SNAP PYQ: Previous Year Question Papers 2015–2025

This page lists SNAP previous year question papers for 11 years, 2015 to 2025, with labelled mock papers for 11 years with no official question paper. SNAP (Symbiosis National Aptitude Test) is conducted by Symbiosis International (Deemed University) and covers General English, Analytical & Logical Reasoning and Quant. Pick a year below for the paper, answer key and a timed practice plan; confirm dates and pattern on snaptest.org.

Explore: Question papers by year · Syllabus & pattern · Pattern changes · FAQ

Year-wise question papers

Want to practise one topic at a time? SNAP topic-wise practice sorts the 247 questions from our labelled mock papers by section and topic.

About SNAP

SNAP is the entrance test run by Symbiosis International (Deemed University) for the MBA programmes at its institutes, including SIBM Pune, SCMHRD and SIIB. The score is the first step. Each institute then runs its own group exercise, interview and writing tasks before making offers. SNAP is held in December, in the same season as CAT, XAT and NMAT.

The test is short. Since 2020 it has been 60 questions in 60 minutes across three sections: General English, Analytical and Logical Reasoning, and Quantitative Ability with Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency. You can take up to three tests in a season, and your best score is the one that counts.

At one minute per question, SNAP is a test of speed and selection far more than depth. Most of the questions are easier than CAT’s. The difficulty is doing sixty of them in an hour without letting the light negative marking pile up. Old papers are the only good way to find your own pace for this format, because CAT mocks train you for a slower, harder paper and a different mix of questions.

The year pages here use clearly labelled mock papers built from candidate reports, since Symbiosis does not publish SNAP papers for download. The section syllabus and marking table are on the SNAP syllabus and pattern page.

How the paper has changed since 2015

SNAP had one big change in this period, in 2020. Before that, it was a two-hour paper with many more questions and a general awareness section. Since then it has been a one-hour paper with no general awareness, offered on several dates.

Marking has been +1 for a correct answer and −0.25 for a wrong one in this period. There is no sectional timer, so you can move between sections and decide how long to spend on each.

Because the negative mark is only a quarter of a mark and there are four options, a careful guess after ruling out one or two options pays off on average. The real cost of a guess in SNAP is time, not marks. A question you spend ninety seconds on and get wrong costs you the next question as well.

The older two-hour papers had roughly the same question types in English, reasoning and Quant as today, so they are a large and useful bank of extra practice. Skip their general awareness section, since it is no longer tested.

Symbiosis sometimes adjusts section sizes or adds a section, so read the current notification on snaptest.org before you lock in a practice plan.

What the papers show, section by section

General English (15 questions)

This section is short and mostly vocabulary and grammar. Expect synonyms, antonyms, analogies, fill-in-the-blank, error spotting, sentence correction and sometimes a short passage or a para jumble. Most questions take under a minute if you know the word or the rule, and no amount of thinking helps if you do not.

That means English is the section where you should be fastest. When you review a past paper, separate questions you got wrong because you did not know a word from questions you got wrong because you rushed a grammar rule. Keep the unknown words in a running list and go over it every few days. For grammar, a short revision of subject-verb agreement, tenses, prepositions and modifiers covers most of what SNAP asks.

Analytical and Logical Reasoning (25 questions)

This is the largest section. It includes series, coding and decoding, blood relations, directions, syllogisms, short seating or ordering puzzles, and some critical reasoning. The individual questions are not hard, but a few puzzles are built to eat time.

Time yourself on each question type when you review a past paper. You will find that some types (series, coding, blood relations) take you thirty or forty seconds, while puzzles with several conditions can take three or four minutes for a block of questions. Decide in advance which types you will always attempt and which you will leave for the end. A puzzle that does not fall into place in the first minute is usually worth leaving.

Quantitative Ability, DI and DS (20 questions)

Quant in SNAP is mostly arithmetic (percentages, ratios, averages, profit and loss, time and work, time and distance, interest), with some algebra, basic geometry and number systems. There are usually a few data interpretation questions based on a table or chart and a few data sufficiency questions.

Data sufficiency catches students who have not practised it, because the trick is to stop as soon as you know whether the data is enough, without finishing the calculation. Practise it separately with the older papers, which have plenty.

For the rest, the habit that matters is recognising in a few seconds whether a question is a one-minute question. If it is not, mark it and move on. Come back only after you have gone through the whole section.

Notes on recent years

2025 was held on 6, 14 and 20 December 2025 in the same 60-question format. Test 1 had no reading comprehension in English and no DI or DS in Quant, which was all straight maths. Sit it with 2024 close to your first SNAP test.

2024 had three test dates in December on the 60-question format. With 2025, it is your best guide to pace and mix.

SNAP 2026 (13, 19 and 26 December 2026) changes the sections. According to snaptest.org, General English drops to 10 questions and reasoning to 20, and a new Ethics, Morality and Values section adds 10. The total stays at 60 questions in 60 minutes. Past papers still cover 50 of the 60 questions; the ethics questions need separate practice.

2021 to 2023 all used the three-test, 60-question format. They are the core of your practice. Sit each as a full one-hour paper and note how many questions you attempted in each section.

2020 was the first one-hour SNAP, with two tests and no general awareness. It is current-format practice.

2015 to 2019 were two-hour papers with a general awareness section. Do not sit them as full papers. Take 15 English, 25 reasoning or 20 Quant questions from them at a time and give yourself 15, 25 or 20 minutes. That turns them into a large supply of extra sectional tests at the right pace.

Using old papers at different stages of preparation

Several months before SNAP

If you are also preparing for CAT, most of your Quant and reading work will carry over. Add SNAP-specific practice gradually: a short vocabulary list every day, and two or three reasoning question types a week from older SNAP papers. Sit one SNAP paper a month to keep the format familiar.

In the six or eight weeks before the first test

Sit one full SNAP paper a week, and two in the last fortnight. After each paper, write down three numbers per section: questions attempted, questions correct and time spent. Within a few papers you will see where your pace is too slow and where your accuracy drops because you are rushing.

Between papers, spend short daily sessions on speed drills: 20 reasoning questions in 20 minutes, or 15 English questions in 12 minutes. Use questions from the older papers so you do not run out.

Between your SNAP attempts

This is where the three-test format helps. After your first test, note which section felt slow and which question types cost you time. Spend the week before your next test on those types only, using the old papers. Keep your plan for the next test simple, for example “leave every multi-condition puzzle until the end”, rather than changing everything at once.

Mistakes students make with past papers

The most common mistake is practising only with CAT mocks. CAT trains you to spend two or three minutes on a question and to read long passages. In SNAP, that habit will leave you with fifteen questions unseen when time runs out.

The second is ignoring the negative marking because it is small. A quarter mark is not much on one question, but students who attempt fifty-five questions at 70% accuracy can lose four or five marks to penalties, which matters at the top of the score range. Track your accuracy on every paper, and if it falls below about 80%, slow down slightly.

Many students also take their second and third SNAP tests without looking at what went wrong in the first. The best-score rule only helps if you use the gap between tests to fix something.

Finally, do not spend time on general awareness because older papers had it. It has not been part of SNAP since 2020.

FAQ

Does Symbiosis release SNAP question papers?

No, not as a public download. The SNAP papers you find online are memory-based, put together from candidate reports. The year pages here use clearly labelled mock papers that follow each year’s reported pattern.

What is the SNAP exam pattern now?

Since 2020, SNAP has had 60 questions in 60 minutes: 15 in General English, 25 in Analytical and Logical Reasoning, and 20 in Quant, DI and DS. A correct answer gets 1 mark and a wrong one loses 0.25. Check the current notification on snaptest.org, since Symbiosis can change section sizes.

How many times can I take SNAP?

Since 2021, Symbiosis has offered three tests in a season, and your best score counts. Each test needs its own registration and fee. Check the current notification for the number of tests and dates.

Are the older two-hour SNAP papers still useful?

Yes, for sectional practice. Their English, reasoning and Quant questions are similar in type to today’s. Take one section at a time and give yourself about one minute per question. Skip the general awareness section, which is no longer tested.

Should I guess in SNAP?

An educated guess after ruling out one or two options pays off on average, because a wrong answer costs only 0.25. Blind guessing on many questions still drags your score down if your accuracy is poor. The bigger risk is time: do not spend more than a minute and a half on a question before you guess or move on.

How many questions should I attempt in SNAP?

There is no fixed number. Work it out from your own past papers. Note your attempts and accuracy in each, then find the point where attempting more starts to lower your accuracy. That number is personal, and it usually rises as your speed improves.

Is CAT preparation enough for SNAP?

It helps with Quant and reading, but SNAP is faster and leans more on vocabulary, grammar and quick reasoning question types that CAT does not have. Add SNAP papers and short speed drills in the last two months.

How should I use the gap between my SNAP tests?

Note which section felt slow and which question types cost you time in the first test. In the week before the next one, practise only those types from old papers, and go in with one or two simple changes to your plan.

Where to get the official papers

Symbiosis International (Deemed University) publishes the SNAP notification, test dates and results on snaptest.org. We link to official sources and add notes on each paper, but the current notification is the final word on dates, pattern and eligibility.