Kindly follow the links given below to get the respective SNAP test papers with answers:

SNAP 2005 QUESTION PAPER WITH ANSWERS:

http://mashrani.blog.co.in/files/2009/12/snap-paper-2005.pdf

SNAP 2006 QUESTION PAPER WITH ANSWERS:

http://mashrani.blog.co.in/files/2009/12/snap-paper-2006.pdf

SNAP 2007 QUESTION PAPER WITH ANSWERS:

http://mashrani.blog.co.in/files/2009/12/snap-paper-2007.pdf

SNAP 2008 QUESTION PAPER WITH ANSWERS:

http://mashrani.blog.co.in/files/2009/12/snap-paper-2008.pdf

Watch out this space for the latest paper of JMET-2010 ON SUNDAY, 13, DEC, 2009 along with detailed solution and analysis…….

PRONOUNCIATION:  som-nif-er-uh s

MEANING: Inducing sleep, as drugs or influences

USAGE: The prescribed work had a somniferous effect.

Etymology: From SOMNIFER meaning inducing sleep

Pronounciation: (kuh-PAY-shus)            

Meaning: roomy, able to hold much        

MEMORY AID:  CAP SPACIOUS

Usage:

·      The new bunglow has a capacious hall large enough to seat a small army.

·      Our bed at the hostel was really capacious; all four sisters slept there.

Under an official announcement IIMs have declared that Online CAT for the year 2009 will be held between 28 November,2009 - 7 December, 2009.

CAT BROCHURE DISTRIBUTION:

The CAT 2009 vouchers can be obtained from AXIS BANK brances from 9 september 2009 to 1 october 2009.

Form fees will be Rs. 1500/-  (for General) and Rs. 700/- (for SC/ST).

Click here for list of AXIS BANK CENTRES

The brochure should be taken only in the name of student appearing the test as per his/her name in the school leaving certificate.

TEST DURATION: 2 Hour and 30 Minutes.

There will be approximately 60 to 70 questions asked for the CAT examinations from sections of Quant, Verbal and DI-LR-DS.

TEST TIMINGS: Everyday the test is broken up into two sessions. Morning session and Afternoon session.

MORNING SESSION: Candidates should arrive to test centre before 8:30 am. Test will be conducted from      10 am to 12:30 pm.

           CLICK HERE FOR CAT OFFICIAL ADVERTISEMENT

           LIST OF NON-IIM INSTITUTES TAKING CAT SCORES

Under an official announcement by XLRI authorities XAT-2010 will be held on 3rd January, 2010 (SUNDAY).

Exam fees for general category students will be Rs. 800/-. Separate fees will be charged for applying to different programmes.

The test will be held in 100 cities across India. One more clarification was made by the authorities that this time XAT will be paper-based test only and there will be no change in the pattern.

Time Duration: 2.5 Hours (including essay). [ 2 hours test + 10 min. gap + 20 min. essay]

Test Timings: 10.00 am to 12.30 pm

XAT Bulletin & XLRI Prospectus can be obtained from 120 Branches of Axis Bank or from the XAT Office / Admissions Office, XLRI, Circuit House Area (East), Jamshedpur, 831001.

                     CLICK HERE TO KNOW ABOUT REGISTRATION PROCESS

Test Centres: Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Bangalore, Berhampur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Goa, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Noida, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Trivandrum, Vadodara, Visakhapatnam .

Remember..!!!  Registration for XAT 2010 starts on 01 Sep,2009 and ends on 30 Nov,2009.

                                  LIST OF XAT-ALLIED INSTITUES

For more info…visit: www.xlri.edu

Disclaimer: The information provided here is true to the best of the knowledge of author. However, author is not responsible for any kind of error in the information given here. Readers are advised to verify the same from the original source to avoid any possible loss.

JMET 2010 (to be held in 2009) exam dates, dates for the form submission, other useful details are out.

Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET ) is the stepping stone for persuing management program in premeir institutes like IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur,IIT Madras, and IIT Roorkee. Along with these IITs, the well-known institute IISC bangalore also accepts the score of JMET.

JMET forms can be filled online(SBI challan system) or by sending demand draft(DD). For online application or registration Click here.

The application fee is Rs.350/- for SC/ST/PD candidates and Rs. 750/- for all other candidates. After applying ONLINE,there are some documents that a candidate will have to post to the “Chairman, GATE Office, IISc Bangalore-560012″. For further info, click here.

The exam will be held on Sunday, December 13, 2009 from 10:00 hours to 13:00 hours IST across 37 centres in India grouped into different zones.

JMET consists of 4 sections with total of 120 questions to be completed in 3 hours. There is no sectional time limit but a candidate needs to clear cut-offs in all these four sections. The four sections will be the following:

             1. Verbal Ability (VA)             click here for sample questions

             2. Logical Reasoning (LR)      click here for sample questions

             3. Quantitative Ability (QA)    click here for sample questions

             4. Data Interpretation (DI)      click here for sample questions

For further deatails click here.

For getting the complete official notification. Click here.

Disclaimer: The author has tried to provide the information here with utmost care and accuracy but still there may be some chances of error. So readers are suggested to verify the information from the actual site. Author will not be responsible for any kind of loss due to information provided here.

IN CONTINUATION TO CONSTANTLY HELP STUDENTS PREPARING FOR MBA ENTRANCE EXAMS LIKE CAT & XAT WE ARE PROVIDING YOU AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH TOPPER OF XAT-2007 ARINDAM ACHARYYA WHO WITH HIS PERSISTANT EFFORT AND FOCUS HAS ADDED MANY SUCCESS STARS TO HIS CAREER. WE ARE VERY THANKFUL TO ARINDHAM WHO SPARED HIS TIME IN THE MIDST OF THE EXAMS TO HELP STUDENTS PREPARING FOR XAT-2009 AND FURTHER. LET’S GET SOME INSIGHTS FROM HIM……

TELL ME SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND AND YOUR BRIEF INTRODUCTION

I am a fresher and a B.Tech in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Kalyani Government Engineering College, West Bengal. Prior to that I did my Schooling from Don Bosco School, Bandel

WHAT PUSHED YOU TO JOIN MBA?

When I was in the third year of my engineering, I had two choices before me: to get a job (which with nearly 100% probability had to be in an IT firm) or go for higher studies. The real motivation to opt for higher studies in general was that I did not wish to see myself amongst a million IT professionals struggling to get a project and living a life whose quality according to me was not compensated by their salary. I never worked in an IT firm and I cannot say that I have sufficient evidence to substantiate my point-of-view. The fact however remains that I felt that way at that point of time and wanted to differentiate myself from the lot.

Having chosen whether to go for higher studies or a job, the next choice before me was whether I wanted to do an M.Tech or MBA. This choice was much easier as I wanted something which would mould my personality and widen the horizons of my knowledge. Another important reason why I chose MBA is because I do not believe in second chances and I was surer to crack an MBA entrance examination than GATE.

WHAT MADE YOU TO WRITE XAT AND HOW DID YOU MOTIVATE YOURSELF TOWARDS THE EXAM AND THE INTERVIEW?

I had made up my mind to study in one of the top B-schools of the country and XLRI is one of the top B-schools of the country besides it is free from the quota system. So I made up my mind to write XAT.

Self-belief and desire to excel motivated me enough to clear XAT and the interview as well.

WHO IS YOUR ROLE MODEL?

There were and are many good people in the world whom I respect but I can’t claim any one to be my role model.

WHAT IS THE SECRET OF YOUR SUCCESS?

Strength of character; passion to challenge my limits; courage and dedication to live up to my goals.

WHAT WERE YOUR STRATEGIES FOR CRACKING XAT?

The strategy wasn’t anything very elaborate. When I first browsed through some sample MBA entrance questions, I felt that with sufficient preparation I could crack such an examination. Based on this thought process I practiced a lot of questions, previous year question papers, mock papers, puzzles and anything which was appropriate and I could get my hands on. I appeared for 8 SimCATs and designed the way I should approach each section, found out which section was my strength, how many should be attempted and what was a good score.

WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU GOT CALL FROM XLRI?

Elated.

COULD YOU PLEASE ELABORATE HOW YOU PREPARED EACH SECTION OF WRITTEN TEST?

I practiced a lot of sample and previous years’ questions. However as I could not get my hands on too many XAT type papers, I kept practicing CAT questions. I even referred to some models of question which were never asked in XAT or were very rare in CAT/XAT. For each section I found out my areas of strength and weakness and worked accordingly.

For quants the difficulty was in choosing the correct question, often the longer questions had easier solutions. So I browsed through the questions and whenever I found some question to be in my area of strength I attempted it. One advice here is do not linger on with a question even if you like it if it takes longer than normal. Your heart may mislead you in such competitive exams.

For DI/LR the graphs take a lot of time but are rewarding, so you have to attempt them keeping this constraint in mind. Frankly in XAT I did not attempt a single question involving graphs and charts even if I liked solving them. For LR I tried solving George Summers’ puzzle book and similar books. Still unless some question is highly similar to one known to you solving LR in XAT may take away precious time. XAT has plenty of variety in this section so you can get away without solving graphical and LR questions.

Verbal section in XAT is a mix of grammar and RC. Like most people I hated RCs still I practiced some 70-80 or more RCs. Grammar part is pretty straightforward (not synonym, antonym necessarily). Explaining how to solve RCs in a few words is very difficult, however I learnt to read between the lines and read the questions repeatedly to understand the fine difference between the correct and the incorrect. This again requires practice and evaluation.

HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU THINK ONE REQUIRES FOR SERIOUS PREPARATION FOR MBA ENTRANCE EXAMS?

It depends on the workload a person has to balance with the preparation. However I think 6-9 months are required. Assuming a period of 9 months the kind of breakup that I followed is something like this:

Months 1-3: Quants, puzzles and graphs, grammar. 15 hours a week.

Months 4-6: All areas of difficulty like RC, DI, tougher problems and 1-2 self-tests a week and try solving them again and again. 20-25 hours a week.

Months 7-9: Lots of practice and mock tests preferably at the national level to have an idea of probable percentile. Sharpen strong areas, evaluate and re-evaluate own performance, analyze trends. Study RCs and try correcting the nagging grammar and quants problems. Try out varieties of DI/LR questions. Take 3-4 mock self-tests a week. 40-50 hours a week.

WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE TO THE FUTURE ASPIRANTS?

From what I experienced during my preparation for XAT, I can explain the requirements for clearing such an examination with an acronym: PAIN

Practice: Practice a lot, no amount of coaching can help you if you don’t practice. I personally solved close to a 100 papers before the actual test.

Aptitude: You need to have the basic aptitude in QA, DI, LR, VA and RC. After some amount of practice if you feel that you lack the skill set the pressure will only keep building and the final result may not be fruitful.

Interest: if you are not motivated and interested, you should not go for it just because of any external pressure; lack of interest greatly reduces the probability of success unless you are intellectually very capable.

Nerves: On the day that matters please do not lose your nerve. You may be prepared a 100% but lose your nerves and lose your seat in the B-school of your choice. I know it is easier said than done, but after you finish your preparation, keep the last day occupied with some other distraction so that you can be fresh for the exam and try offloading all the pressure during the test.

WHAT WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH INTERVIEW PANEL?

I had a very short interview, about 5 minutes or so. The interviewers showed different levels of interest in me; one of them never even looked up at me or uttered a word. They were willing to hear for as long as I wanted to speak and did not push me too much. Oddly I was not asked a single acad-related question.

CAN YOU ELABORATE SOME OF THE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND YOUR REACTION FOR THE SAME?

The basic introduce yourself question, then one of the interviewers asked me about one of my hobbies. Later I thought she was trying to understand the level of creativity in me. I was asked about the SIngur issue and my opinion on the same. I answered favourably for the project and stayed away from too much politics. There were a GK questions like for which book was Amartya Sen awarded a Nobel? I guess one needs to know some basic things about and of the place one hails from.

ANYTHING MORE WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD WHICH YOU THINK COULD BE USEFUL TO FUTURE MBA ASPIRANTS?

MBA is a wonderful thing to do especially if it is done from a good institute and now I feel everyone should do it, not for the money but for the immense learning and the pleasure that one gains from. It really changes you a lot as a person. Think of this to motivate yourself and never settle for mediocrity. Practice hard and analyze and criticize your performance at every step and you will do just fine.

ARINDAM ACHARYYA is currently pursuing his PGDBM from XLRI Jamshedpur and he had got 99.80%ile in XAT-2007. We wish him all the best for his bright career ahead.

TO VIEW PART-1 OF THE INTERVIEW  CLICK HERE

MENDICANT  ['men-dê-kênt] (n.)

MEANING-1:  A beggar

MEANING-2:  A friar  that belongs to an order that prohibits the possession of property and who must beg alms for a living as a result.

USAGE

MENDICARE meaning “to beg” from the Latin.

“mendicus” = beggar      

Also from Sanskrit root “menda” meaning “PHYSICAL DEFECT” which forces one to become a beggar.