How to prepare Chemistry section for

NEET 2020?
Updated on: Feb 10, 2020
Dr Sonali Jolly 7.9K Views

NEET Chemistry section is ignored by most medical

aspirants. They either read too much Physics or too much
Biology. How to prepare for NEET Chemistry will not only
help candidates prepare better for this section but will also
help them understand its importance.

Most candidates who are preparing f or the National

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Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) give little importance
to the preparation of Chemistry section. This leads to
panic just bef ore the examination and a low score in this
section. The f oremost thing that one should keep in mind
here is that NEET Chemistry section has a weightage of
25% in the examination. Not devoting enough time to this
section may cost you marks and may keep you f rom
taking admission into your dream college.

How to prepare f or NEET Chemistry is a compilation of all

the expert tips and tricks that we f ound usef ul. Reading
these tips f or the preparation of NEET Chemistry will help
you prepare f or the examination in an organised manner.

NEET 2020 is scheduled to be held on July 26. Out of

180 questions in the NEET question paper, 45 will be on
Chemistry. Candidates with a decent hold on the subject
can easily score 100 to 120 marks in NEET. However,
scoring above this in NEET Chemistry is tricky. To score
above this threshold, one needs to have widespread
knowledge of the subject. Read on to know preparation
tips f or the Chemistry section of NEET.
Also Read: NEET 2020 exam pattern

Deriving A Pattern From The Previous Years’

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Question Papers
Unlike Physics and Biology, it is dif f icult to draw a pattern
f rom the questions that are being asked in the Chemistry
section of NEET. Variations in the pattern of chemistry is
more than the other two subjects. However, it has been
observed that most of the questions are theory-based
and can be solved by those who have read the NCERT
books thoroughly. A rough break-up of the questions in
the chemistry sections is as f ollow:

Number of
Source of the question
question
Solved examples + Exercises
given at the end of the NCERT 15-20
textbook
Directly f rom the previous years’
15-20
question papers
Fact-based/out of NCERT 2-5

How To Prepare For NEET Chemistry?

NEET Chemistry can be divided into three sections. Every
section is unique and so is its approach. The same
method of preparation won’t work f or all three sections.

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The preparation strategy f or each section has been
explained individually below.

Physical Chemistry

There will be 15-20 questions on Physical Chemistry,

most of which can be numerical based. Questions in this
section are mainly dominated by f our topics; chemical
and ionic equilibrium, redox, liquid solutions and
electrochemistry. Around 8-12 questions in Physical
Chemistry are based on these f our topics. However, here
it is important to understand the concepts bef ore you
actually start solving the problems. The sequence of

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events that one must f ollow while preparing f or this
section of NEET Chemistry is given below.

1. Read the chapter f rom NCERT

2. Note the important f ormula on a sheet of paper

3. Read the same chapter f rom the desired ref erence

book

4. Understand the application of these f ormulas

5. Add the extra inf ormation that you f ind in the
ref erence books to your notes
6. Now start solving questions on your own

7. Revise in the same sequence

Organic Chemistry

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This section of NEET Chemistry will have 14-18
questions. The most important chapter in this section is
‘General Organic Chemistry’. It is important to understand
the concepts and their applications to score well in this
section. In addition to GOC, one must also complete
Isomerism and Ef f ects. This trio will help solve most
questions f rom this section. Also, bef ore you start
solving the questions f or this section experts advice
completing at least GOC, hydrocarbons, Alcohol,
Aldehyde, Amines and Alkyl Halide.
Inorganic Chemistry

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One mistake that medical aspirants of ten end up making,
ignoring this section of NEET Chemistry. In the past f ew
years, the number of questions asked f rom this section
have come at par with those in f rom organic/physical
Chemistry. You can expect around 10-18 questions f rom
this section in NEET 2020. Important chapters f rom this
section of NEET Chemistry are chemical bonding, p-block
and coordination compounds. Together these have
around 6-8 questions based on them.
Most questions in this section are f rom the NCERT
books. Hence, your maximum f ocus f or this section
should be the NCERT books. Experts suggest

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highlighting the points that you f eel are important and can
be asked in the examination. You can f orego the
ref erence books in this case and directly jump to solving
questions. Once you are thorough with the NCERT books
and have solved a variety of questions, now you can
ref er to the desired ref erence books. Note down the
extra inf ormation that you f ind in the ref erence book in
your NCERT book.

How To Prepare For NEET Chemistry: A Little

Bit Of Everything
Many have dif f iculty in setting the order in which the
chapters should be read. This section of ‘how to prepare
f or NEET Chemistry’ will help you decide the sequence.

Number of
Name of the
questions Prep tips
chapter
asked
General Organic
Chemistry

Hydrocarbons
High priority
Alcohol
topics
Aldehyde More

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Amines number of
questions
Periodic Table
Involve less
Metallurgy calculation
Structure of Atom 20-25 Ref er both
Alkyl Halide NCERT and
ref erence
Chemical bonding books
Hydrogen Solve lots of
s-block questions

Require
p-block
more time
d-block

f -block

Surf ace Chemistry

Chemistry in
everyday lif e Medium
importance
Environmental
chemistry Relatively
easy topics
Polymers

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Biomolecules 10-15 Reading is a
NCERT only questions must
Redox Expect at
least 1
Some basic
question
concepts
f rom every
Solid states topic
Coordination

Thermodynamics Can be lef t

Chemical kinetics f or the end

Equilibrium Superf icial

reading
States of matter
suf f icient
Electrochemistry Dif f icult and
Very f ew time-
questions consuming
Ref er to
NCERT
Solution
books
Determine
the toppers

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