SBI Clerk Syllabus 2026 (Prelims & Mains): Download Junior Associate Syllabus PDF

State Bank of India Clerk Exam 2026 ( SBI Clerk )

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Updated on Oct 6, 2026 11:06 IST

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SBI Clerk Syllabus 2026: State Bank of India conducted SBI Clerk Prelims exam on September 27, 2026 and October 3, 2026. SBI Clerk exam consists of two exam stages, Prelims and Mains, followed by a Local Language Test. It covers subjects including English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, and General Awareness. Every section in exam is time-bound. Therefore, candidates need to manage both speed and accuracy during examination.

SBI Clerk syllabus consists of all topics that need to be prepared for exam. Therefore, it is first step in preparation journey for bank clerical exam. Scroll down for detailed SBI Clerk Syllabus 2026.

 

 

Table of contents
  • SBI Clerk Subject-Wise Syllabus
  • Best Books for SBI Clerk 2026 exam
  • SBI Clerk Exam Pattern 2026
  • SBI Clerk Selection Process 2026
  • SBI Clerk Syllabus 2026 FAQs
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SBI Clerk Subject-Wise Syllabus

SBI Clerk selection process comprises prelims and mains exams. Marks obtained in prelims exam are not counted for final merit list. Mains exam syllabus is more detailed and it is important for candidates to understand complete syllabus to crack both stages of examination. Final selection is done based on mains exam. Candidates qualifying SBI clerk mains exam are called for Language Proficiency Test. Check syllabus below.

SBI Clerk Prelims Reasoning Syllabus

Logical Reasoning
Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test
Coded Inequalities
Puzzle
Blood Relations
Coding Decoding
Alphanumeric Series
Data Sufficiency
Seating Arrangement
Tabulation
Input Output

SBI Clerk Prelims Numerical Ability Syllabus

Simplification
Mixtures & Alligations
Work & Time
Mensuration-Cylinder, Cone, Sphere
Ratio & Proportion, Percentage
Sequence & Series
Profit & Loss
Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices
Time & Distance
Data Interpretation
Number Systems
Permutation, Combination & Probability

SBI Clerk English Syllabus

Reading Comprehension
Para jumbles
Fill in blanks
Paragraph Completion
Cloze Test
Miscellaneous
Error Spotting
Vocabulary

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SBI Clerk Mains Syllabus for Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude

Syllogism

Inequality

Seating Arrangement (Circular - Inward Outward)

Linear Arrangement (North-South)

Puzzle - Floor based

Coding-Decoding

Blood Relation

Order and Ranking

Direction Sense

Data Sufficiency

Input-output

SBI Clerk Mains Syllabus for Computer Aptitude

Basics of Computer: Hardware, Software, Generation of Computers

DBMS

Networking

Internet

MS Office

Input-Output Devices

Important Abbreviations

SBI Clerk Mains Syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude

Simplification

Number Series

Data Sufficiency

Data Interpretation

Quadratic Equation

Time & Distance, Work

Partnership

Profit & Loss

Simple and Compound Interest

Mixture and Allegations

Ratio & Proportion, Averages, Percentages

SBI Clerk Mains Syllabus for General Awareness/Financial Awareness

Current Affairs- news on banking industry, awards, and honours, books and authors, latest appointments, obituaries, new schemes of central and state governments, sports, etc.

Static GK - country-capital, country-currency, headquarters of financial organizations (of insurance companies), constituencies of ministers, dance forms, nuclear and thermal power stations, etc.

Banking/Financial terms

Static Awareness

Banking and Financial Awareness

SBI Clerk Mains English Syllabus

Reading comprehension including Synonyms and Antonyms

Sentence rearrangement or Para jumbles

Sentence Correction

Spell Checks

Fillers

Cloze Test

Syllabus in any competitive exam plays a crucial role in the preparation. Candidates should be well versed with the syllabus. Clear understanding of syllabus and exam pattern is important in preparation of SBI Clerk exam. This syllabus provides an understanding about topics asked in exam.

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Best Books for SBI Clerk 2026 exam

Books are major point in preparation. SBI Clerk books will guide students to do their preparation well for examination. SBI Clerk books help candidates to cover subjects given in syllabus. These books help candidates to clear their basic concepts of exam topics. Check list important books for SBI clerk exam.

English Language

  • English Grammar by Wren and Martin
  • Objective English by S P Bakshi
  • Word Power made easy by Norman Lewis

Reasoning Ability

  • Analytical Reasoning by MK Pandey
  • Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning by R.S. Aggarwal
  • Test of Reasoning by Edgar Thorpe

Computer Aptitude

  •  Lucent’s Computer by Rani Ahilya
  • Objective Computer Awareness by Somya Ranjan Behera

General/Financial Awareness

  • Lucent’s General Knowledge
  • Banking and Economic Awareness by Rakesh Kumar
  • Banking, Financial & General Awareness by I K Pavel

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SBI Clerk Exam Pattern 2026

The exam pattern has been released along with notification for recruitment of Junior Associate vacancies. Candidates should go through exam pattern properly before understanding syllabus. Candidates can check below SBI Clerk exam pattern for prelims and mains exam.

SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern

Section No of Questions Marks Duration

English Language

30

30

20 Minutes

Numerical Ability

35

35

20 Minutes

Reasoning Ability

35

35

20 Minutes

Total

100

100

1 Hour

SBI Clerk Mains Exam Pattern

Name of test No of Questions Marks Duration

General Awareness

50

50

35 Minutes

General English

40

40

35 Minutes

Quantitative Aptitude

50

50

45 Minutes

Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude

50

60

45 Minutes

Total

190

200

2 Hours 40 minutes

Before studying SBI Clerk Syllabus, candidates need to understand the SBI exam pattern. 

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SBI Clerk Selection Process 2026

SBI Clerk selection process includes clearance of exams in two parts: prelims and mains. Marks obtained in prelims exam are not counted for final merit list. Final selection is done only on basis of mains exam. Candidates who get qualified for mains exam take Language Proficiency Test.

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SBI Clerk Syllabus 2026 FAQs

SBI Clerk syllabus 2026 FAQs are provided below. SBI clerk syllabus comprises of important topics for exam, best books for exam and preparation tips for exam.

Q:   What are the job responsibilities of SBI Clerk?
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Q:   What are the important topics for Quantitative Aptitude section in SBI Clerk exam?
A: 

In the Quantitative Aptitude section, the accuracy of candidates in mathematical calculations is scrutinised. Questions include topics from arithmetic equations, Algebra percentage analysis, quantitative analysis, and categorisation. A total of 35 questions are asked in this section in prelims exam. A total of 50 questions are asked in this section in Mains exam. SBI Clerk syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude is given below.

SBI Clerk Quant Prelims Syllabus 

  • Alphanumeric Series
  • Ranking/ Direction/ Alphabet Test
  • Data Sufficiency
  • Coded Inequalities
  • Seating Arrangement
  • Puzzle
  • Tabulation
  • Syllogism
  • Blood Relations
  • Input-Output
  • Coding-Decoding
  • SBI Clerk Syllabus- Numerical Ability
  • Simplification
  • Profit & Loss
  • Mixtures & Alligations
  • Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices
  • Work & Time
  • Time & Distance
  • Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere
  • Data Interpretation
  • Ratio & Proportion
  • Number Systems
  • Sequence & Series
  • Percentage
  • Permutation Combination
  • Probability

SBI Clerk Quant Mains Syllabus 

  • Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Line Chart, Tabular, Caselet, Radar/Web, Pie Chart
  • Inequalities (Quadratic Equations, Quantity 1, Quantity 2)
  • Number Series
  • Approximation & Simplification
  • Data Sufficiency
  • Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems (HCF, LCM, Profit-Loss, SI & CI, Problem on Ages, Word & Time, Speed Distance & time, Probability, Mensuration, Permutation & Combination, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Problems on Boats and Stream, Problems on Trains, Mixture and Allegation, Pipes and Cisterns)
Q:   What is the difficulty level of SBI Clerk exam?
A: 

The difficulty level of the prelims exam is usually easy. The English and Reasoning sections are easy, whereas, Maths section is easy to moderate. The Mains exam paper is usually moderate. The difficulty level of the English Language section is easy, Quant section is moderate, Reasoning & Computer Aptitude section is moderate and General/Financial Awareness section is moderate. The prelims exam of SBI Clerk carries questions from Reasoning, English Language and Quantitative Aptitude. The total marks allotted to the test are 100. The mains exam of SBI Clerk carries questions from General/ Financial Awareness, General English, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude. The total marks allotted to the test are 200. Candidates qualifying the mains exam are called for Language Proficiency Test.

Q:   Why is SBI Clerk exam tough than IBPS Clerk?
A: 

SBI Clerk exam is little tougher than IBPS Clerk. The syllabus and pattern for both the exams are same. The level of questions asked in SBI Clerk exam is high.

Q:   What are the important topics for Reasoning Ability section in SBI Clerk exam?
A: 

The Reasoning Ability section tests the knowledge of candidates and their capability of solving the general ability problems with their intelligence. Questions are asked basically from Logical Reasoning and Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning. The Reasoning Ability section of SBI Clerk carries questions from topics such as Puzzle, Seating Arrangement, Blood Relations, Syllogism, Coding-Decoding, Input-Output, Inequalities, Statement and Assumptions, Order and Ranking, Data Sufficiency and Alphanumeric Series.

SBI Clerk Reasoning Ability Syllabus for Prelims

  • Alphanumeric Series
  • Ranking/ Direction/ Alphabet Test
  • Data Sufficiency
  • Coded Inequalities
  • Seating Arrangement
  • Puzzle
  • Tabulation
  • Syllogism
  • Blood Relations
  • Input-Output
  • Coding-Decoding

SBI Clerk Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude Syllabus for Mains

  • Internet
  • Machine Input/Output
  • Syllogism
  • Blood Relation
  • Direction Sense
  • Inequalities
  • Puzzles
  • Coding-Decoding
  • Ranking
  • Statement & Assumptions
  • Hardware
  • Software
  • Generation of Computers
  • DBMS
  • Networking
  • Internet
  • MS Office
  • Input-Output Devices
  • Important Abbreviations

 

Q:   What are the important topics for English Language section in SBI Clerk exam?
A: 

The English section appears in both prelims and Mains exams of SBI Clerk. Questions in English Language section of SBI Clerk exam are asked from Reading Comprehension, Fill in the Blanks, Sentence Rearrangement, Cloze Test, Vocabulary, etc. Candidates need to be thorough with the grammar and vocabularly inorder to ace the exam. SBI Clerk prelims and mains syllabus for English is given below:

SBI Clerk Prelims English Syllabus

  • Cloze Test
  • Para jumbles
  • Miscellaneous
  • Fill in the blanks
  • Multiple Meaning /Error Spotting
  • Paragraph Completion
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Sentence Rearrangement
  • Match the Following
  • Synonyms and Antonyms

SBI Clerk Mains English Syllabus

  • Reading Comprehension
  • Fillers
  • New Pattern Cloze Test
  • Phrase Rearrangement
  • Old Sentence out cum Para Jumbles
  • Inference
  • Sentence Completion
  • Connectors
  • Paragraph Conclusion
  • Phrasal Verb Related Questions
  • Error Detection
  • Word Usage/Vocab-Based Questions
Q:   How many questions are there in each section of the SBI Clerk preliminary exam?
A: 

A total of 100 questions are asked in SBI Clerk prelims exam. The distribution of questions in SBI Clerk prelims exam is given below.

SectionNo of QuestionsDuration

English Language

30

20 Minutes

Numerical Ability

35

20 Minutes

Reasoning Ability

35

20 Minutes

Total

100

1 Hour

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