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SBI Clerk 2025 Prelims Reasoning PYQ – 20 Sep 2025 Shift 1 (35 Questions with Solutions)

Reasoning Ability from the SBI Clerk 2025 Prelims of 20 September 2025, Shift 1: building and birthday puzzles, syllogism, coding-decoding and word series.

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SBI Clerk 2025 Prelims Reasoning PYQ 20 Sep Shift 1: Puzzles and Coding

This is the Reasoning Ability section of the SBI Clerk 2025 Prelims held on 20 Sep 2025, Shift 1, rebuilt from candidate memory. It covers puzzles, seating, syllogism, coding-decoding, direction sense and word-based questions. Aptitude360 gives a worked solution for every question.

Topics covered in this Reasoning PYQ set

  • Floor-based building puzzle with eight persons
  • Birthday puzzle on months and dates
  • Order-based puzzle on who bought gifts before or after whom
  • Linear row seating with an extreme end
  • Syllogism and inequality conclusions
  • Coding-decoding by letter shifting, direction sense, three-letter word series and alphabet arrangement

Reasoning concepts to revise for SBI Clerk

  • Alternate forward and backward letter shifts in coding
  • Net displacement from a chain of north, south, east and west moves
  • Possibility cases in syllogism with some and no statements
  • Alphabetical position of letters for arrangement and dictionary order

How to prepare these reasoning topics

  • Memorise letter positions from both ends of the alphabet
  • Start puzzles with the most definite clue and branch into cases only when needed
  • Plot direction questions on rough paper with a fixed north at the top

Who should practise this set

SBI Clerk aspirants who know the basic reasoning topics and want sectional practice with recent puzzle types.

FAQs about SBI Clerk 2025 Prelims Reasoning PYQ – 20 Sep 2025 Shift 1 (35 Questions with Solutions)

How many questions were in the SBI Clerk 2025 Prelims (20 September 2025, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability section?
The State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2025 Prelims, 20 September 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 2025 Prelims (20 September 2025, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability?
In the State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2025 Prelims, 20 September 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 2025 Prelims (20 September 2025, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability analysis: which topics were asked?
The State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2025 Prelims, 20 September 2025 Shift 1 Reasoning Ability section had questions on topics including syllogisms, direction sense, puzzles and order and ranking. For example, one question begins: “In the word “POWERFUL”, if we use the third, fourth, sixth and eighth letters from the left end to form a four-letter meaningful word, then which of…” To practise these, see Aptitude360's Syllogism and Direction Sense Problems practice lessons.
How many puzzle sets came in SBI Clerk 2025 Prelims (20 September 2025, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability?
The State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2025 Prelims, 20 September 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 each question below some statements are given…”, “Eight persons – A, B, C, D, E…” and “A certain number of persons sit in a…”.
What is an example question from SBI Clerk 2025 Prelims (20 September 2025, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability?
One question in the State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2025 Prelims, 20 September 2025 Shift 1 Reasoning Ability section asked: “In a certain coded language, “BLOCKS” is coded as “AMNDJT” and “MIGHTY” is coded as “LJFISZ”. Then how will the word “USEFUL” be coded?” The full solution is shown under the question in Aptitude360's Normal practice mode.
Where can I practise SBI Clerk 2025 Prelims (20 September 2025, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability questions online?
You can practise the State Bank of India Junior Associate (SBI Clerk) 2025 Prelims, 20 September 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
SBIC25 PRE · 20 Sep 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.

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.

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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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