SNAP
Symbiosis National Aptitude Test
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- Strategy notes
SNAPSymbiosis National Aptitude Test
SNAP 2026 preparation
Sixty questions in sixty minutes: SNAP rewards speed, and this year it tests ethics too.
SNAP is Symbiosis International University's entrance exam for SIBM, SCMHRD, SIIB and the other Symbiosis institutes. You can sit it up to three times in December, and your best score counts.
- Exam date
- 13, 19, 26 Dec 2026
- Duration
- 60 min
- Questions
- 60
- Attempts
- Up to 3
The packWhat it holds
What's in the SNAP pack
No lectures to sit through: mocks, past questions and strategy notes for this exam.
Mocks for SNAP
Practise on mocks made for SNAP, so the real paper holds fewer surprises.
Previous year questions
Past SNAP questions, to learn what the paper actually asks.
Strategy notes
How to approach SNAP, section by section.
Where to focus for SNAP
- Speed: one minute a question, across 60
- General English: grammar, vocabulary and usage
- Analytical and logical reasoning: puzzles and arrangements at pace
- Ethics, Morality and Values: business and workplace situations
CATWhat carries over
Already preparing for CAT?
Most SNAP takers are. Here's what carries over, and what the pack adds.
CAT prep already covers
Arithmetic, algebra, data interpretation, reasoning puzzles and reading comprehension: SNAP's questions come from chapters CAT already covers, usually at an easier level.
SNAP adds
Pace (a minute a question), more grammar and vocabulary than CAT asks, data sufficiency, and the new Ethics, Morality and Values section.
PatternHow the paper runs
SNAP 2026 exam pattern
SectionQuestionsTime
General English
Questions
10
Time
60 minShared
Analytical and Logical Reasoning
Questions
20
Time
60 minShared
Quantitative, Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency
Questions
20
Time
60 minShared
Ethics, Morality and Values (new)
Questions
10
Time
60 minShared
60 questions in 60 minutes, sections in any order. Ethics, Morality and Values is new for 2026: General English went from 15 questions to 10, and Analytical and Logical Reasoning from 25 to 20.
Marking
- +1 for a correct answer, −0.25 for a wrong one
- Up to three tests; your best score counts
- Calculators aren't allowed in the test hall
SyllabusWhat to study
SNAP syllabus
General English
7 topics- 01Reading comprehension
- 02Synonyms and antonyms
- 03Sentence correction
- 04Sentence completion
- 05Jumbled paragraphs
- 06Idioms
- 07One-word substitution
Analytical and Logical Reasoning
8 topics- 01Seating arrangement
- 02Puzzles
- 03Coding-decoding
- 04Blood relations
- 05Syllogisms
- 06Critical reasoning
- 07Series
- 08Visual reasoning
Quantitative, Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency
9 topics- 01Percentages
- 02Ratio and proportion
- 03Time-speed-distance
- 04Equations
- 05Progressions
- 06Permutation and combination
- 07Geometry
- 08Data interpretation
- 09Data sufficiency
Ethics, Morality and Values
5 topics- 01Corporate ethics
- 02Ethical decision-making
- 03Corporate social responsibility
- 04Workplace rights and safety
- 05Diversity and data privacy
DatesWhat to plan around
SNAP 2026 dates
EventDateStatus
Registration closes
Date
25 Nov 2026
Status
Official
Admit cards
Date
7, 11 and 18 Dec 2026
Status
Official
Tests
Date
Sun 13, Sat 19 and Sat 26 Dec 2026
Status
Official
Result
Date
12 Jan 2027
Status
Official
CollegesWho takes the score
Colleges that take SNAP
Rough ranges from SNAP 2025, as reported by coaching and media sites: no Symbiosis institute publishes its cutoff. SNAP is also only half the final merit (scaled to 50), with Group Exercise worth 10 and Personal Interaction 40.
CollegeIndicative cutoff
SIBM Pune
Indicative cutoff
97 to 98.5 percentile
SCMHRD Pune
Indicative cutoff
95 to 97 percentile
SIIB Pune
Indicative cutoff
92 to 94 percentile
SIBM Bengaluru
Indicative cutoff
88 to 90 percentile
SIDTM Pune
Indicative cutoff
About 83 percentile
SICSR Pune
Indicative cutoff
82 to 85 percentile
SIMS Pune
Indicative cutoff
77 to 80 percentile
SCIT Pune
Indicative cutoff
75 to 78 percentile
SIMC Pune
Indicative cutoff
About 73 percentile
SIBM Hyderabad
Indicative cutoff
About 60 percentile
SSBF Pune
Indicative cutoff
About 60 percentile
Not CATWhere takers trip
How SNAP is not CAT
The things CAT takers trip on.
1
A new 10-question Ethics, Morality and Values section. General English and Reasoning shrink to 10 and 20 questions; it's still 60 questions in 60 minutes.
2
You can sit three tests (13, 19 and 26 Dec), each paid for separately, and your best score counts.
3
No sectional time limits: take the sections in any order.
4
SNAP is only half the final merit: the score is scaled to 50, with Group Exercise worth 10 and Personal Interaction 40.
5
Test dates and cities go first come, first served, and can't be changed after you pay.
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FAQQuick answers
SNAP: frequently asked questions
What SNAP takers ask before they buy a pack.
Three tests: Sunday 13, Saturday 19 and Saturday 26 December 2026. Registration and payment close on 25 November, and results come out on 12 January 2027.
Up to three times, once on each test date. Each attempt has its own fee, and only your best score counts.
Yes, −0.25 for each wrong answer. Questions you leave blank cost nothing.
A new 10-question Ethics, Morality and Values section. General English went from 15 to 10 questions and Analytical and Logical Reasoning from 25 to 20; quant stays at 20.
Mocks for SNAP, previous year SNAP questions and strategy notes. It's material only: no lectures and no mentor.
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Facts checked on 28 Oct 2026 against snaptest.org, the SNAP 2026 bulletin, SNAP's important dates and Careers360 (syllabus, cutoffs). Dates and cutoffs change; the exam's official site has the final word.