Tips for CSIR NET JRF Life sciences students
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Dear students,
In this article we are going to discuss the test taking
strategies for CSIR NET JRF Life sciences (Biotechnology)
students. It has been long on the demand list from the student
side for tips on this topic. So we are going to reveal it here.
Syllabus
If you take a quick look at the syllabus for CSIR NET JRF life
sciences, you would notice that not only topics related to
Biotechnology but whole of the life sciences has been included.
Well that is unfair on the syllabus part but yes when it is
common to all life sciences candidates it does makes sense.
Try to cover almost of the entire syllabus, but its obviously
difficult, in that case you may restrict yourself to certain
topics which appear interesting to you. But remember you must
have knowledge of the topic to its minute levels. This will help
you in clearing your interview, I remember when I had interview
in IISC Bangalore, I was asked to choose my strongest topic &
questions were asked in a brain storming forty five minute
session.
Some of the topics related to botany or zoology may appear
boring to you, in that case try to first make your Biotech
topics stronger, then only move to these topics.
Preparation
Ideally the preparation should start three months before exam,
but that means you must stick to a particular schedule. If you
are an appearing candidate I would suggest starting in the third
semester itself (provided if you wanna clear JRF).
Solve sample papers as much as you can, well that is a typical
advice to any competition aspirant, I would suggest to get in to
the details ( theory part) as soon as you come through the
questions.
If you are a appearing candidate, then try to co-relate the
questions from the theory part, Remember, it doesn’t matter how
much your university awards you, rather a JRF would Really
MATTER, so devote as much time as possible to get in to the
subjects & concepts. They emphasize concepts rather than mugging
up & vomiting data.
Exam
Again comes the question which one to stress for more, Paper 1
or 2? Well I would suggest you to concentrate more on paper 2
but remember passing in Paper 1 is very important, so make sure
you strike a fair balance.
During exam- I would suggest not to panic rather stick to your
basics while answering, coz most questions are from basics but
we tend to complicate it.
Try not to solve all questions rather try to gain confidence by
answering questions which you know first in case of paper 1. In
paper 2 just cram through the paper what it contains and how
much you know, don’t panic if you don’t Know, try to stick to
the word limit while answering, be to the point and quote
examples
How to Avoid a Disaster?
Though we cannot say anything about the cut off marks,
experience tells that one has to score well in Paper I to get
JRF. At the same time leave your thoughts about the performance
in the Paper I back and do well in the afternoon session with a
clear and sound mind. Some may have a tendency to throw it up
feeling dejected about your performance during the day. Let us
wait the results to come before making disastrous assumptions to
spoil your day. Also be cool in your approach to the exam and
never give up during the examination by doing things like
answering all the multiple choice questions randomly based on
luck feeling dejected of your performance. There is plenty of
time to be prepared and perform well. And from experience, many
have come out successfully even after believing that they did
perform very poorly.
In examination with objective type multiple choice questions (MCQs),
there is a tendency called the ‘Red Wire Syndrome’ which means
to answer all questions whether one knows the correct answer or
not. If we can classify the questions into three categories,
viz. 1) Sure, 2) Not So Sure and 3) Never, indicating whether
one knows the correct answer, possible but some doubt still
prevails and almost impossible, respectively. The ‘red wire
syndrome’ means that one will have tendency to answer all the
questions, which is disastrous, just like a child who touches a
‘red hot wire’ seeing its beauty. The key to success lies in
answering all the ‘Sure’ types, and leaving out the ‘Never’
types. It is imperative to learn the art of intelligent guessing
to answer the type 2. This evidently comes from one’s experience
and basic knowledge of the subject. So never ever find it
insulting to go back to your basics (atleast refer to some of
the basic books in the list below). So never forget practice
well using previous question papers of NET JRF to make you come
out with flying colours.
After Exam
Well your work is not yet over, try to recollect the questions
and write it down, if that is not possible try to demarcate the
topics which were stressed specifically, this would of immense
help in case if you do not clear.
How to utilize INTERNET for CSIR UGC NET EXAM?
Well the answer lies in exploiting this resource as much as
possible to gain subject material. I would suggest joining CSIR
NET JRF discussion groups to interact with other aspirants and
ask questions.
This article was submitted By a successful candidate who did his
MSC Biotechnology from IIT and further got JRF and got calls
from IISC Bangalore, CDRI Lucknow and many more. Due to our
Privacy policy we are unable to reveal the identity of the
scholar.
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