SOME QUICK TIPS FOR MEDICAL ASPIRANTS TO CRACK AIIMS

The All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) are a group of autonomous public medical colleges of higher education.AIIMS New Delhi, the fore-runner parent excellence institution, was established in 1956. It is one of the premier medical university and research institution dedicated for medical training and patient care. 

The AIIMS institutes are located in:

Name                         Short Name Established City/Town State/UT

AIIMS New Delhi AIIMS 1956 New Delhi Delhi

AIIMS Bhopal             AIIMS 2012 Bhopal Madhya Pradesh

AIIMS Bhubaneswar AIIMS 2012 Bhubaneswar Odisha

AIIMS Jodhpur AIIMS 2012 Jodhpur Rajasthan

AIIMS Patna             AIIMS 2012 Patna Bihar

AIIMS Raipur             AIIMS 2012 Raipur Chhattisgarh

AIIMS Rishikesh AIIMS 2012 Rishikesh Uttarakhand

From the 2013–14 academic session, the overall availability of MBBS seats in India rose to 42,169. AIIMS MBBS Entrance Exam is conducted for admission in under-graduate medical program, MBBS – Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. 

AIIMS have the same reputation in medical field as IIT for engineering courses. It takes immense efforts and hardwork to get admission into AIIMS. In fact, If one gets a MBBS degree from AIIMS, he or she holds the passport to work as medico anywhere!

Getting admission in AIIMS for MBBS program is dream as well as first choice of every medical aspirant. However every year only few make it to AIIMS owing to various factors like limited number of seats, and high level entrance tests. AIIMS MBBS Entrance Examination is considered to be one of the toughest in India!  Thus we advise every medical aspirant to start right after 10th Class incase they wish to enter AIIMS!

AIIMS MBBS 2016 Seats & reservation for AIIMS New Delhi:

AIIMS, New Delhi	(General)	(OBC)	(SC)	(ST)	OPH (Orthopedic physically Handicapped)	Foreign	Total
Seats & Reservation	37	19	11	5	3%  Horizontal	1	73 (72 Indian

Six other AIIMS MBBS 2016 Seats & Reservation:

S.No	Location of AIIMS	(General)	OBC	(SC)	(ST)	OPH (Orthopedic physically Handicapped)	Total
2	Bhopal	50	27	15	8	3% Horizontal	100
3	Patna	50	27	15	8		100
4	Jodhpur	50	27	15	8		100
5	Rishikesh	50	27	15	8		100
6	Raipur	50	27	15	8		100
7	Bhubaneswar	50	27	15	8		100
	TOTAL	300	162	90	48		600

Eligibility Criteria:

AIIMS Require minimum of 50% marks in qualifying examination in case one belongs to SC / ST category. For general category candidates the minimum marks limit is 60%. This is the first stage from where lot of the aspirants get sorted away, because less than required percentage in class 12th board exam means that one can not apply for AIIMS MBBS Entrance Exam. So, first and foremost plan should be to concentrate on boards exams and achieve good percentage of marks for getting yourself eligible to apply!

Now for those who surpass the first hurdle, means, who becomes eligible to apply for AIIMS MBBS Entrance Exam has to appear for an CBT ( Computer based Test) , online entrance examination which is usually for three hours and thirty minutes. 

AIIMS MBBS Exam Pattern

There is only one paper of 3:30 hours durations. There are about 200 multiple choice questions (MCQs). Each of the four sections namely physics, chemistry, biology has 60 questions and there is one separate section of GK ( General Knowledge) which consists of  20 question.+1 Mark for correct answer and negative marking of -1/3 (one third) mark for incorrect answers.

Preparation for AIIMS 2017

Please go through below the list of a few important topics that will help you to prepare for AIIMS 2017:

Biology:   Cells, Genetics, Systematics, Ecology and Human Health & Diseases are especially important.

Chemistry: General Organic Chemistry (VERY IMPORTANT), Hydrocarbons, Equilibria, Bonding etc. Also, be very thorough with reactions of p-block elements.

Physics: Modern Physics, Waves, Heat and Thermodynamics, Ray Optics etc.

Study material for AIIMS 2017:

The First Key Secret of Cracking AIIMS lies in NCERT. So one needs to be thorough in your NCERT Books. The other key to succeed in the competition is to read few selected good books thoroughly instead of referring to too many books. Here is a list of books that you can refer to besides NCERTs –

Physics:

CBSE PMT by P. Aggarwal (set of 3 Volumes)

HC Verma (Volume 2)

Biology:

Pradeep’s

Trueman’s Biology (Volume 1 and 2)

AC Dutta for Botany (Oxford Publication)

MTG (Biology Today) CBSE PMT (magazine)

Chemistry:

ABC Chemistry

Organic Chemistry: Arihant Publications, Morrison Boyd

Physical Chemistry: Peter Atkins and Julio de Paul

A New Pattern Textbook of Inorganic Chemistry for Competitions by O P Tandon

Objective NCERT at your fingertips Chemistry by MTG

Also, you should never forget the most important step for AIIMS Success – solving previous year question papers. 

AIIMS MBBS Exam Preparation Tips

To crack AIIMS you do not need a normal hardworking student, but a smart hard working student. The basic rule of success in AIIMS Exam is to Study Smartly. It never matters how many hours one puts into preparation. What matters is how well you have planned your preparation for desired results.

Below are some tips which we believe can help you a great deal if you are serious enough about preparing for the exam: 

• Be thorough with basics in Physics, Chemistry and Biology of your Class 11th and 12th Board. AIIMS is a competitive exam and multiple choice exam; questions are asked from all the sections of Class 11th and Class 12 Board - Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
• Try to be through in your NCERT Books. Most of the questions asked in MBBS are NCERT based.  In addition to Objective Type Questions AIIMS MBBS Entrance Exam also has Assertion and Reason Type question in 3 subjects, Physics, Chemistry and Biology; Descriptive responses are provided against each question and candidates have to choose most suitable responses.