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IBPS Clerk 2025 Prelims Question Paper – 4 Oct 2025 Shift 4 (Memory-Based, with Solutions)

IBPS Clerk 2025 Prelims, 4 October 2025 Shift 4, as recalled by candidates: a tribal community passage, population line-graph DI, a two-set question and month and seating puzzles.

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Questions, answer key and solutions.

Questions
100

Across 3 sections

Duration
60 min

3 timed sections

Marks
100

Negative marking

Attempts
100
Access
Free

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About this test

IBPS Clerk 2025 Prelims 4 Oct Shift 4 Memory-Based PYQ with Solutions

This IBPS Clerk 2025 Prelims paper builds three skills: fast calculation, careful reading and logical arrangement. It covers the 4 October 2025, Shift 4 exam, reconstructed from candidate memory across English, Quant and Reasoning. On Aptitude360, most questions come with worked solutions.

What each section of the 4 Oct Shift 4 paper covers

  • English: a passage about a tribal community in central India, a cloze passage, misspelt or misused word spotting, picking the grammatically correct sentence and sentence rearrangement
  • Quant: bar-graph DI on cooler sales, line-graph DI on city populations, decimal simplification, a two-set question on students liking Physics and Chemistry, pass percentages of boys and girls, ages, simple interest, trains in the same direction and consecutive even numbers
  • Reasoning: a birth-month puzzle, seminar order, bags on a weighing machine, row and circular seating, an alphanumeric series, digit operations, inequalities, statement and conclusion questions and meaningful word formation

Concepts this IBPS Clerk shift rewards

  • Grammar rules for telling the correct sentence apart from close options
  • The difference between percentage more than and percentage of
  • Union and overlap of two sets
  • Deciding which conclusions definitely follow from inequality statements
  • Month puzzles where some months of the year are left out

Preparation advice for this paper type

  • Convert decimals to fractions to simplify faster
  • Use the difference of speeds for trains moving in the same direction
  • Draw a Venn diagram before solving a two-set question

Best suited for

IBPS Clerk aspirants who have covered the full syllabus and want to work through a real recent shift.

FAQs about IBPS Clerk 2025 Prelims Question Paper – 4 Oct 2025 Shift 4 (Memory-Based, with Solutions)

How many questions are in the IBPS Clerk 2025 Prelims (4 October 2025, Shift 4) paper?
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2025 Prelims, 4 October 2025 Shift 4 paper on Aptitude360 has 100 questions: 30 in English Language, 35 in Numerical Ability and 35 in Reasoning Ability. All are multiple-choice questions.
What was the marking scheme in IBPS Clerk 2025 Prelims (4 October 2025, Shift 4)?
In the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2025 Prelims, 4 October 2025 Shift 4 paper, each question carries 1 mark and a wrong answer costs 0.25 marks; an unanswered question costs nothing. The maximum score on this paper is 100.
In IBPS Clerk 2025 Prelims (4 October 2025, Shift 4), which Numerical Ability topics were asked?
In the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2025 Prelims, 4 October 2025 Shift 4 paper, the Numerical Ability section covered topics including percentages, data interpretation, averages and ratio and proportion. For example, one question begins: “Train A having length 200 meters crosses train B running in same direction in 100 seconds.” To practise these, see Aptitude360's Percentage and DI Tabulation practice lessons.
How many RC passages were in IBPS Clerk 2025 Prelims (4 October 2025, Shift 4) English Language?
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2025 Prelims, 4 October 2025 Shift 4 English Language section had 2 reading comprehension (RC) passages, covering 16 of its 30 questions. They open with “When the rest of the world was shutting…” and “In the following passage there are blanks, each…”.
How much time is given for the IBPS Clerk 2025 Prelims (4 October 2025, Shift 4) paper?
Aptitude360's timed version of the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2025 Prelims, 4 October 2025 Shift 4 paper runs 60 minutes, 20 minutes for each of its 3 sections. Once you finish a section you cannot go back to it.
Where can I practise the IBPS Clerk 2025 Prelims (4 October 2025, Shift 4) paper online?
You can practise the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2025 Prelims, 4 October 2025 Shift 4 paper on Aptitude360, where it is a free test. Normal practice is untimed and needs no account, while the Simulated test runs on one clock with a question palette and shows your score, section-wise analysis and the key at the end.

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Test structure

How the paper is split, and how long each part runs. A section you have finished cannot be returned to.

SectionQuestionsTime
IBPSC25 PRE · 4 Oct 2025 · S4 · English3020 min
IBPSC25 PRE · 4 Oct 2025 · S4 · Quant3520 min
IBPSC25 PRE · 4 Oct 2025 · S4 · Reasoning3520 min

Marking & rules

Total marks
100 across 100 questions.
Negative marking
A wrong answer costs marks. Leaving a question unanswered costs nothing.
Attempts
100 in total. An attempt is spent the moment you begin one.

What you get when you submit

The analysis is ready the moment you submit the paper.

Score and accuracy

Marks, percentage, right, wrong and skipped, and the time you took.

Section by section

The same figures for each section, so a weak one cannot hide in an average.

The full answer key

Every question with your answer, the right one, the working, and the video where there is one.

Where you stand

Your score against the spread of everyone else who has sat this test.

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