How do I prepare for the IIT-JAM biotechnology?

Due to the increased competition and lesser number of seats, Biotechnology becomes one of the toughest courses in the IIT-JAM examination. To get admission in IITs and NITs in Biotechnology, you should prepare well and make a strategy to cope up with the high competition level. 

Syllabus:

The syllabus of the Biotechnology course (IIT JAM) is mainly a combination of four major subjects like Biology, Physics, Mathematics, and Chemistry. So to clear the question papers you need to prepare all these four subjects thoroughly.

• Multiple Select Questions (MSQ): MSQs are similar to MCQs. The only difference is that among the 4 choices given you will have another correct answer. You will get full marks if you guess all the correct answers and no wrong answers. 
• Numerical Answer Type Questions (NAT): For each NAT type question, the correct answer is a real number that you need to enter using the virtual keyboard. You will not get any choices for such questions. 

There are a total of 60 questions carrying 100 marks. The question paper has 3 sections, i.e. A, B, and C. All these sections are compulsory. The sectional division of the questions is as follows.

• Section A- Contains 30 MCQ with one or two marks each.
• Section B- contains 10 questions carrying two marks each.
• Section C- Contains 20 NAT questions carrying one or two marks each. 

Only section A has negative marking. 

Preparation Tips:

• First, you need to note down the whole syllabus of IIT-JAM Biotechnology and focus on active and passive subjects before starting their preparations.
• The classification of active and passive topics depends on topics’ popularity, focusing on more popular topics rather than preparing less popular topics.
• To know more about popular topics you can refer to the question papers of last year's biotechnology course, it’ll also help you to know more about the exam pattern, difficulty level and also helps you improve your speed and accuracy to solve the questions.
• Consult reference books to clear concepts. Give mock tests for practice. 

The tips & tricks and all guidelines given above will definitely help you while preparing for the IIT-JAM Biotechnology exam.