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SBI Clerk 2025 Prelims Question Paper – 21 Sep 2025 Shift 1 (Memory-Based, with Solutions)

Memory-based SBI Clerk 2025 Prelims paper of 21 September Shift 1, covering English fillers and RC, arithmetic and DI, plus floor, box and square-table puzzles in Reasoning.

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99

Across 3 sections

Duration
60 min

3 timed sections

Marks
99

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Attempts
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SBI Clerk 2025 Prelims Memory-Based Paper: 21 Sep 2025 Shift 1

Fillers, reading comprehension, data interpretation, arithmetic, puzzles and seating arrangement make up this memory-based SBI Clerk 2025 Prelims paper of 21 September 2025, Shift 1.

Topic-wise questions in each section of SBI Clerk 2025 Prelims Question Paper – 21 Sep 2025 Shift 1 (Memory-Based, with Solutions)

English Language
6topics
Reading Comprehension8 · 30%
Cloze Test6 · 22%
Error Spotting5 · 19%
Word Usage & Swap4 · 15%
Fill in the Blanks2 · 7%
Para Jumbles2 · 7%

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

Quantitative Aptitude
12topics
Data Interpretation15 · 42%
Simplification & Approximation10 · 28%
Ages1 · 3%
Boats & Streams1 · 3%
Mensuration1 · 3%
Mixture & Alligation1 · 3%
Partnership1 · 3%
Pipes & Cisterns1 · 3%
Profit, Loss & Discount1 · 3%
Simple & Compound Interest1 · 3%
Time & Work1 · 3%
Time, Speed & Distance1 · 3%
Reasoning
8topics
Puzzles10 · 29%
Seating Arrangement7 · 20%
Alphanumeric Series5 · 15%
Direction Sense3 · 9%
Inequality3 · 9%
Syllogism3 · 9%
Alphabet & Word Test2 · 6%
Classification1 · 3%

What this tells you: course of action

English Language

  • Begin with Reading Comprehension and Cloze Test. These carry about 52% of the questions, which makes them the best place for your first study sessions.
  • Keep in rotation: Error Spotting, Word Usage & Swap, Fill in the Blanks and Para Jumbles, a steady 48% that rewards regular practice once the first group feels comfortable.
  • Splitting your study time: out of every 10 study sessions on this section, about 5 for the first group and 5 for the keep-in-rotation group.

Quantitative Aptitude

  • First priority: Data Interpretation and Simplification & Approximation, roughly 71% of the questions between them.
  • Save for the end: 10 one-question topics (29% 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 7 for the first group and 3 for the leave-for-last group.

Reasoning

  • Start with Puzzles and Seating Arrangement: together about 50% of the questions, so every hour here pays back the most.
  • Keep in rotation: Alphanumeric Series, Direction Sense, Inequality, Syllogism and Alphabet & Word Test, a steady 47% 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 4 for the first group, 5 for the keep-in-rotation group and 1 for the leave-for-last group.

Key concepts across the three Prelims sections

  • Contextual vocabulary and grammar rules behind fillers and error spotting
  • Percentage, ratio and average calculations within data interpretation sets
  • Speed relations in boats and streams and combined work rates
  • Fixing definite positions first in floor, box and seating puzzles

FAQs about SBI Clerk 2025 Prelims Question Paper – 21 Sep 2025 Shift 1 (Memory-Based, with Solutions)

How many questions are in the SBI Clerk 2025 Prelims (21 September 2025, Shift 1) paper?
The State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2025 Prelims, 21 September 2025 Shift 1 paper on Aptitude360 has 99 questions: 30 in English Language, 35 in Numerical Ability and 34 in Reasoning Ability. All are multiple-choice questions.
What was the marking scheme in SBI Clerk 2025 Prelims (21 September 2025, Shift 1)?
In the State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2025 Prelims, 21 September 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 99.
In SBI Clerk 2025 Prelims (21 September 2025, Shift 1), which Numerical Ability topics were asked?
In the State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2025 Prelims, 21 September 2025 Shift 1 paper, the Numerical Ability section covered topics including percentages, data interpretation, ratio and proportion, time, speed and distance and time and work. For example, one question begins: “Three pipes P, Q, R can fill a tank alone in 8 hours, 12 hours, and 24 hours, respectively.” To practise these, see Aptitude360's Percentage and DI Tabulation practice lessons.
How many RC passages were in SBI Clerk 2025 Prelims (21 September 2025, Shift 1) English Language?
The State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2025 Prelims, 21 September 2025 Shift 1 English Language section had 2 reading comprehension (RC) passages, covering 16 of its 30 questions. They open with “Sayer Daheir began a modest printing press many…” and “In the following question, a passage is given…”.
How much time is given for the SBI Clerk 2025 Prelims (21 September 2025, Shift 1) paper?
Aptitude360's timed version of the State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2025 Prelims, 21 September 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.
Where can I practise the SBI Clerk 2025 Prelims (21 September 2025, Shift 1) paper online?
You can practise the State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2025 Prelims, 21 September 2025 Shift 1 paper 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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How the paper is split, and how long each part runs. A section you have finished cannot be returned to.

SectionQuestionsTime
SBIC25 PRE · 21 Sep 2025 · S1 · English3020 min
SBIC25 PRE · 21 Sep 2025 · S1 · Quant3520 min
SBIC25 PRE · 21 Sep 2025 · S1 · Reasoning3420 min

Marking & rules

Total marks
99 across 99 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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