The second shift of SBI PO 2025 Prelims concludes at 12:30 pm, and thousands of banking aspirants have appeared in this shift. As per the feedback of the candidates, the difficulty level of the 2nd shift remains the same as “Moderate”. Every year, the State Bank of India (SBI) conducts SBI PO exams for recruiting candidates for Probationary officer posts, and this year, 600 vacancies have been announced to be filled through SBI PO 2025. The banking aspirants who have their exam in the upcoming 3 shifts on 8th, 16th and 24th March 2025 must be waiting to know the overall exam analysis, good attempts, and difficulty level.
SBI PO Prelims Shift 2 Exam Analysis 2025
To know the questions asked in SBI PO 2025 Prelims Exam in Shift-1 of 8th March 2025, do not miss out on the SBI PO Today Exam Analysis 2025 conducted by our faculty by directly interacting with the banking aspirants who came out of the exam hall. In the section below, we have provided the complete SBI PO Prelims Shift 2 Exam Analysis 2025. Bookmark this page to get every detail about SBI PO Prelims Exam, Shift-2 as we have discussed detailed & accurate details about the exam in this article along with the overall good attempts, difficulty level and questions asked.
Go through the complete article to read detailed and accurate SBI PO Prelims Shift 2 Exam Analysis 2025 held on 8th March 2025.
SBI PO Shift 2 Good Attempts & Difficulty Level- 8 March 2025
This year, SBI asked 40 questions from the English Language, 30 questions from Reasoning Ability, and 30 questions from Quantitative Aptitude. The difficulty level of questions asked in shift 2 of SBI PO 2025 Exam can be analysed as “Moderate”, and the good attempts as per SBI PO Prelims Shift 2 Exam Analysis 2025 could range between 58 to 67, which means for good performance, candidates must score
| Sections | No. of Questions | Good Attempts | Difficulty Level |
| Reasoning Ability | 30 | 22-25 | Moderate |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 30 | 13-16 | Moderate |
| English Language | 40 | 23-26 | Moderate |
| Overall | 100 | 58-67 | Moderate |
SBI PO Prelims Shift 2 Today Exam Analysis 2025
To have clarity about each section and question asked in SBI PO Prelims Exam 2025 of 8th March Shift 2, our faculty prepared the detailed analysis, and same is also discussed for Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude, and English language. As the candidates shared their reviews, we have also updated the topics and the number of questions asked from each topic in tabular format in this article.
SBI PO Prelims Shift 2 Exam Analysis 2025 for Reasoning
This section consists of 35 questions which were of Moderate level as per the reviews of the candidates who appeared in 2nd shift. Most of the questions were asked from the puzzle & Seating Arrangement section.
- Box-based puzzle (7 boxes, variable colour)- 5 questions
- Flat & Floor based puzzle- 5 questions
- Parallel Arrangement (7 North & 7 South)- 4 questions
- Year Based puzzle (base year 2025)- 5 questions
- Linear Seating Arrangement (9 persons, facing north)- 4 questions
| Topics | No. of Questions |
| Puzzle & Seating Arrangement | 24 |
| Inequality | 04 |
| Pair Formation | 01 |
| Meaningful word | 01 |
| Total | 30 |
SBI PO Prelims Shift 2 Exam Analysis 2025 for English Language
This section consists of 40 questions from Reading Comprehension, Phrase Rearrangement, Error detection, and other topics.
Topic of Reading Comprehension- Inflation (Vocab- 3, Fillers- 1, True/False).
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension | 12 |
| Error detection (sentence-based) | 04 |
| Cloze Test (Super-Food) | 06 |
| Phrase Rearrangement | 02 |
| Single Fillers | 04 |
| Match the column | 02 |
| Parajumble | 05 |
| Word Arrangement | 03 |
| Single Fillers | 04 |
| Word Usage | 02 |
| Total | 40 |
SBI PO Prelims Shift 2 Exam Analysis 2025 for Quantitative Aptitude
In the Quantitative Aptitude section, most of the questions were asked from Data Interpretation and Arithmetic Problems (Partnership, Average, Boat & Stream etc.).
- Tabular DI- 5 questions
- Double Pie Chart SI – 5 questions
- Caselet DI- 5 questions
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Data Interpretation | 15 |
| Approximation | 05 |
| Arithmetic Problems | 10 |
| Total | 30 |
SBI PO 2025 Shift Timings
The timing for SBI PO Prelims 2025 to be held on 8th, 16th, and 24th March 2025 in 4 shifts each day.
| Shifts | Reporting Time | Gate Closes | Handwriting Sample | Exam Starts | Exam Ends |
| Shift 1 | 8 am | 8:30 am | 8:30 to 9 am | 9 am | 10 am |
| Shift 2 | 10:30 am | 11 am | 11 to 11:30 am | 11:30 am | 12:30 pm |
| Shift 3 | 1 pm | 1:30 pm | 1:30 pm to 2 pm | 2 pm | 3 pm |
| Shift 4 | 3:30 pm | 4 pm | 4 pm to 4:30 pm | 4:30 pm | 5:30 pm |
