GATE DA 2026: Exam Date, Syllabus, Question Paper, Answer Key, Response Sheet

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Updated On: September 10, 2025 10:01 AM

GATE DA 2026 exam is to be held in the month of February 2026. Over the past couple of years, the GATE DA paper has seen a good participation of students. An average of 40,000 - 60,000 students turned up to participate in the exam. Check GATE DA 2026 syllabus, exam dates, answer key here. 
GATE DA 2026

GATE DA 2026: The GATE Data Science and Artificial Intelligence exam 2026 will be conducted by IIT Guwahati. The subject-wise exam date is yet to be announced by the authority. However, as per the official GATE 2026 exam schedule, the paper will be held on any of the following dates: February 7, 8, 14 or 15, 2026. The complete GATE DA exam syllabus 2026 includes a total of 7 topics, namely Probability and Statistics, Calculus and Optimization, Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms etc. IIT Guwahati will release the master question paper a few days after the conclusion of the GATE 2026 exam . Until the question paper is released, we advise you to practice the previous year's question papers for better preparation. This will follow the publishing of the answer key as well as the response sheet, which will help you get an idea about the expected marks in the exam.

The GATE Data Science & AI exam is one of the highly competitive exams. During the course of previous years, this exam saw an average of 55,000 - 75,000 registrations, out of which 40,000 - 60,000 students turned up to participate in the exam. If you are willing to take the GATE DA 2026 exam, then you must ensure to know all the details about the same, such as exam date, syllabus, answer key etc.

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GATE DA 2026 Exam Dates

As mentioned above, IIT Guwahati is yet to announce the GATE 2026 exam dates for Data Science and AI paper. Once the schedule is out, we will update it here. Until then, you can refer to the tentative schedule mentioned below:-

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Dates

GATE Exam Dates for All Papers

February 7, 8, 14 & 15, 2026

GATE DA 2026 Exam

TBA

GATE DA 2026 Syllabus

The authority has released the GATE 2026 syllabus for DA on its website. Moreover, based on the official notification, there are a total of 7 topics in the GATE DA syllabus, namely Probability and Statistics, Linear Algebra, Calculus and Optimization, Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms, Database Management and Warehousing, Machine Learning, and AI. You can find the official link to the GATE 2026 Data Science & Artificial Intelligence Syllabus below:-

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GATE DA 2026 Question Paper

IIT Guwahati will be releasing the GATE DA master question paper a couple of days after the conclusion of the exam. During the previous years, the difficulty level of the exam has been moderate. Like the other subject exams, the GATE DA paper included 2 sections i.e. General Aptitude and the core subjects. This page will feature the GATE DA 2026 question paper once it is released by the authority. Until then, you can practice from the pyqs. After practicing the GATE Data Science and Artificial Intelligence question papers, you will be able to get an idea about the upcoming exam structure, difficulty level, marking scheme, etc. To help you with better preparation, we have mentioned the link to the previous year's question papers:-

GATE DA 2026 Answer Key

The GATE answer key 2026 will be released a few days after the exam on the official website of IIT Guwahati. With the help of the answer key, you will be able to guess your tentative score on the exam. Until the official GATE 2026 answer key is published, you can refer to the previous year's keys mentioned in the table below:-

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GATE DA 2026 Response Sheet

Along with the answer key, IIT Guwahati will release the response sheet on its website. The response sheet will include the answers to the questions asked in the exam. The GATE DA response sheet 2026 will play a key role in calculating your exam scores. In order to get an idea about your exam marks with the help of the GATE DA response sheet, you can take help from the marking scheme.

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