Getting Ready For AIPMT: How Do You Deal With The Big Three?
Biology
Sreevidya Ajith, senior faculty member, Triumphant Institute of Management Education Pvt Ltd, says questions will be from the NCERT textbooks. Therefore, "be thorough with each word and sentence in these books, especially in the ecology unit."
Ajith doesn't expect many out-of-syllabus questions, "maybe just one or two".
For extra reading, students should study the Indian School Certificate textbooks for Class 11 and Class 12, she adds. (The ISC is awarded by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations.)
"Some topics such as plant movement are not mentioned in NCERT books but two questions on this were asked in last year's APIMT," says Ajith. Also read additional points on pathology (bacterial and viral diseases) and genetics (intergenic interaction) in ISC books.
According to her, some of the important topics are:
- Class 11 syllabus: Alternation of generations in plants, modifications in plant organs, body plan of various animals, biomolecules, cell division, chemical coordination, photosynthesis, plant growth hormones etc.
- Class 12 syllabus: molecular basis of inheritance, sporogenesis, reproductive health, hormonal action in spermatogenesis and oogenesis, biotechnology, microbes in human welfare, ecosystem, environmental issues and so on
For AIPMT main, go a little deeper into the theory portion to attempt descriptive questions. Try to solve descriptive questions given at the end of each chapter in the ISC textbook. Revise the theory portion as much as you can. Recollect important points and frame questions of your own. Answer direct questions without looking at the options.
Chemistry
Manu Arora, senior professor of chemistry and centre head, Brilliant Tutorial, Janakpuri, says students should prepare for single-correct option questions, which will comprise about 90% of the paper.
"There should be more emphasis on questions with more than one correct option to keep yourself on a safe footing."
According to Arora, the important topics are:
- Physical chemistry: tough and lengthy topics including equilibrium, thermodynamics, electrochemistry and chemical kinetics. Physical chemistry comprises about 40% of AIPMT chemistry.
- Organic chemistry: topics such as hydrocarbons, alcohols, phenols, aldehydes, ketones and amines. Organic covers about 40% of the chemistry portion.
- Inorganic chemistry: topics like complex compounds, p-block, d-block and some s-block elements.
These are the major important topics which make you 80% ready for the test, says Arora.
"Other topics are no less important. They are easy to deal with," he says.
Arora emphasises that AIPMT preparation requires more practice than reading. "It should be 1:4 - one part reading and four parts practising questions." This is crucial to be able to tackle tricky problems by understanding the examiner's psychology and by interpreting the words, he says. "You may know a concept but the language of the question can make you doubtful."
Physics
AIPMT's physics is usually termed easy. More than a grip over the concept, the deciding factor in this section is speed and accuracy. And that comes from practising MCQs.
Anurag Sharma, associate professor, Narayana Institute, South Extension branch, Delhi, says students may use NCERT text for theory and solved examples but should go for one of the MCQ banks by private authors.
The level of questions is such that "80-90% students can do them but many aren't able to complete them because a lack of practice," says Sharma.
The most important topics in physics are mechanics (10-12 questions) from Class 11 and modern physics from Class 12 (10-12 questions).
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Source: HT Horizons
Date: 17th March, 2011
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