Sunday, 30 March 2014

Causes helps passionate people

Causes helps passionate people share ideas, find supporters, and make an impact. To get started on Causes, all you need is a desire to make things better. There are two ways you can use Causes:

1. Create a campaign. Causes was designed to help drive significant impact - be it influencing a politician, spreading awareness for an important issue, or asking people to commit to taking a stand - through online activities that you create and share. Causes combines 9 different action types in one place, helping you to build a community of supporters who can back you up in a variety of ways.

2. Support a campaign. There are plenty of worthy causes out there looking for like-minded supporters. Once you find one that speaks to you, you can immediately get involved. And, just as in the real world, your actions online have the power to influence others. Whether you take a pledge, sign a petition, or respond to a quiz, your actions can be shared on your Timeline.

Udemy

***More than 300,000 students learn from the world's experts on Udemy. Join them today! As seen in TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Mashable, Gigaom, CNN, Fox News.***

With over 4,000 free & paid courses published, Udemy is the largest marketplace in the world for online courses.

A wide range of experts are currently teaching courses on Udemy, including: New York Times best-selling authors, Ivy League professors, leading entrepreneurs, CEOs and celebrities.

WHO'S TEACHING ON UDEMY?

- Industry experts including Eric Ries, Sadie Nardini, Ramit Sethi, and more.
- Leading Universities such as: Stanford, MIT, Yale, and Northwestern
- Khan Academy, iTunes U, O'Reilly, Pearson and others

WHAT CAN YOU LEARN?

- Learn Web Development & Design, Entrepreneurship & Business Skills
- Learn Photography, Yoga, Guitar and a wide range of other topics!

So what are you waiting for? Starting learning now!

Udemy.com

Khan Academy

Khan Academy allows you to learn almost anything for free.

With over 3,000 videos and hundreds of skills, we cover a massive number of topics, including K-12 math, biology, chemistry, physics, and even economics and art history.

Spend an afternoon brushing up on statistics. Discover how the Krebs cycle works. Prepare for that upcoming SAT. Or, if you’re feeling particularly adventurous, learn how fire stick farming changed the landscape of Australia.

It doesn't matter if you are a student, teacher, home-schooler, principal, or a friendly alien just trying to get a leg up in earthly biology. Khan Academy's materials and resources are available to you completely free of charge.

Using Facebook, you can:

+ Log-in and customize your own Khan Academy profile
+ Share earned badges and watched videos with your friends
+ See an aggregate snapshot of earned badges on your Timeline
+ View detailed analytics of videos and practice exercises

Learn Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, and English. Totally fun. Totally free.

Learn Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, and English. Totally fun. Totally free.

PC Magazine Editors' Choice for Language Learning: "Among iPhone apps for learning or practicing a language, you can't beat Duolingo."

"Far and away the best free language-learning app." —The Wall Street Journal

"We’ve also tried a few other methods such as book learning and Rosetta Stone, both of which bombed. That’s why I jumped at the chance to try Duolingo. And believe me, it’s addictive." —FluentIn3Months.com

Duolingo is changing the way people learn languages.

With Duolingo, you learn a language completely free, without ads or hidden charges. You have fun while you learn, leveling up and competing with friends. You have the opportunity to translate real-world texts in the language you are learning, and in doing so, help us translate the Web into other languages.

Solve math and science problems

Solve math and science problems. Fun, free to use, and challenging.

"Brilliant.org is finding and challenging the brightest technical talent in the world." —TechCrunch

"Brilliant is finding ["underserved" geniuses] with a website, Brilliant.org, where anyone can go and answer progressively more difficult math and science problems." —Business Insider

"It was unexpected, but problem solving became a hobby of mine." —Nikhil P., 17 year old from Dulles high school in USA.

• It's challenging. Find an intellectual environment for your passion in mathematics or physics.

• Weekly olympiad-style challenges. We offer competitive, whimsical, and edifying problem sets in math and physics.

• Become part of a global hub. You can connect to other motivated thinkers and to opportunities to apply your talents.

Brilliant.org

Wednesday, 26 March 2014

IAS entrance exam

The entrance exam for the IAS is called the Civil Service Preliminary Exams. This is only the first level exam for entrance into the IAS. Once you have cleared the Prelims you have to appear in the Mains exams to be followed by an interview. The Prelims is only of qualifying nature. The scores of the Mains exam and interview will be counted to decide the final results. The number of candidates called for the interview is normally double the vacancy announced.

A degree from a recognized University or equivalent is required to write the Civil Services exam. Candidates appearing at the final year of the degree examination are also eligible to write the Prelim examination subjected to certain conditions.

The date of notification of the exam is Saturday 17.05.2014. The last date for receipt of the application is Monday 16.06.2014.
Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2014 will be held on Sunday 24.08.2014 and will be completed on the same day.

Candidates applying for Civil Services Examination or Indian Forest Service Examination or both will have to fill in this common Application Form. Applicants are advised to go through the common reasons on account of which online applications may be rejected by the Commission. These may be carefully noted so that chances of application being rejected are minimized to the best possible extent. The details are here; http://upsconline.nic.in/download1.php?type=ni&file=INSTR_CSP2013.html

Mains
This year the Civil Services (Main) examination will be held from 14th to 19th December, 2014. The entire exam will be completed in five days. The exam of eight compulsory papers with take place in two shifts and will be over in four days. The two papers of the optional subject will take one day.

Free IAS Books

On this page you can find links to books that are free for your to access and read and improve your chances of clearing the the general studies paper.

India Yearbook - English

India Yearbook - Hindi