The first shift of the SBI Clerk Mains Exam 2025 concluded at 11:10 am, and banking aspirants who appeared in this shift reviewed that the mains exam was of Moderate level. Candidates who have their exam in the upcoming shift or are planning to appear for the next exams must go through the detailed SBI Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 21st November 2025 to know any changes in the exam pattern or difficulty level from the previous year’s exams.
SBI Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025 Shift 1
SBI Junior Associates Mains exam was comprised of 4 sections, i.e. General English, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude, and General/Financial Awareness. The total time is 2 hours 40 minutes, and there is sectional timing, so clearly Speed, Accuracy and Planning are surely needed to have good attempts. Candidates are required to go through the accurate and detailed SBI Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025 from the article. Also, we have shared subject-wise questions asked in 1st shift after connecting with the candidates who appeared.
SBI Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025 Difficulty Level
The overall difficulty level of the Shift 1 exam held on 21st November 2025, as reviewed, was “Moderate”, however, the English section was of Easy to Moderate level.
| Sections | Difficulty Level |
| General English | Easy to Moderate |
| Quantitative Aptitude | Moderate |
| Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude | Moderate |
| General/Financial Awareness | Moderate |
| Overall | Moderate |
SBI Clerk Mains Exam 2025 Good Attempts
As the analysis is completed, we have also updated the number of good attempts that could be scored in this shift to increase the chances of your final selection.
| Sections | No. of Questions | Good Attempts |
| General English | 40 | 23-25 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 20-22 |
| Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude | 50 | 30-32 |
| General/Financial Awareness | 50 | 33-35 |
| Overall | 190 | 106-114 |
SBI Clerk Mains Today Exam Analysis 2025
Candidates can also check questions from Reasoning and Computer Awareness, General English, General/Financial Awareness, and Quantitative Aptitude subjects from the section below, which has been updated here after connecting with the candidates who appeared in the exam.
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 of 21st November 2025 has been shared below.
- Nomadic Elephant
- NOBEL Prize (India)
- Who will hold the ISSF World Cup 2027?
- CM of Odisha
- Niveshak Didi II Launched by
- World’s Most Peaceful Country
- Minister of Jal Shakti
- National Teachers’ Day starting year
- FDI Data 2024-25
- International Sign Language Day
- ICC Women’s World Cup + Google
- RBI Fully Funded Institute
- In-space related
- India’s Rank in Human Development Index
- TS- 1 related
- PM Gram Sadak Yojna Phase
- Patola GI Tag
Stay tuned more questions will be added shortly.
SBI Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025- Reasoning Ability
In total, there were 50 questions in Reasoning Ability, out of which around 18 to 19 questions were from Puzzle & Seating Arrangement and 10 to 12 were from Logical Reasoning.
Puzzle & Seating Arrangements asked in 1st Shift of 21st November 2025-
- Designation Based (8 persons, Variable- Colour)- 5 questions
- Triangle + Musical Instrument (In & Out)- 5 questions
- Certain Seating Arrangement (N= 18)- 3 to 4 questions
- Box Based + Stationary Items (7 books)- 5 questions
| Topics | No. of Questions |
| Puzzle & Seating Arrangement | 18 to 19 |
| Inequality (Reverse) | 01 |
| Coded Syllogism | 03 |
| Machine Input | 01 |
| Blood Relation (Coded) | 04 |
| Data sufficiency (2 Data) | 04 to 05 |
| Critical Reasoning | 09 |
| New Pattern Coding | 05 |
| Meaningful Word | 01 |
| Total | 50 |
SBI Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025- Quantitative Aptitude
The questions from the Quantitative Aptitude section were Moderate, and candidates who appeared in the exam shared that there were 4 sets of Data Interpretation (DIs) asked in their shift.
Quadratic Equation Questions Asked
- [Px² + Qx + R = 0]
Data Interpretation Asked in 1st Shift of SBI Clerk Mains of 21 November.
- Table DI- 6 questions
- Bar Graph DI- 6 questions
- Caselet DI- 4 questions
| Topics | No. of Questions |
| Quadratic Equation | 03 |
| Data Interpretation | 16 |
| Wrong Number Series | 02 |
| New Pattern Series | 03 |
| Approximation | 04 |
| Q1 Q2 Q3 Based on the Quadratic Equation | 02 |
| Arithmetic | 10 |
| Total | 50 |
SBI Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025- English Language
There were 2 sets of Reading Comprehensions asked in Shift 1 of 21st November 2025. The overall difficulty level of questions from SBI Clerk Mains English section was Easy to Moderate.
Topic of RC 1- Bad designs and dark patterns of advertising
Topic of RC 2- James Wilson on differences and familiarity, with examples or art; poetry, and literature
| Topics | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension | 07 |
| Reading Comprehension | 08 |
| Word Interchange | 02 |
| Starters | 02 |
| Incorrect/correct | 04 |
| Phrase replacement | 05 |
| fill in the blanks (2 blanks in one sentence) | 03 |
| Word Usage | 01 |
| Sentence Rearrangement (7 sentences) | 05 |
| Miscellaneous | 02 |
| Total | 40 |
SBI Clerk Mains 2025 Exam Pattern
Negative Marking- 0.25 marks
Sectional Timing- Yes
| Subjects | No. of Questions | Marks | Time Duration |
| General English | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 minutes |
| Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| General/Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 minutes |
| Total | 190 | 200 | 2 hours 40 minutes |
SBI Clerk Mains 2025 Exam Timings
SBI Clerk Mains Exam will be conducted for thousands of candidates in two shifts (morning and evening). The shift timing for both shifts is detailed below.
| Events | Shift 1 | Shift 2 |
| Reporting Time | 7:30 am | 1:30 pm |
| Handwriting Sample | 8:25 am to 8:30 am | 2:25 pm to 2:30 pm |
| Exam Starts | 8:30 am | 2:30 pm |
| Exam Ends | 11:10 am | 5:10 pm |
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