The SBI Clerk Prelims Exam is scheduled for 22nd, 27th, 28th February and 1st March 2025. Today is Day 1 of the SBI clerk prelims exam. Those who are appearing this year or are planning to appear in the upcoming years in the SBI Clerk exam can have an idea of the exam pattern and the weightage of various types of questions asked in the Preliminary exam through SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis. The candidates have provided a review of the exam and according to them, the exam was of easy to moderate level and good attempts could be 90-95.Â
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2025
The SBI Clerk 2025 prelims will be conducted on four different dates, and more than 19 lakh candidates have applied for 14191 vacancies of Junior Associate or SBI Clerk posts. The exam will be conducted in 4 shifts for all four days. The SBI Clerk shift timings are mentioned at the end of this article, so you can have the exam analysis of all the shifts for the SBI Clerk Prelims as soon as the exam for a particular shift gets over.
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2025 Good Attempts
Good attempts are the number of questions that a candidate must attempt correctly to land above the cutoff for any competitive exam or the score that one must have to get into the merit list. Once the faculty has completed the SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2025, it prepares the number of Good Attempts. The analysis includes the level of difficulty of the questions asked as per the review of the candidates. For the 4th shift, the good attempts could range between 90 and 95.
| Sections | No. of Questions | Good Attempts |
| English Language | 30 | 27-30 |
| Numerical Ability | 35 | 27-28 |
| Reasoning | 35 | 30-33 |
| Overall | 100 | 90-95 |
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2025 Difficulty Level
The level of difficulty for the English Language, Numerical Ability, and Reasoning subjects was easy to moderate as per the SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2025 for 22nd February 2025—Shift 4. The Level of Difficulty for SBI Clerk Prelims Shift 4 was Easy to Moderate of all the sections.
| Sections | Level of Difficulty |
| English Language | Easy |
| Numerical Ability | Easy to Moderate |
| Reasoning | Easy |
| Overall | Easy to Moderate |
SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2025 Shift 4
The State Bank of India tests the candidates in subjects like English Language, Numerical Ability, and Reasoning before recruiting on the posts of SBI Clerk (Junior Associates). 100 multiple-choice questions are asked, and 20 minutes each are given to each section. There is a negative marking of 0.25 marks for every incorrect answer. We have also discussed some of the questions of the 4th shift from all three sections.
SBI Clerk Prelims Shift 4 Exam Analysis 2025 Reasoning
The weightage of the reasoning section is 35 marks, and the time given is 20 minutes to solve this section’s question in the SBI Clerk Prelims exams.
- Inequality was single digit
- A certain number line was asked
- Puzzle was a floor and flat one.
| Topics | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Uncertain Puzzle | 3-4 | Easy |
| Flat and Floor Puzzle | 4 | Easy |
| Box based puzzle | 5 | Moderate |
| Linear Arrangement | 5 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 4 | Easy |
| Inequality | 3-4 | Moderate |
| Blood Relation | 3-4 | Easy |
| Pair Formation | 1 | Moderate |
| Missing Pattern | 1 | Easy |
| Numerical Series | 5 | Moderate |
SBI Clerk 2nd Shift Exam Analysis 2025 (22nd Feb)
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SBI Clerk Prelims Shift 4 Exam Analysis 2025 Numerical Ability
- Data Interpretation –
- Bar Graph questionw as asked – Charcters like Mohan and Rohan were there as 2 items,
- Caselet DI was asked
- 13-15 word problems were asked that included questions based on Train, Boat, Partnership, Mixture and Alligation, Profit and Loss, Percentage, Average, age and Mensuration.
| Topics | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Simplification | 10-12 | Easy |
| Bar Graph | 5 | Easy |
| Caselet DI | 5 | Moderate |
| Word Problems | 13-15 | Easy |
SBI Clerk Prelims Shift 4 Exam Analysis 2025 English Language
- The Comprehension question was story-based—one person helping farmers
- 1 Preposition-based fillers
- 1 vocabulary from RC
- Error-based question was a normal pattern question
- The cloze test was a little tricky as RC was easy filler based.
| Topics | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Reading Comprehensions | 9 | Easy |
| Error Based | 5 | Easy |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Easy |
| Cloze Test | 4- 5 | Moderate |
| Word Usage | – | |
| Mis-spelt | 4-5 | Easy |
| Word Replacement | 3-4 | Easy |
SBI Clerk Prelims Shift 4 Exam Analysis 2025 Video Analysis
The SBI Clerk Prelims exam analysis by the faculty is done live on our YouTube channel. Candidates can click on the video below to watch it live from the channel. The live exam analysis will start soon; stay tuned with us so that you don’t miss out anything important.
SBI Clerk 2025 Prelims Shift Timings
These are the shift timings for the SBI Clerk prelims exam held on 22nd February 2025. The shift timings are going to be the same for the upcoming days, that is, 27th, 28th February, and 1st March 2025. Hope you find this exam analysis useful.
| Shifts | Exam Timing |
| Shift 1 | 9 am to 10 am |
| Shift 2 | 11:30 am to 12:30 pm |
| Shift 3 | 2 pm to 4 pm |
| Shift 4 | 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm |
