How to Study

Hot Tip : Be thorough with NCERT as well as ISC Textbooks - By Aniruddha Kasar (CG PMT Topper)

Try to read the whole NCERT syllabus. For all-India entrance tests, go through the ISC textbook as well. For AIPMT Mains, you have to go a little deep into the theory portion to attempt descriptive questions. Try to solve descriptive questions given at the end of each chapter in the ISC textbook. In the AIIMS test, a thorough reading of the NCERT textbook and practicing MCQs is sufficient. 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, because options confuse a lot.

• Practice as many MCQs including previous year’s questions as you can. You require more power of recollection to tackle biology.

Leonardo da Vinci said: “Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.” Make your mind more active in order to achieve your goals.

Give first preference to NCERT books. Objective-type questions, particularly for AIPMT and DPMT (Delhi Pre-Medical Test), are picked directly from NCERT books.
Once through with NCERT books, you can lay your hands on other reference books such as AC Dutta for Botany (Oxford Publication), HC Verma for Physics, Morrision Boyd for Organic Chemistry and Peter Atkins and Julio de Paula for Physical Chemistry.

1. Align your biological clock by practicing mock tests within the stimulated time for PMT. Remember: practice makes perfect!
2. While answering your exam, go for the direct questions ie the questions, which are directly based on the topic, first.
3. Tackle all questions you are sure of answering, correctly. Guessing will not help due to negative marking. For each incorrect response, one third of the total marks allotted to the question will be deducted.
However, no deduction from the total score will be made if no response is indicated in the answer sheet. More than one answer indicated against a question will be deemed as incorrect response and will be negatively marked.