What SBI and its officers’ associations have put in public documents about promotion from the clerical cadre to JMGS-I, what we could not find, and our own plan for preparing from RBI rules.

SBI Clerk to Officer Promotion: What Is Public and How to Prepare

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What is actually documented about the Trainee Officer channel from clerical cadre to JMGS-I, the written test structure and qualifying marks, and why no 2026 circular is public

Alerts and Updates for SBI Internal Promotion Examination (Clerk to Trainee Officer / JMGS-I)

State Bank of India internal promotion from the clerical cadre to JMGS-I. The SBI Officers' Association (Chennai Circle) handbook Service Conditions of SBI Officers (2021 edition) lists promotion from Clerical to JMGS-I through a TO Channel and a Merit & Seniority Channel, under SBI e-circular CDO/P&HRD-IR/102/2015-16 dated 03.03.2016. We found no public SBI document that gives the written test's pattern, marks, timing or syllabus.

SBI Internal Promotion Examination (Clerk to Trainee Officer / JMGS-I)

RBI issued topic-wise Directions from 28 November 2025. Revise from them.

What went into these eight pages

Selected RBI Directions and the NI Act, on eight pages

Promotion test date: check your year's SBI promotion e-circular

Eight-page revision kit for SBI clerical staff preparing for promotion from the clerical cadre to JMGS-I: selected RBI Directions on KYC, deposits, customer service, NPA and provisioning, priority sector, MSME, KCC, cards and fraud from the 2025 and 2026 Directions, the NI Act, worked examples, traps, a 14-day plan and a self-test. Not connected with SBI.

Selected RBI Directions and the NI Act on eight pages, as RBI's website listed them on 27 October 2026: deposits and interest, deceased claims and customer service, KYC, NPA and provisioning, priority sector, MSME and KCC lending, cheques and the NI Act, cards and fraud — with worked examples, 12 traps, a 14-day plan and a 10-question self-test.

SBI Clerk to Officer Promotion — RBI Rules Revision Kit

Revise from the 2025 and 2026 RBI Directions.

The 14-day plan on page 8

Two timed 48-question sets on the RBI rules a JMGS-I officer applies

SBI Clerk to Officer (JMGS-I) promotion practice: 2 timed sets of 48 questions on RBI rules, KYC, NPAs, priority sector and cheques, every answer explained. 4 questions free.

Two timed sets of 48 questions on the rules a JMGS-I officer applies at the branch: deposits, KYC, customer service, cheques, cards, fraud, NPAs, priority sector, MSME and KCC lending. Every answer explained from the RBI Master Direction or the Negotiable Instruments Act section it is based on, with your score by area and your time per question.

SBI Clerk to Officer Promotion Practice Test

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SBI Internal Promotion Examination (Clerk to Trainee Officer / JMGS-I) — Practice tests

Practice test

SBI Clerk to Officer Promotion — RBI Rules Revision Kit