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SBI PO 2024 Prelims Question Paper – 8 Mar 2025 Shift 1 (Memory-Based, with Solutions)

A memory-based recreation of the SBI PO 2024 Prelims paper from 8 March 2025, Shift 1, spanning English, Quant and Reasoning with worked solutions throughout.

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100

Across 3 sections

Duration
60 min

3 timed sections

Marks
100

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Attempts
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SBI PO 2024 Prelims 8 Mar 2025 Shift 1 Memory-Based Question Paper

Fillers, word swaps, data interpretation tables, partnership sums, designation puzzles and box stacking make up this memory-based SBI PO 2024 Prelims paper from 8 March 2025, Shift 1.

Topic-wise questions in each section of SBI PO 2024 Prelims Question Paper – 8 Mar 2025 Shift 1 (Memory-Based, with Solutions)

English Language
7topics
Error Spotting7 · 20%
Cloze Test6 · 17%
Reading Comprehension6 · 17%
Fill in the Blanks5 · 14%
Para Jumbles5 · 14%
Word Usage & Swap4 · 12%
Sentence Improvement2 · 6%

Based on the questions whose topic is confirmed (88% of this section).

Quantitative Aptitude
12topics
Data Interpretation15 · 50%
Ages2 · 7%
Data Sufficiency2 · 7%
Number Series2 · 7%
Simple & Compound Interest2 · 7%
Average1 · 4%
Boats & Streams1 · 3%
Mensuration1 · 3%
Mixture & Alligation1 · 3%
Number System1 · 3%
Partnership1 · 3%
Profit, Loss & Discount1 · 3%
Reasoning
4topics
Puzzles20 · 69%
Seating Arrangement5 · 17%
Syllogism3 · 10%
Classification1 · 4%

Based on the questions whose topic is confirmed (97% of this section).

What this tells you: course of action

English Language

  • Start with Error Spotting, Cloze Test and Reading Comprehension: together about 54% of the questions, so every hour here pays back the most.
  • Keep in rotation: Fill in the Blanks, Para Jumbles, Word Usage & Swap and Sentence Improvement, a steady 46% 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

  • 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: Ages, Data Sufficiency, Number Series and Simple & Compound Interest, a steady 27% that rewards regular practice once the first group feels comfortable.
  • Save for the end: 7 one-question topics (23% 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, 3 for the keep-in-rotation group and 2 for the leave-for-last group.

Reasoning

  • First priority: Puzzles, about 69% of the questions.
  • Keep in rotation: Seating Arrangement and Syllogism, a steady 28% 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 6 for the first group, 3 for the keep-in-rotation group and 1 for the leave-for-last group.

Key concepts to revise for SBI PO Prelims

  • Contextual vocabulary and collocations for double fillers and cloze tests
  • Linking ideas through opening and closing sentences in para jumbles
  • Reading combined charts and tables quickly for data interpretation
  • Ratio handling in partnership, mixtures and profit questions

FAQs about SBI PO 2024 Prelims Question Paper – 8 Mar 2025 Shift 1 (Memory-Based, with Solutions)

How many questions are in the SBI PO 2024 Prelims (8 March 2025, Shift 1) paper?
The State Bank of India Probationary Officer (SBI PO) 2024 Prelims, 8 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 (8 March 2025, Shift 1)?
In the State Bank of India Probationary Officer (SBI PO) 2024 Prelims, 8 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 (8 March 2025, Shift 1), which Quantitative Aptitude topics were asked?
In the State Bank of India Probationary Officer (SBI PO) 2024 Prelims, 8 March 2025 Shift 1 paper, the Quantitative Aptitude section covered topics including ratio and proportion, percentages, algebra and equations, profit, loss and discount and simple and compound interest. For example, one question begins: “A person invests some amount on simple interest and at the end of the year the amount becomes 13 times of the amount invested by the man.” To practise these, see Aptitude360's Ratio & Proportion and Percentage practice lessons.
How many RC passages were 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 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…”.
How much time is given for the SBI PO 2024 Prelims (8 March 2025, Shift 1) paper?
Aptitude360's timed version of the State Bank of India Probationary Officer (SBI PO) 2024 Prelims, 8 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 (8 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 · 8 Mar 2025 · S1 · English4020 min
SBIPO24 PRE · 8 Mar 2025 · S1 · Quant3020 min
SBIPO24 PRE · 8 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

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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