SBI Clerk Answer Key 2026: No Official Key, Marks and Scoring
By Anand Meena
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📅 SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) Important Dates
| Application Start Date | 11 Aug 2026 |
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| Last Date to Apply | 31 Aug 2026 |
| Admit Card | Prelims: Released: 19 Sep 2026 |
| Exam Date | Prelims: 26-27 Sep 2026 (tentative) | Mains: Expected: Nov 2026 |
Checked against official notices · updated 27 Oct 2026. Dates marked “Expected” are tentative until the conducting body announces them. See all upcoming exam dates →
The CRPD/CR/2026-27/17 advertisement provides no answer key or objection window for the SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) exam, and SBI's results pages list none for the 2026 Preliminary. The advertisement has no answer-key clause; it says results will be made available on the Bank's website. What SBI releases instead is each candidate's marks, on a login page, after the result.
What SBI releases instead of an answer key
For the 2025-26 cycle, SBI's results page carried the Preliminary result, the Main result, "Marks secured by the candidates", a biodata form and the first wait list, but no key. The Preliminary page was titled "Marks Secured by the Candidate (Phase-I)", and the Main marks page asks for your Roll Number or Registration Number and Date of Birth. The 2026 advertisement provides no fee per question and no challenge window.
Marking scheme and how to estimate your score
In both the Preliminary and the Main, 1/4th of the mark assigned to a question is deducted for each wrong answer.
Preliminary (Phase-I): 100 marks, 1 hour
| Test | Questions | Marks | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
Each question carries one mark, so a wrong answer costs a quarter mark. SBI's wording is that no minimum qualifying marks are prescribed for individual tests or for the aggregate score, and section-wise marks are not maintained. Candidates are simply ranked by aggregate marks and approximately 10 times the vacancies in each category go through to the Main, so your total is what counts.
Main (Phase-II): 200 marks, 2 hours 40 minutes
| Test | Questions | Marks | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| General/Financial 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 |
The Main totals 190 questions. It has a minimum percentage on aggregate, decided by the Bank (with 5% relaxation for SC, ST, OBC, PwBD, XS and DXS candidates), but no minimum for individual subjects. SBI-trained apprentices who meet the advertisement's conditions get 5 marks out of 200 as bonus.
How your marks are used
Preliminary marks are not added for selection: only the aggregate marks in the Main are used for the final merit list, drawn state-wise and category-wise. The Bank also analyses each candidate's responses against other candidates' to detect patterns of similarity, and can cancel candidature if it finds that responses were shared and scores are not genuine.
Answer key record in past cycles
| Cycle | Provisional key | Objection window | Final key | What SBI released instead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 (CRPD/CR/2026-27/17) | None | None | None | Preliminary result not yet published (27 October 2026) |
| 2025-26 (CRPD/CR/2025-26/06) | None | None | None | Preliminary and Main marks by login; Main exam 21 November 2025 |
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