BIOHACK NOTES

THE LIVING
WORLD
• Based on active recall and spaced repetition
• Target 360/360 in NEET Biology & 100/100 in Boards!
 Story Behind This Idea
Hi,
These notes are not normal notes, instead they are actually called "Biohacks".

Story behind this note taking technique –

This kind of note taking was accidently discovered by me (Parth Goyal, NEET 2019 AIR 223 Holder,
Biology 345/360 Scorer) during my class 12th.

I was horrible in learning biology. It used to be the hardest subject for me, as my memory was not good
and I used to forget things faster. One day my teacher said me to make Assertion/Reason questions
from NCERT for preparation for AIIMS entrance (at that time AIIMS used to held its different exam). I
initially found this idea boring and time consuming. But one day I thought that why not to make other
kind of questions which are easier to make and consume less time, like T/F, fill in the blank & one
word questions. I tried this idea, and it came out to be the best thing I ever did for myself!

After starting this kind of note taking, my biology marks went too high (I scored 345/360 in NEET)
and also I got so much time left that I cleared JEE also, with NEET!! Yes it is true! I scored 99.45%ile in
Jee Mains & AIR 5364 in JEE Adv.

Later I came to know that I was using two modern scientifically proven study techniques, 1st was
active recall, and the 2nd was spaced repetition. Learn about these on internet. You can also visit my
youtube channel for NEET related study techniques and strategies.

Using this technique, you can revise even big big chapters of biology (that too quality revision) in just
15-20 min without leaving a single imp point. Yes it saves that much amount of time!! Thousands of
students have used my this techniques and got selection, you will find many on my Instagram stories.
@parthvegan :)

Using this, you will cover whole NCERT and will also not have to waste time reading useless big
paragraphs of NCERT. Me and my designer have invested 8-10 hrs in each and every biohacks, trying
to make it as best as possible. With these biohacks, you have me in it :)

All the best!

Parth Goyal
 Features of the New
Biohack Notes
1) 100% NCERT Covered – All the important facts of NCERT are covered.
Only theory not important from an exam point of view is omitted.

2) PYQs highlighted in Red

3) DigaQs – These are “pikachu” like cute questions which will pop-up in between making the PDF
aesthetic! It contains all important diagrams with their labelling removed.

4) Essence of Biohack (Active Recall) – Instead of reading NCERT theory again and again for revision
(which is a boring process to be true), asking questions from it is better because it will make us more
focused and make the revision process fun and faster!

5) More active recall than ever – I have discovered a new trick to make you more attentive than ever. I
have seen that people give more attention to things when they notice something “weird” or opposite than
“normal”. I can’t tell you about it fully, but yaa I can give a hint, questions are framed in such a way that
you will have to think twice before answering and hence no passive reading can take place!

6) Short questions so that revision can be fast - like take an example, “____ no of spiracles are present
in cockroach” is converted to “____ no of spiracles”. It will be obvious to you that this question is about
cockroach (because it will be in cockroach biohack) But this small reduction in no of words in each
question successively will save a lot of time and will cause bullet-train superfast revision!

7) Some relevant out of NCERT Questions are also included

8) Mnemonics integrated with answer

10) Info compressed so that notes takes less pages to print

11) Clean and beautiful design of PDF

12) These PDFs are made by myself, a topperwho discovered this technique, so they are the best!

How to Use ?
You can use these notes for revision (that too in an active recall manner, that's why they are best!) &
also after the first read for question practice (spaced repetition).
 • THE LIVING WORLD

1) _______ is called the Darwin of 20th century.

2) Ernst Mayr was born at ________, Germany/England.
3) Ernst Mayr is known for
4) Increase in ______ and ______ are twin characteristics of growth.
5) Growth and reproduction are mutually exclusive in ____
6) Living organism grow intrinsically/extrinsically.
7) Growth is a defining property of living organism. T/F
8) Reproduction is a defining property of living organism. T/F
9) In ______, true regeneration is seen.
10) Fragmentation is seen in ____. ________. _______.
11) In ________, growth is synonymous with reproduction.
12) _______, ________ don't reproduce.
13) Define Metabolism
14) An isolated metabolic reaction outside the body, performed in a test tube is non living. T/F
15) Metabolism is a defining feature of living organisms. T/F
16) Isolated metabolic reactions are living reactions. T/F
17) Isolated metabolic reactions are non living things. T/F
18) Cellular organisation is a defining feature. T/F
19) Tell all the defining features of living organisms. (3)
20) Most obvious and technically complicated feature on living organism is ______ (NEET)
21) Photoperiod affects reproduction in animals. T/F
22) Only organism which is aware of himself is _______ because it have _________
23) Properties of tissues are present in the constituent cells. T/F
24) Properties of tissues arise due to –
25) Number of species known and described range between _____-_____ million/billion. (NEET)
26) Agreed principles and criteria for plants are provided by ______
27) Animals are named by ________
28) Founder of Taxonomy is
29) Carolus Linnaeus gave ________ (NEET)
30) Biological names are generally in _____ and written in ______
31) Specific epithet starts with a small letter. T/F
32) Classification is based on some easily observable characters. T/F
33) What is a taxa ?
34) "Wheat", "Human", "animal", they all are taxa. T/F
35) Basis of modern taxonomic studies are (5)
36) The process of classification is called ________
37) 4 processes which are basic to taxonomy are –
38) Earlier classification were on the basis of ______
39) 'systema' means systematic arrangement of organism. T/F
40) Linnaeus title of publication was (NEET)
41) Systematics take into account evolutionary relationships between the organisms. T/F

• TAXONOMIC CATEGORIES

42) The taxonomic groups are distinct biological entities and not merely morphological aggregates. T/F
43) Name the taxonomic categories from highest to lowest.
44) Solanum genus include which three species?
45) Panthera include which 3 species?
46) Potato scientific name
47) Brinjal scientific name
48) Makoi scientific name
49) Felis genus include?
50) Families are characterized on the basis of _________ and _________ features of plant species.
51) Family Solanaceae contains genera (3)
52) Family of leopard is
53) Felidae contains genus ____ and _____
54) Suffix of family is ______ in plants and ______ in animals.
55) Suffix of order is _______ in plants.
56) Order polymoniales contains family ________ and _________ based on ______ characters.
57) Carnivora is a order. T/F
58) It include family _______ and _______
59) Mammalia contains order ________ and ________
60) As we go lower in taxa, number of common characteristics increase. T/F
61) Family and order of housefly? (NEET)
62) Genus, family and order of wheat?
63) Family and order of humans? (NEET)
64) Family and order of mango? (NEET)

• TAXONOMIC AIDS

65) Definition of Herbarium?

66) _______ is serve as a quick referral system in taxonomic studies.
67) Herbarium sheet carry label providing info about 7 things. Name them.
68) What are botanical gardens?
69) Each plant label indicate its _______ name and ______
70) Kew is located in _______
71) Name three famous botanical garden and where they are situated.
72) In museum, insects are preserved after _______, ________ and ________
73) How are larger animals preserved?
74) Museums have collection of skeleton of animals too. T/F (NEET)
75) Zoological parks help us to learn about animal ______ and ______
76) Key is used to identify plant only. T/F
77) Keys are based on ______ generally in a pair called _______
78) Each statement in the key is called a ______
79) Separate taxonomic keys are not required for each taxonomic category. T/F
80) Keys are ________ in nature.
81) _________ contains the actual account of habitat and distribution of plants of a given area.
82) Manuals are useful for –
83) Monographs contain
84) What is Catalogue ?
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ANSWERS
 ANSWERS

29) Binomial Nomenclature

1) Ernst Mayr 30) Latin, italics
2) Kempten, Germany 31) T
3) Give the definition of biological species 32) True (NCERT line P.g. No - 7)
4) Mass and number 33) Convenient categories used to study organisms
5) Higher plants and animals 34) T
6) Intrinsically 35) External structure, internal structure, cell
7) False structure, developmental process and ecological
8) False information of organism
9) Planaria 36) taxonomy
10) Fungi, filamentous algae, protonema o mosses 37) Characterisation, Identification, Classification
11) Unicellular organism and Nomenclature (CICN)
12) Mules and sterile workers bees 38) Uses of organism
13) Sum total of all chemical reactions occurring 39) T
in our body 40) Systema Naturae
14) False 41) T
15) True
16) True • TAXONOMIC CATEGORIES
17) True 42) T
18) True 43) Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus,
19) Metabolism, consciousness, cellular organization Species
20) Consciousness (Mnemonic - Kind People Can Often Find Great Sex)
21) True 44) Nigrum, melongena, tuberosum
22) Human, self-consciousness 45) Leo, tigris, pardus
23) False 46) Solanum tuberosum
24) interactions among the molecular components 47) Solanum melongena
comprising the organelle 48) Solanum nigrum
25) 1.7-1.8 million 49) Cats
26) ICBN 50) Vegetative and reproductive
27) ICZN 51) Solanum, Petunia, Datura
28) Aristotle 52) Felidae
53) Panthera and Felis 57) T
54) -aceae, -dae 58) Felidae and canidae
55) -ales 59) Primata and Carnivora
56) Convolvulaceae, Solanaceae, floral 60) T

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64)

• TAXONOMIC AIDS 72) Collecting, killing and pinning

65) Herbarium is a store house of collected plant 73) Stuffing
specimens that are dried, pressed and preserved on 74) T
sheets. 75) Food habitats and behaviour
66) Herbarium 76) F
67) date and place of collection, English, local and 77) Contrasting characters, couplet
botanical names, family, collector's name 78) Lead
68) They have collection of living plants and animals 79) F
for reference 80) Analytical
69) Scientific , family 81) Flora
70) England 82) Book having listing and description of plant in a
71) Kew (England), Indian Botanical Garden, Howrah particular area
(India) and National Botanical Research Institute, 83) Info about any one taxon
Lucknow (India) 84) Alphabetical arrangement of species
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