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SBI PO 2024 Prelims English PYQ – 8 Mar 2025 Shift 1 (40 Questions with Solutions)

English Language section of SBI PO 2024 Prelims, 8 March 2025, Shift 1, featuring word swap, column matching, para jumbles, a cloze test and an RC on online betting.

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Duration
20 min
Marks
40

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SBI PO 2024 Prelims English PYQ, 8 Mar 2025 Shift 1: Question Types

This is the English Language section of the SBI PO 2024 Prelims exam held on 8 March 2025, Shift 1. It blends vocabulary, grammar and reading questions in the typical banking format, including a reading comprehension passage on the US lifting its online betting ban. Aptitude360 provides a worked solution for every question.

Question types in this SBI PO English sectional

  • Double fillers with two blanks in one sentence
  • Error spotting for grammatical and idiomatic mistakes
  • Word swap among three bold words
  • Para jumbles forming a coherent paragraph
  • Column matching of phrases into meaningful sentences
  • Phrase replacement for bold segments
  • Reading comprehension on the US online betting ban
  • Cloze test with five options per blank

Grammar and reading concepts to revise

  • Collocations and word pairs that suit both blanks
  • Tense consistency, prepositions and subject-verb agreement
  • Opening and closing sentence clues in para jumbles
  • Inference and vocabulary-in-context questions on news-style passages

Preparation tips for SBI PO Prelims English

  • In double fillers, try the second blank first to eliminate options quickly
  • In word swap, reread the sentence with each swap before deciding
  • In column matching, check tense and subject agreement between halves

Suitable for

SBI PO aspirants preparing for Prelims, and candidates for other bank PO and clerk exams wanting sectional English practice.

FAQs about SBI PO 2024 Prelims English PYQ – 8 Mar 2025 Shift 1 (40 Questions with Solutions)

How many questions were in the SBI PO 2024 Prelims (8 March 2025, Shift 1) English Language section?
The State Bank of India Probationary Officer (SBI PO) 2024 Prelims, 8 March 2025 Shift 1 English Language section on Aptitude360 has 40 multiple-choice questions, and Aptitude360's timed version gives 20 minutes for them.
What was the marking scheme in SBI PO 2024 Prelims (8 March 2025, Shift 1) English Language?
In the State Bank of India Probationary Officer (SBI PO) 2024 Prelims, 8 March 2025 Shift 1 English Language 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 40.
What type of questions came in SBI PO 2024 Prelims (8 March 2025, Shift 1) English Language?
The State Bank of India Probationary Officer (SBI PO) 2024 Prelims, 8 March 2025 Shift 1 English Language section included reading comprehension, error spotting, para-jumbles and fill in the blanks and cloze questions. For example, one question begins: “Which of the following phrases given below the sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct?” To practise these, see Aptitude360's Subject Verb Agreement practice lesson.
How many reading comprehension passages were in the SBI PO 2024 Prelims (8 March 2025, Shift 1) English Language section?
The State Bank of India Probationary Officer (SBI PO) 2024 Prelims, 8 March 2025 Shift 1 English Language section had 2 reading comprehension (RC) passages, covering 15 of its 40 questions. They open with “With the United States recently lifting its ban…” and “In the following passage there are blanks, each…”.
Can I attempt SBI PO 2024 Prelims (8 March 2025, Shift 1) English Language as a mock test on Aptitude360?
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SectionQuestionsTime
SBIPO24 PRE · 8 Mar 2025 · S1 · English4020 min

Marking & rules

Total marks
40 across 40 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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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.

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Your score against the spread of everyone else who has sat this test.

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