NEET Preparation Strategy and Smart Preparation Tips
NEET exam preparation tips are really essential to crack the NEET exam successfully. And, a good score in NEET 2019 exam will help a medical aspirant to get admission in your preferred medical and dental colleges across India excluding AIIMS & JIPMER. This year onwards NTA (National Testing Agency) will conduct NEET exam instead of CBSE in order to assess the competency of medical aspirants for admission. And, you can write the test in English, Hindi or any regional language (among 8) of your choice.
Every year approx 10Lakhs+ NEET aspirants compete for around 1Lakh medical seats and the competition is getting tougher every year! But, with a proper NEET preparation strategy and smart NEET preparation tips, you can definitely crack the NEET 2019 exam with a good score.
So, What are you going to learn here?
NEET exam pattern 2019 + NEET marking scheme
NEET preparation strategy/ tips
NEET syllabus + Important chapters for NEET
NEET exam preparation books + NEET mock tests
Go through the ‘NEET exam preparation’ post at least once to get well-versed with the important chapters for NEET exam. It’s high time to get ready and start following your NEET preparation strategy to achieve a good score.
1. a) NEET Exam Pattern 2019
Subject | Number of Questions (Objective Type) | Marks |
Physics | 45 | 180 |
Chemistry | 45 | 180 |
Biology (Botany + Zoology) | 90 | (180 + 180) = 360 |
Total | 180 | 720 |
b) NEET Exam Marking Scheme & Time
Total Time: 3 Hours
Every correct answer: +4 marks
Every wrong answer: -1 mark
2. NEET Preparation Strategy
Create Your NEET Preparation Timetable: It is really necessary to stay focussed when you are planning for NEET exam preparation. Allot times for normal study, revision, mock tests & analysis of that test. Once you finish creating your NEET preparation timetable, check our NEET preparation tips, NCERT solutions & strictly follow your timetable for NEET preparation, without any ‘excuse’.
And, don’t forget to have some time for fun as taking a break is also necessary! Who does not know "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"?
Read, Practice & Revise: Just reading a lot of books will not help! You need to revise whatever you learn every day. Check out our online NEET preparation tips to save your travel time! In fact, online NEET preparation is reasonable too as you will get a quality education from NEET experts at a low price.
What you can do is: complete the NCERT books for NEET (11th & 12th Grade), watch NEET specific lectures from NEET experts (online NEET preparation), check NCERT solutions for class 11 & 12, get NEET exam preparation tips from NEET masters, note down important formulas & key concepts and revise!
Attend Mock Tests: NEET exam preparation is not tough when you are following NEET preparation tips properly. Once you complete the full syllabus, solve the exercise & check NCERT solutions for Physics, Chemistry & Biology. Then start giving as many NEET mock tests as possible. Check NEET online test series, NEET past year papers & try to solve them accurately.
Analyze your NEET mock test paper & find out your weak areas. Once this is done, start working on your mistakes to perform better in the NEET 2019 exam. Take subjectwise tests, full tests and objective test and continue to improve every single day.
3. NEET syllabus + Important chapters for NEET
If you want to check the full syllabus (NEET) for each of the subjects.
NEET Syllabus for Physics
Class XI | Class XII |
Physical World and Measurement | Electrostatics |
Kinematics | Current Electricity |
Laws of Motion | Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism |
Work, Energy and Power | Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents |
Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body | Electromagnetic Waves |
Gravitation | Optics |
Properties of Bulk Matter | Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation |
Thermodynamics | Atoms and Nuclei |
Behaviour of Perfect Gas and Kinetic Theory | Electronic Devices |
Oscillations and Waves |
Well, to be honest, it is not at all advisable to skip a single topic from your NEET Physics syllabus but, still, I will highlight some of the important topics that you must not ignore. These chapters carry a good amount of marks, so just make sure to cover these topics with full clarity.
Physics: NEET Important Topics |
Thermodynamics & Heat |
Electrodynamics |
Semiconductors |
Rigid Body Dynamics |
Modern Physics |
SHM &Wave |
Optics |
Chemistry
NEET Syllabus for Chemistry
Class XI | Class XII |
Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry | Solid State |
Structure of Atom | Solutions |
Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties | Electrochemistry |
Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure | Chemical Kinetics |
States of Matter: Gases and Liquids | Surface Chemistry |
Thermodynamics | General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements |
Equilibrium | p-Block Elements |
Redox Reactions | d and f Block Elements |
Hydrogen | Coordination Compounds |
s-Block Element (Alkali and Alkaline earth metals) | Haloalkanes and Haloarenes |
Some p-Block Elements | Alcohols, Phenols, and Ethers |
Organic Chemistry- Some Basic Principles and Techniques | Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids |
Hydrocarbons | Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen |
Environmental Chemistry | Biomolecules |
- | Polymers |
- | Chemistry in Everyday Life |
Again, it is not advisable to ignore any topic, but according to the analysis of past year papers, you will definitely get questions from these below-mentioned chapters:
Chemistry: NEET Important Topics |
Chemical Bonding |
Carbonyl Compounds |
Organic Chemistry-I |
Coordination Compounds |
NEET Syllabus for Biology
Class XI | Class XII |
Diversity in Living World | Reproduction |
Structural Organization in Animals and Plants | Genetics and Evolution |
Cell Structure and Function | Biology and Human Welfare |
Plant Physiology | Biotechnology and Its Applications |
Human Physiology | Ecology and Environment |
Biology: NEET Important Topics |
General Biology |
Human Anatomy and Physiology |
Plant Anatomy |
Endocrine System |
Pollination |
Excretory and Nervous System |
Digestive System |
4. NEET Preparation Books + Neet Mock Tests
NEET Exam Preparation Books: When you are interested in NEET exam preparation, you should have clarity in each concept of every subject. Follow NEET preparation tips for a perfect NEET preparation strategy.
There are already a number of books available in the market, but buying all of them & completing those is not all a good idea!
I will suggest you complete the NCERT books first. Complete the exercise & check your answers with the NCERT solutions. Then check any one of the references NEET exam preparation books and start solving past year NEET exam papers. Give as much NEET mock tests as possible to gain confidence for your final NEET exam.
Just pick any one book from each subject and focus on completing that book instead of buying all the books. As it will not help but create confusion which is not acceptable when you are focussed on NEET exam preparation!
Physics Books | Chemistry Books | Biology Books |
Concepts of Physics by HC Verma | Organic Chemistry by Himanshu Pandey (GRB Publication) | Trueman's Objective Biology for NEET - Vol. I & II |
Objective Physics By DC Pandey | Physical Chemistry by OP Tandon | Objective NCERT at your Fingertips - Biologyby MTG Editorial Board |
Concept of Competition Physics- Agarwals | Objective NCERT at Your Fingertips for NEET-JEE - Chemistryby MTG Editorial Board | Complete NEET Guide Biology |
Apart from these books, you can also check Vedantu Learning App or Vedantu portal for online NEET preparation strategy or NEET exam preparation tips. You can watch LIVE lectures from the Master teachers on Youtube to clear your doubts. In fact, if you have already installed Vedantu’s Instant doubt solving app from play store, then you can ask doubts also and it will be solved by the experts only! And don’t worry- the app is FREE.
In case if want to watch course videos, access solutions of popular books & want to solve doubts without going anywhere then our Vedantu app will definitely help in your NEET exam preparation.
NEET Mock Tests
Now comes the last part of the NEET exam preparation tips. Mock Tests!
When you feel you are ready to crack the NEET exam, that means it’s time to test your knowledge. To get the past year NEET test papers and challenge your brain to solve those accurately. Once you are done, check the solution and try to match those with your own answers.
Solving past year NEET exam papers are very important. This practice gives you an idea about the NEET exam pattern & type of questions asked in previous years NEET exam.
Attempt NEET mock test series & solve NEET sample papers as much as you can. And, make sure you are completing the test in 3 hours only. Start identifying your weak points & strong points and start working accordingly.
If you follow your NEET preparation timetable strictly, I am sure your score will improve around 15-20% in the upcoming NEET 2019 exam without any doubt!
On the Last Note:
Well, I think I have already covered all the points related to NEET exam 2019 preparation, that I promised to discuss through this ‘NEET preparation tips for 2019’ post. Follow the NEET preparation strategy, check NEET exam marking scheme, NEET exam preparation books, NEET important topics and complete the syllabus covering the important chapters for NEET.
I hope this information will help to crack the NEET exam. In case if you have doubts, you can check our courses on Vedantu platform or ask doubts on Vedantu app anytime. And, if you have something to add, please feel free to add those in the comment section.
Best of Luck for your NEET exam!
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Shreya Ghosh
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