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The first slot of the SNAP 2024 exam was conducted on 8h Dec 2024 (Sunday). The test was similar in structure to the previous year's SNAP with 60 questions to be answered in 60 minutes.There were no sectional cut-offs and no sectional time limits. Navigation across the sections was allowed. There was a negative marking of 0.25 for every wrong answer.
The overall difficulty level of the exam was slightly higher as compared to the SNAP of the previous year.
The test pattern was as below:
| Section | Total questions | Total marks |
| General English | 15 | 15 |
| Quantitative, Data Interpretation and Data sufficiency | 20 | 20 |
| Analytical and Logical Reasoning | 25 | 25 |
| Total | 60 | 60 |
Given that the paper is only for one hour with no sectional time limits and no sectional cut-offs, students are expected to apportion the time across sections picking the easy questions first. Doing this well would have meant making sure to not get stuck on any question that looks even slightly tough.
Those who did this would have found the paper to be manageable. While the test was, overall, slightly more difficult than the previous year.
General English
The section had a total of 15 questions. The distribution of the questions area-wise was as under:
| Topic | Number of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Grammar Based | 7 | Moderate |
| Fill in the blanks | 4 | Easy |
| Vocab based | 2 | Moderate |
| Para Jumbled | 1 | Moderate |
| Idioms and Proverb | 1 | Moderate |
The questions were fairly direct, and very few questions were of the kind that students would have got stuck in. Overall, the level of difficulty was quite similar to the previous year.
Out of the 15 questions in this section, an attempt of 9-11 could be considered a good attempt.
Analytical & Logical Reasoning
The Analytical and Logical Reasoning section had 25 questions, with a good number of easy questions, similar to what was seen in the SNAPs of recent years (60Qs).
The difficulty level of the section could be pegged at a moderate level, similar to that of the last year.
The distribution of questions in the section was as below:
| Topic | Number of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Assumptions | 4 | Moderate |
| Courses of Action | 2 | Moderate |
| Cause and Effect | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
| Speculation | 1 | Moderate |
| Clocks | 2 | Easy |
| Calendars | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Blood Relations | 2 | Easy |
| Letter Series | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
| Linear Arrangement | 1 | Easy |
| Circular Arrangement | 1 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Coding and Decoding | 1 | Difficult |
| Miscellaneous | 1 | Moderate |
Out of the 25 questions in this section, an attempt of 18-20 could be considered a good attempt.
Quantitative Ability, Data Interpretation, and Data Sufficiency
The difficulty level of this section increased a bit compared to last year. This was on account of very few arithmetic questions and more algebra-based questions. There were no questions based on DI and DS.
There were 20 questions in this section. The distribution of the questions from various areas is as below:
| Topic | Number of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Geometry and Mensuration | 4 | Moderate-Difficult |
| P & C | 2 | Moderate |
| Probability | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Profit and Loss | 1 | Difficult |
| Stocks | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
| Time and work | 1 | Easy |
| Time and Distance | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
| Ratios | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Cubic Equations | 1 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Percentages | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
| Progressions | 1 | Easy |
| Numbers | 2 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Logarithm | 1 | Moderate |
Out of the 20 questions in this section, an attempt of 10-12 could be considered a good attempt.
Expected cut-offs: An overall score of 37-39 should be a good enough score for SIBM Pune, and 36-38 for SCMHRD.
Note: The above-mentioned estimated cut-offs are for general category students for their respective flagship programs, the cut-offs for SC/ST/DA/Kashmiri migrants will be lower.