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📊 Important Dates & Schedule
S.No.ParticularsNumber
1Total number of applications received for SBI JA Preliminary Exam900,771
2Total number of candidates appeared in SBI JA Preliminary Exam643,828
3Total number of candidates qualified for SBI JA Mains Exam120,006
4Total number of candidates appeared in SBI JA Mains Exam114,052
📊 Eligibility Criteria Details
Post
Clerk (Junior Associates for Support & Sales)
Region
Across India
Purpose
To select Clerks in different branches of SBI
Age Limit
20 to 28 Years
Exam Stages
Prelims Exam, Mains Exam, Language Test
Mode of Exam
Online
Exam Duration
Prelims Exam: 1 hour Mains Exam: 2 hour 40 minutes
Exam Elements
Details
Level of Exam
National
Qualification
Graduates Government Jobs
Marking Scheme
Negative ¼ mark for every incorrect answer
Frequency of Exam
Yearly
Application Start Date
To be announced
SBI Clerk Vacancy 2026
10,000 (expected)
Educational Qualification
Graduation
Name of Exam conducting body
State Bank of India
SBI Clerk Mains Exam Date 2026
23 November (Tentative)
SBI Clerk Exam Date 2026 for Prelims
26 September-3 October 2026 (Tentative)
SBI Clerk Notification 2026 Release Date
To be announced
Last Date to Apply Online for SBI Clerk 2026
To be announced
📊 Important Dates & Schedule
Exam Stage
SBI Clerk Exam Date 2026
Mains Exam
23rd November 2026
Language Test
To be Announced
Preliminary Exam
26th, 27th September, and 3rd October 2026
📊 Vacancy Trends
YearVacancies
20256,589
202414,191
20238,773
20225,486
20215,454
20207,870
20198,593
20187,200
20172,043
📊 Category-Wise Cut-Off Marks
CriteriaDetails
Minimum Age20 years
Maximum Age28 years
Cut-off Date for Age CalculationAs on 01.04.2025
Date of Birth RangeBorn not earlier than 02.04.1997 and not later than 01.04.2005 (both days inclusive)
📊 Application Fee
SC / ST
5 years
Category
Age Relaxation
PwBD (OBC)
13 years
PwBD (SC / ST)
15 years
PwBD (Gen / EWS)
10 years
OBC (Non-Creamy Layer)
3 years
Ex-Servicemen / Disabled Ex-Servicemen
Actual period of service in Defence + 3 years (8 years for SC/ST Disabled Ex-Servicemen) , subject to a maximum age of 50 years
📊 Exam Information 7
Qualification CriteriaDetails
Basic QualificationGraduation in any discipline from a recognized university or equivalent qualification recognized by the Government.
Final Year StudentsCan apply provisionally but must produce proof of passing by 31.12.2025.
Integrated Dual Degree (IDD) HoldersDate of passing IDD must be on or before 31.12.2025.
Ex-Servicemen (Matriculate)Indian Army Special Certificate of Education or equivalent in Navy/Air Force with at least 15 years of service. The certificate should be dated on or before 31.12.2025.
📊 Important Dates & Schedule
Category
Application Fees
Gen / OBC / EWS
₹750/-
SC / ST / PwBD / XS / DXS
Exempted
📊 Exam Information 9
DocumentDimensions (Pixels)File SizeFormatKey Points
Photograph200 x 230 (Preferred)20 KB – 50 KBJPG/JPEGRecent passport-style colour photo, light background, face visible, no caps or sunglasses.
Signature140 x 60 (Preferred)10 KB – 20 KBJPG/JPEGSign on white paper with black ink pen, avoid CAPITAL letters, ensure clear visibility.
Left-Hand Thumb Impression240 x 240 (Preferred)20 KB – 50 KBJPG/JPEGLeft thumb impression in black/blue ink on white paper. Use right thumb if left is unavailable.
Handwritten Declaration800 x 400 (Preferred)50 KB – 100 KBJPG/JPEGDeclaration text in candidate’s handwriting on white paper with black ink.
📊 Exam Pattern & Marking Scheme
SectionMedium of ExamNo. of QuestionsMaximum MarksDuration
English LanguageEnglish303020 minutes
Numerical AbilityBilingual353520 minutes
Reasoning AbilityBilingual353520 minutes
Total1001001 Hour
📊 Exam Pattern & Marking Scheme
SectionMedium of ExamNo. of QuestionsMaximum MarksDuration
General / Financial Awareness*505035 minutes
General EnglishEnglish404035 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude*505045 minutes
Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude*506045 minutes
Total1902002 hr 40 min
📊 Exam Pattern & Marking Scheme
S.No.Test PatternSectionNo. of PassagesNo. of QuestionsMax. Marks
1Non-Verbal TestObjective31515
Subjective31515
2Verbal Test20
📊 Exam Pattern & Marking Scheme
SectionTopics
English LanguageReading Comprehension, Cloze Test, Para Jumbles, Spotting Errors, Fill in the Blanks, Sentence Improvement
Numerical AbilitySimplification, Number Series, Data Interpretation, Quadratic Equations, Arithmetic Problems (Profit & Loss, Time & Work, Simple Interest, etc.)
Reasoning AbilityPuzzles, Seating Arrangement, Inequality, Syllogism, Blood Relations, Direction Sense, Coding-Decoding, Alphanumeric Series
General/Financial AwarenessCurrent Affairs, Banking Awareness, Static GK, Financial & Economic News
General EnglishReading Comprehension, Cloze Test, Error Spotting, Para Jumbles, Vocabulary-based Questions
Quantitative AptitudeData Interpretation (Line Graph, Pie Chart, Bar Graph), Data Sufficiency, Simplification, Arithmetic Word Problems
Reasoning Ability & Computer AptitudePuzzles, Logical Reasoning, Seating Arrangement, Input-Output, Coding-Decoding, Basic Computer Terminologies, Internet, MS Office, Networking
📊 Exam Centre
Sr.State/UTMedium of Exam
1Andaman & NicobarEnglish, Hindi
2Andhra PradeshEnglish, Hindi, Telugu, Urdu
3Arunachal PradeshEnglish, Hindi
4AssamEnglish, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali
5BiharEnglish, Hindi, Urdu
6ChhattisgarhEnglish, Hindi
7DelhiEnglish, Hindi
8GoaEnglish, Hindi, Konkani
9GujaratEnglish, Hindi, Gujarati
10HaryanaEnglish, Hindi, Punjabi
11Himachal PradeshEnglish, Hindi
12Jammu & KashmirEnglish, Hindi, Urdu
13JharkhandEnglish, Hindi
14KarnatakaEnglish, Hindi, Kannada
15KeralaEnglish, Hindi, Malayalam
16LadakhEnglish, Hindi, Urdu
17LakshadweepEnglish, Hindi, Malayalam
18Madhya PradeshEnglish, Hindi
19MaharashtraEnglish, Hindi, Marathi
20ManipurEnglish, Hindi, Manipuri
21MeghalayaEnglish, Hindi
22MizoramEnglish, Hindi
23NagalandEnglish, Hindi
24OdishaEnglish, Hindi, Odia
25PunjabEnglish, Hindi, Punjabi
26RajasthanEnglish, Hindi
27SikkimEnglish, Hindi
28Tamil NaduEnglish, Hindi, Tamil
29TelanganaEnglish, Hindi, Telugu, Urdu
30TripuraEnglish, Hindi, Bengali
31Uttar PradeshEnglish, Hindi, Urdu
32UttarakhandEnglish, Hindi
33West BengalEnglish, Hindi, Bengali
📊 Exam Information 15
RegionCities
NorthAgra, Allahabad, Bareilly, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Gorakhpur, Jaipur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, New Delhi, Srinagar, Varanasi
SouthBangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Ernakulam, Gulbarga, Hubli, Hyderabad, Madurai, Mysore, Port Blair, Tirupati, Vishakhapatnam, Vijayawada
EastAgartala, Aizwal, Asansol, Bhubaneswar, Berhampur (Ganjam), Dibrugarh, Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Itanagar, Kohima, Kolkata, Patna, Purnea, Ranchi, Sambalpur, Silchar, Siliguri, Shillong
WestAhmedabad, Akola, Aurangabad, Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji (Goa), Pune, Raipur, Vadodara
📊 Exam Centre
State CodeState/UTExam Centre Locations
11Andaman & NicobarPort Blair
12Andhra PradeshAnantpur, Guntur/Vijayawada, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vizag, Vizianagaram
13Arunachal PradeshNaharlagun, Papumpare
14AssamDibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur
15BiharArrah, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea
16ChandigarhMohali
17ChhattisgarhBhilai Nagar, Bilaspur, Raipur
18Delhi NCRDelhi/ NCR (All NCR cities)
19GoaPanaji
20GujaratAhmedabad-Gandhinagar, Anand/Vadodara, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat/Bardoli, Vadodara
21HaryanaAmbala, Faridabad, Gurugram, Hisar, Kurukshetra
22Himachal PradeshBilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Baddi, Solan, Una
23Jammu & KashmirBaramullah, Jammu, Pulwama, Samba, Srinagar
24JharkhandBokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi
25KarnatakaBengaluru, Belgaum, Davangare, Gulbarga, Hubli-Dharwad, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi
26KeralaAlappuzha, Idukki, Kannur, Kochi/Ernakulam, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
27LadakhLeh, Kargil
28LakshadweepKavaratti
29Madhya PradeshBhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain
30MaharashtraAhilyanagar (Ahmednagar), Akola, Amravati, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad), Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/Thane/Navi Mumbai/MMR, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Raigad, Sangli, Satara, Solapur
31ManipurImphal, Churachandpur, Kakching
32MeghalayaShillong, Tura
33MizoramAizawl
34NagalandDimapur, Kohima
35OdishaBalasore, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Baripada, Puri
36PuducherryPuducherry
37PunjabAmritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala, Moga, Phagwara
38RajasthanAjmer, Bikaner, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur
39SikkimGangtok
40Tamil NaduChennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Erode, Karur, Madurai, Nagercoil, Namakkal, Salem, Thanjavur, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Virudhunagar
41TelanganaHyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal
42TripuraAgartala
43Uttar PradeshAgra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Faizabad, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida & Greater Noida, Prayagraj (Allahabad), Varanasi
44UttarakhandDehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee
45West BengalAsansol, Durgapur, Greater Kolkata, Hooghly, Howrah, Kalyani, Siliguri, Burdwan, Bankura
📊 Category-Wise Cut-Off Marks
State / UTGeneral Cut-Off
Andaman & Nicobar—
Andhra Pradesh68.75
Arunachal Pradesh68.75
Assam60.75
Bihar47.25
Chhattisgarh29.50
Chandigarh65.25
Delhi67.00
Gujarat47.00
Haryana64.00
Himachal Pradesh68.50
Jammu66.50
Jharkhand42.25
Karnataka72.50
Kerala64.00
Madhya Pradesh49.25
Maharashtra44.75
Meghalaya54.75
Manipur37.00
Odisha64.25
Punjab60.25
Rajasthan59.50
Sikkim39.75
Tamil Nadu55.50
Telangana60.00
Tripura64.00
Uttar Pradesh61.75
Uttarakhand64.75
West Bengal61.25
📊 Exam Pattern & Marking Scheme
TopicsNo. of QuestionsLevel
Reading Comprehension8Easy to Moderate
Error Detection5Easy to Moderate
Word Usage3Easy to Moderate
Sentence Rearrangement5Easy to Moderate
Word Swapping4Easy to Moderate
Cloze Test5Easy to Moderate
Overall30Easy to Moderate
📊 Exam Pattern & Marking Scheme
TopicsNo. of QuestionsLevel
Row Based Puzzle5Easy to Moderate
Circular Puzzle5Easy to Moderate
Floor Flat Based Puzzle5Easy to Moderate
Syllogism (only a few, all, some)3Easy
Inequality3Easy
Blood Relations4Easy to Moderate
Order Ranking4Easy to Moderate
Meaningful Word1Easy
Pairing1Easy
Alphanumeric Series (letter, number, symbol)4Easy
Overall35Easy
📊 Exam Pattern & Marking Scheme
TopicsNo. of QuestionsLevel
Data Interpretation (Bar Graph)5Easy to Moderate
Caselet DI6Easy to Moderate
Wrong Number Series6Easy to Moderate
Simplification10Easy
Arithmetic8Easy to Moderate
Overall35Easy to Moderate
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Q1.What is the total number of vacancies released for SBI Clerk 2026?
The vacancies will soon be announced for SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) 2026 recruitment across India.
Q2.What is the age limit for SBI Clerk 2026?
Candidates must be between 20 to 28 years as on 1st April 2025. Age relaxations apply for reserved categories.
Q3.What is the educational qualification required for SBI Clerk 2026?
Candidates must hold a Graduation degree in any discipline. Final year students can also apply provisionally.
Q4.What are the stages in the SBI Clerk 2026 selection process?
The selection process includes Prelims Exam, Mains Exam, and Local Language Proficiency Test (LLPT).
Q5.What is the salary of SBI Clerk in 2026?
The SBI Clerk Salary 2025 starts with a basic pay of Rs. 26,730, and the in-hand salary is approximately Rs. 46,000 per month.
Q6.What is the selection process for SBI Clerk Recruitment 2026?
The SBI Clerk Selection Process 2026 includes Prelims, Mains Exam, followed by a Local Language Proficiency Test (LLPT).
Q7.How can I download the SBI Clerk Notification 2026 PDF?
Candidates can download the SBI Clerk 2026 Notification PDF from the official SBI website at sbi.co.in/web/careers.
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