The State Bank of India, SBI, conducted the SBI Apprentice exam 2026 yesterday, July 11, 2026. Through this exam, the bank will fill 7150 vacancies across India. The exam was conducted within 1 hour in different exam centres across India. The State Bank of India will release the results of the SBI Apprentice Exam on its official website, along with the qualifying marks. Only those candidates who meet or score above the qualifying marks will be allowed to move to the next test, which will be the Local Language Test.
As per the initial feedback of the students who appeared for the exam, the difficulty level of the exam ranged from easy to moderate. This article will help the candidates with the expected cutoff marks, previous year cutoff marks, and the factors which determine the cutoff marks. Candidates should read it carefully as it will help them calculate their scores and understand the marking system.
SBI Apprentice Exam Expected Cutoff 2026
The cutoff marks for the SBI Apprentice Exam will be based on the minimum qualifying marks which the candidates will have to score to proceed to the next stage. The bank will decide the SBI Apprentice Cutoff marks based on various factors like difficulty level, number of applicants, number of shifts, etc. The Bank will release the cutoff state-wise and category-wise. Until then, the candidates can check the expected cutoff marks state-wise for the SBI Apprentice Exam 2026:-
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State
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Expected Cutoff
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West Bengal
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72-75
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Telangana
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70-73
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Rajasthan
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65-76
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Madhya Pradesh
|
74-79
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Haryana
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67-71
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Uttar Pradesh
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66-76
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Odisha
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70-75
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Himachal Pradesh
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60-66
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SBI Apprentice Previous Year Cutoff Marks
Checking the previous year's SBI Apprentice cutoff marks helps the candidates get an understanding of the difficulty level of the exam. The cutoff marks are the minimum qualifying marks for the exam, which the candidate has to score to qualify for the exam. Given below are the previous years' SBI Apprentice Cut-off marks category-wise and state-wise:-
SBI Apprentice Cutoff Marks for 2023-24
Given below are the previous year cutoff marks for the SBI Apprentice Exam state-wise and category-wise 2023-24:-
|
State
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UR
|
EWS
|
SC
|
OBC
|
ST
|
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Uttar Pradesh
|
74.25
|
68.25
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64.50
|
67.50
|
61.75
|
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Rajasthan
|
68.50
|
55.25
|
56.25
|
63.50
|
48
|
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Haryana
|
70
|
55.75
|
62.75
|
59.75
|
–
|
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Madhya Pradesh
|
77.50
|
75
|
72.25
|
75.50
|
58.50
|
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West Bengal
|
74.50
|
60.75
|
65.25
|
65.25
|
55.50
|
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Himachal Pradesh
|
63.25
|
35.75
|
46
|
43.50
|
58.75
|
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Odisha
|
73.50
|
65
|
58.75
|
71.75
|
46.75
|
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Uttarakhand
|
66.75
|
36.25
|
60.75
|
56.50
|
64.25
|
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Maharashtra
|
71.25
|
63.25
|
69.25
|
66.75
|
57
|
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Telangana
|
71.25
|
58.25
|
65
|
69.25
|
66.75
|
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Punjab
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63.50
|
35.25
|
46
|
41.25
|
–
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SBI Apprentice Cutoff Marks for 2021
Given below are the previous year cutoff marks for the SBI Apprentice Exam, state-wise and category-wise, 2021:-
|
State
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UR
|
EWS
|
SC
|
OBC
|
ST
|
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Uttar Pradesh
|
75.25
|
70
|
65.75
|
68.50
|
60.50
|
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Rajasthan
|
73.50
|
63.75
|
63.50
|
68.75
|
60.50
|
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Kerala
|
80
|
66.25
|
67.25
|
76.50
|
–
|
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Madhya Pradesh
|
77.50
|
75
|
72.25
|
75.50
|
58.50
|
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Karnataka
|
73
|
65
|
67.25
|
68.25
|
65
|
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Bihar
|
81.25
|
77.75
|
73
|
79
|
–
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Factors Determining the SBI Apprenticeship Cutoff Marks
The cutoff for the SBI Apprentice Exam 2026 will be decided using a few basic factors. These factors will be as follows:-
- Number of applicants who appeared for the exam. If the number of candidates is high, there are high chance that the cutoff will increase.
- Difficulty level of the Exam. If the level of difficulty is high, then there are chances that the cutoff for the SBI Apprentice exam will be low.
- The cutoff marks are also determined based on the number of vacancies.
- The number of qualifying candidates is also one of the factors which decides the SBI Apprentice Exam cutoff marks.