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SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims Reasoning PYQ – 22 Feb 2025 Shift 3 (35 Questions with Solutions)

SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims Reasoning from 22 February 2025, Shift 3, with row and circular seating, a day puzzle, number-based sets, coding-decoding and syllogism, all solved.

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SBI Clerk 2024 Reasoning PYQ 22 Feb 2025 Shift 3: Puzzles and Seating

Aspirants preparing for SBI Clerk prelims, whether in Chandigarh or anywhere else in India, can use this Reasoning Ability section of the SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims from 22 February 2025, Shift 3. It covers puzzles, seating arrangement, coding-decoding, syllogism and direction sense, and Aptitude360 includes a worked solution for every question.

What the SBI Clerk 2024 Reasoning paper tests

  • Seating in parallel rows with one row facing north and the other south
  • Circular seating with everyone facing the centre
  • A day-based puzzle on games scheduled across a week
  • Number-based questions on digit arrangement, ordering, divisibility and swapping digits
  • Coding-decoding of words in sentences and digit operations on a number
  • Syllogism, direction sense, letter pairs and meaningful word formation

Reasoning concepts to revise for SBI Clerk

  • Left and right for people facing north, south and the centre
  • Divisibility by three using the sum of digits
  • Finding common words between coded sentences to fix each code
  • Possibility cases and definite conclusions in syllogism
  • Counting letter pairs in both forward and backward directions

How to prepare for SBI Clerk Prelims Reasoning

  • Draw a clean diagram for every arrangement and fill definite clues before conditional ones
  • In number-based sets, read each question's operation carefully and work from the right list: the original numbers, the sorted order or the digit-swapped version
  • Sketch direction problems on a grid with the starting point marked

Ideal stage to take this Reasoning PYQ

Best taken after learning the standard puzzle and arrangement types, as a check against a real SBI Clerk prelims shift.

FAQs about SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims Reasoning PYQ – 22 Feb 2025 Shift 3 (35 Questions with Solutions)

How many questions were in the SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims (22 February 2025, Shift 3) Reasoning Ability section?
The State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 22 February 2025 Shift 3 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 3) Reasoning Ability?
In the State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 22 February 2025 Shift 3 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 3) Reasoning Ability analysis: which topics were asked?
The State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 22 February 2025 Shift 3 Reasoning Ability section had questions on topics including direction sense, coding-decoding, syllogisms, series and order and ranking. For example, one question begins: “If a meaningful word is formed using the second, fifth, seventh and tenth letters (from the left end) of the word “DISGUISING”, which of the…” To practise these, see Aptitude360's Direction Sense Problems and Coding-Decoding practice lessons.
How many puzzle sets came in SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims (22 February 2025, Shift 3) Reasoning Ability?
The State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 22 February 2025 Shift 3 Reasoning Ability section had 6 puzzle and arrangement sets, covering 27 of its 35 questions. They include ones that open with “Point A is 7m east of Point B…”, “Eight persons - P, Q, R, S, T…” and “In the questions below, some statements are given…”.
What is an example question from SBI Clerk 2024 Prelims (22 February 2025, Shift 3) Reasoning Ability?
One question in the State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 22 February 2025 Shift 3 Reasoning Ability section asked: “How many such pairs of letters are in the word “REQUIRE” each of which has as many letters between them as in the alphabetical series (both in the forward and backward directions)?” 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 3) Reasoning Ability questions online?
You can practise the State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 22 February 2025 Shift 3 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 · S3 · 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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