AIPMT 2014: Biology Preparation Tips
By Aakash Chaudhry
AIPMT is based upon mainly NCERT books; therefore, a thorough revision of NCERT is a must. All content must be read completely and equal emphasis should be given to all the diagrams in NCERT as questions are diagram based too. There are certain words in the statements which when changed changes the overall concept or meaning of the topic. So these are to be remembered carefully.
One should also remember that for competition, students must be aware about the weightage of each portion of the syllabus and should revise accordingly especially the XI portion which needs to be taken care well. All topics are important and should be prepared thoroughly.
However, there have been more questions from the Human Physiology, Plant Physiology, Cell Biology, Ecology, Biomolecules, Biotechnology as per the questions asked in past years exams.After completing any topic, the objective questions should be solved and one must go through the questions asked in previous year exams from the same topic as it will give insight to the depth of the topic to be covered.
Animalia and Plantae topic needs to be prepared more carefully as otherwise it can be too
exhaustive as given in many books. The main emphasis must be on the characters of Phylum in Non-Chordates and up to class level in Chordates. All examples given in the NCERT along with the common name (wherever given) should also be learnt.
Adapt a learning style that suits you- whether visual, auditory or tactile. Visual devices include drawing, pictures, charts, maps, graphs etc. to supplement your learning.
Use bright markers and symbols to point out important notes. This helps during revision. Students are known to retain knowledge gained better whenthey can associate an image or demonstration referring to it.
Auditory techniques include reading aloud in a silent place, making tutors or friends a sounding board to your understanding of concepts, use of mnemonics or music, verbal discussion of ideas etc. to support revision.
After completion of any topic, objective questions should be done on regular basis to be aware about retention of topic and any part, left uncovered. All those questions which could not be solved should be searched for in the NCERT / Other books rather than just seeing its answer as many times the answer given are wrong also. For any confusion, the expert faculty should be consulted.
One should prepare the summarylist of important facts of every chapter and should
keep on revising the list regularly. As the exam is objective type so it will be helpful.Candidate should make a demarcation of understanding and information based topics. The information based topics like taxonomy; morphology should be covered in the last phase of preparation to retain it well.
Candidates must develop a habit of reading the statement of the question clearly and thoroughly as manytimes answergowrong due to incomplete reading of the statement. Don’t assume anything, but read the statement carefully. Take special care during reading that whether you have to choose the correctorincorrect statement.
Questions asked in the previous year’s question papers should be solved to have an idea about the level of difficulty in the final exam.
