Checked 18 October 2026. Medium: the section counts are fixed in the SNAP 2026 bulletin, but the topic lists and ethics themes come from official blog posts. Access to the October EMV practice material depends on candidate eligibility and direct communication from SNAP; re-check official notices.
The SNAP 2026 syllabus has four sections, and one of them is new: Ethics, Morality and Values, 10 questions carrying 10 marks. To make room, General English dropped from 15 questions to 10 and Analytical and Logical Reasoning from 25 to 20. The official SNAP blog says plainly that "a detailed chapter-wise syllabus is not listed" for the new section, and it lists the themes to prepare instead. This guide sets out the official topic list for every section, what is and is not known about the ethics section, and how to split your remaining weeks before the tests on 13, 19 and 26 December 2026. ProSyllabus is an independent study site. It is not part of Symbiosis International (Deemed University), the Symbiosis Test Secretariat that conducts SNAP, or any Symbiosis institute. Every rule here is quoted or summarised from snaptest.org, the SNAP 2026 bulletin or an institute's own published document, and those documents decide every case.
SNAP 2026 bulletin and test-structure page; SNAP 2025 figures from the archived 2025 test-structure page.
Where other pages get this wrong
SNAP 2026 has four sections. Ethics, Morality and Values is one-sixth of the paper.
Commonly published instead: Many syllabus pages, including our own SNAP syllabus tab until it is corrected, still list the three 2025 sections (General English 15, Reasoning 25, Quantitative 20) with no ethics section.
The SNAP 2026 bulletin, the test-structure page and the official blog of 24 September 2026 all give GE 10, ALR 20, QA-DI-DS 20 and EMV 10. The official blog calls the new section "a dedicated section with 10 questions carrying 10 marks".
What each section covers: the official topic lists
SIU does not publish a formal syllabus document for SNAP. The official preparation blog of 20 August 2026 lists the topics for each section, and it is the closest thing to a syllabus that snaptest.org offers. The lists below follow it.
| Section | Official topic list |
|---|---|
| General English (10) | Subject-verb agreement, articles and prepositions, tenses, pronouns, sentence correction, active and passive voice, synonyms and antonyms, idioms, sentence arrangement, verbal reasoning, reading comprehension |
| Analytical and Logical Reasoning (20) | Coding-decoding, blood relations, direction sense, series, syllogisms, clocks and calendars, statements and conclusions, critical reasoning, input-output, seating arrangements, puzzles, visual reasoning |
| Quantitative, DI and DS (20) | Percentages, profit and loss, ratio, averages, time and work, time-speed-distance, simple and compound interest, number systems, algebra, geometry and mensuration, permutations and combinations, probability, tables and graphs, data interpretation, data sufficiency |
| Ethics, Morality and Values (10) | No detailed syllabus. Themes: ethical principles, personal and professional responsibility, honesty and integrity, fairness and impartiality, respect for individuals, accountability, conflicts of interest, social responsibility, workplace ethics, situation-based decision-making |
The Ethics, Morality and Values section: what is known
Everything official about the new section fits in a short list. It has 10 questions, each worth one mark, four options per question, and the same 25% negative marking as the rest of the paper. It sits inside the same 60 minutes with no separate timer. The official blog says a detailed chapter-wise syllabus is not listed, so preparation "should focus on understanding ethical principles and applying them to situations". It names the themes in the table above.
The public syllabus still does not specify the detailed mix or marking rationale within EMV. SNAP subsequently announced an official sectional mock for eligible applicants on 7 October 2026 and a sample question bank scheduled for 8 October. The eligibility deadline was 5 October, with a separate mock-slot booking step. These dates have passed. The official notice describes access for eligible applicants; it does not publish the bank on its public page. We have not independently inspected the questions or a candidate's delivery email, so we do not claim that every eligible candidate received it or infer the exact final-paper format from it.
How to prepare for a section with no syllabus
- Learn the vocabulary of the themes: integrity, impartiality, accountability, conflict of interest, social responsibility. Questions built on these ideas turn on what the words mean.
- Practise situations, not definitions. The official blog asks for "situation-based practice". Read a workplace dilemma and decide what a fair, honest and accountable person would do, then check why each other option fails.
- Watch for options that are partly right. In judgement questions two options often sound good; the better one usually respects everyone affected, follows a rule without harming someone, and takes responsibility rather than passing it on. That is our reading of the themes, not an SIU key.
- Put the section in every full mock. The official blog says candidates planning several attempts should include the section in every full-length practice test rather than treating it as a last-minute topic.
- Time it. Record how long you spend on the ten questions and how often two choices confused you, as the official blog suggests.
Sources: official SNAP blogs of 20 August and 24 September 2026. The advice in the third bullet is ours.
Where the marks are, and where the time goes
SNAP 2026 bulletin. Percentages are our arithmetic on 60 marks.
Reasoning and Quantitative together are two-thirds of the paper. The two ten-question sections are small but not optional: ten marks is one-sixth of the total. The ethics section may have a time advantage for a particular candidate, but its actual speed depends on that candidate's timed practice. Do not assign it a fixed number of minutes from the published section title alone.
After the official EMV mock: turn a score into a repair plan
If you had access to the 7 October sectional mock or received the sample bank, review your own attempt before buying more generic ethics notes. Keep the official material in your SNAP account or original email. Do not paste private candidate details or copyrighted questions into a public forum. If you missed the eligibility window, you can still use the public theme list above and original scenario practice; the October deadline was for the special mock and bank, not the main SNAP registration deadline.
| What happened in practice | Likely repair | Next timed check |
|---|---|---|
| You picked an attractive answer before reading all four | Compare every option against the stated duty and the people affected | Record how often you change from the first plausible option |
| Two options seemed equally fair | Write the competing values in two columns, then note the fact that separates the options | Explain the decisive fact in one sentence before looking at the key |
| You supplied a rule absent from the question | Underline the actual facts and instruction; distinguish them from your assumptions | Mark each assumption you had to add to defend an option |
| You ran out of time | Time the complete ten-question block and flag slow questions for a second pass | Compare attempted questions and time with your next mock |
| You disagreed with the mock key | Re-read the official explanation if supplied; log the ambiguity instead of memorising an unsupported rule | Test the principle on a different original scenario |
This table is a study workflow, not an official SNAP scoring rubric or a report of what the October mock contained. The first pass classifies each miss as a reading error, a value conflict, an unstated assumption, a timing problem or a disputed key. Only then choose a repair. A single raw score does not reveal which of those five causes dominated. If you have the sample bank, use fresh items to test whether the repair worked; if you do not, build short original scenarios from the ten publicly listed themes and explain why three choices fail.
Ten-minute EMV review worksheet
- Minute 0–2: write attempts, correct answers, unanswered items and total time from your own mock record. Keep the answer key separate.
- Minute 2–5: classify each missed or uncertain item by reading, competing values, assumption, time or answer-key ambiguity.
- Minute 5–8: pick the most frequent error and write one concrete rule for the next timed set. Avoid a vague instruction such as “study ethics more”.
- Minute 8–10: schedule a new ten-item set and note the result beside the first one. Change your section order only if repeated timed attempts show a benefit.
Our review method; not a SNAP-published worksheet. The official SNAP notice confirms the mock and sample-bank dates, not the content of an individual candidate attempt.
Track the official topics
SNAP 2026 topic tracker
Tick each official topic once you have studied it and practised timed questions on it. Your progress is saved in this browser only.
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Plan the weeks to your test
SNAP 2026 study-hours planner
Choose your likely exam day and how many hours a week you can study. The planner counts the weeks left from today and splits your total hours across the paper.
The planner splits your hours in proportion to the marks. That is a starting point, not a rule: a candidate strong in English and weak in Quantitative should move hours across. Mock tests are not a separate line because the official blogs treat them as part of every section's practice; the preparation blog suggests starting with a full-length diagnostic mock to find your starting point, and warns that a low first score is not a prediction.
Official practice material and dates
| What | When | Who gets it | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| SNAP Mock Test 1 | Held 24 September 2026 (registration 10-22 September) | Registered candidates | Official blog, 9 Sep 2026 |
| EMV sectional mock | Scheduled for 7 October 2026 (date passed) | Applicants eligible by 5 October who separately booked a slot | Official EMV mock notice |
| EMV sample question bank | Scheduled for 8 October 2026 | Applicants eligible by 5 October; check official communication | Official EMV mock notice |
| SNAP Test 1 / 2 / 3 | 13 / 19 / 26 December 2026 | Registered candidates, one to three tests | SNAP 2026 bulletin |
| Past SNAP question papers | Not published | None on snaptest.org | Our check of snaptest.org and archived bulletins |
SIU does not publish past SNAP papers. Any "SNAP previous year paper" you find online is a coaching institute's reconstruction from candidate memory, not an official document. For 2026 that matters more than usual, because no past paper of any kind contains an ethics section.
Using three attempts to refine the new section
You may sit up to three tests and your higher score counts. The official blog on the new section suggests using the attempts to refine your approach to it after reviewing speed, accuracy and decision-making in each one. Our reading: if you book more than one test, note after the first how long the ethics questions took and how many you left, then adjust before the next. The tests are six and seven days apart, which leaves time to review but not to learn a section from scratch.
Practise it, don't just read it
The reading and critical-reasoning quizzes live now train the same judgement the ethics section asks for: which option actually follows, and which only sounds right.
Two SNAP quizzes are live on ProSyllabus today, 10 questions each: Reading Comprehension Inference Fundamentals and Critical Reasoning Assumptions Advanced Challenge. They cover General English and reasoning. There is no quiz yet for Quantitative, Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency or for the new Ethics, Morality and Values section.
Frequently asked questions
What is the SNAP 2026 syllabus?
Four sections: General English (10 questions), Analytical and Logical Reasoning (20), Quantitative, Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency (20), and Ethics, Morality and Values (10). The official preparation blog lists the topics in each.
Is there a syllabus for the SNAP ethics section?
No detailed one. The official blog says a chapter-wise syllabus is not listed and names themes instead: ethical principles, responsibility, honesty and integrity, fairness, respect, accountability, conflicts of interest, social responsibility, workplace ethics and situation-based decision-making.
Is there negative marking in the SNAP ethics section?
Yes. Like every SNAP 2026 section, a wrong answer costs 25% of the question's one mark.
Is there a GK section in SNAP 2026?
No. General awareness and current affairs sections were part of SNAP until about 2016; the 2026 paper has no GK section.
Where can I practise SNAP ethics questions?
SNAP scheduled an official EMV sectional mock for 7 October 2026 and its sample bank for 8 October for eligible applicants. Check your original SNAP communication for access. The public official syllabus lists themes but no detailed chapter-wise EMV syllabus.
Does SIU publish SNAP previous year papers?
No. Papers found online are reconstructions by coaching sites, and none of them contains the 2026 ethics section.
Which SNAP section carries the most marks?
Analytical and Logical Reasoning and Quantitative, DI and DS carry 20 marks each, two-thirds of the paper between them.
More in this series
Sources
- official — SNAP 2026 Admission Bulletin (Symbiosis Test Secretariat) — dates, fee ₹2,550 per test and ₹1,000 per programme, four sections, +1 and 25% negative marking, up to three tests, best score, shortlisting by overall percentile, merit 50/10/40, eligibility and reservation
- official — SNAP 2026 test structure page — GE 10, ALR 20, QA-DI-DS 20, EMV 10; 60 minutes; best score and normalisation wording (re-checked 30 Sep 2026)
- official — Official SNAP blog, 24 Sep 2026 — What changed in the SNAP 2026 pattern: the Ethics, Morality and Values section, no detailed syllabus listed, guessing advice
- official — Official SNAP EMV sectional mock and sample question bank notice — eligibility by 5 October, mock on 7 October, sample bank scheduled for 8 October (re-checked 18 October 2026)
- official — Official SNAP blog, 20 Aug 2026 — SNAP Test 2026 preparation tips: topic lists for each section and the EMV themes
- official — Official SNAP blog, 9 Sep 2026 — SNAP 2026 Mock Test 1 (registration 10-22 Sep, held 24 Sep)
- official — snaptest.org home page — 17 institutes, 32 MBA programmes, 79 test cities, "Best of 3 Attempts", EMV mock test and question bank for candidates who apply by 5 Oct, test-slot booking (re-checked 30 Sep 2026)
- official — SNAP 2025 test structure (Internet Archive copy of snaptest.org, 28 Aug 2025) — GE 15, ALR 25, QA 20
official = a document published by the conducting body. reported = a news or coaching site we could not check against an original. Where sources disagree this page says so rather than picking one.
