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SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims Reasoning PYQ – 22 Feb 2025 Shift 1 (35 Questions with Solutions)

Birth-date puzzle, linear and square seating, digit series, syllogism and a three-generation family tree from the SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims Reasoning paper of 22 February 2025, Shift 1.

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SBI Clerk 2024 Reasoning PYQ: 22 Feb 2025 Shift 1 Puzzles and Seating Paper

Built for SBI Clerk aspirants in their prelims practice phase, this is the Reasoning Ability section of the SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims from the 22 February 2025, Shift 1 sitting. It brings together puzzles, seating arrangements, a digit series, syllogism and blood relations. Aptitude360 explains every arrangement and deduction in its solutions.

Question types in the SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims Reasoning paper

  • Date-and-month birth puzzle for eight persons
  • Linear row seating and square-table seating with corner and middle positions
  • Digit series questions on positions, odd and even neighbours and square numbers
  • Syllogism and inequality statements with two conclusions
  • Three-generation family tree with married couples
  • Digit pairs, alphabetical rearrangement of a word and meaningful word formation

Key reasoning concepts to revise

  • Fixing definite positions first in seating and building cases only where needed
  • Left and right directions for people facing the centre versus facing outward
  • Venn diagram method for 'some', 'all' and 'no' statements, including either-or cases
  • Gender and generation markers in blood relation chains

Practice tips for SBI Clerk Reasoning

  • Draw a month-date grid for birth puzzles before placing any person.
  • In series questions, underline odd and even digits once and reuse that work for every question on the same series.
  • Write the alphabet with position numbers to check letter rearrangements quickly.

FAQs about SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims Reasoning PYQ – 22 Feb 2025 Shift 1 (35 Questions with Solutions)

How many questions were in the SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims (22 February 2025, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability section?
The State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 22 February 2025 Shift 1 Reasoning Ability section on Aptitude360 has 35 multiple-choice questions, and Aptitude360's timed version gives 20 minutes for them.
What was the marking scheme in SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims (22 February 2025, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability?
In the State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 22 February 2025 Shift 1 Reasoning Ability section, each question carries 1 mark and a wrong answer costs 0.25 marks; an unanswered question costs nothing. The maximum score on this section is 35.
SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims (22 February 2025, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability analysis: which topics were asked?
The State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 22 February 2025 Shift 1 Reasoning Ability section had questions on topics including direction sense, syllogisms, analogy, seating arrangement and blood relations. For example, one question begins: “How many pair of digits are in the number ‘275849136’, each of which have as many digits between them as in the number series (both forward and backward order)?” To practise these, see Aptitude360's Direction Sense Problems and Syllogism practice lessons.
How many puzzle sets came in SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims (22 February 2025, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability?
The State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 22 February 2025 Shift 1 Reasoning Ability section had 7 puzzle and arrangement sets, covering 27 of its 35 questions. They include ones that open with “In the questions below, some statements are given…”, “A certain number of people are sitting in…” and “There are eight persons in a three-generation family…”.
What is an example question from SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims (22 February 2025, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability?
One question in the State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 22 February 2025 Shift 1 Reasoning Ability section asked: “In the word ‘HUNGARILY’, if all the letters are arranged in alphabetical order from left to right, then, how many letters will remain same on their positions?” The full solution is shown under the question in Aptitude360's Normal practice mode.
Where can I practise SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims (22 February 2025, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability questions online?
You can practise the State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 22 February 2025 Shift 1 Reasoning Ability section 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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SectionQuestionsTime
SBIC24 PRE · 22 Feb 2025 · S1 · Reasoning3520 min

Marking & rules

Total marks
35 across 35 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.

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

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