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SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims Question Paper – 27 Feb 2025 Shift 2 (Memory-Based, with Solutions)

SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims, 27 February 2025 Shift 2, as candidates recalled it: an RC on a professor interested in time, shoe-sales DI, boats and streams and seating puzzles, all worked out.

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100

Across 3 sections

Duration
60 min

3 timed sections

Marks
100

Negative marking

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100
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About this test

SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims 27 Feb 2025 Shift 2 PYQ: English, Quant and Reasoning

Reading comprehension, a polyester cloze, shoe-sales table DI, boats and streams and seating puzzles make up the memory-based SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims paper of 27 February 2025, Shift 2.

Topic-wise questions in each section of SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims Question Paper – 27 Feb 2025 Shift 2 (Memory-Based, with Solutions)

English Language
7topics
Cloze Test6 · 20%
Reading Comprehension6 · 20%
Error Spotting5 · 17%
Para Jumbles5 · 17%
Word Usage & Swap4 · 13%
Synonyms & Antonyms3 · 10%
Spelling1 · 3%
Quantitative Aptitude

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

Data Interpretation10 · 31%
Simplification & Approximation8 · 24%
Number Series3 · 9%
Simple & Compound Interest2 · 6%
Ages1 · 3%
Boats & Streams1 · 3%
Mensuration1 · 3%
Mixture & Alligation1 · 3%
Partnership1 · 3%
Percentage1 · 3%
Profit, Loss & Discount1 · 3%
Ratio & Proportion1 · 3%
Time, Speed & Distance1 · 3%
Trains1 · 3%

Based on the questions whose topic is confirmed (94% of this section).

Reasoning
8topics
Seating Arrangement10 · 29%
Alphanumeric Series6 · 17%
Coding-Decoding5 · 14%
Puzzles5 · 14%
Direction Sense3 · 9%
Order & Ranking3 · 8%
Alphabet & Word Test2 · 6%
Classification1 · 3%

What this tells you: course of action

English Language

  • Start with Cloze Test, Reading Comprehension and Error Spotting: together about 57% of the questions, so every hour here pays back the most.
  • Keep in rotation: Para Jumbles, Word Usage & Swap and Synonyms & Antonyms, a steady 40% 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 5 for the first group, 4 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 55% of the questions, which makes them the best place for your first study sessions.
  • Keep in rotation: Number Series and Simple & Compound Interest, a steady 15% that rewards regular practice once the first group feels comfortable.
  • Save for the end: 10 one-question topics (30% 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 5 for the first group, 2 for the keep-in-rotation group and 3 for the leave-for-last group.

Reasoning

  • First priority: Seating Arrangement, Alphanumeric Series and Coding-Decoding, roughly 60% of the questions between them.
  • Keep in rotation: Puzzles, Direction Sense, Order & Ranking and Alphabet & Word Test, a steady 37% 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 5 for the first group, 4 for the keep-in-rotation group and 1 for the leave-for-last group.

How to revise for SBI Clerk Prelims papers like this

  • Get the central idea of the reading passage before turning to its questions
  • Write row and column totals beside a DI table before working out answers
  • In seating puzzles, place the most definite clue first and sketch every possible case

FAQs about SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims Question Paper – 27 Feb 2025 Shift 2 (Memory-Based, with Solutions)

How many questions are in the SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims (27 February 2025, Shift 2) paper?
The State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 27 February 2025 Shift 2 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 (27 February 2025, Shift 2)?
In the State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 27 February 2025 Shift 2 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 (27 February 2025, Shift 2), which Numerical Ability topics were asked?
In the State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 27 February 2025 Shift 2 paper, the Numerical Ability section covered topics including data interpretation, percentages, averages, ratio and proportion and time, speed and distance. For example, one question begins: “What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following question?” To practise these, see Aptitude360's DI Tabulation and Percentage practice lessons.
How many RC passages were in SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims (27 February 2025, Shift 2) English Language?
The State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 27 February 2025 Shift 2 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 “Amy Carter, a marketing professor at New York…”.
How much time is given for the SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims (27 February 2025, Shift 2) paper?
Aptitude360's timed version of the State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 27 February 2025 Shift 2 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 (27 February 2025, Shift 2) as a mock test on Aptitude360?
Yes, the State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 27 February 2025 Shift 2 paper is available on Aptitude360 as 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 PRE · 27 Feb 2025 · S2 · English3020 min
SBIC24 PRE · 27 Feb 2025 · S2 · Quant3520 min
SBIC24 PRE · 27 Feb 2025 · S2 · 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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