Want to Prepare for IIT JAM Biological Science? Get Complete details

IIT JAM Biological science is the most popular among the Biology students who want to pursue their M.Sc. in Biology subjects. There are two biology subjects in which biology students can peruse their Master’s degree they are biological science and Biotechnology. Here we are more focus on the IIT JAM Biological Science preparation.

IIT JAM Biological Sciences

When it comes to the preparation for the exam the two questions always hit the which is “what to study?” and “which books to prefer for study?”

The blog given below will answer this question as it has the important topics as per the syllabus and the reference books to study for the IIT JAM Biological Science.

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The important topics Highlights from the IIT JAM Biological Science Syllabus are:

1.      General Biology

2.      Basics of Biochemistry, Biophysics, Molecular Biology

3.      Structure of Biomolecules

4.      Microbiology, Cell Biology and Immunology

5.      Cell Theory

6.      Mathematical Sciences

Books Suggested

The recommended books for the IIT JAM Biological Science are:

1.      Principles of Genetics - Gardner, Simmons, Snustad

2.      Biochemistry - Jeremy M.Berg, Lubert Stryer, John L. Tymoczko

3.      Genetics: A conceptual Approach - Benjamin A. Pierce

4.      Genetics (Benjamin/cummings series in the Life Sciences) - Peter J. Russell

5.      Molecular Biology of Cell - Bruce Alberts

6.      Cells and Molecular Biology (concepts & experiments) - Gerald Karp, John Wiley & Sons

7.      Cell and Molecular Biology - E.D.P. De Robertis and E.M.F. De Robertis Jr.  & Febiger

8.      Lehniger Principles of Biochemistry - David L. Nelson

9.      Lehniger Principles of Biochemistry - Michael M.Cox

10.  Developmental Biology - Scott F. Gilbert, Susan R. Singer

11.  Kuby Immunology - Thomas J. Kindt, Barbara A. Osborne, Richard Goldsby

12.  Immunobiology: The Immune System in Health and Disease - Charles Janeway, Paul Traverse, Mark Walport, Mark Shlomchik

13.  Microbiology - Lansing Prescott, John P. Harley, Donald Klein

14.  Essential of Physiology - Lauralee Sherwood

15.  Guyton & Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology - John E. Hall, Mario Vaz, Anura Kurpad, Tony Raj

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IIT JAM Biological Science Preparation:

The IIT JAM exam can be prepared by the following steps given below:

Make a time table:

1. The first step is go through the complete IIT JAM Biological Science Syllabus.
2. Mark out the important topics from the syllabus
3. Make out the time table for the exam and do strictly follow it.

Timing for the studies:

1. The time should be balance in the manner so that your most of learning is done in the morning hours.
2. In the day hours try to read some interesting facts and extra from all the subjects covered in the morning.

3. In the evening hours try to learn some conceptual things so that you can score well in the exam.

Make Handmade Notes:

1. Make handmade notes or mind maps for each topic.
2. This will help you in the revision in the last days.

Practice a lot:

1. Practice as much as you can through previous year question papers.

2. Try to answer as much question as you can to increase the speed and preparation level.

Analyze your performance:

1. The mock test and other online series will help you in analyzing your performance.

2. Through mock test you can also check your speed of answering the question.

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Hope this blog will help you in the preparation of IIT JAM Biological Science.

Best of Luck!