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Safe Score for GATE DA 2026: Candidates can check the GATE DA 2026 safe score on this page. The GATE 2026 DA result will be declared on March 19, 2026. To secure admission to IITs general category candidates are usually advised to aim for a safe score of 800+ marks in the DA paper. The qualifying marks for GATE DA of general category is around 29 marks, based on the previous year’s trends. A safe score based on GATE DA depends on many factors such as the difficulty of paper, number of the candidates to be taken in the exam and overall performance of the students. The exam results will be declared along with the GATE 2026 cutoff.
Candidates can also get a rough idea of their target score after examining the trends of the past year and the competition they should expect by doing this beforehand, which increases their possibility of admission into first rank institutes or securing a job in Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs). Read more about the Safe Score for GATE 2026 DA.
Candidates can check the GATE DA safe score for mtech admission in the table below.
Category Wise | Data Science and Artificial Intelligence |
General | 28-32 |
OBC-NCL | 27-29 |
SC/ST/PwD | 19-21 |
Candidates can check the GATE DA expected cutoff in the table below.
GATE 2026 DA Expected Cutoff for IIT Admission
Institute Wise | General | OBC | SC/ST |
70-80+ | 60-70+ | 50-60+ | |
70-80+ | 60-70+ | 50-60+ | |
60-70+ | 50-60+ | 45-50+ | |
50-60+ | 40-50+ | 40-45+ | |
40-50+ | 35-40+ | 30-40+ |
Branches | Marks | Safe Score |
Top IITs | 80 | 800-900 |
New IITs | 65-72 | 650-750 |
Top NITs | 55-65 | 650-750 |
Marks | Rank |
90+ | 1 |
80-90 | 10 |
70-80 | 50 |
60-70 | 170 |
50-60 | 500 |
40-50 | 1700 |
30-40 | 5000 |
20-30 | 12000 |
Candidates can check the Safe score vs good score for GATE DA 2026 in the table below.
Score Ranging | Performance level |
70+ | Excellent |
60-70 | Very Good |
50-60 | Good |
40-50 | Average |
Below 40 | - |
PSU’s | General | OBC-NCL | SC/ST |
ONGC, IOCL, GAIL (for data analytics, optimization, AI in energy/oil) | 65-80+ | 60-75+ | 50-65+ |
BHEL, PGCIL, NALCO, NPCIL | 55-70+ | 50-65+ | 45-60+ |
CIL, SAIL, BEL | 50-65+ | 45-60+ | 40-55+ |
Candidates can check the GATE DA Cutoff vs Safe Score 2026 in the table below.
Category | Qualifying Cutoff marks | Safe Score |
General | 28-32 | 65-72+ |
OBC-NCL | 27-29 | 60-68 |
SC/ST | 19-21 | 55-63+ |
A number of factors determine the safe score of the GATE annually under the Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DA) paper of GATE 2026. These include:
The difficulty level of the exam.
Number of candidates appearing.
Normalisation process
Previous year’s institutes cutoff
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Please check the link given below for UP GNM previous year question paper:
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