ICMR JRF Study Plan: Life Science & Social Science Study Plan and Tips!

As every question counts in the national level exams like ICMR JRF due to negative marking, you can’t even think of skipping anything, but managing so many things during this short period becomes hectic. Candidates must be nervous during this time, but with the right ICMR JRF Study Plan, they can crack the exam with flying colors. Here we have come up with 30-days, and 60-day ICMR JRF study plans to help you secure a good score!

Before directly jumping to the ICMR JRF study plan, let’s look at some important preparation strategies to be followed. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) releases the notification to select the eligible candidates for the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) program through the Exam. The candidates must follow a proper ICMR JRF Study Plan to prepare for the Examination. Without formulating a proper strategy and Plan, a candidate will face difficulties effectively covering the ICMR JRF syllabus. We have compiled a detailed ICMR JRF Study Plan to ensure that you are exam ready.

ICMR JRF 2 Months Study Plan For Life Science

If you are looking forward to planning your preparation for two months, Candidates need to prepare an ICMR JRF study plan to cover all the topics effectively and within the time frame. We are trying to make this task easy for candidates as we have come up with 60 days plan, including the practice of the questions and the completion of all the important topics. After completing each topic, the candidate must try to practice some questions. Make short tricks to memorize the formulas and concepts and prepare short notes so you will not face any difficulty revising. Here is the 60 Days study plan for the ICMR JRF Preparation mentioned below:

ICMR JRF Study Plan: 2 Month Time Table
Section A (General Science)
Day 1	Hurricane, Tornado
Day 2	Tsunami
Day 3	Greenhouse effect
Day 4	Wind
Day 5	Soil Erosion
Day 6	Rain
Day 7	Earthquake, Volcano, and Rain
Day 8	Revision of Scientific Phenomenons
Day 9	Experiments and sampling
Day 10	Probability
Day 11	Description and displaying data
Day 12	Linear regression and correlation
Day 13	Hypothesis test and confidence intervals
Day 14	Revision of All the Chapters (Common Statistics)
Day 15	Synthetic material
Day 16	Nuclear science
Day 17	Measurements
Day 18	Revision of General Knowledge Chapters
Day 19	Attempt Mock Test (General Science)
Section B (Life Science)
Day 20 & 21	Microbiology
Day 22 & 23	Physiology
Day 24 & 25	Molecular Biology
Day 26, 27 & 28	Genetics
Day 29	Revision of all the 4 previous chapters
Day 30, 31 & 32	Human Biology
Day 33, 34, 35 & 36	Biotechnology
Day 37 & 38	Biochemistry
Day 39 & 40	Bioinformatics
Day 41	Revision of all the 4 previous chapters
Day 42	Mock Test on the first 4 chapters
Day 43 & 44	Biophysics
Day 45 & 46	Immunology
Day 47	Pharmacology
Day 48	Nursing
Day 49	Revision of all the 4 previous chapters
Day 50	Mock Test on the next 4 chapters
Day 51 & 52	Zoology
Day 53 & 54	Botany
Day 55	Environmental Sciences
Day 56 & 57	Veterinary Science (excluding Agriculture Extension/ Soil Science)
Day 58	Bio-Informatics
Day 59	Revision of all the 4 previous chapters
Day 60	Mock Test on the next 4 chapters

Candidates can also register online for the ICMR JRF test series and practice regularly.

ICMR JRF 2 Months Study Plan For Social Science

The first 20 Days strategy will be the same as given above in the article due to the common subject. Now, the Social Science subject contains broadly 6 units mentioned below:

• Psychology
• Sociology
• Home Science
• Statistics Anthropology
• Social work
• Public health/health economics (agriculture economics will not be considered).

Divide the 40 days so you can cover the 6 units with proper revision, and practice of all the units can be done in this time frame.

• Allot 5 days to each unit. You can cover all the units in 5*6 = 30 Days.
• 10 Days are for revision and practice questions through Mock tests.

ICMR JRF Study Plan: 30 Day General Aptitude Timetable

If less than a month is left before the ICMR JRF exam, we have framed an ideal preparation study plan for 30 days for your reference, ensuring that it will cover the entire syllabus for Part-A, i.e., General Paper. You can follow this study timetable or create a new one per your schedule.

Day	Topic	Allocation of Time
Day 1	Common Statistics: Experiments and sampling	1.5 hrs
Day 2	Common Statistics: Probability	1.5 hrs
Day 3	Common Statistics: Experiments and sampling	2 hrs
Day 4	Common Statistics: Probability	2 hrs
Day 5	Common Statistics: Description and displaying data	1.5 hrs
Day 6	Common Statistics: Linear regression and correlation	1.5 hrs
Day 7	Common Statistics: Description and displaying data	1.5 hrs
Day 8	Common Statistics: Linear regression and correlation	1.5 hrs
Day 9	Common Statistics: Hypothesis test and confidence intervals	2 hrs
Day 10	General Knowledge: Synthetic material	2.5 hrs
Day 11	General Knowledge: Nuclear Science	1.5 hrs
Day 12	General Knowledge: Measurements	2 hrs
Day 13	General Knowledge (All Sections)	1.5 hrs
Day 14	Scientific Phenomenon: Hurricane	1.5 hrs
Day 15	Scientific Phenomenon: Tsunami	1.5 hrs
Day 16	Scientific Phenomenon: Greenhouse effect	2.5 hrs
Day 17	Scientific Phenomenon: Wind	2.5 hrs
Day 18	Scientific Phenomenon: Tornado	2 hrs
Day 19	Scientific Phenomenon: Volcano	2 hrs
Day 20	Scientific Phenomenon: Rain	2 hrs
Day 21	Scientific Phenomenon: Snow	2 hrs
Day 22	Scientific Phenomenon: Earthquake	1.5 hrs
Day 23	Scientific Phenomenon: Erosion	1.5 hrs
Day 24	Scientific Phenomenon (All Sections)	1.5 hrs
Day 25	Revision of Common Statistics	2 hrs
Day 26	Revision of General Knowledge	1.5 hrs
Day 27	Revision of Scientific Phenomenon	2 hrs
Day 28	Solve Previous Year’s Papers	2 hrs
Day 29	Revision & Solve Previous Year’s Papers	3 hrs
Day 30	Revision & Solve Previous Year’s Papers	3 hrs

30 Days ICMR JRF Study Plan for Life Science/Social Sciences

We have given the reference study plan for the Life Science and Social Sciences subject. You can follow this 30-day study timetable and make one for your subject but make sure to cover the entire syllabus.

Day	Topics		Allocation of Time
	Life Sciences	Social Sciences	Minimum of 3-4 hrs continuous study
Day 1	Microbiology	Psychology
Day 2	Microbiology	Psychology
Day 3	Bio-Informatics	Psychology
Day 4	Bio-Informatics	Sociology
Day 5	Physiology	Sociology
Day 6	Physiology	Sociology
Day 7	Molecular Biology	Home Science
Day 8	Genetics	Home Science
Day 9	Genetics	Home Science
Day 10	Human Biology	Statistics Anthropology
Day 11	Human Biology	Statistics Anthropology
Day 12	Biotechnology	Statistics Anthropology
Day 13	Biotechnology	Social work
Day 14	Biochemistry	Social work
Day 15	Biochemistry	Social work
Day 16	Bioinformatics	Public Health
Day 17	Bioinformatics	Public Health
Day 18	Biophysics	Public Health
Day 19	Immunology	Health Economics
Day 20	Immunology	Health Economics
Day 21	Pharmacology	Health Economics
Day 22	Nursing	Revision of Psychology+Sociology+Home Science
Day 23	Nursing	Revision of Psychology+Sociology+Home Science
Day 24	Zoology	Revision of Statistics Anthropology + Social work + Public Health/Health Economics
Day 25	Botany	Revision of Statistics Anthropology + Social work + Public Health/Health Economics
Day 26	Environmental Sciences	Practice Previous paper ICMR JRF
Day 27	Veterinary Science (excluding Agriculture Extension/ Soil Science)	Practice Previous paper ICMR JRF
Day 28	Veterinary Science (excluding Agriculture Extension/ Soil Science)	Practice Mock Tests
Day 29	Practice Previous paper ICMR JRF Analyze the topics asked in the exam	Practice Mock Tests	3 hrs
Day 30	Practice Mock Tests	Practice Mock Tests	3 hrs

ICMR JRF Study Plan: Exam Pattern

ICMR JRF Exam paper consists of 250 questions, out of which 125 only need to be attempted. Section A consists of 50 questions, and all questions will be compulsory to attempt. Section B and Section C consist of 100 questions, each of which only 75 questions need to attempt. The exam will be 120 mins, and it is an online in an online Computer Based Test (CBT). Саndidаtes must сheсk the exаm раttern befоre stаrting the рreраrаtiоn. It gives аn ideа аbоut the diffiсulty level аnd the соmрetitiоn level оf the exаm. Саndidаtes саn сheсk the ICMR JRF exаm раttern mentiоned belоw:

Section	Total Questions	No. of questions to be Attempted	Marks
Section A (Aptitude Section)	50	50	50
Section B (Life Science)	100	75	75
Section C (Social Science)
Total	150	125	125

Go Through the Entire ICMR JRF Syllabus

During your exam preparation, try to complete the whole syllabus rather than studying out-of-syllabus topics. Since there are many units or topics included in the ICMR JRF Syllabus, you must analyze and make a diligent study plan to cover every topic before time.

Allocate Proper Time

• You are only left with approximately 30 days to prepare for the exam, so, in this critical time, you should allocate your time to ensure that you give proper coverage to your revision time as well as solving routinely previous year’s papers will make you exam ready.
• Allocation of time depends on and varies for different individuals. However, for reference, we have shared an ideal study plan for the ICMR JRF exam, which would enable students to make the most of the time at hand.

Refer to Good Author Books

• There аre соuntless bооks аvаilаble in the mаrket fоr ICMR JRF рreраrаtiоn, yоu need tо first analyze аnd then buy sоme gооd bооks.
• Focusing on one particular book to cover the whole syllabus is not a good idea. In such a scenario, you must ensure that you are not relying on 1 book completely. To avoid this, it will be a good effort to actively engage yourself through online platforms that provide study material, notes, books, formula sheets, etc., for your practice.

Practice Previous Year Paper/Quizzes/Test Series Routinely

• It is high time to focus on practicing the difficult concepts/topics by practicing them on the Gradeup app.
• For this purpose, you must solve as many ICMR JRF Previous Year Papers, quizzes, or test Series daily. You can improve your speed and accuracy and analyze your performance in each test.

Revise and Test Your Abilities

• To maximize your chances of getting a good rank, you need to minimize the time that you spend on reading, understanding, and solving each question before the last 5 days. Revise all your short notes during this time, and do not start with a new topic.
• Many ICMR JRF questions can be answered by just reading and understanding the question. So the final goal is to improve your speed for each question so there will not be a shortage of time during the exam.