GATE CSE Databases syllabus

Relational model, SQL, normal forms, indexing and transactions.

About Databases in GATE CSE

The GATE CSE 2027 syllabus lists 5 topics under Databases.

It is one of the 9 subjects that together carry 72 of the 100 marks (Computer Science subjects). General Aptitude adds 15 marks and is common to every paper. The exam has 65 questions (MCQ, MSQ and NAT) in 3 hours.

See the full GATE CSE syllabus for every subject and the marks distribution.

Same material in another paper

GATE DA: Database Management and Warehousing →

Databases topics

ER model
Relational model: relational algebra, tuple calculus and SQL
Integrity constraints and normal forms
File organization and indexing (e.g. B and B+ trees)
Transactions and concurrency control

Databases PYQs & weightage

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GATE CSE previous year questions (PYQs) on Databases, with answers, solutions and topic-wise weightage, will appear here as they are published.