Preparing oneself for a competitive examination is an art that can be learnt. We at AMITY are committed to make you proficient in this art. Remember meeting the challenge of competition is an uphill task akin to climbing a mountain. It requires right skills, a strong will, single minded devotion and concentration and above all stamina and perseverance. While preparing subjects like Physics, Chemistry and Biology you ought to have a definite strategy and an action plan. Our subject experts help you devise a foolproof strategy andchalk out your preparations with attainable milestones. In the next few pages, we are reproducing some of the important guidelines and tips that you should keep in mind while preparing your subjects from the point of a competitive exam viz. PMT. These tips are designed to give you a head start in your preparations and develop confidence and a competitive edge in you.

Physics
In Physics, what is crucial to know is the relative importance of various concepts in the context of the kind of pattern of questions generally set in the PMT exam.

As you know in the XI standard, there are chapters like mensuration, motion in one dimension, two dimensions & three dimensions, gravitation, Newton’s law of motion, work, power, energy, heat & thermodynamics and lastly S.H.M. and waves from the PMT point of view, work power energy is the most important chapter which contain about 10% of total coverage.

Then we have to study the S.H.M. & waves which contain 8% of total coverage. After that we take gravitation, Newton’s law of motion, motion in one dimension.

How to study these chapters and what type of questions are generally asked? Let us take a simple chapter ‘Motion in one dimension’. We can divide the whole chapter in several subtopics as suggested below:

• Instantaneous velocity
• Function to function relation
• Graphic problem
• Average velocity
• Increasing and decreasing processes in percentage of functions.

After this we study the concepts and techniques in these subtopics and focus on any particular rules or methods.

Sample problems are as follows : -

1. A body is covering a path x = 4t –t 2 in which x is the displacement and t is time taken. Find the ratio of displacement and distance at t = 1 and t = 3 sec.

(a) 1:1 (b) Zero (c) 1:2 (d) 1:8

2. A body is covering a path x = a w sin wt. The acceleration of a body is

(a) – a w 3 cos wt (b) a w 3cos wt (c) –a w 3 sin wt (d) a w 3 sin wt

3. A body is moving with speed of 4t 3 –2t. Find the acceleration of body at x = 2m.

(a) 26 ms –2 (b) 20 ms –2 (c) 22 ms –2 (d) zero

 

Chemistry
Chemistry is one of the most interesting portions in Medical preparations.

With proper planning, well directed study routine and hard work, the paper can bring around a marvelous increase in the rank.

As a whole chemistry is a subject that does not require torrid preparations nor does it need tonnes of heavy and thick books. The only way to succeed in it is working at the grass root level to make a solid foundation of strong concepts.

On these solid foundations, build a regular practice of organic and inorganic chemistry with revision of formula of physical chemistry and this will make the chemistry paper a sure shot success story.In the following sections, we will discuss how to deal with each one of the topics separately.


Organic Chemistry

It can be easily learnt but requires practice by writing to master it or else all can be soon forgotten. Hence the reactions of each of the subgroups revision plan should be worked out to achieve confidence in it.

Once the reaction have been properly learnt, the mechanisms behind the readings should be understood.

Understanding the mechanisms of reactions will make them clearer and the topic will become easier as the time is devoted to it. Remember organic chemistry requires both a good understanding and learning.

Inorganic chemistry

It is one of the largest portions to learn not because it requires high intelligence into understand but because it requires a lot of time to memories hundreds of various reactions, extractions and other such material.

But inorganic chemistry can turn out easy if repeated practice of study of each element is done.

With proper planning, hard work, strong determination and most importantly a well chalked out time table, anyone can succeed in the chemistry paper.


Physical Chemistry

This branch deals with topics like solutions, stoichiometry, ionic and chemical equilibrium, thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, nuclear chemistry, atomic structure and chemical bonding.

Questions on these topics mainly come in the form of numericals that vary from ‘very easy’ to ‘tough’ in the level of difficulty.

To succeed in physical chemistry, first of all one needs to understand the basic concept and principles of each topic which in turn will help in remembering the formulas in a long run.

Once confidence is developed in the understanding of the formulae, then the utilization of some must be first applied in simple questions. There after one can move into difficult level problems as time processes

For example, in ionic equilibrium, the subparts of the chapter are given below :

Physical chemistry has the potential of a variety of mind-boggling problems, so a lot of practice is required. 

Biology

Biology with 50% weightage in most PMT papers, holds special importance fora student preparing for medical entrance test. It is this subject which forms the foundation of medical studies. Therefore, it is necessary for a student to have all concepts clear, which on one hand helps in tackling conceptual questions and on the other helps the students get a grip on the subject. Biology has undergone several changes as a result of researches and developments in electron microscopy, agriculture, atomic radiation, antibiotics, interplanetary space probes etc. To keep pace with these advancements in Biology, you must have the basic preliminary information about the recent developments in addition to understanding of facts, concepts and principles of the topics prescribed in the syllabus for the forthcoming examinations.

The following suggestions may prove valuable for you.

• Get the syllabus, test books, study material and unsolved question papers related to the examination you intend to appear in.
• Prepare concise notes consulting all the select books you come across.
• Instructions, charts, tables, summaries, glossaries, revisions, review etc. speak more than the running statements. Hence pay more attention to them.
• One must go through the basics of a chapter from a entrance tests to have an idea as to what is important and what is not and also about the commonly asked questions.
• Make a proper schedule for finishing the entire syllabus and strictly follow it.

• Whichever topic you read, try to find out as many objective type of questions as you can.
• Student must keep themselves updated on fields like genetics and biotechnology wherein much development is taking place.
• Also keep your knowledge upto date on diseases discovered and spread in the recent past.

• Questions related to environmental biology are also important and this is another field about which new discoveries should be kept in mind.
• Revision at regular intervals is very necessary.

• Once you are through with whole syllabus, solve questions papers from various books / question banks at a stretch in allowed time so that you can be sure of finishing the questions paper within given time.