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    Safe Score for GATE DA 2026 - Expected Qualifying Marks

    Safe Score for GATE DA 2026 - Expected Qualifying Marks

    Jalla VenkateshUpdated on 18 Mar 2026, 06:00 PM IST

    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.

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    Safe Score for GATE DA 2026 - Expected Qualifying Marks
    Safe Score for GATE DA 2026

    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.

    GATE DA Qualifying Marks 2026 Expected

    Candidates can check the GATE DA safe score for mtech admission in the table below.

    GATE 2026 DA Expected Safe Score

    Category Wise

    Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

    General

    28-32

    OBC-NCL

    27-29

    SC/ST/PwD

    19-21

    GATE DA 2026 Safe Score For IIT Admission

    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

    IISc Banglore

    70-80+

    60-70+

    50-60+

    IIT Bombay

    70-80+

    60-70+

    50-60+

    IIT Kanpur

    60-70+

    50-60+

    45-50+

    IIT Roorkee

    50-60+

    40-50+

    40-45+

    NIT Trichy

    40-50+

    35-40+

    30-40+

    How Many marks required in GATE 2026 DA for IITs & NITs?

    Branches

    Marks

    Safe Score

    Top IITs

    80

    800-900

    New IITs

    65-72

    650-750

    Top NITs

    55-65

    650-750

    GATE 2026 DA Safe Score: Marks vs Rank

    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

    Good Score vs Safe Score for GATE 2026 DA

    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

    -

    GATE DA 2026 Safe Score for PSU’s Expected

    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+

    GATE 2026 DA Cutoff vs Safe Score

    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+

    Factors Affecting Safe Score in GATE DA 2026

    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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    Questions related to GATE

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    Have a question related to GATE ?

    Every PSU has different cut-off marks and eligibility. Hence, it is suggested to apply for PSU after checking the eligibility. Also, they do not reveal the marks of the finally selected candidates. So, wait for the final merit list.

    Yes. You can. GATE eligibility specifies that students in their 3rd year and above can appear for the exam. Since the results are valid for 3 years, you can use the same for your admissions.

    If you score 500 marks in GATE2026, your chances of getting into good engineering colleges (especially NITs, IIITs and some older IITs) are strong for most disciplines, while top branches like CSE/EEE/ECE at older IITs may still require higher ranks. Your GATE AllIndia Rank (AIR) with 500 marks usually falls