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SBI Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025, 10 April Shift 1 Questions and Exam Review

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.

  1. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award-related question
  2. T20 world cup related
  3. DGCA Head
  4. Surya Kiran Exercise
  5. BRICS- Join Country
  6. WHO – Leave Country
  7. Santosh Trophy Winner
  8. SORR- ‘O’ stands for
  9. MCC- Membership
  10. BIMA Sakhi Yojna
  11. Lokpal Diwas
  12. Eight-member RBI Committee
  13. Pachmani Biosphere Reserve
  14. 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- 

  1. Month and Date Based puzzle (variable- city)- 3 months & 3 dates- 5 questions
  2. Day-based puzzle- Monday to Friday (Variable- game)- 5 questions
  3. 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

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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
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