SBI Clerk Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2026 — Prelims & Mains Guide
Complete SBI Clerk 2026 syllabus and exam pattern — Prelims (100Q) and Mains (190Q) subject-wise breakdown, salary, selection process and prep strategy.
SBI Clerk (Junior Associate) is one of the largest bank clerk recruitments in India, with thousands of vacancies every year. This guide covers the complete Prelims and Mains syllabus, sectional time limits, salary and a prep roadmap.
SBI Clerk 2026 Exam Pattern at a Glance
Prelims has sectional time limits — 20 minutes each for English, Numerical Ability and Reasoning. You can't shift time between sections, so speed in your weakest section matters as much as your strongest.
Prelims Syllabus (100Q · 100M · 60 Min)
Numerical Ability — Key Topics
- Number Series
- Simplification
- Percentage
- Profit & Loss
- Average
- Ratio
- Time & Work
- Speed & Distance
- Data Interpretation
- Quadratic Equations
Reasoning Ability — Key Topics
- Puzzles & Seating Arrangement
- Syllogism
- Coding-Decoding
- Blood Relations
- Direction
- Inequality
- Input-Output
- Alphanumeric Series
Mains Syllabus (190Q · 200M · 2 hrs 40 min)
General / Financial Awareness — Key Topics
- Banking Awareness
- RBI & Monetary Policy
- Government Schemes
- Current Affairs
- Static GK
- Economy & Budget
- Insurance Basics
SBI Clerk Salary & Vacancies 2026
Starting basic pay is ₹26,730 with graduate increments, taking in-hand salary to approximately ₹46,000 per month including DA, HRA and allowances. Around 6,000+ vacancies are expected in 2026, following 6,589 in 2025 — one of the highest vacancy counts among clerical-cadre exams.
How to Prepare for SBI Clerk 2026
- 1Practice each Prelims section under its exact 20-minute time limit — sectional speed is the real bottleneck, not overall difficulty
- 2Financial Awareness in Mains rewards daily reading — build a banking current affairs habit from Day 1
- 3Quant and Reasoning overlap heavily with SBI PO/IBPS — if you're also preparing for PO exams, practice together
- 4Attempt full Prelims mocks weekly, then shift fully to Mains-pattern mocks once Prelims is cleared
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