SNAP 2022 Exam Pattern Changes – Pros and Cons

Pros

Cons

1. Students have now one less section to prepare.
2. Students can focus on only three main sections – English, Logical and Quant
3. With such a major change, the overall difficulty of the SNAP 2019 exam may dip. Authorities will avoid giving too many setbacks to the students.

1. Students who had already started preparing for GK section feel duped
2. A significant amount of time has been lost while preparing for GK, since this section is not asked in any of the major exams like CAT 2019, NMAT 2019 and XAT 2020 (not counted in final percentile calculation)
3. GK was a scoring area. With its removal the overall score may drop which will affect the cutoff

Pros

Cons

1. English is a scoring section. With every correct answer you can score 5 marks.
2. The overall weightage of English section has increased from 40 marks to 51 marks
3. LR is a tough section but with the number of questions increasing you can expect the difficulty to mellow down slightly.

1. LR is a tough section in SNAP exam. With the weightage increasing from 40 to 54 marks, students need to be careful while attempting the questions.

Pros

Cons

1. The scope of making educated guesses is more in MCQ type questions. Every normal question has four options thus making it easier for students to deduce the answers

1. With only MCQ type questions, the difficulty level of questions may increase.

Pros

Cons

1. With 85% normal questions in quant section, students can attempt them easily. Even if they skip the TITA questions, they can score well in the quant section.

1. There is 25% negative marking. Students will lose more marks with the special questions which can impact their score.