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Preparation Tips and Study Plan of Inorganic Chemistry for NEET

By Sagar MankarJune 03, 2022
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An Introduction to NEET 2022

Have you ever thought of a career that can help people lead a better and healthy life? If yes, you must have come across the profession of doctors. To enter a successful medical career, a student must first complete the NEET programme. Every year, tens of thousands of candidates take the NEET exam. NEET is a prominent national-level medical entrance examination used to admit students to MBBS and other undergraduate degrees in medicine and allied professions.

As the exam date of NEET 2022 is scheduled for 17th July 2022, you start your final preparation.


While preparing for NEET, students sometimes put less effort into chemistry when compared to biology and physics. However, you should remember that 45 questions come from chemistry, which  can help you score better in the exams. Here is how to study inorganic chemistry in less than two months for NEET.

NEET Chemistry: Complete Structure and Question Paper Pattern

Chemistry is considered the highest scoring subject in this exam. If learned properly, you can answer questions from this subject with minimum chances of errors. Thus, you can score more by putting in the strategic effort.

The syllabus of chemistry includes three parts- physical chemistry, organic, and inorganic chemistry. Here is an analytic preview of the previous year’s chemistry question papers of NEET in tabular form.

Topics

Number of Questions

Inorganic chemistry

19

Organic chemistry

15

Physical chemistry

16


Moreover, it would help if you also had a clear idea about the NEET exam pattern to create your proper study plan. 

  • The duration of the NEET examination –is 3 hours.

  • There are 11 languages, in which the question paper is prepared. These languages are – Hindi, English, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Oriya, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.

  • For each right answer, you will be rewarded with +4 marks, and there will be a deduction of 1 mark for each wrong answer.

  • The general exam pattern of NEEt follows the question distribution as 45 questions of Chemistry, 27 are of easy level, 13 are of medium level, and 5 difficult level questions will be there.

Also, after further analysing the inorganic chemistry questions for NEET, here is the chapter-wise weightage in a nutshell.

Important Chapters of Inorganic Chemistry

Inorganic Chemistry Chapters

Weightage

F and D – Block Elements

12.4%

Coordination Compounds

17.6%

Molecular Structure and Chemical Bonding

29.4%

Periodicity in Properties and Classification of Elements 

10.5%

P – Block Elements

13.7%

S – Block Elements and Hydrogen

7.8%

Practical Chemistry

8.5%


P, S, F, and D Block Elements 

While preparing for inorganic chemistry for NEET, you should put extra efforts into P, S, F, and D Block elements chapters. These chapters are easy to score as the questions are primarily factual. 

  • If you prepare these topics, you will be able to answer questions about the extraction of metals and several inorganic equations. 

  • The application of the periodic table can help you answer the reasoning questions from P, S, F, and D Block elements correctly. So, it is important to understand the concept behind the periodic table and its usage.

Following are some vital topics from p-block Elements that are highly scoring:

Element

Block

Topics

P-Block Element

Group 15

Allotropic forms of Phosphorous, Phosphorous Compound, Electronic Configuration

Group 16

Sulphur Compounds, Sulphur Oxacids, Categorisation of Oxides

Group 17

Halogens Compounds, Usages of Hydrochloric Acid and Chlorine

Group 18

Chemical and Physical Properties, Electronic Configuration


However, you may find difficulties in learning qualitative analysis. You need to have an intensive understanding of acid and basic reactions and chemical equilibrium for it.

  • For D-Block elements, you need to focus on Potassium Dichromate and Potassium Permanganate.

  • Moreover, along with the nomenclature of D-Block metals, you also need to learn about their hybridisation of them as well. Effective Atomic Number or EAN and Warner’s Theory are also important topics for NEET 2022.

Tips on Inorganic Chemistry

  • Inorganic chemistry chapters for NEET are mostly factual rather than conceptual. Hence, if you can learn well and memorise the facts, there are higher chances of accuracy in the exam.

  • For developing a strategic study plan, first, you need to analyse the previous years question papers and find out the maximum weightage of different chapters. For the best result, you can create a chart of important formulas and chemical reactions. Also, it would be best if you take a look at this chart every day.

  • Some chapters of inorganic chemistry may require repeated studying to understand the facts or concepts. Also, sometimes, you may find less interest in learning various concepts. However, you should motivate yourself for the inorganic chemistry online test as it can help you to crack NEET with higher marks. 

Now, as you have understood how to study inorganic chemistry for NEET, you should not waste any more time and start following these tips right away.

Lastly, try to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Staying healthy and fit is also important along with preparing for inorganic chemistry for NEET. We wish you the best for the upcoming exams!

FAQs on Preparation Tips and Study Plan of Inorganic Chemistry for NEET

1. How important is Inorganic Chemistry for NEET?

If you can analyse the NEET question papers for the last five years, you will find that inorganic chemistry has been given 30-35% weightage in each year’s chemistry section. Also, the questions are relatively easy to crack. So, this part of chemistry plays a vital role in scoring higher in NEET.

2. Which books are best for preparing Chemistry for NEET?

Other than the NCERT textbook, you can opt for Concise Inorganic Chemistry by J.D. Lee for the inorganic part. For physical chemistry, the book by O.P. Tandon and for organic chemistry, the textbook by M.S. Chauhan can be considered. You can also consider books by N. Awasthi and V.K. Jaiswal for practice.

3. What score in Chemistry is good for cracking NEET with a higher rank?

Depending on the answerability level of the question paper, usually, 120-150 is considered


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