How to prepare for CSIR NET Life Sciences?

Hello Rini,

CSIR NET Life Sciences exam will be conducted in December, 2018 and then later in June, 2019. Every year its conducted twice in a year. You can go forward with the December one since the application forms are still available. For the preparation, you can refer to the Pathfinder Publication Life Sciences Part-I and Part-II for the complete syllabus and material from where the questions will likely be framed. The book is all in one solution for the study part.

Preparing for CSIR NET requires lot of efforts and question solving. Apart from study material, always refer to the question bank and mock tests which you can easily find on the website of CSIR NET.

all the best!

To qualify the CSIR NET exam with a good score one need to follow the preparation strategy given below -

· Analyze the complete CSIR NET Syllabus and list down all the topics.

· Seek out the best CSIR study material which covers the whole syllabus.

· Here are some books which can help you in preparation.

1. Plants Physiology – Lincoln Taiz and Eduardo Zeiger

2. Schaums Outline of Human Anatomy and Physiology, Third Edition (Schaums Outline Series)

3. Principles of Genetics – D. Peter Snustad, Michael J. Simmons

4. Developmental Biology – Scott F. Gilbert

5. Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry – David L. Nelson and Michael M. Cox

6. Cell and Molecular Biology: Concepts and Experiments – Gerald Karp

7. Plant Breeding Principles & Methods – 2015 – B.D. Singh

8. Basic Ecology: Fundamentals of Ecology – Eugene P. Odum

9. Essential Immunology – Ivan M. Roitt | Roitt’s Essential Immunology: Includes Desktop Edition – Peter J. Delves, Seamus J. Martin, Dennis R. Burton, Ivan M. Roitt

10. ENZYMES: Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Clinical Chemistry, 2/E – Trevor Palmer and Philip Bonner

· Make a well-structured study plan to manage your time effectively.

· Solve previous years question papers, it is the best way to polish up your skills and improve your performance.

· Take only test series to make strong your weak points.

· To prepare well avoid cramming and focus more on understand the actual meaning of the topic.