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SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims Question Paper – 1 Mar 2025 Shift 1 (Memory-Based, with Solutions)

A candidate-recalled SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims shift featuring a decluttering RC passage, quadratic equations, successive discounts, mixtures, syllogisms, square-table seating and a box stack puzzle.

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Questions
100

Across 3 sections

Duration
60 min

3 timed sections

Marks
100

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Attempts
100
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About this test

SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims PYQ, 1 March 2025 Shift 1: Section-wise Topics

This memory-based SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims paper from 1 March 2025, Shift 1 tests English, Quant and Reasoning through a decluttering reading passage, quadratic equations, a successive-discount problem and square-table seating.

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

English Language
7topics
Error Spotting7 · 25%
Cloze Test6 · 21%
Para Jumbles5 · 18%
Reading Comprehension5 · 18%
Synonyms & Antonyms3 · 11%
Idioms & Phrases1 · 4%
Spelling1 · 3%

Based on the questions whose topic is confirmed (93% of this section).

Quantitative Aptitude

All 14 topics, ranked (questions · share of the section):

Data Interpretation10 · 28%
Simplification & Approximation9 · 25%
Quadratic Equations5 · 14%
Ages1 · 3%
Boats & Streams1 · 3%
Mensuration1 · 3%
Mixture & Alligation1 · 3%
Partnership1 · 3%
Percentage1 · 3%
Profit, Loss & Discount1 · 3%
Ratio & Proportion1 · 3%
Surds & Indices1 · 3%
Time & Work1 · 3%
Trains1 · 3%
Reasoning
9topics
Seating Arrangement8 · 23%
Puzzles5 · 14%
Alphanumeric Series4 · 11%
Coding-Decoding4 · 11%
Direction Sense3 · 9%
Inequality3 · 9%
Order & Ranking3 · 9%
Syllogism3 · 8%
Alphabet & Word Test2 · 6%

What this tells you: course of action

English Language

  • Start with Error Spotting, Cloze Test and Para Jumbles: together about 64% of the questions, so every hour here pays back the most.
  • Keep in rotation: Reading Comprehension and Synonyms & Antonyms, a steady 29% that rewards regular practice once the first group feels comfortable.
  • Leave for last: 2 topics appear only once, about 7% in total. Revise them 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

  • Begin with Data Interpretation and Simplification & Approximation. These carry about 54% of the questions, which makes them the best place for your first study sessions.
  • Keep in rotation: Quadratic Equations, a steady 14% that rewards regular practice once the first group feels comfortable.
  • Save for the end: 11 one-question topics (31% 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, 1 for the keep-in-rotation group and 3 for the leave-for-last group.

Reasoning

  • First priority: Seating Arrangement, Puzzles, Alphanumeric Series and Coding-Decoding, roughly 60% of the questions between them.
  • Keep in rotation: Direction Sense, Inequality, Order & Ranking, Syllogism and Alphabet & Word Test, a steady 40% that rewards regular practice once the first group feels comfortable.
  • Splitting your study time: out of every 10 study sessions on this section, about 6 for the first group and 4 for the keep-in-rotation group.

Concepts to revise before attempting this shift

  • Spotting usage errors where a correctly spelt word is wrong in context
  • Linking marked price, successive discounts and profit on cost price
  • Combined work rates when two people work together in pairs
  • Square-table seating with persons at corners facing outward or inward

FAQs about SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims Question Paper – 1 Mar 2025 Shift 1 (Memory-Based, with Solutions)

How many questions are in the SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims (1 March 2025, Shift 1) paper?
The State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 1 March 2025 Shift 1 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 SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims (1 March 2025, Shift 1)?
In the State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 1 March 2025 Shift 1 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 SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims (1 March 2025, Shift 1), which Numerical Ability topics were asked?
In the State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 1 March 2025 Shift 1 paper, the Numerical Ability section covered topics including ratio and proportion, algebra and equations, data interpretation, percentages and averages. For example, one question begins: “Anita started a business with an investment of Rs 5000.” To practise these, see Aptitude360's Ratio & Proportion and Quadratic Equation practice lessons.
How many RC passages were in SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims (1 March 2025, Shift 1) English Language?
The State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 1 March 2025 Shift 1 English Language section had 2 reading comprehension (RC) passages, covering 15 of its 30 questions. They open with “In the following passage there are blanks, each…” and “In our fast-paced world, maintaining a clean and…”.
How much time is given for the SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims (1 March 2025, Shift 1) paper?
Aptitude360's timed version of the State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 1 March 2025 Shift 1 paper runs 60 minutes, 20 minutes for each of its 3 sections. Once you finish a section you cannot go back to it.
Can I attempt SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims (1 March 2025, Shift 1) as a mock test on Aptitude360?
Yes, the State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 1 March 2025 Shift 1 paper is available on Aptitude360 as 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
SBIC24 PRE · 1 Mar 2025 · S1 · English3020 min
SBIC24 PRE · 1 Mar 2025 · S1 · Quant3520 min
SBIC24 PRE · 1 Mar 2025 · S1 · 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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