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State Bank of India has conducted the 1st shift of the SBI Clerk Mains Exam to shortlist the candidates for 14191 Clerk (Junior Associates) vacancies. Thousands of candidates have appeared in this shift and our faculty has connected with them to collect their feedback about the difficulty level of each section, the type of questions asked and a few questions of General/Financial Awareness asked. If you have your mains exam on 12th April 2025, go through the detailed exam analysis to know what could be expected in their respective shift.
SBI Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025
There were 190 multiple choice questions from Reasoning and Computer Awareness, General English, General/Financial Awareness, and Quantitative Aptitude sections in the SBI Clerk Mains Exam. If you’re preparing for the upcoming bank exams, it’s important to familiarize yourself with the SBI Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025. This analysis can help you gauge the difficulty level of future bank exams conducted by SBI.
As reviewed, all sections except General/Financial Awareness were of Moderate level and GA GK questions were of Moderate to Difficult level.
SBI Clerk Mains Exam 10 April 2025 Difficulty Level
The candidates reviewed that the SBI Clerk Mains Exam of 10th April 2025 was of Moderate level. The questions from General English, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude were Moderate and questions from General/Financial Awareness is of Moderate to Difficult level.
Sections | Difficulty Level |
General English | Moderate |
Quantitative Aptitude | Moderate |
Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude | Moderate |
General/Financial Awareness | Moderate to Difficult |
Overall | Moderate |
SBI Clerk Mains Exam 10 April 2025 Shift 1 Good Attempts
The average good attempt marks range between 95 to 108 as analysed after the difficulty level of the exam and the type of questions asked.
Sections | No. of Questions | Good Attempts |
General English | 40 | 29-31 |
Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 23-26 |
Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude | 50 | 25-29 |
General/Financial Awareness | 50 | 17-22 |
Overall | 190 | 95 to 108 |
SBI Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025 Section-wise
Below we have discussed topics and questions asked from Reasoning and Computer Awareness, General English, General/Financial Awareness, and Quantitative Aptitude sections.
SBI Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025 General Awareness
This section had 50 questions and a time limit of 35 minutes. Most of the questions were asked from current affairs in this section. The questions asked in the SBI Clerk Mains Exam are shared below.
- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award-related question
- T20 world cup related
- DGCA Head
- Surya Kiran Exercise
- BRICS- Join Country
- WHO – Leave Country
- Santosh Trophy Winner
- SORR- ‘O’ stands for
- MCC- Membership
- BIMA Sakhi Yojna
- Lokpal Diwas
- Eight-member RBI Committee
- Pachmani Biosphere Reserve
- IFCI Government Capital Infusion
SBI Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025 Quantitative Aptitude
A few questions asked from the Quantitative Aptitude section were of Easy to Moderate level and some were of Easy level. There were 4 sets of Data Interpretation
Questions Asked in Quantitative Aptitude in SBI Clerk Mains Exam of 10th April 2025 Shift 1-
- 3x² + 5x + 2= 0
- Root based question (easy level)
Topics | No. of Questions |
Pie Chart DI (Boys & Girls) | 05 |
Table DI (Apply + Mango) | 05 |
Double Bar Graph Data Interpretation | 05 |
Caselet DI (Venn Diagram) | 05 |
Missing Series (Simple & Coded) | 03-04 |
Data Sufficiency | 02 |
Approximation | 05 to 06 |
Quadratic Equation | 05 |
Quantity Comparison | 03 |
Arithmetic | 06 |
Total | 50 |
SBI Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025 Reasoning Ability
As per SBI Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025, the section was of Moderate level.
Seating Arrangements and Puzzles questions asked in the SBI Clerk Mains 2025 Exam-
- Month and Date Based puzzle (variable- city)- 3 months & 3 dates- 5 questions
- Day-based puzzle- Monday to Friday (Variable- game)- 5 questions
- Square-based puzzle + Blood Relation- 5 questions
Topics | No. of Questions |
Seating Arrangements and Puzzles | 15 |
New Pattern Coding | 04 to 05 |
Data Sufficiency [2 statement based] | 03 |
Coded Inequality | 02 |
Resultant Based | 04 to 05 |
Machine Input Output (Alphabet based) | 05 |
Critical Reasoning | 10 |
Miscellaneous | 03 |
Total |
50 |
SBI Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025 English
The topic of Reading Comprehension was based on “Importance of English in Interview”. There was only a single set of Reading Comprehension asked in SBI Clerk Mains Exam 2025.
Topics | No. of Questions |
Reading Comprehension | 06 |
Para Jumble (Sugar Component) | 07 |
Cloze Test (A-F) | 06 |
Double Fillers | 04-05 |
Error Detection | 06 |
Connector | 03 |
Jumbled Set | 03-04 |
Total | 40 |

SBI Clerk 2025 Mains Exam Shift Timings
There shall be 2 shifts for the SBI Clerk Mains exam, for which the reporting time is 8 am and 12:30 pm, respectively. Check the shift timings for the main exam as mentioned below.
Shifts | Reporting Time | Exam Starts | Exam Ends |
Shift 1 | 8 am | 9 am | 11:40 am |
Shift 2 | 12:30 pm | 1:30 pm | 4:10 pm |