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SBI Clerk 2024 Mains Question Paper – 10 Apr 2025 Shift 1 (Memory-Based, with Solutions)

Memory-based SBI Clerk 2024 Mains paper from 10 April 2025, Shift 1, covering banking awareness, English passages, quant data interpretation and reasoning puzzles, with a worked solution for every question.

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190

Across 4 sections

Duration
160 min

4 timed sections

Marks
200

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Attempts
100
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SBI Clerk 2024 Mains PYQ 10 Apr 2025 Shift 1: Question Paper with Solutions

Built for SBI Clerk aspirants in the final stage of Mains preparation, this is the memory-based SBI Clerk 2024 Mains paper from 10 April 2025, Shift 1, covering General and Financial Awareness, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability.

Topic-wise questions in each section of SBI Clerk 2024 Mains Question Paper – 10 Apr 2025 Shift 1 (Memory-Based, with Solutions)

General Awareness
7topics
Economy23 · 58%
Sports6 · 15%
Environment3 · 8%
Static GK3 · 7%
Art & Culture2 · 5%
Polity2 · 5%
Physics1 · 2%

Based on the questions whose topic is confirmed (80% of this section).

English Language
7topics
Reading Comprehension10 · 28%
Para Jumbles7 · 19%
Cloze Test6 · 17%
Error Spotting6 · 17%
Fill in the Blanks3 · 8%
Sentence Improvement3 · 8%
Word Usage & Swap1 · 3%

Based on the questions whose topic is confirmed (90% of this section).

Quantitative Aptitude
12topics
Data Interpretation23 · 47%
Number Series6 · 13%
Simplification & Approximation5 · 10%
Quantity Comparison4 · 8%
Quadratic Equations3 · 6%
Data Sufficiency2 · 4%
Average1 · 2%
Fractions & Decimals1 · 2%
Mensuration1 · 2%
Mixture & Alligation1 · 2%
Time & Work1 · 2%
Trains1 · 2%

Based on the questions whose topic is confirmed (98% of this section).

Reasoning
9topics
Puzzles15 · 31%
Statement & Conclusions9 · 19%
Coding-Decoding5 · 10%
Input-Output5 · 10%
Seating Arrangement5 · 10%
Mathematical Operations4 · 8%
Data Sufficiency (Reasoning)3 · 6%
Inequality2 · 4%
Alphabet & Word Test1 · 2%

Based on the questions whose topic is confirmed (98% of this section).

What this tells you: course of action

General Awareness

  • Begin with Economy. It carries about 58% of the questions, which makes it the best place for your first study sessions.
  • Keep in rotation: Sports, Environment, Static GK, Art & Culture and Polity, a steady 40% that rewards regular practice once the first group feels comfortable.
  • Save for the end: 1 one-question topic (2% of the questions). Skim that topic last rather than building long study blocks around it.
  • Splitting your study time: out of every 10 study sessions on this section, about 5 for the first group, 4 for the keep-in-rotation group and 1 for the leave-for-last group.

English Language

  • First priority: Reading Comprehension, Para Jumbles and Cloze Test, roughly 64% of the questions between them.
  • Keep in rotation: Error Spotting, Fill in the Blanks and Sentence Improvement, a steady 33% that rewards regular practice once the first group feels comfortable.
  • Leave for last: 1 topic appears only once, about 3% in total. Revise that topic from short notes after the topics above are solid.
  • Splitting your study time: out of every 10 study sessions on this section, about 6 for the first group, 3 for the keep-in-rotation group and 1 for the leave-for-last group.

Quantitative Aptitude

  • Start with Data Interpretation and Number Series: together about 59% of the questions, so every hour here pays back the most.
  • Keep in rotation: Simplification & Approximation, Quantity Comparison, Quadratic Equations and Data Sufficiency, a steady 29% that rewards regular practice once the first group feels comfortable.
  • Save for the end: 6 one-question topics (12% together). Skim them last rather than building long study blocks around them.
  • Splitting your study time: out of every 10 study sessions on this section, about 6 for the first group, 3 for the keep-in-rotation group and 1 for the leave-for-last group.

Reasoning

  • Begin with Puzzles, Statement & Conclusions and Coding-Decoding. These carry about 59% of the questions, which makes them the best place for your first study sessions.
  • Keep in rotation: Input-Output, Seating Arrangement, Mathematical Operations, Data Sufficiency (Reasoning) and Inequality, a steady 39% that rewards regular practice once the first group feels comfortable.
  • Leave for last: 1 topic appears only once, about 2% in total. Revise that topic from short notes after the topics above are solid.
  • Splitting your study time: out of every 10 study sessions on this section, about 5 for the first group, 4 for the keep-in-rotation group and 1 for the leave-for-last group.

Key concepts to revise for SBI Clerk Mains

  • Banking current affairs: RBI committees, economic indices and trade talks
  • Reading passages on business and technology, read for inference as well as fact
  • Caselets where missing values must be derived before calculation
  • Puzzles combining people, dates, months and positions

FAQs about SBI Clerk 2024 Mains Question Paper – 10 Apr 2025 Shift 1 (Memory-Based, with Solutions)

How many questions are in the SBI Clerk 2024 Mains (10 April 2025, Shift 1) paper?
The State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Mains, 10 April 2025 Shift 1 paper on Aptitude360 has 190 questions: 50 in General/Economy/Banking Awareness, 40 in English Language, 50 in Numerical Ability and 50 in Reasoning Ability. All are multiple-choice questions.
What was the marking scheme in SBI Clerk 2024 Mains (10 April 2025, Shift 1)?
In the State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Mains, 10 April 2025 Shift 1 paper, marking differs by section: General/Economy/Banking Awareness, English Language and Numerical Ability carry 1 mark per question with a deduction of 0.25 marks for a wrong answer; Reasoning Ability carries 1.2 marks per question with a deduction of 0.3 marks for a wrong answer. The maximum score on this paper is 200.
In SBI Clerk 2024 Mains (10 April 2025, Shift 1), which Numerical Ability topics were asked?
In the State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Mains, 10 April 2025 Shift 1 paper, the Numerical Ability section covered topics including percentages, ratio and proportion, algebra and equations, progressions and series and number system. For example, one question begins: “P and Q can complete 3/2 times the work in 9 days.” To practise these, see Aptitude360's Percentage and Ratio & Proportion practice lessons.
How many RC passages were in SBI Clerk 2024 Mains (10 April 2025, Shift 1) English Language?
The State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Mains, 10 April 2025 Shift 1 English Language section had 4 reading comprehension (RC) passages, covering 21 of its 40 questions. They include ones that open with “In the following passage, several blanks have been…”, “Complete the sentence meaningfully using the best possible…” and “India’s electric vehicle (EV) industry is undergoing a…”.
How much time is given for the SBI Clerk 2024 Mains (10 April 2025, Shift 1) paper?
Aptitude360's timed version of the State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Mains, 10 April 2025 Shift 1 paper runs 160 minutes, split as General/Economy/Banking Awareness 35 min, English Language 35 min, Numerical Ability 45 min, Reasoning Ability 45 min. Once you finish a section you cannot go back to it.
Where can I practise the SBI Clerk 2024 Mains (10 April 2025, Shift 1) paper online?
You can practise the State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Mains, 10 April 2025 Shift 1 paper on Aptitude360, where it is a free test. Choose Normal practice to see each answer and solution as you go with no timer, or the Simulated test to sit it on the computer-based interface and get your score and full answer key when you submit.

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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
SBIC24 MAINS · 10 Apr 2025 · S1 · GA5035 min
SBIC24 MAINS · 10 Apr 2025 · S1 · English4035 min
SBIC24 MAINS · 10 Apr 2025 · S1 · Quant5045 min
SBIC24 MAINS · 10 Apr 2025 · S1 · Reasoning5045 min

Marking & rules

Total marks
200 across 190 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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