11th Hour SNAP 102 Tips

SNAP 2012 is being conducted on tomorrow that is 16th December, 2012. Here are some last minute tips. 

Work on your concepts: It is important to go thorough in most areas like statistics & geometry. Be Dynamic, do not be disturbed or overwhelmed by past experiences of mock tests. Be confident but not over-confident.

Be Informed: You should keep your eyes and ears open and collect data about previous year tests, competition, important dates, etc.

Know your Strengths & Weaknesses: Understand what you are good at, which section, which particular area, etc. and where improvement is required?

Develop your Strengths: Once they are identified, you need to build upon your strengths and ensure that they are concrete.

Work on your Weaknesses: Ensure that you turn your Weaknesses into your Strengths through Hard work & Application. However, you can ignore certain areas you are not sure of or makes you confuse.

Analyze & Strategize: Analysis about strength and weakness will help you strategies your test paper like which section to attempt first, how much time to spend on each section, what kind of questions to scan for solving at first, etc.

MBA Rendezvous wishes all the best to our readers for SNAP 2012 Exam !!

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WAT after CAT?

WAT after CAT?  Yes it will be written ability test which you have to give after you are being short listed by IIMs based on your percentile which you will come to know on January 9, 2013. 

Off course you are curious to know the result but within you, are you confident to make it? It’s better to take positive confidence forward and now you must bother about WAT / Essay and GD followed by PI.

Certain areas of the above can’t be improved overnight so advisable to practice a lot for each of the above and read variety of topics which might include fiction, autobiographies , novels besides regular reading of news paper & magazines. 

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How to be successful in GD?

MBA aspirants, you will have to pursue the following points if you want to be successful in a group discussion. The points are as follows:

Make sure that you read as much news as possible. Generally the topic is chosen from some of the current happenings. Hence you should make sure that you have a look at all of them.

Make sure that you speak loudly and clearly. This is one of the most important things and you could find yourself in difficulty if you do not speak loudly and clearly in a GD.

You should know that you are not really bounded to think in one way. You are free to think on your own and put forward some new ideas. It is good for your chances and also for the GD since new ideas will definitely make it interesting.

You should know what the topic is really about. If you have some confusion then you should wait for some time and let the other speak at first. When the matter is quiet clear and the GD is in midst then you should start speaking with new ideas in mind.

The more you practice, chance are high that you will get success at GD.

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Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)

The TISS in Mumbai was established in 1936. It is the first school of social work in India. TISS was a pioneering effort, characteristic of the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT).It was earlier known as Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work but it was renamed as the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in the year of 1944. The year 1964 was an important landmark in the history of the Institute, when it was recognized as a Deemed University by the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India.

Since then, the TISS has been expanding continuously in terms of educational programs and infrastructure. And now the institute is offering various programs in different streams like health and hospital administration, human resource management, personnel management, research methodology and so on. However, it offers one of best post graduate courses in Human Resources Management (HRM) in Asia.

TISS 2013: Written Exam or TISSNET Written test in ONLINE format will be held on January 13, 2013 in more than 25 centers in all parts of the country.

Practice for all sections and get success at TISSNET!!!

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SNAP 2012 Syllabus

MBA aspirants who are appearing in forthcoming SNAP 2012 on December 16, 2012 may note that following is the syllabus but is indicative only.

QUANTITATIVE Section

Geometry (Lines, Angles, Triangles, Spheres, Rectangles, Cube, Cone, etc.),Ratios and Proportion, Percentages, In-equations Quadratic and linear equations Algebra, Profit & Loss, Averages, Partnership, Speed-Distance, Work and time, Number system, HCF & LCM, Geometric Progression, BODMAS, Mensuration, Allegation & Mixtures, Work, Pipes and Cisterns, Simple Interest & Compound Interest, Set Theory, Venn Diagram, Installment Payments, Clocks, Probability, Permutations & Combinations, Trigonometry, Vectors, Binomial Expansion, Co-ordinate geometry, Logarithm, Calendar, Maxima & Minima Progression, Surds & Indices, Complex numbers.

DI AND REASONING Section

Data Interpretation based on text, graphs and tables. Graphs can be Column graphs, Bar Graphs, Line charts, Pie Chart, Graphs representing Area, Venn diagram. Assumption-Premise-Conclusion, Assertion and reasons, Statements and assumptions, Identifying valid inferences ,Identifying Strong arguments and Weak arguments, Statements and conclusions, Cause and Effect, Identifying Probably true, Probably false, definitely true, definitely false kind of statement, Linear arrangements, Matrix arrangements. Puzzles, Syllogisms, Functions, Family tree - identifying relationship among group of people, Symbol Based problems, Coding and decoding, Sequencing, Identifying next number in series.

ENGLISH Section

Comprehension of passage (Poems can also come),Verbal Reasoning, Syllogisms, Contextual usage, Analogies, Antonyms, Fill In the Blanks, Jumbled paragraphs with 4 or 5 sentences, Jumbled paragraphs (6 sentences with first and last fixed),Sentence Correction, Foreign language words used in English, Sentence completion, Idioms, One word substitution, Different usage of same word.

GK/GA/BA  Section

Current Affairs, Business, Punch line of companies, Top officials of big companies, Major corporate events. Famous award and prizes World Records Books  and authors. Science, History, Geography, International organizations Important quotations Social issues, Sports, Finance, Automobiles, Entertainment, Politics.

You should for SNAP Mock Tests and get success!!

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