CSIR-NET Unit 2 Revision & Study Plan – Top 10 Tips & Tricks
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Unit 2 deals with cellular organization and this subject has fewer topics. This subject is based mainly on your memorization skill, how effectively you can grasp a concept.
Based on analysis of previous year’s question papers it was found that the following topics had the most frequently asked questions.
Revise the most important topics from Unit 2
- Membrane structure and function
- Protein transport pathways to various organelles
- Cytoskeleton
- Structure of chromatin and chromosomes
- Transposons
- Meiosis and Mitosis, Cell cycle steps and checkpoints
- Microbial Growth kinetics
It’s a short unit, 5 subunits only, accordingly prepare a timetable and follow it
| Day | Time | Topics |
| First | 3h | Membrane structure and function |
| Second | 3h | Protein transport pathways to various organelles, Cytoskeleton |
| Third | 2h | Structure of chromatin and chromosomes, transposons |
| Fourth | 2h | Mitosis and meiosis, Cell cycle steps and checkpoints |
| Fifth | 2h | Microbial Growth kinetics |
Memorize the characteristics of various pumps, transporters, their inhibitors, RBC membrane components such as Band 3
- Use Koncept wheel
- Usually match the following questions are asked from these topics
- Very scoring
Revise unit 2 along with the common topics in unit 4
- Unit 2D topics like regulation and control of cell cycle are common with topics of Cancer and apoptosis topic of Unit 4.
Study the graphs, questions from FRAP and microbial growth curve are graph-based
Memorize the formulas to solve numerical questions asked from microbial growth, practice one question for different types of numerical questions asked
How to solve experimental based questions?
Revise by questions and answer method. Practice the experiment-based questions from the previous year question papers
Keep some handy tips in mind before solving questions in the exam
- Attempt strong section first
- Solve the questions from the prepared topics initially
- Attempt rest of the sections later
- Solve questions you are confident about to avoid negative markings
- Be careful of Part C as it looks tempting
Correct answer – +4 marks
wrong answer – -1.0 marks
Don’t skip ⇒ Revise Smart ⇒ Create Memory Milestones ⇒ Achieve Success
