The SNAP 2019 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 2019 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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Symbiosis International University did not publish the SNAP 2019 question paper. Practise the SNAP 2019 mock paper: original questions modelled on candidate reports, clearly labelled as a mock.
Why this year matters
2019 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 2019
Last SNAP paper before the pandemic, useful for speed practice.
2019 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
- Sectional timer panic after one bad set.
- DILR / Decision Making sets that look solvable but are time bombs.
- VARC inference questions that punish rushing the last paragraph.
- QA accuracy collapses when you chase attempt count.
What to extract before you move on
- Section order rules you will reuse on exam day.
- Set types you should abandon after a fixed time box.
- RC tones / DM ethics patterns that recur for you personally.
- QA topics that cost marks despite high mock accuracy.
How 2019 sits next to other years
Use 2019 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 2019 paper. The mock below is original practice in the reported pattern; treat coaching “memory-based” papers as unofficial reconstructions.
SNAP 2019 mock paper (modelled on candidate reports)
Symbiosis International University does not publish SNAP question papers, and snaptest.org and its web.archive.org snapshots hold no 2019 paper or answer key. This original mini-paper follows the revised SNAP 2019 pattern (15 December 2019), the first year without a General Awareness section, and the topic mix that candidates and coaching analyses reported.
What candidates reported about 2019
- SIU dropped the General Awareness / current affairs section, cutting the paper to 110 questions for 150 marks in 2 hours.
- General English (34) and Analytical & Logical Reasoning (36) carried 1.5 marks per question; Quant/DI/DS had 35 normal questions (1 mark) and 5 type-in special questions (2 marks).
- Negative marking was 25% of the marks for a wrong answer, including for special questions.
- General English was easy to moderate: grammar, vocabulary, sentence completion, idioms, para jumbles, spelling, active/passive and foreign words, with an easy RC from a book on happiness and a long factual one on telecoms.
- Reasoning was easy to moderate and dominated by arrangements, puzzles and family trees, plus calendars, clocks, missing numbers, analogies, series and coding.
- Quant was the hardest section (moderate to tough): geometry, modern maths, TSD, numbers, tricky permutation-combination, mensuration, polynomials and AP/GP, with about six calculation-heavy DI questions.
Suggested time: 26 minutes. Practice mini-paper of 24 questions in 26 minutes. Marking as in SNAP 2019: General English and Analytical & Logical Reasoning +1.5 each; Quant MCQs +1 each; Quant special (type-in) questions +2 each. A wrong answer loses 25% of that question's marks. There is no General Awareness section this year.
General English: Reading Comprehension, Verbal Reasoning, Verbal Ability
Passage
Much of what we call happiness turns out to be a matter of comparison. A pay rise that delights us on Monday disappoints by Friday, when we learn that a colleague received more. Psychologists call one version of this the hedonic treadmill: we adapt to gains quickly and drift back to roughly where we started.
But adaptation is neither total nor equal across experiences. People adjust quickly to larger houses and faster cars, but much more slowly, if at all, to long commutes, constant noise or loneliness. This asymmetry suggests a practical rule. Before chasing a gain we will soon stop noticing, it may be wiser to remove a daily irritation we never stop noticing.
As used in the passage, the 'hedonic treadmill' refers to:
- the tendency to get used to improvements and return to a similar level of happiness
- the habit of exercising to feel happier
- the effort people make to earn more money
- the stress caused by competition with colleagues
Answer and explanation
Answer: A (the tendency to get used to improvements and return to a similar level of happiness)
The passage defines it directly: 'we adapt to gains quickly and drift back to roughly where we started'.
Which choice best applies the 'practical rule' suggested in the passage?
- Buying a bigger house with a longer commute
- Moving closer to work even if it means a smaller flat
- Asking for a pay rise every year
- Buying a faster car to shorten weekend trips
Answer and explanation
Answer: B (Moving closer to work even if it means a smaller flat)
The rule favours removing a lasting daily irritation (a long commute) over a gain we soon adapt to (a larger house). Option B trades the second for the first; option A does the reverse.
Verbal ability
Arrange the sentences in a logical order. A. Engineers then tested whether the old bridge could carry the extra load. B. The town council wanted to run a new bus route across the river. C. The tests showed that it could, provided heavy trucks were diverted. D. So the buses now cross the bridge, and the trucks use the bypass.
- BACD
- ABCD
- BCAD
- BADC
Answer and explanation
Answer: A (BACD)
B states the aim, A the test ('then'), C the result ('it could, provided…') and D the outcome ('So…'): BACD.
Choose the correctly spelt word.
- Accomodate
- Accommadate
- Acommodate
- Accommodate
Answer and explanation
Answer: D (Accommodate)
The correct spelling has a double 'c' and a double 'm': accommodate.
The foreign expression 'bona fide' means:
- For the time being
- Final decision
- Genuine; in good faith
- Good luck
Answer and explanation
Answer: C (Genuine; in good faith)
'Bona fide' (Latin, 'in good faith') means genuine or real, as in 'a bona fide offer'.
Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence. Hardly had I reached the station ______ the train left.
- than
- that
- then
- when
Answer and explanation
Answer: D (when)
'Hardly' and 'scarcely' are paired with 'when' (or 'before'). 'No sooner' is the one paired with 'than'.
Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to LOQUACIOUS.
- Taciturn
- Talkative
- Eloquent
- Garrulous
Answer and explanation
Answer: A (Taciturn)
Loquacious means very talkative. Its opposite is taciturn (saying little). Talkative and garrulous are synonyms.
Analytical & Logical Reasoning
Rina's father has only one brother. How is that brother's wife related to Rina?
- Mother
- Cousin
- Aunt
- Sister-in-law
Answer and explanation
Answer: C (Aunt)
Her father's brother is Rina's paternal uncle, so his wife is her aunt.
1 January 2019 was a Tuesday. What day of the week was 1 January 2020?
- Wednesday
- Tuesday
- Monday
- Thursday
Answer and explanation
Answer: A (Wednesday)
2019 is not a leap year, so it has 365 days = 52 weeks + 1 day. The day moves forward by one, from Tuesday to Wednesday.
What is the smaller angle between the hour and minute hands of a clock at 3:40?
- 130°
- 150°
- 120°
- 140°
Answer and explanation
Answer: A (130°)
Angle = |30H − 5.5M| = |90 − 220| = 130°, which is less than 180°, so it is the smaller angle.
Find the missing number. In each row, the third number is formed from the first two in the same way. Row 1: 2, 3, 13 Row 2: 4, 1, 17 Row 3: 3, 5, ?
- 34
- 28
- 15
- 30
Answer and explanation
Answer: A (34)
Third = sum of squares of the first two: 4 + 9 = 13 and 16 + 1 = 17, so 9 + 25 = 34.
6 : 35 :: 8 : ?
- 56
- 63
- 64
- 48
Answer and explanation
Answer: B (63)
6² − 1 = 35, so 8² − 1 = 63.
Find the next number: 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, ?
- 31
- 33
- 35
- 34
Answer and explanation
Answer: B (33)
The differences double: +1, +2, +4, +8, so the next difference is +16, giving 17 + 16 = 33.
In a code language, 'sky is blue' is written 'ta na pa', 'blue ink' is written 'pa zo', and 'deep sky' is written 'ki ta'. What is the code for 'blue'?
- ta
- pa
- zo
- na
Answer and explanation
Answer: B (pa)
'Blue' is the only word common to the first two phrases, and 'pa' is the only code common to them, so blue = pa.
Of five friends, S is the tallest. Q is taller than R but shorter than P. T is shorter than R. Who is the shortest?
- T
- R
- Q
- P
Answer and explanation
Answer: A (T)
S is tallest, then P > Q > R > T. T is the shortest.
Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency
Quantitative ability
A car covers the first half of a journey at 40 km/h and the second half at 60 km/h. What is its average speed for the whole journey?
- 48 km/h
- 50 km/h
- 52 km/h
- 45 km/h
Answer and explanation
Answer: A (48 km/h)
For equal distances, average speed = 2ab/(a + b) = 2 × 40 × 60/100 = 48 km/h.
What is the sum of the first 20 terms of the arithmetic progression 3, 7, 11, …?
- 820
- 840
- 800
- 760
Answer and explanation
Answer: A (820)
a = 3 and d = 4. S₂₀ = 20/2 × [2 × 3 + 19 × 4] = 10 × 82 = 820.
In a geometric progression, the 3rd term is 12 and the 6th term is 96. What is the 5th term?
- 72
- 64
- 36
- 48
Answer and explanation
Answer: D (48)
r³ = 96/12 = 8, so r = 2. The 5th term = 12 × 2² = 48.
A committee of 3 is to be chosen from 5 men and 4 women. In how many ways can it be formed if it must include at least one woman?
- 64
- 70
- 74
- 80
Answer and explanation
Answer: C (74)
Total = C(9,3) = 84. All-men committees = C(5,3) = 10. At least one woman = 84 − 10 = 74.
What is the remainder when x³ − 2x² + 4x − 5 is divided by (x − 2)?
- 3
- 5
- 1
- −3
Answer and explanation
Answer: A (3)
By the remainder theorem, substitute x = 2: 8 − 8 + 8 − 5 = 3.
Special question (type-in, 2 marks). What are the last two digits of 7²⁰¹⁹? Type the two-digit number. (type in your answer)
Answer and explanation
Answer: 43
7⁴ = 2401 ends in 01, so powers of 7 repeat their last two digits every 4. 2019 = 4 × 504 + 3, so 7²⁰¹⁹ ends like 7³ = 343, i.e. 43.
Special question (type-in, 2 marks). The diagonals of a rhombus are 16 cm and 30 cm. What is its perimeter in cm? (type in your answer)
Answer and explanation
Answer: 68
The diagonals bisect each other at right angles, so side = √(8² + 15²) = √289 = 17. Perimeter = 4 × 17 = 68 cm.
Data interpretation
The table shows subscribers and average monthly mobile data use per subscriber for four telecom operators.
| Operator | Subscribers (million) | Avg data per subscriber (GB/month) |
|---|---|---|
| P | 320 | 9.5 |
| Q | 280 | 11.2 |
| R | 120 | 7.5 |
| S | 340 | 8.8 |
Which operator carries the most total data per month?
- S
- P
- R
- Q
Answer and explanation
Answer: D (Q)
Total (million GB) = subscribers × average: P 320 × 9.5 = 3,040; Q 280 × 11.2 = 3,136; R 120 × 7.5 = 900; S 340 × 8.8 = 2,992. Q is highest.
What is the average monthly data use per subscriber across all four operators combined (approximately)?
- 9.0 GB
- 9.75 GB
- 9.25 GB
- 9.5 GB
Answer and explanation
Answer: D (9.5 GB)
Total data = 3,040 + 3,136 + 900 + 2,992 = 10,068 million GB. Total subscribers = 1,060 million. Average = 10,068/1,060 ≈ 9.50 GB.
Reports this mock is modelled on
How to sit SNAP 2019
- Work through the mock paper above under exam timing. It follows the reported pattern, but the questions are our own.
- Sit the paper under current brochure rules (timers, negatives, NAT/MSQ norms), even if 2019’s interface looked different.
- When the clock ends, stop. Review should take at least as long as the attempt.
- Fill the error log the same day: section, topic, and miss type (concept, silly, time, or misread).
- 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 2019 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 2019 paper analysis include?
A year snapshot, what the paper stresses, what to extract into your error log, and how 2019 compares with neighbouring years on this hub.
How should I practise the SNAP 2019 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 2019 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 2019 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.