The five facts that decide your SNAP 2026
The frame: two deadlines, two fees, one paper, half a merit score.
What changed in 2026
The fourth section, the passed early-registration window, and why the paper is shorter in attention than in difficulty.
Registration: the walkthrough and the fee maths
Twelve steps, the DD trap, the realised-payment rule, and what three attempts plus three programmes costs with GST.
The three-attempt strategy
Best score counts, no normalisation — how to use attempt one as live calibration and attempt three as a real shot.
The 60-minute paper, decoded
Expected-value maths, the accuracy table, the pacing plan and the two-pass method.
Diagnostic: where you stand today
A ten-statement audit with score bands and the first thing to fix at each level.
General English
Ten marks in nine minutes, and the two habits that cost most candidates two of them.
Analytical and Logical Reasoning
Six question families, target times, and the skip rules that decide a 12 from an 18.
Quantitative, DI and Data Sufficiency
The arithmetic-led syllabus, the 23-minute split, and why DS is the cheapest marks in the paper.
Data Sufficiency: six worked examples
The five standard options, then six questions worked through with the reasoning.
Ethics, Morality and Values
What is verified, what is not published, the four question shapes and a five-step method.
Ethics question bank: 20 dilemmas
Workplace, campus and family-business situations with model reasoning for each.
The 46-day plan
Build, convert, taper — dated weeks, weekly outputs, and the 18-day version for late registrants.
The mock protocol and the error log
A 25-minute review, a printable log grid and three rules for using mocks honestly.
The formula card
Twelve topics on one page, to be written from memory twice a week.
Self-test: 25 questions, 25 minutes
Five English, six reasoning, eight quantitative and DS, six Ethics — with a full answer key.
The institute matrix
17 institutes, 32 programmes, six cities, and the deadlines that fall before the result.
Choosing programmes
The Rs 1,000 decision, a portfolio that makes sense, and the eligibility differences that change your list.
Fees, ROI and what to ask
Published fee structures, two-year outlays, and five questions before you accept a seat.
After the result: the composite score
Why 40 of the 100 marks sit in an interview room in February.
GE-PI: the other 50 marks
Five group-exercise formats and twenty interview questions to prepare in writing.
Exam day: the checklist
What to carry, what is banned, the reporting timeline and the PwD provisions.
The last 48 hours
A two-day schedule for arriving rested, documented and calm.
Scams, agents and refunds
SIU's own position on guaranteed seats, and the three approaches to refuse.
Twelve mistakes that cost marks
The audit list to re-read weekly until the paper.
Your one-page action card
Today, this week, by 24 November, by 13 December, after 12 January.
