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The SBI PO Prelims Exam for the 1st shift on 8th March 2025 was conducted successfully, with thousands of aspirants leaving the exam hall looking happy and satisfied. According to our analysis and feedback from candidates who appeared for the exam, the overall difficulty level was moderate. Our experts have prepared a detailed analysis of the SBI PO Prelims Shift 1, which will be beneficial for candidates taking the exam in the upcoming shifts. We have directly coordinated with students who participated in today’s 1st shift of the SBI Clerk Prelims Exam and collected their reviews regarding the exam’s difficulty level, as well as insights on section-wise performance and good attempt strategies.
SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2025
SBI PO Prelims Exam 2025 has been scheduled for 8th, 16th, and 24th March 2025 in multiple shifts each day. Lakhs of banking aspirants are going to appear in the next shifts of remaining exam days for Probationary Officer posts in the banking sector. To grab the post of SBI PO, the candidates have to score more than the cut-off marks, and for this, being familiar with the exam pattern is very important. Go through the article below for a detailed SBI PO Today Exam Analysis for Shift-1 of 8th March 2025 and get a fair understanding of the upcoming shifts of SBI PO 2025.
SBI PO 2025 Prelims Good Attempts- 8 March 1st Shift
Here we have updated the good attempts for the 1st shift of 8th March SBI PO Prelims Exam 2025 after considering the difficulty level and reviews of the candidates who appeared in the exam. The good attempts for 1st shift, as reviewed, are 63-68.
Sections | No. of Questions | Good Attempts |
Reasoning Ability | 30 | 18-20 |
English Language | 40 | 27-29 |
Quantitative Aptitude | 30 | 17-19 |
Total | 100 | 63-68 |
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SBI PO 2025 Prelims Exam Difficulty Level- 8 March 1st Shift
Overall, the difficulty level of the SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2025 conducted in Shift-1 on 8th March 2025 was of Moderate Level as per the candidates coming out of the exam hall.
Sections | Difficulty Level |
Reasoning Ability | Moderate |
English Language | Moderate |
Quantitative Aptitude | Moderate |
Overall | Moderate |
SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2025- Reasoning Ability
The difficulty level of the Reasoning section in SBI PO Prelims 1st Shift exam was Moderate. The questions were asked from Puzzles, syllogism, inequalities, alpha-numeric series and other topics of SBI Clerk PO 1st Shift on 8th March 2025.
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement asked in Shift 1 of 8th March 2025:
- Post-based puzzle (9 persons)- 5 questions
- Box-based puzzle (9 boxes)- 5 questions
- Floor puzzle (variable color)- 5 questions
- Selection based puzzle (3 cities, variable- color)- 5 questions
- Parallel Row Seating Arrangement (7 North & 7 South)- 5 questions
Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
Puzzle & Seating Arrangement | 25 | Moderate |
Syllogism | 04 | Easy to Moderate |
Pair Formation | 01 | Easy to Moderate |
Total | 30 | Moderate |
SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2025- Quantitative Aptitude
The Quantitative Aptitude section was of Moderate as per our SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2025 conducted. The questions from arithmetic problems were from SI-CI, Boat & Stream, Ratio, Time & Work, Percentage, Profit & Loss, Partnership, and Probability topics.
The Data Interpretation questions were lengthy and calculative. The types asked in 1st Shift are as follows-
- Tabular DI- 6 questions
- Bar + Pie DI (Men/Women)- 5 questions
- Caselet DI (Hindi/English/Marathi)- Venn Diagram- 5 questions
Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
Data Interpretation | 15 | Moderate |
Wrong Number Series | 2 | Easy to Moderate |
Arithmetic Problems | 12 | Moderate |
Total | 30 | Moderate |
SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2025- English Language
The level of the paper was Moderate as reviewed by the aspirants. A total of 40 questions were asked. The Reading Comprehension was based on “Ban of Betting Removed”. Let’s have a look at the detailed SBI PO Exam analysis 2025 of this section.
Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
Reading Comprehension | 09 | Moderate |
Error detection | 06 | Easy to Moderate |
Cloze Test (Story-based) | 06 | Easy to Moderate |
Phrase Rearrangement | 04 | Easy to Moderate |
Word Arrangement (3-words) | 03 | Easy to Moderate |
Match the column | 01 | Easy |
Parajumble | 05 | Easy to Moderate |
Double Filler | 05 | Easy |
Phrase Replacement | 03 | Easy |
Total | 40 | Moderate |
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