The State Bank of India (SBI) will hold its Clerk Prelims exam in September 2025 . Before the official results, expected cutoff marks for this exam are now available. These expected marks help students understand their chances of passing the first exam and moving to the main examination. Students should remember that these cutoff marks are not official.
The SBI Clerk Prelims exam will take place on September 20, 21, and 27, 2025 . After the exam, SBI will announce the official cutoff marks along with the results. These official marks will be different for each state and for different candidate categories (like General, OBC, SC, ST). The cutoff marks show how competitive the exam is in various parts of India.
For example, some states usually have higher cutoff marks. These include Uttar Pradesh , West Bengal , and Telangana . Other states like Bihar and Gujarat often have lower cutoff marks. Looking at these expected scores can give students an idea of what to prepare for.
Expected SBI Clerk Prelims Cutoff 2025 (State-wise)
Here is a table showing the expected cutoff marks for different states and Union Territories, out of 100 marks:
| Name of the State/UT | Expected Cutoff (Out of 100) |
| Andhra Pradesh | 61-64 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 72-75 |
| Assam | 67-70 |
| Bihar | 58-63 |
| Chhattisgarh | 58-61 |
| Chandigarh | 63-66 |
| Delhi | 70-74 |
| Gujarat | 63-67 |
| Goa | -- |
| Himachal Pradesh | 71-75 |
| Haryana | 70-74 |
| J and K | 68-73 |
| Jharkhand | 54-59 |
| Karnataka | 62-67 |
| Kerala | 64-68 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 66-71 |
| Maharashtra | 61-66 |
| Manipur | 39-44 |
| Meghalaya | 57-61 |
| Mizoram | 39-45 |
| Nagaland | 39-45 |
| Odisha | 71-76 |
| Punjab | 66-71 |
| Rajasthan | 64-69 |
| Sikkim | 55-60 |
| Tamil Nadu | 55-60 |
| Telangana | 61-65 |
| Tripura | 63-67 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 68-73 |
| Uttarakhand | 69-74 |
| West Bengal | 69-74 |
It is important to remember that these expected scores are not official. They are predictions made using several factors. The official cutoff marks can be different.
Factors Affecting Expected Cutoff Marks
Many things decide what the cutoff marks will be for the SBI Clerk Prelims Exam 2025 . These factors include:
- Number of Vacancies: The total number of job openings available in each state plays a role. More vacancies can sometimes mean lower cutoffs.
- Number of Applicants: How many students apply for the exam in each region. More applicants mean more competition and can lead to higher cutoffs.
- Examination Difficulty: How hard the questions are in different exam shifts. If the exam is harder, cutoffs might be lower.
- Normalization Process: This is a method to make scores fair when the exam is held in many shifts with different difficulty levels.
- Previous Year Trends: What the cutoff marks were in past years for different states.
- Reservation Policy: Rules about fixed numbers of jobs for specific groups of people also affect cutoffs for different categories.
Students should visit the official SBI website for the most accurate and final information about the SBI Clerk 2025 recruitment process and official results.
