BCECE Pharmacy Preparation 2024: Tips, Strategy & Guide

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Updated on Jun 22, 2022 16:24 IST

By Nidhi Gupta, Deputy Manager

Candidates appearing for Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination (BCECE) have to prepare according to the exam pattern and syllabus of the subject they are appearing in. BCECE 2022 will be conducted on July 24 and July 25, 2022. Candidates have sufficient time until the exam day to brush up their skills and, completely revise the syllabus. The candidates who are appearing for BCECE 2022 for Pharmacy courses can check here how to prepare for the examination.

Table of content

Know the Preparation Strategy for BCECE 2022
Know the exam pattern of BCECE 2022 for Pharmacy Courses
Know the syllabus of BCECE 2022 for Pharmacy Courses
Best books for BCECE 2022 preparation

Know the Preparation Strategy for BCECE 2022

Before you begin the preparation, it would be wise to chalk-out a plan. For getting a fair idea, here is a plan for BCECE 2022 preparation:

Get to know the subjects and syllabus for BCECE Pharmacy entrance exam
Prepare a study schedule with a focus on each subject
Clear the concepts with the help of books and, practice questions as well
Revise everything in the last month to strengthen the preparation for BCECE 2022

Know the exam pattern of BCECE 2022 for Pharmacy Courses

It is essential to know the paper pattern of the upcoming examination so as get familiarity. Here are the main features of BCECE Pharmacy paper:

Mode of examination - The exam will be held in a paper-based test i.e. offline mode

Duration of examination - Candidates will get 1 hour 30 minutes for each paper.

Medium of the examination - The question paper will available in English and Hindi languages.

Number of papers - There will be five papers on six groups based on Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology and Agriculture subjects

Type of questions - Each question paper will be carrying objective-type of questions with four options each.

Total questions - There will be 100 questions for each paper of a subject group and, a total of 300 questions in a group.

Total marks - Each paper will carry 400 marks and, each group will be carrying 1200 marks.

Also Read: BCECE 2022 exam pattern, subjects, weightage and marking scheme

Know the syllabus of BCECE 2022 for Pharmacy Courses

Candidates appearing for the examination must check the syllabus of subjects they have chosen to take the examination. Here are the key topics of BCECE 2022 syllabus for each subject:

Subjects	Topics
Physics	Physical-world and measurement, Kinematics, Laws of Motion, Work, Energy and Power, Motion of System of Particles and Rigid body, Gravitation, Properties of Bulk Matter, Heat and Thermodynamics, Behaviour of Perfect Gas and Kinetic Theory, Oscillations and Waves, Electrostatics, Current Electricity, Magnetic effects of current & Magnetism, Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating currents, Electromagnetic Waves, Optics, Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation, Electronic Devices, and Communication Systems
Chemistry	Some basic concepts of Chemistry, States of Matter: Gases and liquids, Structure of Atom, Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure, Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties, Equilibrium, Thermodynamics, s-Block Elements (Alkali and Alkaline earth metals), Some p-Block Elements: General Introduction p-Block Elements, p-Block Elements, d- and f- Block Elements, Redox Reactions, Hydrogen, Organic Chemistry- Some Basic Principles and Techniques, Hydrocarbons: Classification of hydrocarbons. Environmental Chemistry, General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements, Haloalkanes and Haloarenes, Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers, Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic acids, Organic compounds containing Nitrogen, Biomolecules, Polymers, Chemistry in Everyday life
Biology	Diversity in the Living World, Structural Organisation in Animals and Plants, Cell: Structure and Function, Plant Physiology, Human Physiology, Sexual Reproduction, Genetics and Evolution, Biology and Human Welfare, Biotechnology and its applications, Ecology and Environment
Mathematics	Sets and Functions, Algebra (I), Co-ordinate Geometry (I), Calculus (I), Mathematical Reasoning, Statistics, Probability (I), Relations and Functions, Inverse Trigonometric Functions, Algebra (II), Calculus (II), Vectors, Three - dimensional Geometry, Linear Programming and, Probability (II)
Agriculture	Introduction to Agriculture and Agrometeorology, Soil as a medium of plant growth, Plant breeding and genetics, Agriculture Engineering, Crop Protection, Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fish Production, Crop Production, Cultivation of crops, Cropping system, Soil and water management, Weed management, Recent trends in Agriculture, Agriculture economics, Basic Horticulture, Fruit production, Vegetable production, Flowers, medicinal and aromatic plants, Preservation of fruits and plants, Extension education

Check here detailed syllabus of each subject for BCECE 2022

Best books for BCECE 2022 preparation

Subjects	Books
Physics	Objective Physics by Arihant NCERT Exemplar Problems for Class 11 Physics Concepts of Physics by H C Verma Problems in physics by S S Krotov Problems and solution of Physics by Shashi Bhushan Tiwari
Chemistry	Objective Chemistry by Dinesh Objective Chemistry by Arihant Cengage chemistry series by KS Verma NCERT Class 11 and 12th Chemistry
Biology	Objective Biology by Arihant NCERT Biology Class XI textbook NCERT Biology Class XII textbook Together with Biology by S Venugopal Objective Biology by K N Bhatia/ K Bhatia
Mathematics	Objective Mathematics by RD Sharma Objective Mathematics by ML Khanna NCERT Textbooks for Mathematics Quantitative Aptitude By RS Aggarwal
Agriculture	Agriculture Exam’s Made Easy by N Shashidhara Pharmacy Agriculture Entrance Exam by Arihants A Competitive Book of Agriculture by Nemraj Sunda Question Bank of Agriculture by Satyanarayan Gupta General Agriculture for ICAR by Jain Brothers MCQs in Horticulture by Bharat Singh Hada