SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2025 (OUT): Question Paper with Answer Key, Difficulty Level, Expected Cutoff

Sohini Bhattacharya

Updated On: September 24, 2025 01:16 PM

The SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 Exam Analysis is now available for all the shifts of all the exam dates. The exam difficulty level is expected to be moderate this year. Keep reading to check out section-wise difficulty level, good attempts, student feedback, etc!

SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2025

The SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 exam analysis is now available here for all three sections that are included in the exam. According to the official schedule, the next SBI Clerk Prelims Exam 2025 will be held on September 27, 2025. The exam for September 20 and September 21 has been successfully conducted. Based on the SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 exams conducted on Sept 21 & 21, 2025, it is expected that the exam difficulty will be easy to moderate this year.

The exam structure is such that there will be four shifts in total on each of these days, and a different set of candidates will appear in each exam shift. The question paper will have three parts for Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude, and English Language. A total of 100 questions will be asked in the exam in all three sections combined. Students will have to complete their papers within one hour to pass the entrance test. There are approximately 6589 vacancies for the Clerical Cadre this year, and about twelve lakh students have applied for the prelims exam.

SBI Clerk Prelims exam analysis will talk about the overall difficulty of the exam, the number of questions and their nature, the section-wise weightage and good attempts. Keep reading to learn more!

SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 Exam Analysis

The detailed analysis of the SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 Exam is available here after the exam shifts have concluded on the due dates. Students can take reference from the expected analysis mentioned below for the upcoming test to get an idea.

SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 Exam Analysis - September 20, 2025

The SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 exam held on September 20, 2025, was overall rated as Easy to Moderate in difficulty across multiple shifts. The exam comprised three sections: English Language, Numerical Ability, and Reasoning Ability, with a total of 100 questions to be solved in 60 minutes. Check out the complete exam analysis for all shifts in the section below!

SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 Exam Analysis September 20, 2025 Shift 1
The detailed exam analysis for SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 conducted on September 20, 2025 Shift 1 is given below:
Particulars Exam Analysis
Reasoning Ability Easy
Quantitative Aptitude Easy-Moderate
English Language Easy
Section-wise Number of Questions English (30), Quantitative (35), Reasoning (35)
Overall Expected Exam Difficulty Level Easy-Moderate
Number of Good Attempts 72-84
Was the Paper Time-Consuming? No

SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 Exam Analysis September 20, 2025 Shift 2
The detailed exam analysis for SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 conducted on September 20, 2025 Shift 2 is given below:
Particulars Exam Analysis
Reasoning Ability Easy
Quantitative Aptitude (Numerical Ability) Easy to Moderate
English Language Easy
Section-wise Number of Questions English: 30, Quant: 35, Reasoning: 35
Overall Expected Exam Difficulty Level Easy to Moderate
Number of Good Attempts 72 to 85
Was the Paper Time-Consuming? No

SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 Exam Analysis September 20, 2025 Shift 3
The detailed exam analysis for SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 conducted on September 20, 2025 Shift 3 is given below:
Particulars Exam Analysis
Reasoning Ability Easy
Quantitative Aptitude Easy
English Language Moderate
Section-wise Number of Questions English: 30, Numerical: 35, Reasoning: 35 (Total: 100)
Overall Expected Exam Difficulty Level Easy to Moderate
Number of Good Attempts 72 to 86
Was the Paper Time-Consuming? No

SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 Exam Analysis September 20, 2025 Shift 4
The detailed exam analysis for SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 conducted on September 20, 2025 Shift 4 is given below:
Particulars Exam Analysis
Reasoning Ability Easy
Quantitative Aptitude (Numerical Ability) Easy-Moderate
English Language Easy
Section-wise Number of Questions English Language - 30, Numerical Ability - 35, Reasoning Ability - 35
Overall Expected Exam Difficulty Level Easy-Moderate
Number of Good Attempts 71-81
Was the Paper Time-Consuming? No

SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 Exam Analysis - September 21, 2025

The SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 exam held on September 21, 2025, was overall rated as Easy to Moderate in difficulty across multiple shifts. The exam comprised three sections: English Language, Numerical Ability, and Reasoning Ability, with a total of 100 questions to be solved in 60 minutes. Check out the complete exam analysis for all shifts in the section below!

SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 Exam Analysis September 21, 2025 Shift 1
The detailed exam analysis for SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 conducted on September 21, 2025 Shift 1, including section-wise difficulty and good attempts, is given below:
Particulars Exam Analysis
Reasoning Ability Easy
Quantitative Aptitude (Numerical Ability) Easy-Moderate
English Language Easy
Section-wise Number of Questions English (30), Numerical Ability (35), Reasoning Ability (35)
Overall Expected Exam Difficulty Level Easy-Moderate
Number of Good Attempts 71-83
Was the Paper Time-Consuming? No

SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 Exam Analysis September 21, 2025 Shift 2
The detailed exam analysis for SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 conducted on September 21, 2025 Shift 2, including section-wise difficulty and good attempts, is given below:
Particulars Exam Analysis
Reasoning Ability Easy
Quantitative Aptitude Easy-Moderate
English Language Easy
Section-wise Number of Questions English: 30, Quant: 35, Reasoning: 35
Overall Expected Exam Difficulty Level Easy-Moderate
Number of Good Attempts 71-81
Was the Paper Time-Consuming? No

SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 Exam Analysis September 21, 2025 Shift 3
The detailed exam analysis for SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 conducted on September 21, 2025 Shift 3, including section-wise difficulty and good attempts, is given below:
Particulars Exam Analysis
Reasoning Ability Easy
Quantitative Aptitude Easy-Moderate
English Language Easy
Section-wise Number of Questions English: 30, Quantitative: 35, Reasoning: 35
Overall Expected Exam Difficulty Level Easy-Moderate
Number of Good Attempts 70-85
Was the Paper Time-Consuming? No

SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 Exam Analysis September 21, 2025 Shift 4
The detailed exam analysis for SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 conducted on September 21, 2025 Shift 4, including section-wise difficulty and good attempts, is given below:
Particulars Exam Analysis
Reasoning Ability Easy
Quantitative Aptitude Easy-Moderate
English Language Easy
Section-wise Number of Questions English (30), Quant (35), Reasoning (35)
Overall Expected Exam Difficulty Level Easy-Moderate
Number of Good Attempts 73-87
Was the Paper Time-Consuming? No

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SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 Exam Shifts

The exam timings for all four shifts are mentioned here for your reference. These timings will be the same for all the exam days.

Shift Name

Reporting Time

Exam Starts

Exam Ends

Shift 1

8 AM

9 AM

10 AM

Shift 2

10:30 AM

11:30 AM

12:30 PM

Shift 3

1 PM

2 PM

3 PM

Shift 4

3:30 PM

4:30 PM

5:30 PM

SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 Exam Pattern

The exam pattern of SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 is mentioned here for your reference:

Particulars

Details

Exam Title

SBI Clerk Prelims 2025

Conducted By

State Bank of India

Mode of Exam

Offline

Conducted For

Clerical Cadre Recruitment

Exam Duration

1 Hour

Sectional Time Limit

  • Reasoning Ability: 20 Minutes
  • Quantitative Aptitude: 20 Minutes
  • English Language: 20 Minutes

Language Medium

English

Number of Subjects

3

Question Paper Division

  • Reasoning Ability: 35 Questions
  • Quantitative Aptitude: 35 Questions
  • English Language: 35 Questions

Overall Exam Difficulty Level

Moderate (Expected)

Total Number of Questions

100 Questions

Nature of Questions

Objective-type, Multiple-Choice Questions

Marks Per Answer

1 Mark

Total Marks

100 Marks

SBI Clerk Prelims Question Paper 2025

Students can download the SBI Clerk Prelims Question Paper 2025 from the direct download to be activated here:

SBI Clerk Prelims Question Paper 2025 PDF

To be Released

SBI Clerk Prelims Answer Key 2025 PDF

The answer key of the SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 exam can be downloaded from the PDF link provided here:

SBI Clerk Prelims Answer Key 2025 PDF

To be Released
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SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 Expected Cutoff

The state-wise SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 cutoff has been predicted below for all student categories. The official cutoff data may vary from the expected cutoff. The following has been curated based on the previous years’ trends and this year’s exam analysis:

States

UR

SC

ST

OBC

EWS

Andhra Pradesh

68.75

68.75

56.5

68.75

68.75

Arunachal Pradesh

68.75

68.75

56.5

68.75

68.75

Assam

60.75

58

40.25

58

30.75

Bihar

47.25

44.75

39.25

47.25

47.25

Chhattisgarh

29.5

29.5

29.5

29.5

-

Chandigarh

65.25

60

65.25

55.25

45.25

Delhi

47

62

49.50

60.75

56.75

Gujarat

47

47

25.75

47

47

Haryana

64

53.5

64

64

64

Himachal Pradesh

68.50

60.75

66.75

61.25

66.50

Jammu

66.50

-

-

51.25

51.25

Jharkhand

42.25

42.25

42.25

42.25

42.25

Karnataka

72.50

72.50

72.50

72.50

72.50

Kerala

64

56

56

64

64

Madhya Pradesh

49.25

49.25

45.75

45.75

49.25

Maharashtra

44.75

44.75

39.75

39.75

44.75

Meghalaya

54.75

54.75

54.75

54.75

54.75

Manipur

37

37

37

37

37

Odisha

64.25

55

41

52

64

Punjab

60.25

45.75

45.75

57

55

Rajasthan

59.5

57

47

59.5

59.5

Sikkim

39.75

39.75

39.75

39.75

39.75

Tamil Nadu

55.50

55.50

55.50

55.50

36.75

Telangana

60

60

60

60

60

Tripura

64

-

-

-

-

Uttar Pradesh

61.75

56

45.75

61.75

61.75

Uttarakhand

64.75

51.25

53.75

63.75

55.75

West Bengal

61.25

51.75

42.75

42.75

-

In a gist, the analysis of the SBI Clerk Prelims 2025 exam will be out as soon as the exam concludes. The exam will be held on multiple days and in various shifts. The exam pattern and structure will be the same for all these shifts, and students will be given a different set of questions in each of the exam shifts. The difficulty level of the SBI Clerk 2025 prelims exam is likely to be moderate.

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