SBI Clerk Recruitment 2022-23: Prelims, Mains, Sectional Cutoff

Hafsha Qureshi
Hafsha Qureshi

Updated on - Dec 27, 2023

SBI Clerk recruitment 2022-23 exam will be conducted by the State Bank of India to recruit candidates for the clerical cadre in its different branches across the country. SBI Clerk is the best opportunity for every candidate aspiring to start their career in SBI as a Banker. SBI Clerk provides the recruitment for the post of Junior Associate (JA) and Junior Agriculture Associate (JAA).

Recruitment for SBI Clerk 2022-23 

Firstly SBI releases the notification for the vacancies of clerk and then organize the exam into 2 phase namely, Preliminary Exam and the Mains Exam. For Clerk Post, there is no interview round or group discussion. It made this exam a bit easier. Based on the previous year's exam pattern for SBI Clerk given below are sectional and time divisions for both phases.

SBI Clerk Prelims

SBI Clerk Recruitment consists of two phases of the online examination. Among the two phases, SBI Clerk Prelims is qualifying in nature. Candidates must have to qualify for the sectional cut-off and complete the cut-off of the exam to write the SBI Clerk Mains exam. If the Candidate Fails to Qualify SBI Clerk prelims, they will not able to write the SBI Clerk Main exam.

SBI Clerks Prelims 2022-23
Name of the Test No. of Questions Time 
English Language 30 Composite Time of 1 hour 
Numerical Ability 35
Reasoning 35
Total 100

SBI Clerk Mains

Marks scored by the candidates in the Main exam will contribute to the final merit list. After this candidate might be required to write the Regional or Local Language Proficiency Test. In SBI Clerk 2016 the cut-off for general category was 57.5 with sectional cut-off as English- 6.75, Numerical Ability-5.5 and reasoning was 7.75. 

SBI Clerk Mains 2022-23
Name of the Test No. of Questions Maximum Marks Time
Reasoning and Computer Aptitude 50 60 45 Minutes
English Language 40 40 35 Minutes
Quantitative Aptitude 50 50 45 Minutes
General Awareness (Special Reference to Banking Industry) 50 50 35 Minutes
Total 190 200
2 Hours 40 Minutes

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