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SBI PO 2024 Prelims Question Paper – 24 Mar 2025 Shift 1 (Memory-Based, with Solutions)

A memory-based SBI PO 2024 Prelims paper from 24 March 2025, Shift 1, with a soft-toys passage, vehicle and ticket DI, and floor, month and birth-year puzzles, all solved.

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Questions
100

Across 3 sections

Duration
60 min

3 timed sections

Marks
100

Negative marking

Attempts
100
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SBI PO 2024 Prelims Memory-Based Paper: 24 March 2025 Shift 1 Sections

Aspirants who have finished topic-wise study and want a full Prelims paper can use this memory-based SBI PO 2024 Prelims paper from 24 March 2025, Shift 1.

Topic-wise questions in each section of SBI PO 2024 Prelims Question Paper – 24 Mar 2025 Shift 1 (Memory-Based, with Solutions)

English Language
8topics
Para Jumbles9 · 23%
Reading Comprehension8 · 20%
Cloze Test6 · 15%
Error Spotting5 · 13%
Word Usage & Swap4 · 10%
Fill in the Blanks3 · 8%
Sentence Improvement3 · 8%
Phrasal Verbs1 · 3%

Based on the questions whose topic is confirmed (98% of this section).

Quantitative Aptitude

All 13 topics, ranked (questions · share of the section):

Data Interpretation15 · 50%
Simplification & Approximation3 · 10%
Simple & Compound Interest2 · 7%
Ages1 · 4%
Average1 · 4%
Boats & Streams1 · 4%
Mensuration1 · 3%
Mixture & Alligation1 · 3%
Partnership1 · 3%
Percentage1 · 3%
Profit, Loss & Discount1 · 3%
Time & Work1 · 3%
Trains1 · 3%
Reasoning
4topics
Puzzles15 · 50%
Seating Arrangement10 · 33%
Syllogism3 · 10%
Alphabet & Word Test2 · 7%

What this tells you: course of action

English Language

  • Start with Para Jumbles, Reading Comprehension and Cloze Test: together about 59% of the questions, so every hour here pays back the most.
  • Keep in rotation: Error Spotting, Word Usage & Swap, Fill in the Blanks and Sentence Improvement, a steady 38% 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 5 for the first group, 4 for the keep-in-rotation group and 1 for the leave-for-last group.

Quantitative Aptitude

  • Begin with Data Interpretation. It carries about 50% of the questions, which makes it the best place for your first study sessions.
  • Keep in rotation: Simplification & Approximation and Simple & Compound Interest, a steady 17% that rewards regular practice once the first group feels comfortable.
  • Save for the end: 10 one-question topics (33% 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 5 for the first group, 2 for the keep-in-rotation group and 3 for the leave-for-last group.

Reasoning

  • First priority: Puzzles, about 50% of the questions.
  • Keep in rotation: Seating Arrangement, Syllogism and Alphabet & Word Test, a steady 50% 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.

FAQs about SBI PO 2024 Prelims Question Paper – 24 Mar 2025 Shift 1 (Memory-Based, with Solutions)

How many questions are in the SBI PO 2024 Prelims (24 March 2025, Shift 1) paper?
The State Bank of India Probationary Officer (SBI PO) 2024 Prelims, 24 March 2025 Shift 1 paper on Aptitude360 has 100 questions: 40 in English Language, 30 in Quantitative Aptitude and 30 in Reasoning Ability. All are multiple-choice questions.
What was the marking scheme in SBI PO 2024 Prelims (24 March 2025, Shift 1)?
In the State Bank of India Probationary Officer (SBI PO) 2024 Prelims, 24 March 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 100.
In SBI PO 2024 Prelims (24 March 2025, Shift 1), which Quantitative Aptitude topics were asked?
In the State Bank of India Probationary Officer (SBI PO) 2024 Prelims, 24 March 2025 Shift 1 paper, the Quantitative Aptitude section covered topics including percentages, profit, loss and discount, simple and compound interest, ratio and proportion and time and work. For example, one question begins: “A tank contains 150 litres of juice and soda, of which 50 litres are soda.” To practise these, see Aptitude360's Percentage and Profit & Loss practice lessons.
How many RC passages were in SBI PO 2024 Prelims (24 March 2025, Shift 1) English Language?
The State Bank of India Probationary Officer (SBI PO) 2024 Prelims, 24 March 2025 Shift 1 English Language section had 2 reading comprehension (RC) passages, covering 14 of its 40 questions. They open with “In the following passage there are blanks, each…” and “The COVID-19 pandemic not only reshaped the toy…”.
How much time is given for the SBI PO 2024 Prelims (24 March 2025, Shift 1) paper?
Aptitude360's timed version of the State Bank of India Probationary Officer (SBI PO) 2024 Prelims, 24 March 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 PO 2024 Prelims (24 March 2025, Shift 1) paper online?
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Test structure

How the paper is split, and how long each part runs. A section you have finished cannot be returned to.

SectionQuestionsTime
SBIPO24 PRE · 24 Mar 2025 · S1 · English4020 min
SBIPO24 PRE · 24 Mar 2025 · S1 · Quant3020 min
SBIPO24 PRE · 24 Mar 2025 · S1 · Reasoning3020 min

Marking & rules

Total marks
100 across 100 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

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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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