7 Days Study Plan: Cell - The Unit of Life

A close analysis of Botany Chapter ‘Cell: The Unit of Life’ based on previous 22 years of exam
questions (between 2000-2021) suggests that the overall weightage of this chapter in the NEET
Exam is 2%. 
Here is the list of things you need to keep in mind for studying this chapter for NEET. 
a. Focus on diagrams
b. Focus on the back exercise of NCERT. Read the book line by line.
c. Revise the important topics and practice PYQs again and again. 
Below given is the complete strategy on how to prepare for this chapter:
Day 1: What is Cell and Prokaryotic Cell in depth
Doc: Introduction to Cell: The Unit of Life (https://edurev.in/studytube/Introduction-to-
Cell-The-Unit-of-Life/9d425343-d7ee-43cc-8cc8-6120c31631c7_t)
Video: Prokaryotic Cell (https://edurev.in/studytube/Prokaryotic-Cell/fdbd5010-cdb4-
4c70-8248-b627205f4ae5_v)
Doc: Prokaryotic Cells: Characteristics, Structure & Reproduction
(https://edurev.in/studytube/Prokaryotic-Cells-Characteristics--Structure-
Repro/70a3c002-e0a4-4d5a-a85a-e180c44a13a2_t)
Doc: Prokaryotic Cells: Cell Envelope, Ribosomes & Inclusion Bodies
(https://edurev.in/studytube/Prokaryotic-Cells-Cell-Envelope--Ribosomes-
Inclusi/3bd7532e-4c8e-4da0-a46f-8bd359a19d48_t)
Test: Prokaryotic Cells (https://edurev.in/course/quiz/1822_test/ba49a650-3261-4bdf-
a426-0ef4e2dfb98f?courseId=1822)

Day 2-3: Eukaryotic Cells

Doc: Overview: Eukaryotic Cells (https://edurev.in/studytube/Overview-Eukaryotic-
Cells/c6a607fe-fbf6-4cde-82ee-010c8489838b_t)
Video: Organelles of Eukaryotic Cell (https://edurev.in/studytube/Organelles-of-
Eukaryotic-Cell/078197e6-bd95-4669-aaa6-54664f32a2a7_v)
Video: Plant cell & its Organelles (https://edurev.in/studytube/Plant-cell-its-
Organelles/e284234b-2245-43ba-bfff-eabd34b79594_v)
Video: Cell Organelles (https://edurev.in/studytube/Cell-Organelles/caaee373-f148-
4b64-99ac-8ac9e97a2495_v)
Doc: Cell Organelles (https://edurev.in/studytube/Cell-Organelles/a7980e7c-fefb-
4513-8043-31ec1b0c684c_t)
Video: Cytoplasm (https://edurev.in/studytube/Cytoplasm/159979ce-fbd1-465d-89fb-
a65749823800_v)
Doc: Cell Wall, Cell Membrane & Plasma Membrane (https://edurev.in/studytube/Cell-
Wall--Cell-Membrane-Plasma-Membrane/5fd4459b-5abd-497d-a3e7-
2d6a78311ca4_t)
Video: Mitochondria (https://edurev.in/studytube/Mitochondria/08ddcecd-34fa-4ce0-
a5fe-c51456fcced5_v)
Video: Ribosomes (https://edurev.in/studytube/Ribosomes/d5e356c7-bed2-4a85-bde0-
c3c01837490c_v)
Doc: Mitochondria & Plastids (https://edurev.in/studytube/Mitochondria-
Plastids/7c698fec-0bd6-4266-93fc-d4a94e87276e_t)
Video: Golgi Apparatus (https://edurev.in/studytube/Golgi-Apparatus/cc8f1b18-bd2a-
4d70-a5cc-dab8bb83c9d8_v)
Video: Vacuoles (https://edurev.in/studytube/Vacuoles/d5ac1949-9a53-4237-baed-
796f99fe1f19_v)
Doc: Nucleus and Nucleolus (https://edurev.in/studytube/Nucleus-and-
Nucleolus/c471d264-7a0d-4126-83bf-06372e0505ee_t)
Video: Nucleolus, Nuclear Membrane & Chromatin: Nucleus
(https://edurev.in/studytube/Nucleolus--Nuclear-Membrane-Chromatin-
Nucleus/d6443a9c-833c-49b6-84a0-a36896a86dec_v)
Doc: Nucleus & Chromosomes (https://edurev.in/studytube/Nucleus-
Chromosomes/1a6ea57b-6eec-4a5e-8c35-97bf9dae010d_t)
Doc: Centriole & Centrosome (https://edurev.in/studytube/Centriole-
Centrosome/2386e151-fcf3-42ef-800b-f8179961ae91_t)
Doc: Ribosomes, Cilia, Flagella, Cytoskeleton & Microbodies
(https://edurev.in/studytube/Ribosomes--Cilia--Flagella--Cytoskeleton-
Microbodi/eb392363-3570-4867-9552-d873761dd22f_t)
Doc: Endomembrane System (https://edurev.in/studytube/Endomembrane-
System/584cf38e-ea13-48a8-b1cf-bdbe455ae3de_t)
 Video: Plastids, Chloroplast, Leucoplast, Chromoplast
(https://edurev.in/studytube/edurev/2364f5c0-3c23-45ec-b218-01af984df906_v)
Test: Cell Wall, Membrane & Glycocalyx
(https://edurev.in/course/quiz/1822_test/1dd40e99-39ae-4de4-a799-10be67a57f1d?
courseId=1822)
Test: Nucleus & Chromosomes (https://edurev.in/course/quiz/1822_test/efd35b2d-
819f-4507-b541-dfe2406cf3c4?courseId=1822)
Test: Nucleus And Chromosomes
(https://edurev.in/course/quiz/attempt/-1_edurev/a88e39ed-ac28-4d98-a2d0-
d73f57e4b223)
Test: Plastids, Cilia & Flagella- 1 (https://edurev.in/course/quiz/1822_test/543d1c1a-
2d37-4972-8cbd-8f6a5467b73f?courseId=1822)
Test: Plastids, Cilia & Flagella- 2 (https://edurev.in/course/quiz/1822_test/19db7b5d-
17e9-4cce-83ba-ecabae6b9360?courseId=1822)
Test: Eukaryotic Cells & it’s Organelles
(https://edurev.in/course/quiz/1822_test/f4e987f2-f0bf-4c4f-be71-a0f3ce26c9c7?
courseId=1822)
Test: Cytoplasm- 1 (https://edurev.in/course/quiz/1822_test/e3ff5318-c804-4bb8-
9934-3248adba9ca0?courseId=1822)
Test: Cytoplasm- 2 (https://edurev.in/course/quiz/1822_test/8b0fb679-1b5f-463b-
bc7f-6658901ea8c7?courseId=1822)
Test: Endomembrane System & Mitochondria
(https://edurev.in/course/quiz/1822_test/7549be36-21c2-48ee-93a4-630a108dc1f5?
courseId=1822)

Day 4: Revise complete chapter

Doc: Important Notes for NEET: Cell: The Unit of Life
(https://edurev.in/studytube/Important-Notes-for-NEET-Cell-The-Unit-of-
Life/c3c0390c-5318-4bd4-ba96-cc83f65ae1f6_t)
Doc: Mind Map: Cell: The Unit of Life (https://edurev.in/studytube/Mind-Map-Cell-The-
Unit-of-Life/2d074988-5a37-4c71-b53a-5ff3cb3d5a61_t)

Day 5: Practice Previous Year Questions

 Test: 31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Cell: The Unit Of Life - 1
(https://edurev.in/course/quiz/1822_test/bf975811-9476-4e27-b18d-02343dd9cf91?
courseId=1822)
Test: 31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Cell: The Unit Of Life - 2
(https://edurev.in/course/quiz/1822_test/dac27c94-2a64-4f36-ae84-f4cd98b4301c?
courseId=1822)
Test: 31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Cell: The Unit Of Life - 3
(https://edurev.in/course/quiz/1822_test/f2d9e0ea-09bb-466e-b2ea-9e219afd2e04?
courseId=1822)
Doc: NEET Previous Year Questions (2016-20): Cell - The Unit of Life
(https://edurev.in/studytube/NEET-Previous-Year-Questions--2016-20--Cell-The-
Un/245054c0-793f-41b9-a8cb-4dd1a9460073_t)

Day 6-7: Attempt tests of this chapter

Test: Cell: The Unit of Life- 1 (https://edurev.in/course/quiz/1822_test/d29ad9c2-e0c3-
4300-aa42-5e3e42e870bd?courseId=1822)
Test: Cell: The Unit of Life- 2 (https://edurev.in/course/quiz/1822_test/0196f926-a253-
4bfd-a4bf-b163c44fc9c3?courseId=1822)
Test: Cell - The Unit of Life- Assertion & Reason Type Questions
(https://edurev.in/course/quiz/1822_test/d885f02a-00ee-4965-b6a6-fa3916a1502a?
courseId=1822)
Test: Cell - The Unit of Life- Case Based Type Questions
(https://edurev.in/course/quiz/1822_test/0333b377-81e5-41fd-9565-b6b1df4be207?
courseId=1822)
Video: Practice Questions | Cell - The Unit of Life
(https://edurev.in/studytube/edurev/d46a1aa5-cdaa-408d-8d9c-78ba16af124f_v)