SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 2026, All Days & All Shifts Review

The SBI Clerk 2026 prelims exam is scheduled for September 16, 2026, for the special recruitment drive, while the exam for regular vacancies will be held on September 27 and October 3, 2026. On each day, the exam will be held in 4 shifts, and in each shift, thousands of candidates will appear. This year, SBI is going to recruit candidates for 9766 Clerk (Junior Associate) posts through a regular drive and 1538 for Special recruitment drive.

For the reference of candidates, we will prepare the SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2026 for all shifts of the SBI Clerk Exam. The SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 2026 will give proper guidance to the candidates who are preparing for other bank examinations also.

SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2026

If you are looking for the exact and detailed SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2026, then stay tuned to this article to get an accurate and detailed analysis with overall & section-wise difficulty levels, good attempts, questions asked and much more for all shifts. The SBI Clerk Prelims Exam consists of 3 sections for 100 MCQs to be attempted in 60 minutes (sectional timing 20 minutes each)-

Reasoning Ability (35 questions)
Quantitative Aptitude (35 questions)
English Language (30 questions)

SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 2026- All Shifts

The total time is 1 hour (60 minutes), so clearly, Speed, accuracy, and Planning are surely needed to make good attempts. So all candidates are required to visit this page to get the SBI Clerk Prelims exam analysis for each shift. The summarised SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2026 for all shifts will be provided here.

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SBI Clerk Exam Analysis 2026 All Day All Shifts

Dates	Shift 1	Shift 2	Shift 3	Shift 4
September 16, 2026	To be updated	To be updated	To be updated	To be updated
September 27, 2026	To be updated	To be updated	To be updated	To be updated
October 3, 2026	To be updated	To be updated	To be updated	To be updated

SBI Clerk Prelims Previous Year Exam Analysis

SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2025 [English Language]
Topics	Shift 1	Shift 2	Shift 3	Shift 4
Reading Comprehension	07	08	07-08	8
Error Detection	05	05	05	5
Misspelt	04	–	04-05
Word Usage	03	–	–	2
Word	–	–	–	5
Sentence Rearrangement	05	03	02
Cloze Test	06	05	06	6
Phrase Replacement	–	04	05	4
Fillers	–	03	–
Word Rearrangement	–	02	–

SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2025 [Quantitative Aptitude]
Topics	Shift 1	Shift 2	Shift 3	Shift 4
Simplification	10	10	10	10
Missing Number Series	4	–	–	–
Arithmetic	11	14	10	15
Data Interpretation	10	11	15	10

SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2025 [Reasoning Ability]
Topics	Shift 1	Shift 2	Shift 3	Shift 4
Puzzle	08	12	05	10
Seating Arrangement	10	05	10	9
Direction	–	03	03	–
Chinese Coding-Decoding	–	04	05
Syllogism	04	04	04	3
Number Based	–	–	01	–
Series	05	05	05	05
Meaningful Word	01	01	01	–
Pair Formation	01	01	01
Inequality	03	–	–	4
Blood Relation	03	–	–	3
Odd One Out	–	–	–	1

SBI Clerk 2026 Exam Shift Timings

The SBI is going to conduct the SBI Clerk Exam 2026 on September 17, 27, and October 3, 2026, with 04 shifts each day. Candidates can check the exam shift timings from the following table:

SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Shift Timings
Shifts	Reporting Time	Exam Starts	Exam Ends
Shift- 1	08:00 am	09:00 am	10:00 am
Shift- 2	10:30 am	11:30 am	12:30 pm
Shift- 3	01:00 pm	02:00 pm	03:00 pm
Shift- 4	03:30 pm	04:30 pm	05:30 pm

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The SBI Prelims exam is scheduled for 16th September 2026 for Special recruitment drive and for regular vacancies, exam is on 27th September and 3rd October 2026.