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SNAP 2017 Previous Year Question Paper

SNAP 2017 question paper was never officially released. Practise our labelled 2017 mock: 26 questions with answers, built on the reported pattern.

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The SNAP 2017 question paper was not officially published, so this page does not host it. Instead it has a clearly labelled mock paper with original questions modelled on the reported 2017 pattern, plus a timed attempt plan and an error-log routine. The SNAP exam covers General English, Analytical & Logical Reasoning and Quant.

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No official paper released

Symbiosis International University did not publish the SNAP 2017 question paper. Practise the SNAP 2017 mock paper: original questions modelled on candidate reports, clearly labelled as a mock.

Why this year matters

2017 will not mirror every new question type, but it still trains selection, stamina, and the chapters that keep coming back. Sectional time limits are non-negotiable. Finish the section you started; do not borrow minutes.

Note which section burned time. On CAT-like papers, one stuck DILR set can erase a good VARC; practise the abandon rule on this year.

Paper analysis

Snapshot of SNAP 2017

Archive SNAP.

2017 may feel differently paced than the newest cycle. Borrow stamina and theme lessons; do not copy obsolete section orders or marking quirks.

What this paper stresses

  • VARC inference questions that punish rushing the last paragraph.
  • QA accuracy collapses when you chase attempt count.
  • Sectional timer panic after one bad set.
  • DILR / Decision Making sets that look solvable but are time bombs.

What to extract before you move on

  • RC tones / DM ethics patterns that recur for you personally.
  • QA topics that cost marks despite high mock accuracy.
  • Section order rules you will reuse on exam day.
  • Set types you should abandon after a fixed time box.

How 2017 sits next to other years

Use 2017 only after SNAP 2024, SNAP 2023, SNAP 2022 are logged. Archive years are for frequency maps, not for predicting tomorrow’s cut-off.

Analyst note: Symbiosis International University did not publish the SNAP 2017 paper. The mock below is original practice in the reported pattern; treat coaching “memory-based” papers as unofficial reconstructions.

SNAP 2017 mock paper (modelled on candidate reports)

This is a mock paper we wrote. The official 2017 paper was never released.The conducting body has not published it. These 26 questions are original, written by previousyearquestions.app to match what candidates and exam analyses reported about the 2017 exam: section mix, topics and difficulty. Use it to practise the pattern. The questions themselves are not from the real exam.

Symbiosis International University does not publish SNAP question papers, and snaptest.org and its web.archive.org snapshots hold no 2017 paper or answer key. This original mini-paper follows the 150-question, 2-hour pattern and the topic mix that candidates and coaching analyses reported for SNAP 2017 (held in December 2017).

What candidates reported about 2017

  • Same pattern as 2016: 150 one-mark questions in 2 hours (General English 40, Quant/DI/DS 40, General Awareness 30, Analytical & Logical Reasoning 40), with −0.25 for a wrong answer.
  • General English had RCs on Aadhaar and privacy and on the formation of Australia, plus grammar, fill-ups, sentence rearrangement, active-passive, idioms and fairly hard vocabulary; it was felt to be a little harder than 2016.
  • Quant covered number system, percentage change (5–6 questions), geometry, averages, permutation-combination, simple and compound interest, sets and logarithms; many answers were 'None of these'.
  • DI had a pie-chart block and a short line-graph block.
  • General Awareness was tough and current-affairs heavy (business, sports, films, awards, government policy), and some questions went back more than a year.
  • Reasoning was moderate and a little easier than 2016: blood relations, puzzles, coding-decoding, direction sense and series, with one verbose five-question set.

Suggested time: 20 minutes. Practice mini-paper of 26 questions in 20 minutes. Marking as in SNAP 2017: +1 for a correct answer and −0.25 for a wrong answer, with no penalty for a blank.

General English: Reading Comprehension, Verbal Reasoning, Verbal Ability

Passage

A national identity database promises something governments have always wanted: certainty about who is who. With a fingerprint or an iris scan, a subsidy can reach the right person, a duplicate beneficiary can be removed, and a bank account can be opened in minutes. These are real gains, especially for people who have never owned a document that officials would accept.

The difficulty is that a system built to recognise everyone can also be used to follow everyone. Each time an identity number is checked, whether at a bank, a mobile shop or a hospital, a trace is left. Individually the traces are harmless; assembled, they can describe a life. The debate, then, is not whether identification is useful but who may connect the dots, for what purpose, and under what oversight.

  1. Which best describes the author's attitude towards national identity databases?

    1. Hostile: it argues such systems should be dismantled
    2. Wholly enthusiastic
    3. Indifferent
    4. Balanced: it accepts the benefits but stresses the need to control how records are linked and used
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: D (Balanced: it accepts the benefits but stresses the need to control how records are linked and used)

    The first paragraph lists 'real gains'. The second raises the surveillance risk and says the debate is about who may link the records and under what oversight, not about whether to have the system. That is a balanced position.

  2. In the passage, 'connect the dots' refers to:

    1. combining scattered authentication records to build a profile of a person
    2. linking welfare schemes to bank accounts
    3. verifying fingerprints against iris scans
    4. removing duplicate beneficiaries
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: A (combining scattered authentication records to build a profile of a person)

    The preceding sentences describe individual 'traces' that, 'assembled', can 'describe a life'. Connecting the dots means assembling those traces into a profile.

Verbal ability

  1. Choose the word closest in meaning to OBDURATE.

    1. Durable
    2. Obscure
    3. Obedient
    4. Stubborn
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: D (Stubborn)

    Obdurate means stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion. 'Obedient' and 'durable' are sound-alike distractors.

  2. Which part of the sentence contains an error? (A) Each of the students / (B) have submitted / (C) the assignment / (D) on time.

    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: B (B)

    'Each' is singular, so the verb must be singular: 'has submitted'.

  3. Choose the word that best fills the blank. The new policy is designed to ______ the compliance burden on small businesses.

    1. aggravate
    2. alleviate
    3. allocate
    4. alienate
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: B (alleviate)

    A policy 'designed to' help small businesses would lighten, i.e. alleviate, the burden. 'Aggravate' would make it worse, and the other two do not fit with 'burden'.

  4. Arrange the sentences in a logical order. P. Within a decade, the village had a cooperative dairy that supplied three towns. Q. In 1990 the village had just forty cows and no cold storage. R. A loan from a rural bank changed that by paying for a milk-chilling unit. S. With milk that could now be kept fresh, farmers began buying more cattle.

    1. QRSP
    2. QSRP
    3. RQSP
    4. QRPS
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: A (QRSP)

    Q sets the starting point. R ('changed that') follows it, S describes the effect of chilling, and P gives the outcome a decade later: QRSP.

  5. Choose the correct passive form of: 'The committee will announce the results tomorrow.'

    1. The results are announced by the committee tomorrow.
    2. The results will announce by the committee tomorrow.
    3. The results will be announced by the committee tomorrow.
    4. The results would be announced by the committee tomorrow.
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: C (The results will be announced by the committee tomorrow.)

    The future simple 'will announce' becomes 'will be announced' in the passive, and the subject becomes the agent ('by the committee').

Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency

Quantitative ability

  1. A salary is raised by 20% and the new salary is then cut by 20%. What is the net effect?

    1. No change
    2. 4% increase
    3. 4% decrease
    4. None of these
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: C (4% decrease)

    1.20 × 0.80 = 0.96, so the salary falls by 4%.

  2. What is the difference between compound interest (compounded annually) and simple interest on ₹10,000 at 10% per annum for 2 years?

    1. ₹110
    2. ₹50
    3. ₹200
    4. ₹100
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: D (₹100)

    CI = 10,000 × 1.1² − 10,000 = ₹2,100. SI = 10,000 × 0.10 × 2 = ₹2,000. Difference = ₹100 (equivalently P × r² = 10,000 × 0.01).

  3. In a class of 60 students, 35 like tea, 30 like coffee and 12 like both. How many like neither?

    1. 5
    2. 7
    3. 12
    4. None of these
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: B (7)

    Students who like at least one = 35 + 30 − 12 = 53. Neither = 60 − 53 = 7.

  4. What is the area of an equilateral triangle with side 8 cm?

    1. 32√3 cm²
    2. 64 cm²
    3. 32 cm²
    4. 16√3 cm²
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: D (16√3 cm²)

    Area = (√3/4) × side² = (√3/4) × 64 = 16√3 cm².

  5. The average of five numbers is 24. When one number is removed, the average of the remaining four is 22. What number was removed?

    1. 26
    2. 28
    3. 30
    4. None of these
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: D (None of these)

    Sum of five = 120 and sum of four = 88, so the removed number = 32. That is not among the first three options, so the answer is 'None of these'.

Data interpretation

A household's monthly income of ₹60,000 is spent as follows (pie-chart shares given as percentages).

HeadShare of income
Rent30%
Food25%
Transport10%
Education15%
Savings20%

  1. By how much does monthly spending on food exceed spending on transport?

    1. ₹15,000
    2. ₹12,000
    3. ₹9,000
    4. ₹6,000
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: C (₹9,000)

    Food − Transport = 25% − 10% = 15% of ₹60,000 = ₹9,000.

  2. Rent rises by ₹3,600 a month while income stays the same, and the whole increase comes out of savings. What percentage of income is now saved?

    1. 16%
    2. 12%
    3. 14%
    4. 18%
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: C (14%)

    Savings were 20% of ₹60,000 = ₹12,000. New savings = 12,000 − 3,600 = ₹8,400, which is 8,400/60,000 = 14%.

General Awareness: General Knowledge, Current Affairs, Business Scenario

  1. From which date did the Goods and Services Tax come into effect across India?

    1. 1 October 2017
    2. 15 August 2017
    3. 1 July 2017
    4. 1 April 2017
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: C (1 July 2017)

    GST was launched at a midnight session in Parliament's Central Hall and took effect on 1 July 2017.

  2. Who was sworn in as the 14th President of India on 25 July 2017?

    1. Meira Kumar
    2. Venkaiah Naidu
    3. Pranab Mukherjee
    4. Ram Nath Kovind
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: D (Ram Nath Kovind)

    Ram Nath Kovind took the oath on 25 July 2017, succeeding Pranab Mukherjee. Meira Kumar was the opposition candidate.

  3. The 2017 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences went to Richard Thaler for his contributions to:

    1. Contract theory
    2. Game theory
    3. Econometrics of climate
    4. Behavioural economics
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: D (Behavioural economics)

    Thaler, co-author of 'Nudge', was honoured for his work in behavioural economics: limited rationality, social preferences and lack of self-control.

  4. Manushi Chhillar, crowned Miss World 2017 in Sanya, China, was the first Indian winner since:

    1. Priyanka Chopra (2000)
    2. Aishwarya Rai (1994)
    3. Diana Hayden (1997)
    4. Yukta Mookhey (1999)
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: A (Priyanka Chopra (2000))

    Manushi Chhillar won on 18 November 2017. She was the sixth Indian Miss World and the first since Priyanka Chopra in 2000.

  5. Ram Nath Kovind is the second President of India from the Dalit community. Who was the first?

    1. K. R. Narayanan
    2. Zakir Husain
    3. V. V. Giri
    4. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: A (K. R. Narayanan)

    K. R. Narayanan (President 1997–2002) was the first Dalit President. Kovind, sworn in in July 2017, was the second.

Analytical & Logical Reasoning

Scheduling set

Six guest lectures, on Accounts, Biology, Chemistry, Drama, Economics and French, are held on six consecutive days from Monday to Saturday, one lecture per day. • Economics is on Monday. • Chemistry is on Wednesday. • Drama is on the day immediately after Biology. • French is on neither Monday nor Saturday. • Accounts is on some day before French.

  1. Which lecture is held on Thursday?

    1. Biology
    2. Accounts
    3. French
    4. Drama
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: C (French)

    Free days: Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat. Biology–Drama must be consecutive: (Thu, Fri) or (Fri, Sat). If Thu–Fri, then Accounts and French take Tue and Sat; French cannot be Sat, so French is Tue, but then Accounts (Sat) is not before French. So Biology is Fri and Drama Sat, and Accounts and French take Tue and Thu with Accounts first: Accounts Tue, French Thu.

  2. Which lecture is held on the day immediately before Chemistry?

    1. Biology
    2. Economics
    3. French
    4. Accounts
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: D (Accounts)

    The schedule is Mon Economics, Tue Accounts, Wed Chemistry, Thu French, Fri Biology, Sat Drama. The day before Chemistry (Wed) is Tuesday: Accounts.

  3. How many lectures are held between Economics and Biology?

    1. 1
    2. 2
    3. 4
    4. 3
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: D (3)

    Economics is on Monday and Biology on Friday. The lectures in between are Tue, Wed and Thu: 3.

Miscellaneous

  1. Introducing a woman, Rohan says, 'Her mother is the only daughter of my mother.' How is the woman related to Rohan?

    1. Sister
    2. Cousin
    3. Niece
    4. Daughter
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: C (Niece)

    Rohan is male, so the only daughter of his mother is his sister. The woman is his sister's daughter, i.e. his niece.

  2. In a code, each letter of a word is replaced by the letter two places before it in the alphabet, so FRIEND becomes DPGCLB. How is HOST written in this code?

    1. FNQR
    2. JQUV
    3. FMQR
    4. GMQR
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: C (FMQR)

    H−2 = F, O−2 = M, S−2 = Q, T−2 = R, giving FMQR.

  3. Sunita faces east. She turns 90° clockwise and then 180° anticlockwise. Which direction does she face now?

    1. West
    2. South
    3. North
    4. East
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: C (North)

    East turned 90° clockwise is south. South turned 180° (in either direction) is north.

  4. Find the next number: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ?

    1. 40
    2. 44
    3. 36
    4. 42
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: D (42)

    The terms are n(n + 1): 1×2, 2×3, 3×4, 4×5, 5×6, so the next is 6×7 = 42. (The differences 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 confirm it.)

Reports this mock is modelled on

How to sit SNAP 2017

  1. Work through the mock paper above under exam timing. It follows the reported pattern, but the questions are our own.
  2. Sit the paper under current brochure rules (timers, negatives, NAT/MSQ norms), even if 2017’s interface looked different.
  3. When the clock ends, stop. Review should take at least as long as the attempt.
  4. Fill the error log the same day: section, topic, and miss type (concept, silly, time, or misread).
  5. Next session, repair only logged items. Then pick another year from the decade list.

Other years in this decade

FAQ

Where can I download the official SNAP 2017 question paper?

Symbiosis International University did not release it publicly. This page has a clearly labelled mock paper modelled on candidate reports instead.

What does the SNAP 2017 paper analysis include?

A year snapshot, what the paper stresses, what to extract into your error log, and how 2017 compares with neighbouring years on this hub.

How should I practise the SNAP 2017 previous year paper?

Open the official PDF, sit it timed under current brochure rules, fill an error log the same day, read the paper analysis, then move to another year in the decade list.

Is SNAP 2017 still useful if I finished newer papers?

Yes, for theme and weightage mining after your newest papers are logged. Skip deleted syllabus pockets.

Are memory-based SNAP 2017 papers reliable?

Treat memory-based sets as interim. Reconcile contested items with official keys or response sheets when the conducting body publishes them.

Where is the SNAP syllabus and pattern for this paper?

See the SNAP syllabus & pattern page on this hub, and always re-check the latest official brochure before exam day.