SBI PO Prelims Today Exam Analysis 24 March 2025, Shift 1 Exam Review

Lakhs of candidates have appeared in the exam previously conducted on 3 days and today is the last day of SBI PO Prelims Exam 2025. The first shift of 24th March 2025 concluded at 10 am and aspirants reviewed the exam as Moderate with a few lengthy questions from the Quantitative Aptitude section. To have an overall review of the prelims exam conducted today, you must go through the detailed SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis of 1st shift discussed in the article after connecting with the candidates who appeared in this shift.

SBI PO Prelims Today Exam Analysis 2025- 24th March Shift 1

The prelims exam for SBI Probationary Officers includes 100 questions on Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude, and English Language. Through SBI PO 2025, the State Bank of India has announced 600 vacancies for Probationary Officers (PO) for which selection will be done through Prelims, Mains and Interviews. The first stage is for shortlisting candidates for the main exam and marks will not be counted in the final selection. However, the candidates have to score more than the cut-off marks and for this being familiar with the exam pattern & SBI PO Exam Analysis is very important.

SBI PO 24 March Exam Analysis 2025 Good Attempts

The difficulty level as reviewed by the aspirants who had their exam in today’s 1st shift, the overall difficulty level was Moderate. For each section also, the questions asked were of Moderate level with a few of them were time consuming. The good attempts has been updated below after the complete SBI PO 24 March Exam Analysis 2025 is conducted.

SBI PO Prelims 24 March Exam Analysis 2025- Reasoning

There were 30 questions from Reasoning sections which candidates reviewed were of moderate level. There were 5 sets of puzzles and SA asked in today’s 1st shift.

Puzzles and Seating Arrangement Asked-

1. Month based puzzle (8 persons, variable- places)- 5 questions
2. Year-based puzzle (year 2025, 6 persons)- 5 questions
3. Flat and floor based puzzle (4 floor x 2 flats)- 5 questions
4. Circular Seating Arrangement (9 persons inside facing)- 5 questions
5. Linear Seating Arrangement (8 persons, North & South facing)- 5 questions

SBI PO Prelims 24 March Exam Analysis 2025- Quantitative Aptitude

Three sets of Data Interpretation (DI) asked in shift 1 of SBI PO Prelims Exam 2025 were as follows-

1. Tabular DI- 5 questions
2. Caselet DI- 5 questions
3. Double Pie Chart DI- 5 questions

SBI PO Prelims 24 March Exam Analysis 2025- English Language

There were 40 questions asked in English language in SBI PO prelims exam. The reading comprehension was based on “Soft Toys” and there were 3 questions from vocabulary.

SBI PO 2025 Shift Timings

Each day, the SBI PO Prelims Exam is scheduled for 4 shifts, and the duration of each shift is 1 hour (60 minutes). Before beginning the exam, 30 minutes are provided for the Handwriting Sample.

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