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How to crack CSIR NET Life science within 4 months without coching? Which books are helpful.

The test mainly contains two papers.
All questions are objective based .
With every passing year the competition is increasing .
One needs to have confidence that they can study without coaching.
Once you are confident enough , you can do so.
You can take the help of Youtube and other sites in case you need help.
You have to go through the syllabus and hand made notes too.
You have to follow some of the tips that will help you in accomplishing your result.
There are lot of students that study on their own and achieve their goal.

To crack CSIR NET Life Sciences without coaching, a candidate needs to analyze the syllabus, study material, topic-wise weightage, preparation tips, previous year's question paper, and books. The candidates must be well aware of the syllabus to ensure they do not leave any topics.

Topics of the life sciences branches are given below.

Unit I - Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology
Unit II - Cellular Organisation
Unit III - Fundamental Processes
Unit IV - Cell Communications and Cell Signaling
Unit V - Development Biology
Unit VI - System Physiology - Plant
Unit VII - System Physiology - Animal
Unit VIII - Inheritance Biology
Unit IX - Diversity of Life Forms
Unit X - Ecological Principles
Unit XI - Evolution and Behaviour
Unit XII - Applied Biology
Unit XIII - Methods in Biology

The list of a few books candidates can go through is below.

1. Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry by Nelson and Cox
2. Molecular Cell Biology by Lodish
3. Cell and Molecular Biology by Concepts and Experiments by Gerald Karp
4. Kuby Immunology by Owen, Punt, Stanford, 7th Ed
5. Immunology (Instant Notes) by Lydyard
6. Microbiology by Prescott
7. Brock Biology of Microorganisms by Madigan
8. Development Biology by Scott F.Gilbert
9. Plant Physiology by Taiz and Zeiger
10. Ganong's Review of Medical by Physiology
11. Principles of Genetics by D.Peter Snustad, Michael J.Simmons
12. Bioinformatics by Baevanis & Oullette
13. Ecology by Odum
14. Evolution by Strickberger, Vance Ferrell, Dawkins & Maynard
15. Biotechnology by B D Singh, T.A. Brown
16. Introduction to Plant Tissue Culture by Razdan MK
17. Principles of Gene Manipulation and Genomics by S.B. Primrose and R.M. Twyman
18. Biophysical Chemistry (Principles and Techniques) by Upadhyay