diff --git a/app/client/src/WidgetQueryGenerators/BaseQueryGenerator.ts b/app/client/src/WidgetQueryGenerators/BaseQueryGenerator.ts
index 8aab940a82..e93e6bc137 100644
--- a/app/client/src/WidgetQueryGenerators/BaseQueryGenerator.ts
+++ b/app/client/src/WidgetQueryGenerators/BaseQueryGenerator.ts
@@ -1 +1,9 @@
-export class BaseQueryGenerator {}
+import type { DatasourceStorage } from "entities/Datasource";
+
+export class BaseQueryGenerator {
+  static getConnectionMode(
+    datasourceConfiguration: DatasourceStorage["datasourceConfiguration"],
+  ) {
+    return datasourceConfiguration?.connection?.mode;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/client/src/WidgetQueryGenerators/GSheets/index.ts b/app/client/src/WidgetQueryGenerators/GSheets/index.ts
index b55765c26f..b79a1ef3b4 100644
--- a/app/client/src/WidgetQueryGenerators/GSheets/index.ts
+++ b/app/client/src/WidgetQueryGenerators/GSheets/index.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import type {
 } from "WidgetQueryGenerators/types";
 import { removeSpecialChars } from "utils/helpers";
 import { DatasourceConnectionMode } from "entities/Datasource";
+import type { DatasourceStorage } from "entities/Datasource";
 
 enum COMMAND_TYPES {
   "FIND" = "FETCH_MANY",
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ export default abstract class GSheets extends BaseQueryGenerator {
       },
     };
   }
+
   private static buildFind(
     widgetConfig: WidgetQueryGenerationConfig,
     formConfig: WidgetQueryGenerationFormConfig,
@@ -306,6 +308,16 @@ export default abstract class GSheets extends BaseQueryGenerator {
     return configs.filter((val) => !!val);
   }
 
+  static getConnectionMode(
+    datasourceConfiguration: DatasourceStorage["datasourceConfiguration"],
+  ) {
+    return datasourceConfiguration?.authentication?.scopeString?.includes(
+      "spreadsheets.readonly",
+    )
+      ? DatasourceConnectionMode.READ_ONLY
+      : DatasourceConnectionMode.READ_WRITE;
+  }
+
   static getTotalRecordExpression(binding: string) {
     return `${binding}.length`;
   }
diff --git a/app/client/src/components/editorComponents/WidgetQueryGeneratorForm/CommonControls/DatasourceDropdown/useSource/useDatasourceOptions.tsx b/app/client/src/components/editorComponents/WidgetQueryGeneratorForm/CommonControls/DatasourceDropdown/useSource/useDatasourceOptions.tsx
index 16af43a257..b438d9dac4 100644
--- a/app/client/src/components/editorComponents/WidgetQueryGeneratorForm/CommonControls/DatasourceDropdown/useSource/useDatasourceOptions.tsx
+++ b/app/client/src/components/editorComponents/WidgetQueryGeneratorForm/CommonControls/DatasourceDropdown/useSource/useDatasourceOptions.tsx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import { getCurrentWorkspaceId } from "@appsmith/selectors/workspaceSelectors";
 import type { WidgetProps } from "widgets/BaseWidget";
 import { WidgetQueryGeneratorFormContext } from "components/editorComponents/WidgetQueryGeneratorForm/index";
 import { getAssetUrl } from "@appsmith/utils/airgapHelpers";
+import { getDatasourceConnectionMode } from "components/editorComponents/WidgetQueryGeneratorForm/utils";
 
 interface DatasourceOptionsProps {
   widget: WidgetProps;
@@ -83,10 +84,10 @@ function useDatasourceOptions(props: DatasourceOptionsProps) {
             isValid: isEnvironmentValid(datasource, currentEnvironment),
             pluginPackageName: pluginsPackageNamesMap[datasource.pluginId],
             isSample: false,
-            connectionMode: getEnvironmentConfiguration(
-              datasource,
-              currentEnvironment,
-            )?.connection?.mode,
+            connectionMode: getDatasourceConnectionMode(
+              pluginsPackageNamesMap[datasource.pluginId],
+              getEnvironmentConfiguration(datasource, currentEnvironment),
+            ),
           },
           icon: (
             <ImageWrapper>
diff --git a/app/client/src/components/editorComponents/WidgetQueryGeneratorForm/utils.test.ts b/app/client/src/components/editorComponents/WidgetQueryGeneratorForm/utils.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..135c90005d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/client/src/components/editorComponents/WidgetQueryGeneratorForm/utils.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import WidgetQueryGeneratorRegistry from "utils/WidgetQueryGeneratorRegistry";
+import { getDatasourceConnectionMode } from "./utils";
+import type { DatasourceStorage } from "entities/Datasource";
+import { PluginPackageName } from "entities/Action";
+import PostgreSQL from "WidgetQueryGenerators/PostgreSQL";
+import GSheets from "WidgetQueryGenerators/GSheets";
+
+describe("getDatasourceConnectionMode", () => {
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    WidgetQueryGeneratorRegistry.register(
+      PluginPackageName.POSTGRES,
+      PostgreSQL,
+    );
+    WidgetQueryGeneratorRegistry.register(
+      PluginPackageName.GOOGLE_SHEETS,
+      GSheets,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("should return the connection mode from the query generator", () => {
+    expect(
+      getDatasourceConnectionMode(PluginPackageName.POSTGRES, {
+        connection: {
+          mode: "READ_ONLY",
+        },
+      } as DatasourceStorage["datasourceConfiguration"]),
+    ).toEqual("READ_ONLY");
+
+    expect(
+      getDatasourceConnectionMode(PluginPackageName.GOOGLE_SHEETS, {
+        authentication: {
+          scopeString: "spreadsheets.readonly",
+        },
+      } as DatasourceStorage["datasourceConfiguration"]),
+    ).toEqual("READ_ONLY");
+
+    expect(
+      getDatasourceConnectionMode(PluginPackageName.GOOGLE_SHEETS, {
+        authentication: {
+          scopeString: "spreadsheets",
+        },
+      } as DatasourceStorage["datasourceConfiguration"]),
+    ).toEqual("READ_WRITE");
+  });
+
+  it("should return null if the query generator is not found", () => {
+    const result = getDatasourceConnectionMode(
+      "non-existent-plugin-package-name",
+      {
+        connection: {
+          mode: "READ_ONLY",
+        },
+      } as DatasourceStorage["datasourceConfiguration"],
+    );
+
+    expect(result).toBe(undefined);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/app/client/src/components/editorComponents/WidgetQueryGeneratorForm/utils.ts b/app/client/src/components/editorComponents/WidgetQueryGeneratorForm/utils.ts
index ff5a265ec1..74eb994dd1 100644
--- a/app/client/src/components/editorComponents/WidgetQueryGeneratorForm/utils.ts
+++ b/app/client/src/components/editorComponents/WidgetQueryGeneratorForm/utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import { isNumber } from "lodash";
+import WidgetQueryGeneratorRegistry from "utils/WidgetQueryGeneratorRegistry";
+import type { DatasourceStorage } from "entities/Datasource";
 
 export const getSheetUrl = (sheetId: string): string =>
   `https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/${sheetId}/edit#gid=0`;
@@ -9,3 +11,12 @@ export const isValidGsheetConfig = (config: Record<string, any>) =>
   isNumber(Number(config.tableHeaderIndex)) &&
   !isNaN(Number(config.tableHeaderIndex)) &&
   config.tableHeaderIndex > 0;
+
+export const getDatasourceConnectionMode = (
+  pluginPackageName: string,
+  datasourceConfiguration?: DatasourceStorage["datasourceConfiguration"],
+) => {
+  const queryGenerator = WidgetQueryGeneratorRegistry.get(pluginPackageName);
+
+  return queryGenerator?.getConnectionMode(datasourceConfiguration);
+};
diff --git a/app/client/src/entities/Datasource/index.ts b/app/client/src/entities/Datasource/index.ts
index b9ca51279e..a54ecb2950 100644
--- a/app/client/src/entities/Datasource/index.ts
+++ b/app/client/src/entities/Datasource/index.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export interface DatasourceAuthentication {
   authenticationType?: string;
   secretExists?: Record<string, boolean>;
   isAuthorized?: boolean;
+  scopeString?: string;
 }
 
 export interface DatasourceColumns {