Just 12 days away, SNAP 2013 is the last but very important MBA entrance examination. The 13 Symbiosis B schools offer various management courses with good placement record. Institutes also have good ranking position in MBAUniverse.com annual ranking 2013.
Verbal Ability and Reading comprehension in SNAP 2013 shall have 40 questions of one mark each. Prof. S.K. Agarwal, expert on Verbal Ability, shares following quick tips for the benefit of prospective SNAP 2013 aspirants to score more in Verbal Ability and Reading comprehension
SNAP 2013 unlike CAT allows the candidates to attempt any section of the test in any order but the sectional cut off is very much present in getting your call converted. Aspirants, therefore have to score at least a minimum cut off score in each of the four sections.
SNAP 2013: Structure of Verbal Ability section
Candidates will find 40 questions in this section. Total number of marks and total number of questions are equal. There will be questions on Reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and tenses, jumbled paragraphs, analogy in verbal ability section. Let us learn how to score more in each one
SNAP 2013: Reading Comprehension
Reading comprehension passage is about a length of 400 words followed by 6 questions. The passage is not very difficult but a regular reading practice is required to understand and crack the same. Types of questions are like tone of the passage, title of the passage, main idea of the passage, explaining the phrases and words and one or two questions on the information given in the passage.
SNAP 2013 aspirants are advised to follow the undernoted strategic preparation plan for next few
Make it the regular practice to read the editorials, articles in the news paper and check how many words are there which you do not know. Tests have shown that the number of unfamiliar words in a passage, if exceeds about one in twenty, the reader will lose track. Use the words in conversation to practice more on them.
While you are reading an article, passage, book - pick out the words which are of interest to you- find out their meaning-try to understand the context in which they are used and follow the structure of sentence. When you write, try to frame good sentences using the new words. This will give you ample opportunity to rectify the errors in sentences, improving the vocabulary, improving the speed and accuracy of reading and the skill to pick out the wrong sentences as well as how to complete the sentence or paragraph
SNAP 2013: Jumbled Paragraphs
There are two not so difficult questions on jumbled paragraphs. The best part is that the starting and concluding parts of such paragraphs are given beforehand. The candidate is supposed to pick out the right order of sentences from the given options. The sentences in these parajumbles are short and not very difficult.
Candidates are advised to practice more and find out the connectors in jumbled paragraphs like this, that, these, who, he, it, which will determine that they have been used in place of some earlier words.
SNAP 2013: Error correction
Questions on error correction in SNAP 2013 are not very difficult but a little tricky. Their number varies year to year. There may be 6 to 8 questions on usage of tenses, phrasal verbs, syntax, passive voice, conditional sentences, reported speech, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, articles and more topics on English language. The shape may be finding out the correct/incorrect sentences, fill in the blanks or spotting out the usage in different forms. It is an important part of Verbal Ability section and SNAP 2013 gives more weight age to correct contextual usage
SNAP 2013 Result
SNAP 2013 result is scheduled to be out on 9th January 2014 at 12:00 pm. The first list of SNAP 2013 result will contain the shortlist candidates name for Personal Interaction and Writing Ability Test (PI-WAT). Proposed date of Final Merit List of SNAP 2013 for all Programs of Institutes will be released on 28th February 2014. Visit MBAUniverse.com for latest updates on SNAP 2013 result.