How does SBI decide the cut-off marks for the SBI Clerk exam?

There are factors that are evaluated for preparing the cut off marks: Number of candidates appearing for the exam, the difficulty level of the exam, average no. of attempts done by aspirants, and number of vacancies in each state.

Is it necessary to score more than SBI Cut Off marks?

Yes, Cut Off refers to the minimum marks that an applicant needs to score to be eligible to move to the next stage of the recruitment process.

Q4. What is SBI Clerk Previous Year Cut Off?

Ans. SBI Clerk Previous Year Cut Off marks for Prelims & Mains Exam have been tabulated in the article.

Q5. Do SBI releases SBI Clerk Cut Off state-wise?

Ans. Yes, SBI Clerk Cut Off is releases state-wise by the State Bank of India.

Is there a sectional cut-off for SBI Clerk Exam?

No, there is no sectional cut-off for SBI Clerk from 2019 onwards. The cut-off marks are released category-wise and state-wise.

SBI Clerk Cut Off 2026, Prelims Expected Cut Off (Category-wise)

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The State Bank of India (SBI) announces the cut-off separately for each state and category after the exam results are declared. The SBI Clerk Cut off changes every year based on factors such as the number of vacancies, exam difficulty, number of candidates appearing, and their overall performance. Candidates can analyse previous years’ cut-off trends to predict the expected cut-off and set an achievable target for their preparation.

SBI Clerk Cut Off 2026

The SBI Clerk 2026 Cut Off is the minimum score candidates need to secure to qualify for the examination and proceed to the next stage of recruitment. It is released separately for different states and categories, reflecting the level of competition across regions. Candidates who meet or exceed the prescribed cut-off marks will advance to the subsequent stage of the selection process.

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SBI Clerk Prelims Expected Cut-off 2026

The Bank will announce the Prelims Cut Off along with the Preliminary Exam result. The cut off is calculated out of 100 marks and it is released separately for each state and category. However, based on candidate’s feedback, we have provided the expected cut off marks below.

State/UT	Expected Cut-off Marks (Out of 100)
Tamil Nadu	49 to 57
Jammu & Kashmir	79 to 87
Gujarat	67 to 76
West Bengal	77 to 85
Karnataka	58 to 66
Telangana	48 to 56
Maharashtra	60 to 69
Madhya Pradesh	78 to 86
Assam	73 to 81
Uttar Pradesh	75 to 83
Chhattisgarh	69 to 77
Rajasthan	74 to 82
Andaman & Nicobar	65 to 73
Odisha	73 to 81
Himachal Pradesh	76 to 84

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How to Check SBI Clerk Cut Off @sbi.bank.in?

Candidates can download the SBI Clerk Cut Off from the official website of the State Bank of India at sbi.co.in by following the steps given below.

Step 1: Visit the official website of the State Bank of India and go to the careers section
Step 2: Now, click on the SBI Clerk Score card link. In the scorecard itself, you can check the cut-off marks.
Step 3: Log in with your registration ID and password.
Step 4: The score card and cut-off details will appear on your screen.

SBI Clerk Previous Year Cut Off

Candidates preparing for the upcoming SBI Clerk exams can refer to previous years’ cut-off marks to understand the competition and set realistic preparation targets. Analysing past cut-off trends provides useful insights into the qualifying marks across different years.

This page covers detailed SBI Clerk Cut Off information and trends for 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, and 2016.

SBI Clerk Cut Off 2025 Prelims

States/UT	General	SC	ST	OBC	EWS
Andaman & Nicobar	67.5	67.5	41.25	67.5	63
Assam	76	73.75	52	73.75	69.75
Bihar	74	66	59.25	74	74
Chhattisgarh	72.25	68	62.25	72.25	72.25
Andhra Pradesh	60.75	60.75	60.75	60.75	60.75
Arunachal Pradesh	66.5	66.5	57.75	66.5	50
Ladak	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25
Delhi	78.25	72	56.25	76	78.25
Gujarat	72.5	72.5	61	72.5	72.5
Goa	55.75	55.75	31.25	55.75	47
Haryana	76.5	66.5	76.5	75.75	76.5
Jharkhand	75.25	65	65.25	75.25	75.25
Karnataka	61	61	61	61	61
Kerala	74	63.5	47.5	74	36.5
Madhya Pradesh	81	73	54	81	81
Himachal Pradesh	81.25	74.75	78.5	76.25	81.25
Sikkim	77.5	69.25	62.75	75.25	71.5
Jammu & Kashmir	81.75	77.25	69	75	73
Maharashtra	65.5	65.5	55	65.5	65.5
Tamil Nadu	52	52	52	52	42.75
Meghalaya	67	44.25	67	57	54.75
Nagaland	64.25	64.25	64.25	64.25	64.25
Punjab	80.75	70.25	80.75	76.25	80.75
Telangana	52.5	52.5	52.5	52.5	52.5
Rajasthan	77	69.75	65	77	77
Uttar Pradesh	79.5	72	61.75	79.25	79.5
Uttarakhand	79.5	66.75	66.5	74.25	77
Manipur	61.75	61.75	61.75	61.75	27
West Bengal	81.5	74	67.75	74.75	65.75
Odisha	75.5	66.5	54.25	75.5	75

SBI Clerk Cut Off 2025 Mains

States/UT	SC	ST	UR	OBC	EWS
Andaman & Nicobar	–	–	79.50	–	–
Andhra Pradesh	80.25	75.75	94.50	91.25	85.50
Assam	–	–	79	–	–
Bihar	–	63.25	87	81.75	–
Chhattisgarh	66.25	61	82	80.25	76.25
Delhi	–	–	90	–	–
Gujarat	74.25	81.75	83.50	78.25	77
Haryana	–	–	89.25	–	–
Himachal Pradesh	74.25	81.75	88.50	78.50	81.50
Jammu & Kashmir	–	–	90	–	–
Jharkhand	–	–	83	–	–
Karnataka	–	–	78.5	–	–
Kerala	–	–	84.75	–	–
Madhya Pradesh	69.50	60	90	83.50	82.75
Maharashtra	–	–	82	–	–
Meghalaya	–	–	76.75	–	–
Manipur	–	–	89.75	–	–
Mizoram	–	–	70	–	–
Odisha	–	–	85.75	–	–
Punjab	–	–	93.50	–	–
Rajasthan	69.75	65.75	88.25	82.75	83
Sikkim	–	–	85.75	–	–
Tamil Nadu	79.50	71.50	97.75	95.25	71
Tripura	–	60	80.75	–	70
Telangana	–	–	84	–	–
Uttar Pradesh	68.25	60	88.25	78.75	82.5
Uttarakhand	63.50	70	86.25	76.5	80
West Bengal	–	–	86.75	–	72.50
Uttar Pradesh	60	88.25	68.25	78.75	82.5
Uttarakhand	70	86.25	63.50	76.5	80
West Bengal	–	86.75	–	–	–
West Bengal	–	–	–	–	–

SBI Clerk Cut Off 2024 Prelims

Here, we have discussed the Prelims cut-off marks for Schedule Caste (SC), Schedule Tribe (ST), General, OBC, and other categories.

States/UT	General	SC	ST	OBC	EWS
Andaman & Nicobar	–	–	–	–	–
Andhra Pradesh	68.75	68.75	56.5	68.75	68.75
Arunachal Pradesh	68.75	68.75	56.5	68.75	68.75
Assam	60.75	58.25	40.25	58	30.75
Bihar	47.25	44.75	39.25	47.25	47.25
Chhattisgarh	29.5	29.5	29.5	29.5	0.00
Chandigarh	65.25	60	65.25	55.25	45.25
Delhi	67	62	49.50	60.75	56.75
Gujarat	47	47	25.75	47	47
Haryana	64	53.5	64	64	64
Himachal Pradesh	68.50	60.75	66.75	61.25	66.5
Jammu	66.50	–	–	51.75	26.25
Jharkhand	42.25	39.25	42.25	42.25	38.5
Karnataka	72.5	70.5	62.25	72.5	72.5
Kerala	64	53.75	39.75	64	2.50
Madhya Pradesh	49.25	49.25	49.25	49.25	49.25
Maharashtra	44.75	44.75	40	44.75	44.75
Meghalaya	54.75	54.75	53.5	54.75	54.75
Manipur	37	37	37	37	5.25
Odisha	64.25	55	41.5	64.25	52
Punjab	60.25	49.75	60.25	57	55
Rajasthan	59.5	57	47	59.5	59.5
Sikkim	39.75	39.75	38.5	39.75	3.5
Tamil Nadu	55.50	55.50	55.50	55.50	36.75
Telangana	60	60	60	60	60
Tripura	64	–	–	–	–
Uttar Pradesh	61.75	56	45.75	61.75	61.75
Uttarakhand	64.75	51.25	53.75	63.75	55.75
West Bengal	61.25	51.75	42.75	45.75	0.00

SBI Clerk Cut Off 2024 Mains

The State Bank of India has released the SBI Clerk cut‑off marks on its official website, www.sbi.co.in. The cut‑off marks indicate the score of the last candidate who qualified, meaning anyone scoring equal to or above this mark is considered successful.

State/UT	General	EWS	OBC	SC	ST
Arunachal Pradesh	70	70	–	–	60
Assam	77.5	70	68.75	66.25	60
Bihar	80.5	76.5	74.75	60	60
Chhattisgarh	75	–	–	–	–
Delhi	87.5	–	76.5	–	–
Goa	–	–	–	–	–
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	71	–	–	–	–
Chandigarh	89.5	66.75	69.5	66.75	–
Andhra Pradesh	90.25	–	–	–	–
Gujarat	77	70		67.5	60
Jammu	84	70	68	67	63.75
Jharkhand	77.25	70	71.5	60	60
Karnataka	93	–	89.5	–	–
Haryana	87.25	80	77.5	–	64.75
Himachal Pradesh	85.5	76.25	71.5	68.75	66.5
Kerala	84.25	–	–	–	–
Ladakh	70	60	60	60	65.5
Manipur	76.5	76.25	70	72.25	64
Meghalaya	85.75	–	72	–	–
Mizoram	71	–	–	–	–
Nagaland	70	–	–	–	–
Odisha	85.25	74.75	79.75	61.75	60
Madhya Pradesh	80.5	–	–	–	–
Maharashtra	82		76	73.5	60
Puducherry	–	–	–	–	–
Punjab	74.5	70	72	–	61
Telangana	81.25	–	–	–	–
Uttarakhand	84.5	76.5	70.75	64.75	62.75
West Bengal	82	70	69	65	60
Rajasthan	85	76	80.25	65	60
Tamil Nadu	89	86.25	70	74	84.25
Tripura	79.25	–	–	–	–
Uttar Pradesh	82.75	75.75	74	63	60

SBI Clerk Cut Off 2023 Prelims

States/UT	General	EWS	OBC	SC	ST
Andaman & Nicobar	–	–	–	–	–
Andhra Pradesh	56.50	–	–	–	–
Arunachal Pradesh	41	–	–	–	–
Assam	65	–	61.25	–	–
Bihar	51	–	–	–	–
Chhattisgarh	62.5	–	–	–	–
Delhi	57.25	–	–	–	–
Gujarat	51.50	–	–	–	–
Haryana	58	–	–	–	–
Himachal Pradesh	64	–	–	–	–
Jammu	66	–	–	–	–
Jharkhand	56.50	–	–	–	–
Karnataka	56	–	–	–	–
Kerala	76.25	–	–	–	–
Madhya Pradesh	67.50	67.50	67.50	63.25	48.50
Maharashtra	71.75	–	–	–	–
Meghalaya	34.25	–	–	–	–
Odisha	77	–	–	–	–
Punjab	68.5	–	–	–	–
Rajasthan	57.25	–	–	–	–
Sikkim	58.50	–	–	–	–
Tamil Nadu	65.50	–	–	–	–
Telangana	42.5	–	–	–	–
Tripura	61	–	–	–	–
Uttar Pradesh	60.50	60.50	60.50	53.50	43.50
Uttarakhand	63.50	–	–	–	–
West Bengal	80	–	–	–	–

SBI Clerk Cut Off 2023 Mains

States/UT	ST	SC	OBC	EWS	General
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	–	–	–	–	74.75
Andhra Pradesh	–	–	–	–	–
Arunachal Pradesh	–	–	–	–	–
Assam	60	68.75	67.25	70	76.75
Bihar	60	60	73	73.75	78
Chhattisgarh	–	–	–	–	–
Delhi	60	67.25	71.25	73.25	81.75
Goa	–	–	–	–	–
Gujarat	60	68.50	70.75	71.50	76.75
Haryana	–	61.25	70.75	72.75	80.75
Himachal Pradesh	68.25	65	67.75	73.25	80.75
Jammu & Kashmir	60	72.75	63.5	70	79.5
Jharkhand	–	–	–	–	–
Karnataka	60	61	70.75	70	75.25
Kerala	–	–	–	–	–
Ladakh UT	60.75	60	60	70	70
Madhya Pradesh	60	68.25	75.25	75.25	80.75
Maharashtra	62.75	76.75	83.25	81.75	86.5
Manipur	74.25	65	70	75	–
Meghalaya	–	–	–	–	–
Mizoram	–	–	–	–	–
Nagaland	–	–	–	–	–
Odisha	–	–	–	–	85.25
Puducherry	–	–	–	–	–
Punjab	–	65.75	70	71.75	81.75
Rajasthan	60	64	75	73.25	80
Tamil Nadu	72.25	68.5	82.5	70	84.25
Telangana	61.25	65.75	73.25	70	76.75
Tripura	–	68.25	60	70	77.75
Uttar Pradesh	60	63.25	71.25	73.75	80.75
Uttarakhand	67.5	61.5	69.5	73.5	80.75
West Bengal	66.75	70.50	75.75	74.75	86.50

SBI Clerk Cut-Off 2022 Prelims

SBI Clerk Cut Off 2022( Out of 100)
States/UT	General	OBC	SC	ST	EWS
Andaman & Nicobar	–	–	–	–	–
Arunachal Pradesh	–	–	–	–	–
Assam	69.25	–	–	–	–
Chhattisgarh	72.75	–	–	–	–
Delhi	–	–	–	–
Gujarat	72.25	–	–	–	–
Haryana	–	–	–	–	–
Himachal Pradesh	–	–	–	–	–
Jammu	77	–	71.75	–	–
Jharkhand	–	–	–	–	–
Karnataka	64.50	–	–	–	–
Kerala	68	–	–	–	–
Madhya Pradesh	74.75	74.75	66.5	57.5	74.75
Maharashtra	65.5	–	–	–	–
Odisha	77	–	–	–	–
Punjab	80.75	–	–	–	–
Rajasthan	75	–	–	–	–
Sikkim	–	–	–	–	–
Tamil Nadu	62.25	–	–	–	–
Telangana	69	–	–	–	–
Uttar Pradesh	77.5	–	–	–	–
Uttarakhand	78.75	74.5	–	–	–
West Bengal	78.50	–	–	–	–

SBI Clerk Cut Off 2022 Mains

States/UT	General	OBC	ST	SC	EWS
Uttarakhand	83	69.75	56	60.25	72
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	–	–	–	–	–
Andhra Pradesh	–	–	–	–	–
Arunachal Pradesh	–	–	–	–	–
Assam	72	–	–	–	–
Bihar	–	–	–	–	–
Chhattisgarh	77.25	75.75	–	–	–
Delhi	–	–	–	–	–
Goa	70	–	–	–	–
Gujarat	74.5	67.25	50	62.75	70
Haryana	85.5	–	–	–	–
Himachal Pradesh	85.75	–	–	–	–
Jammu & Kashmir	77	–	–	–	–
Jharkhand	–	–	–	–	–
Karnataka	70.75	67	–	–	–
Kerala	–	–	–	–	–
Madhya Pradesh	78.25	72.25	–	–	–
Maharashtra	76	70.25	52.25	68.5	70
Manipur	70	–	–	–	–
Meghalaya	–	–	–	–	–
Mizoram	–	–	–	–	–
Nagaland	–	–	–	–	–
Odisha	78.75	–	–	–	–
Puducherry	72	–	–	–	–
Punjab	84.25	–	–	–	–
Rajasthan	80.5	75	–	–	–
Tamil Nadu	78	75.5	–	–	–
Telangana	78.25	74	–	–	–
Tripura	–	–	–	–	–
Uttar Pradesh	82.75	73.5	–	–	–
West Bengal	80.5	68	–	–	–

SBI Clerk Cut Off 2021 Prelims

States/UT	General	OBC	SC	ST	EWS
Andaman & Nicobar	66.25	–	–	–	–
Arunachal Pradesh	69.25	69.25	69.25	55.75	69.25
Assam	68.50	67.75	67.50	60	67.25
Chhattisgarh	76.5	76.50	64	62.75	73
Delhi	83	–	–	–	–
Gujarat	64.5	64.5	63.50	49	64.50
Haryana	79.75	76	–	–	–
Himachal Pradesh	80.25	–	–	–	–
Jharkhand	69.29	–	–	–	–
Karnataka	64.25	–	–	–	–
Kerala	69	–	–	–	–
Madhya Pradesh	81.75	–	–	–	–
Maharashtra	66.25	66.25	–	56	66.25
Odisha	82	–	–	–	–
Punjab	75.5	–	–	–	–
Rajasthan	77.75	–	–	–	–
Sikkim	72.50	–	–	–	–
Tamil Nadu	61.75	–	–	–	–
Telangana	73.75	–	–	–	–
Uttar Pradesh	81.25	78	70	55.25	81.25
Uttarakhand	81.75	73	66.75	66.75	75.25
West Bengal	79.75	76	64.75	79.75	79.75

SBI Clerk Cut Off 2021 Mains

SBI Clerk Mains Cut Off 2021 (Out of 200)
State/UT	General	OBC
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	86.25	–
Andhra Pradesh	–	–
Arunachal Pradesh	–	–
Assam	88	77.25
Bihar	–	85.5
Chhattisgarh	–	–
Delhi	99	–
Gujarat	87	78.25
Himachal Pradesh	99.5	85.75
Jammu & Kashmir	–	–
Jharkhand	–	–
Karnataka	86	80.25
Kerala	–	–
Haryana	99.5	87
Madhya Pradesh	97.75	–
Maharashtra	88.25	81
Manipur	–	–
Meghalaya	–	–
Mizoram	–	–
Nagaland	–	–
Odisha	95.5	–
Puducherry	–	–
Punjab	94.5	–
Rajasthan	94.25	–
Tamil Nadu	90.50	87.5
Telangana	94	87.25
Tripura	–	–
Uttar Pradesh	89.5	–
Uttarakhand	–	–
West Bengal	95	–

SBI Clerk Cut Off 2020 Prelims

State	Cut Off (Gen)
Uttarakhand	69.75
Gujarat	56.75
Madhya Pradesh	68.75
Jharkhand	68.25
Uttar Pradesh	71.00
Punjab	77.50
Tami Nadu	62
Rajasthan	68.75
Delhi	76.25
Chandigarh	76
Andhra Pradesh	68
West Bengal	67.5
Odisha	68.25
Karnataka	58.75
Himachal Pradesh	66
Kerala	69.75
Haryana	72.75
Telangana	66
Maharashtra	59.75
Bihar	68.75
Chhattisgarh	68.75

SBI Clerk Cut Off 2020 Mains

SBI Clerk Mains Cut-Off 2020 (Category-wise and State-wise)
State/UT	Gen	OBC	SC	ST	EWS
Uttar Pradesh	90.25	78	64.25	60	82.25
West Bengal	86.75	69.25	65.5	60	70.75
Gujarat	82.75	73	66	60	74.5
Delhi	98.75	83	73.5	62.25	87.5
Chandigarh	96.75	81.75	77.25	–	94.75
Punjab	96.25	78.75	69.25	–	88
Maharashtra	84	77.5	75.5	60	76.5
Telangana	86.75	81.75	69.25	60.75	81.5
Himachal Pradesh	87.25	72	–	–	–
Andhra Pradesh	88.75	83.75	–	–	–
Uttarakhand	91	–	–	–	–
Rajasthan	90.25	82.75	66.5	60	80.75
Tamil Nadu	92.75	89.75	74.75	60.75	72.25
Karnataka	89.05	75.25	64.25	60	74.25
Madhya Pradesh	89.25	–	–	–	81.5
Odisha	87.75	83.25	–	–	79.25

SBI Clerk Cut Off 2019 Prelims

State Name	Cut Off
Uttar Pradesh	69.25
Chhattisgarh	67.25
Bihar	66.50
Assam	51.25
Maharashtra	57.00
Madhya Pradesh	66.25
Karnataka	63.00
Kerala	69.00
Odisha	62.75
Delhi	71.75
West Bengal	66.50
Rajasthan	69.00
Telangana	68.00
Punjab	71.50
Haryana	70.50
Gujarat	57.50

SBI Clerk Cut Off 2019 Mains

State	SBI Clerk Mains Cut-off (General)
Punjab	102.75
Andhra Pradesh	99.75
Bihar	98.00
Karnataka	85.75
Jharkhand	97.50
Haryana	103.25
Uttar Pradesh	97.50
Delhi	99.75
Madhya Pradesh	94.75
Rajasthan	97.00
Uttarakhand	96.50

SBI Clerk Cut Off 2019 Mains (Delhi)

Category	Marks Obtained
SC	75
ST	64.25
OBC	84.25
GEN	99.75
EWS	85.75
LD (OH)	75
VI	96.75
HI	61.75
D&E	88.75
XS	65.5
DXS	61.5

Factors Affecting SBI Clerk Cut Off

There are several factors affecting the SBI Clerk JA Cut Off, and here is the list of them.

Exam Difficulty: The difficulty level of the SBI Clerk exam directly affects the cut-off scores. Tougher exams generally result in lower cut-offs.
Number of Vacancies: Higher vacancies often lead to a lower cut-off, whereas fewer vacancies may result in a higher cut-off.
Total Applicants: More applicants can increase competition, potentially raising the cut-off score.
Reservation Quota: Cut-off marks vary across different categories such as SC, ST, OBC, and EWS due to reservation quotas. The availability of candidates in each category affects their respective cut-offs.
Previous Year Cut Off: The cut-off marks from the previous year serve as a benchmark for the current year’s cut-off. It provides insights into the historical trend of cut-off scores.
Normalisation Process: In cases where multiple shifts are conducted, a normalisation process ensures fairness in score evaluation. This process adjusts scores to account for variations in the difficulty level across different exam sessions, which can impact the final cut-off.

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