Overview - SNAP Test for Symbiosis Postgraduate Programmes

Symbiosis National Aptitude (SNAP) Test is a common written test for the admission processes of postgraduate institutes of Symbiosis International University [SIU] established under section 3 of the UGC Act 1956 vide notification No.F.9.12/2001 U.3 of the Govt. of India. Subsequently ten more Institutes of Symbiosis have been brought under the ambit of Symbiosis International University vide notification No.F.9.12/2006-U.3 (A).
SNAP TEST DATE :
Test Date : 21-12-2008
Time : 2 pm to 4 pm

Last Date of Registration :
25 NOV 2008
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XAT 2009

For more than 50 years XLRI is conducting Admission Test on All India level to select the most appropriate students for management education. Our long experience and the expertise has helped us to extend this test to other Management Institutes. There are 60 other Management Institutes who are selecting students from XAT 2009.

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CAT Eligibility

A. The candidate must hold a Bachelor ’ s Degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalentCGPA [45% in case of the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST) or Persons with Disability (PW D) category], of any of theUniversities incorporated by an act of the central or state legislature in India or othereducational institutions established by an act of Parliament or declared to bedeemed as a University under section 3 of UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalentqualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.

B. The Bachelor ’ s Degree or equivalent qualification obtained by the candidate mustentail a minimum of three years of education after completing higher secondaryschooling (10+2) or equivalent. The percentage obtained by the candidate in thebachelor ’ s degree would be based on the practice followed by theuniversity/institution from where the candidate has obtained the degree.

C. In case of the candidates being awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, theequivalence would be based on the equivalence certified by the university/institutionfrom where they have obtained bachelor ’ s degree. In case the university/institutiondoes not have any scheme for converting CGPA into e quivalent marks, the equivalence would be established by the IIMs by dividing obtained CGPA with themaximum possible CGPA and multiplying the resultant with 100.

D. Candidates appearing for the final year of bachelor ’ s degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed degree requirement and are awaiting results can also apply. Such candidates must produce a certificate from thePrincipal/Head of the Department/ Registrar/Director of the university/institutioncertifying that the candid ate is currently in the final year / is awaiting final results andhas obtained at least 50% marks or equivalent (45% in case of candidates belongingto SC/ST/PWD category) based on latest available grades/marks.

COMMON ADMISSION TEST : NOVEMBER 16, 2008 (Sunday)

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IMPORTANT INFORMATIONS ABOUT SBI RECRUITMENT

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
(A) Minimum 12th standard (10+2) pass or quivalent equalification there of into a minimum of 60% marks (55% for SC/ST/PWD/XS) or A degree from a recognized university (graduation level) with a minimum of 40% marks (35% for SC/ST/PWD/XS) Candidate appearing for the 12th/Graduation examinations during this year will be allowed to appear provisionally for the written examination subject to submitting the original marksheet as a proof of passing the qualifying examination at the time of interview if called for the same.
(B) Should be able to write and speak English fluently.
(C) Knowledge of other Indian language will be an added qualification.
AGE
(a) Minimum Age : 18 years; Maximum Age : 28 years
(b) The upper age limit will be relaxed as under :
(i) For SC/ST, Orthopedically handicapped, Ex-servicemen/Disabled Ex-servicement/OBC etc. as per guidelines laid down by Government of India.
(ii) For persons who have ordinarily been domiciled in Kashmir Division of J & K State during 01.01.80 to 31.12.89, by 5 years
(iii) For widows, divorced women & women judicially separated form their husbands and who are not remarried, by 9 years, subject to maximum age limit of 35 years for General and 40 years for SC/ST Candidates.
Candidates seeking age relaxation are required to submit copies of necessary certificate(s) along with the application
SELECTION PROCEDURE
All eligible candidates should apply online before the last date for registering of application or in the prescribed application form to reach the given address on or before the last date for receipt of application. Application received after the last date will not be considered.
(a) Final selection will be made on the basis of performance in the written test and interview taken together. Merely satisfying the eligibility norms does not entitle a candidate to be called for written test or interview. The questions in objective tests, except for the test of General English, will be printed in bilingual i.e., English and Hindi.
WRITTEN TEST
(b) The written test will be of objective type consisting of
(i) General Awareness,
(ii) General English,
(iii) Quantitative Aptitude,
(iv) Reasoning Ablity,
(v) Marketing Aptitude/Computer Knowledge.
In Psychomety test, candidates have to secure 50% marks (45% for SC/ST/PWD/XS)) which will be qualifying in nature. The marks in Psychometry test will not be considered for arriving at the merit list.
There will be negative marks for the worn answers in the Objective tests. Candidates will have to pass in each of the objective tests.
Candidates in the ratio of 3 times the number of vacancies will be called for interview on the basis of order of merit, subject to their having secured at least 40% overall of marks (35% for SC/ST/PWD/XS) in (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above besides obtaining pass marks in each objective type test.

THE STATE BANK OF INDIA : AN INTRODUCTION

On the recommendation of the Rural Credit Survey Committee the Imperial Bank of India was converted into the State Bank of India, on July 1, 1995. Its 92 per cent shares were acquired by the Reserve Bank of India, and thus it had the distinction of becoming the first State owned commercial bank in the country. Among the factors which guided the establishment of the state Bank of India the main consideration was that the county should have a big commercial bank committed to national purpose and should take banking to the countryside even if initially it was not a commercially viable proposition. In view of this necessity the State Bank was required to function as a development agency besides performing the traditional function of a commercial bank. It was made a statultory obligation that it would open at least 400 branches within five years from the date of its establishment. Most of these branches were to be set up at unbanked centres. In course of time this initiative of the state bank induced other commercial banks also to move to semi-urban and rural centres. Apart form the development agency function which no other commercial bank performed in the country, the State Bank was entrusted with the task of the RBI’s agent. In the capacity it now receives and makes payment on behalf of the Central and State governments.
In 1959 the State Bank of India (Associate Banks) Act was passed and this paved the way for creating the State Bank Group. Now State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, State Bank of Indore, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Patiala, State Bank of Saurashtra and State Bank of Tranvancore constitute the State Bank Group.
Though the State Bank of India was established as a commercial bank, but with its efforts a new era of mixed banking system ushered in the country . financing to agriculture and other priority sectors could also be a viable commercial activity was proved by the experience of the State Bank of India. This in fact had weighed considerably when the decision to nationalize 14 commercial banks was taken in 1969. Over the years the State Bank of India has expanded its business in a big way. When its was set up in 1955, it had got 466 braches from the Imperial Bank. The State Group comprising the State Bank of India and 7 associates has expanded the number of branches from 2,462 on June, 30, 1969 to 14,082 at present. The State Bank of India and its Associate Bank thus together accounted for around 20 per cent of the total branches of all commercial banks in the country. The share of the banking business with them was also roughly 29 percent. These facts today bear the testimony to their importance in the country’s banking structure. In 1993 the State Bank of India Act was amended to enable it to have access to the capital market. The State Bank of India thus raised over Rs. 2,400 crore through public issue, The RBI shareholding is now 67 per cent as against 99 per cent earlier.

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