 2008 had 135 objective questions across four sections - 35 in General English, 30 in Analytical & Logical Reasoning, 35 in General Awareness, and 35 in Quantitative Ability, DI & DS.
Ques. Which section had the highest marks in SNAP 2008?
Ans. Analytical & Logical Reasoning carried the most marks at 60, even though it had only 30 questions, since each question in that section was worth 2 marks instead of 1.
Ques. Was there negative marking in SNAP 2008?
Ans. Yes. Every wrong answer in SNAP 2008 cost 25% of that question's maximum marks, so guessing without eliminating options was risky.
Ques. What was the duration of the SNAP 2008 exam?
Ans. SNAP 2008 was a 120-minute, pen-and-paper test held on Sunday, December 21, 2008, covering all 135 questions in one sitting.
Ques. Who conducts the SNAP exam?
Ans. SNAP is conducted by Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, for admission to its affiliated MBA and PGDM institutes.
Ques. Where can I download the SNAP 2008 question paper with solutions PDF for free?
Ans. Use the download table above on Collegedunia to get the SNAP 2008 question paper and its full solutions PDF. More details on the exam are available on the official site (snaptest.org).
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