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Please tell the name of books which are hugely preferable for M.Sc entrance for Biotechnology. Further, are there any reference notes or guides available online?

There are many books available in your nearby book store that you can refer for M.Sc. Biotechnology entrance exam preparation.

However, it would be difficult enough to get notes online for this entrance exam.

I have mentioned some of the books for M.Sc. Biotechnology exam preparation.

Biotechnology and Biochemistry (for Post Graduate) M.Sc. Entrance Exam Guide (English, Paperback, RPH Editorial Board)
Price: Rs.169


JNU Combined M.Sc. Biotechnology Entrance Examination Guide (English, Paperback, RPH Editorial Board)
Price: Rs.495


Objective Bio-Technology (English, Undefined, unknown)
Price: Rs.139

To prepare for M.Sc entrance for Biotechnology candidate can refer below books :
1)Biotechnology – U. Satyanarayana
2)Biotechnology: Expanding Horizons – B.D.Singh
3)A Textbook of Biotechnology – R.C. Dubey

Biochemistry:

Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry - AlbertL. Lehninger
Biochemistry - Jeremy M. Berg, John L.Tymoczko, Lubert Stryer
Biochemistry (Lippincott's IllustratedReviews)
Biochemistry - Donald Voet, Judith G. Voet
Biochemistry – U. Satyanarayana, U.Chakrapani
2. Bioinformatics: Although there won’t be any Bioinformatics questions, but still if you want to refer to some chapters, here are the books. David Mount is a very good book with easy to follow language.

Bioinformatics: Sequence and Genome Analysis- David W. Mount
Bioinformatics Methods and Protocols - Edited by Stephen Misener, Stephen A. Krawetz
Essential Bioinformatics - Jin Xiong
Bioinformatics for Dummies – Jean-Michel Claverie, Cedric Notredame
Introduction to Bioinformatics – Arthur M.Lesk
3. Biotechnology: Following Biotechnology course books cover basic topics that are generally prescribed by most of the universities. They are good for developing basic understanding.

Biotechnology – U. Satyanarayana
Biotechnology: Expanding Horizons – B.D.Singh
A Textbook of Biotechnology – R.C. Dubey
4. Cell Biology:

Molecular Biology of the Cell – Bruce Alberts
Cell and Molecular Biology: Concepts and Experiments – Gerald Karp
Molecular Cell Biology – Harvey Lodish
5. Developmental Biology:

Developmental Biology – Scott Gilbert
6. Genetics:

Genes Series by Benjamin Lewin
Principles of Generics – Robert H. Tamarin
Schaum’s Outline of Theory and Problems of Genetics - William D. Stansfield
Molecular Biology of the Gene – James Watson
7. Genetic Engineering:

Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual -Joseph Sambrook
Principles of Gene Manipulation and Genomics– Sandy Primrose, Richard M. Twyman and Robert W. Old
8. Immunology:

Kuby Immunology - Richard Goldsby and ThomasJ. Kindt
Cellular and Molecular Immunology - Abul K.Abbas, Andrew H. Lichtman, and Jordan S. Pober
Immunobiology – Charles Janeway
High-yield immunology – Arthur G. Johnson:Good for quick revision
Schaum's Outline of Immunology - George Pinchuk
9. Microbiology:

Prescott's Microbiology - Christopher J.Woolverton, Joanne M. Willey, Linda Sherwood
Microbiology - Gerard J. Tortora
Lippincott’s Illustrated Reviews Microbiology– William A. Strohl
10. Plant and Animal Tissue Culture:

Plant Tissue Culture & Plant Biotechnology – B.D. Singh
Plant Tissue Culture: Theory and Practice –S.S. Bhojwani, M.K. Razdan
Culture of Animal Cells – Ian Freshney: Although this mainly contains protocols, which is of no much use during bachelor studies (as well as for M.Sc. entrance exams’ preparation), but you can extract some information.
Principles and Practice of Animal Tissue Culture – Sudha Gangal
11. Spectroscopy: Again, there won’t be much of Spectroscopy in your Biotech syllabus. But youmay refer to some of the chapters if you want.

Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy –Joseph R. Lackowitz
Spectroscopy for the Biological Sciences –Gordon G. Hammes
12. Zoology and Medical Physiology: Questions on Zoology and Human Physiology won’t be asked in competitive exams, but can be useful if you’ve Zoology in your bachelors.

Chordate Zoology – Jorden and Verma
Essentials of Medical Physiology - K.Sembulingam and Prema Sembulingam
Guyton And Hall Textbook Of Medical Physiology Paperback – John E. Hall
13. Chemistry:

Physical Chemistry:
Atkins’ Physical Chemistry
Essentials of Physical Chemistry – B.S. Bahl, G.D. Tuli, Arun Bahl
Inorganic Chemistry:
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry – Satya Prakash,G.D. Tuli, S.K. Basu, R.D. Madan
Inorganic Chemistry – B. Sivasankar
Organic Chemistry:
Organic Chemistry – Arun Bahl, B.S. Bahl
Reaction Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry – Mukul C. Ray
Organic Chemistry – M