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SBI PO 2025 Prelims Reasoning PYQ – 4 Aug 2025 Shift 1 (30 Questions with Solutions)

SBI PO 2025 Prelims Reasoning from 4 August 2025, Shift 1: box, month and birth year puzzles, two-row seating, a city-based arrangement, syllogism and letter-based questions.

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Questions
30
Duration
20 min
Marks
30

Negative marking

Attempts
100
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About this test

SBI PO 2025 Reasoning PYQ, 4 Aug Shift 1: Puzzles, Seating and Syllogism

Working through this set shows how well your puzzle and arrangement skills hold up on a real SBI PO paper.

Topic-wise questions in SBI PO 2025 Prelims Reasoning

4topics
Puzzles15 · 50%
Seating Arrangement10 · 33%
Syllogism3 · 10%
Alphabet & Word Test2 · 7%

What this tells you: course of action

  • Begin with Puzzles. It carries about 50% of the questions, which makes it the best place for your first study sessions.
  • 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 2025 Prelims Reasoning PYQ – 4 Aug 2025 Shift 1 (30 Questions with Solutions)

How many questions were in the SBI PO 2025 Prelims (4 August 2025, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability section?
The State Bank of India Probationary Officer (SBI PO) 2025 Prelims, 4 August 2025 Shift 1 Reasoning Ability section on Aptitude360 has 30 multiple-choice questions, and Aptitude360's timed version gives 20 minutes for them.
What was the marking scheme in SBI PO 2025 Prelims (4 August 2025, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability?
In the State Bank of India Probationary Officer (SBI PO) 2025 Prelims, 4 August 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 30.
Which topics came in SBI PO 2025 Prelims (4 August 2025, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability?
The State Bank of India Probationary Officer (SBI PO) 2025 Prelims, 4 August 2025 Shift 1 Reasoning Ability section had questions on topics including puzzles, direction sense, analogy, seating arrangement and syllogisms. For example, one question begins: “In each question below, some statements are given followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.” To practise these, see Aptitude360's Puzzle Test Problems and Direction Sense Problems practice lessons.
How many puzzle sets came in SBI PO 2025 Prelims (4 August 2025, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability?
The State Bank of India Probationary Officer (SBI PO) 2025 Prelims, 4 August 2025 Shift 1 Reasoning Ability section had 6 puzzle and arrangement sets, covering 28 of its 30 questions. They include ones that open with “14 persons sit in two parallel rows containing…”, “Seven persons K, L, M, N, O, P…” and “Seven persons - A, B, C, D, E…”.
What is an example question from SBI PO 2025 Prelims (4 August 2025, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability?
One question in the State Bank of India Probationary Officer (SBI PO) 2025 Prelims, 4 August 2025 Shift 1 Reasoning Ability section asked: “How many pairs of letters are there in the word ‘NOSTALGIA’, each of which have as many letters between them as they have in English alphabetical series (both forward and backward direction)?” The full solution is shown under the question in Aptitude360's Normal practice mode.
Can I attempt SBI PO 2025 Prelims (4 August 2025, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability as a mock test on Aptitude360?
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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
SBIPO25 PRE · 4 Aug 2025 · S1 · Reasoning3020 min

Marking & rules

Total marks
30 across 30 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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