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What Makes the SSC CHSL Exam Quite Tricky and Competitive? Tips and Tricks for the Exam!

noreply@blogger.com (Bhanu Pratap) — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 16:17:00 +0530

After the SSC CHSL admit card, most candidates start taking stress to see if they would get expected success in the exam. What makes this exam go tricky and challenging?

You might be wondering what makes SSC CHSL a difficult and difficult exam indeed. Here, we are going to emphasize some important factors related to this paper, truly making it quite competitive indeed.

● You Need To Prepare A Huge Syllabus –

The syllabus is huge indeed. It would not be wrong to say that the syllabus goes quite tricky and complicated since there are many subjects to cover in this.

There would be a total number of 4 prominent subjects including

English,
General Awareness,
reasoning, and
Quantitative Ability.

The fact cannot be ignored that it would take an ideal amount of time to get accomplished. It could be lengthy to cover in comparison to PO’s preliminary. You should go with only good SSC CHSL books for preparation.

● Competition Is Quite Tricky In The Exam –

There is a huge competition in this exam. It needs to be mentioned that almost a total number of 30 lakh candidates apply for this exam every year. Because of the number of applications, competition goes to the next level.

As per the data, there are several 3259 plus posts introduced and almost 15 lakh people do apply for that. Therefore, the success rate remains only 0.21%. And it leads to a big challenge.

● The Lengthy Process To Clear –

There would be 3 tiers that you need to clear.

Talking about tier 1, you would need to solve almost 100 MCQ within just 60 minutes.
Tier2 would be about the descriptive test.
And in the last, tier-3 will be about the computer proficiency test.

To put it in simple words, it is a long process. It also adds a trickier factor to the exam. It means you need to do enough hard work as well as holding patience to clear this exam indeed.

● You Should Maintain High level Of Proficiency –

The next step is all about maintaining a high level of proficiency. This is quite important to maintain to grab a high score. SSC CHSL is already known for maintaining huge cut-offs. It means you need to be quite good along with the syllabus. You may check online what the cut-off for the general category and others was accordingly.

Now, the point comes how you can make it easier to crack this exam.

First, you need to understand that you should get familiar with the pattern and syllabus of the exam indeed.
You also need to note down all sorts of important topics which you are required to study for your exam.
You need to create a plan keeping your preparation factor in your mind indeed.
You should prepare your strategy so that you can accomplish your syllabus and then the rest of the time you should focus on doing mock tests and solving practice questions.

Pay enough attention to your basics. You should not go with the practice directly at all. You should clear all your basics indeed. The next thing you need to keep in mind is that you should keep yourself positive all around the exam indeed. You may also learn many things from Youtube. Go through different videos to develop a better understanding indeed.

Conclusion –

Are you all set to face this exam? This exam could be a bit tricky to crack but it is not impossible at all. You need to hold a positive attitude to crack this exam indeed. We hope that it would be quite helpful indeed.

8 Trickiest Questions Engineers Always Struggle To Answer In An Interview

noreply@blogger.com (Bhanu Pratap) — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 23:07:00 +0530

Tech engineers are regarded as some of the smartest people in the world.

But even they have a hard time answering the brain teaser questions a lot of tech companies like to ask during job interviews. We went through Glassdoor to find some of the trickiest questions they get asked, and the best way to answer them.

Q1: How many trailing zeros are in the number 5! (5 factorial)?

Business Insider

Asked to: Systems engineer at Google

Suggested answers:

Option 1: 5!=120. So there is 1 trailing zero.

Option 2: This sounds like one geared not so much towards getting the right answer, but getting to it the right way. If you think a bit and say "one", the interviewer will know you did it the brute-force way, doing the math. You'd get at the answer faster, and probably impress them more, if you think instead how many times a ten will be produced in doing that math, rather than what the actual result of the math will be.

Q2: You have two light bulbs at a 100-story building. You want to find the floor at which the bulbs will break when dropped. Find the floor using the least number of drops.

Business Insider

Asked to: Software engineer at Facebook

Suggested answers:

Option 1: Start moving up in increments of 10 floors and dropping the bulb until it breaks (ie: drop from floor 10, if it doesn't break, drop from floor 20, etc.). Once the bulb breaks, move down to the floor before it broke on and start moving up floors in increments of one until the second bulb breaks. This results in a worst case scenario of 19 drops.

Option 2: 19 drops is not the best worst-case scenario... imagine trying floor 16, if it breaks, you try 1 - 15 and thats 16 tries. If it doesn't break, then try floor 31 and if it breaks, then try 17 - 30 (so 16 tries, including the try on floor 16). And on and on (45, 58, 70, 81, 91, 100). If you reach 91, you'll have tried 7 floors so far and if it doesn't break, then there's 9 more tries to get to 100 (thus 16 in the worst case.)

Q3: If you had 5,623 participants in a tournament, how many games would need to be played to determine the winner?

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Asked to: Manager at Amazon

Suggested answers:

Option 1: The interviewer is not looking for the right answer because there can be many. What he/she is looking for is your logical approach in solving the answer. So you could start by probing more is first I would like to understand if 5,623 participants represent the number of team or individuals. Then ask the next logical question based on the answer."

Option 2: 5,622. Assuming it is a single elimination tournament. All teams lose one game except the champs. It's always # of teams - 1.

Q4: There are 20 different socks of two types in a drawer in a completely dark room. What is the minimum number of socks you should grab to ensure you have a matching pair?

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Asked to: Software development engineer in test at Web trends

Suggested answer: I'm not a mathematician, statistician, or highly analytical but if you pick up three socks they could still be all of same type -- even if the odds are 50%. Odds do not equal reality. So the only way to 'ensure you have a matching pair' is to pick up 11 of the 20. This is the only foolproof guaranteed way to get a pair (in the real world and not the world of odds.)

Q5: If you have a square room with no roof, and you had four flagpoles you had to plant on the walls so that each flagpole touched two walls, how would you do it?

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Asked to: Software engineer at Cisco

Suggested answer: The answer was that by planting them on the corners, each one is touching two walls because each corner is part of two walls. I wanted to pierce two walls with a pole horizontally too. They said it was an innovative solution.

Q6: There are 9 balls all of which weigh the same except one, what is the minimum weighings necessary to find the ball weighs more (or less)?

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Asked to: Software engineer at DE Shaw & Co

Suggested answer: You could do this with two weighings assuming its a two pan balance -- (1) place three balls on each side if they balance out then its the remaining three that has abnormal ball (2) out of that group, place one ball on each side - if balances it out, the abnormal ball is the remaining one. If the weighing in step (1) does not balance out, grab the group of three balls that is light or heavy and repeat step (2) described above."

Q7: You have 2 pieces of rope, each of which burns from one end to the other in 30 minutes (no matter which end is lit). If different pieces touch, the flame will transfer from one to the other. You cannot assume any rope properties that were not stated. Given only 1 match, can you time 45 minutes?

Business Insider

Asked to: ASIC Verification engineer at Zoran

Suggested answer: Take one rope (Rope A), place it down as a circle. Light match and start burning rope A at the tips that are touching. When the rope completely burns out, 15 minutes will have passed (since both ends are burning and being consumed at once). Hold the second rope (Rope B) straight and place one end so that it will immediately catch fire when the two burning points from (Rope A) finally touch and are just about to burn out. Thus 15 minutes on Rope A + 30 minutes on Rope B gives you 45 mins.

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Q8: In front of you are three light switches. Only one does anything, and it turns on the light downstairs. From here you can't see the light, and it makes no sound. You must determine which switch operates the light, but you can only go check it once. How do you figure out which switch is for the light?

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Asked to: Software engineer at Raytheon

Suggested answer: Flip any switch you want. Wait for about 5-10 minutes to let the bulb heat up. Flip that same switch off, and another one on. Go check the light. If it's off and hot, it was the first switch, if it's on it was the second and if it's cold and off, it was the last one.

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8 Ways to Train Your Brain to Learn Faster and Remember More

noreply@blogger.com (Bhanu Pratap) — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 22:51:00 +0530

You go to the gym to train your muscles. You run outside or go for hikes to train your endurance. Or, maybe you do neither of those, but still wish you exercised more. Well, here is how to train one of the most important parts of your body: your brain.

When you train your brain, you will:

Avoid embarrassing situations: you remember his face, but what was his name?
Be a faster learner in all sorts of different skills: hello promotion, here I come!
Avoid diseases that hit as you get older: no, thanks Alzheimer’s; you and I are not just a good fit.

So how do you train your brain to learn faster and remember more?

1. Work your memory.

Twyla Tharp, a NYC-based renowned choreographer has come up with the following memory workout: when she watches one of her performances, she tries to remember the first twelve to fourteen corrections she wants to discuss with her cast without writing them down. If you think this is anything less than a feat, then think again. In her book The Creative Habit she says that most people cannot remember more than three.

The practice of both remembering events or things and then discussing them with others has actually been supported by brain fitness studies. Memory activities that engage all levels of brain operation—receiving, remembering and thinking—help to improve the function of the brain.

Now, you may not have dancers to correct, but you may be required to give feedback on a presentation, or your friends may ask you what interesting things you saw at the museum. These are great opportunities to practically train your brain by flexing your memory muscles.

What is the simplest way to help yourself remember what you see? Repetition.

For example, say you just met someone new.

“Hi, my name is George”

Don’t just respond with, “Nice to meet you”. Instead, say, “Nice to meet you George.” Got it? Good.

2. Do something different repeatedly.

By actually doing something new over and over again, your brain wires new pathways that help you do this new thing better and faster.

Think back to when you were three years old. You surely were strong enough to hold a knife and a fork just fine. Yet, when you were eating all by yourself, you were creating a mess. It was not a matter of strength, you see. It was a matter of cultivating more and better neural pathways that would help you eat by yourself just like an adult does. And guess what? With enough repetition you made that happen!

But how does this apply to your life right now?

Say you are a procrastinator. The more you don’t procrastinate, the more you teach your brain not to wait for the last minute to make things happen.

Now, you might be thinking “Duh, if only not procrastinating could be that easy!” Well, it can be. By doing something really small, that you wouldn’t normally do, but is in the direction of getting that task done, you will start creating those new precious neural pathways.

So if you have been postponing organizing your desk, just take one paper and put in its right place. Or, you can go even smaller. Look at one piece of paper and decide where to put it: Trash? Right cabinet? Another room? Give it to someone?

You don’t actually need to clean up that paper; you only need to decide what you need to do with it.

That’s how small you can start. And yet, those neural pathways are still being built. Gradually, you will transform yourself from a procrastinator to an in-the-moment action taker.

3. Learn something new.

It might sound obvious, but the more you use your brain, the better its going to perform for you. For example, learning a new instrument improves your skill of translating something you see (sheet music) to something you actually do (playing the instrument).

Learning a new language exposes your brain to a different way of thinking, a different way of expressing yourself.

You can even literally take it a step further, and learn how to dance. Studies indicate that learning to dance helps seniors avoid Alzheimer’s. Not bad, huh?

4. Follow a brain training program.

The Internet world can help you improve your brain function while lazily sitting on your couch. A clinically proven program like BrainHQ can help you improve your memory, or think faster, by just following their brain training exercises.

5. Work your body.

You knew this one was coming didn’t you? Yes indeed, exercise does not just work your body; it also improves the fitness of your brain.

Even briefly exercising for 20 minutes facilitates information processing and memory functions. But it’s not just that–exercise actually helps your brain create those new neural connections faster. You will learn faster, your alertness level will increase, and you get all that by moving your body.

Now, if you are not already a regular exerciser, and already feel guilty that you are not helping your brain by exercising more, try a brain training exercise program like Exercise Bliss. Remember, just like we discussed in #2, by training your brain to do something new repeatedly, you are actually changing yourself permanently.

6. Spend time with your loved ones.

If you want optimal cognitive abilities, then you’ve got to have meaningful relationships in your life. Talking with others and engaging with your loved ones helps you think more clearly, and it can also lift your mood.

If you are an extrovert, this holds even more weight for you. At a class at Stanford University, I learned that extroverts actually use talking to other people as a way to understand and process their own thoughts.

I remember that the teacher told us that after a personality test said she was an extrovert, she was surprised. She had always thought of herself as an introvert. But then, she realized how much talking to others helped her frame her own thoughts, so she accepted her new-found status as an extrovert.

7. Avoid crossword puzzles.

Many of us, when we think of brain fitness, think of crossword puzzles. And it’s true–crossword puzzles do improve our fluency, yet studies show they are not enough by themselves. Are they fun? Yes. Do they sharpen your brain? Not really.

Of course, if you are doing this for fun, then by all means go ahead. If you are doing it for brain fitness, then you might want to choose another activity

8. Eat right–and make sure dark chocolate is included.

Foods like fish, fruits, and vegetables help your brain perform optimally. Yet, you might not know that dark chocolate gives your brain a good boost as well.

When you eat chocolate, your brain produces dopamine. And dopamine helps you learn faster and remember better. Not to mention, chocolate contains flavonols, antioxidants, which also improve your brain functions. So next time you have something difficult to do, make sure you grab a bite or two of dark chocolate!

Now that you know how to train your brain, it’s actually time to start doing. Don’t just consume this content and then go on with your life as if nothing has changed. Put this knowledge into action and become smarter than ever!

So devote 30 seconds and tell me in the comments: what are you going to do in the next three days to give your brain a boost?

Source:LifeHack

5 Top Business Languages You Should Know to Get Ahead

noreply@blogger.com (Bhanu Pratap) — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 22:51:00 +0530

The future of business is global, and there’s no getting around learning top business languages to survive.

By 2025, almost 50% of the world’s biggest companies will be based in emerging markets. This is up almost 10-fold from only 5% in 2000.

CareerBuilder.com’s 2010 hiring forecast showed that 39 percent of U.S. employers said they plan to hire bilingual candidates, and half said that if they had two equally qualified candidates, they would be more inclined to hire the bilingual one.

What’s more, salary bonuses vary depending on which languages you’re able to speak. Here’s a quick breakdown of a few different secondary languages and their annual bonuses as reported by The Economist:

Spanish — 1.5 percent bonus
French — 2.3 percent bonus
German — 3.8 percent bonus

This means that you can make an additional $50,000 to $125,000 just for knowing how to speak a foreign language!

5 Top Spoken Business Languages You Should Know To Get Ahead

To arrive at our 5 top spoken business languages, we took a number of factors into account.

The first one is the number of native speakers. While this shouldn’t be the only factor you take into account when choosing what business language you should learn, it has a noticeable correlation with how much impact your new language will have.

The second factor is a comparison of countries with the largest GDP’s in the past (2010) and where they will be in the future (2020).

While there are smaller variables to take into account, these two factors can help us narrow down the languages of the world to the 5 top spoken business languages you should know to get ahead in your career.

1. English

365 Million Native Speakers

English is the obvious first choice when it comes to top business languages. With economic powerhouses like the U.S, the U.K, and Australia, there’s no getting around English.

Even when you’re speaking with native speakers from other countries, it’s likely that they speak English as their second language. Since most of the readers here are already English speakers, we’ll move on.

2. German

92 Million Native Speakers

German is a perfect example demonstrating that the best languages shouldn’t be based on the number of native speakers in the world.

Not only is it Europe’s largest economic powerhouse, with a GDP of 2.4 trillion Euros, but it’s also the largest export market for British goods.

For anyone seeking a job in the U.K, Austria, Germany, or anywhere that’s doing business with the companies in Germany (nearly everyone), understanding the differences between ‘danke’ and ‘Ihr willkommen’ is critical.

3. Russian

160 Million Native Speakers

Germany may have the largest export market for the U.K, but Russia is the U.K.’s fastest-growing major export market. While there are fruitful opportunities to work with companies in Russia, there aren’t as many fluent English speakers living in Russia, and knowing how to speak Russian comes with a big advantage.

4. Spanish

406 Million Native Speakers

Recognized as one of the most popular European languages, Spanish is a beloved language not only in terms of usefulness in business, but in many areas of society.

It’s the leading language that fuels many of the fastest-growing Latin economies in South America, Central America, and North America (Mexico).

Given that it’s the second most spoken language in the U.S, with over 20 countries around the world that use Spanish as their official language, 37% of American employers prefer hiring people who know how to speak Spanish.

5. Mandarin

935 Million Native Speakers

With just under a billion native speakers around the world, Mandarin has more native speakers than English and Spanish combined. This makes Mandarin-speaking countries some of the most attractive places in the world for businesses to target, and learning Mandarin a great investment for any professional to make today.

Bloomberg has also ranked Mandarin as the number one business language to know after English.

What Business Languages Are You Learning?

We’ve given you the 5 top spoken business languages, but it doesn’t mean they’re the only ones you should learn. What language are you learning or aspiring to learn?

Source:LifeHack

Five myths of learning Programming that every coder should know

noreply@blogger.com (Bhanu Pratap) — Sun, 11 Jul 2021 22:49:00 +0530

5 Misconceptions About Learning Programming that you should know

Want to make a career in programming but think you’re not (and never will be) cut out for the job? Do you think that this career path is only meant for geeks or mathematics experts? No, you are wrong!

Ironically, there are many misconceptions and myths that surround the art of programming. Don’t let a few misleading ideas keep you from learning a new skill which is fast becoming the most important skill of the century.

In this article, we are going to debunk those myths and misconceptions, so that anyone who wants to learn new skills or make a career or earn more money can move more swiftly toward a job in this industry.

Here’s the truth behind 5 top common myths about becoming a developer.

1. I Have To Be A Math Whiz To Learn Programming Languages

People often misunderstand the relationship between mathematics and programming. In reality, developers are just ordinary people who simply have a passion for programming. Also, a programmer writes codes and not math formulas, and the knowledge in math is not directly proportional to one’s programming skill. All you need to know is basic algebra, logic, strong problem-solving skills, and most of all, have patience.

Besides, there are libraries and plugins, which you can apply directly into your code to help you solve mathematical and algorithmic problems. Finally, like any other profession, talent only gets people so far, as work ethic and discipline truly determine success or failure.

2. I Must Learn Only The Best Language

A common question that a beginner asks is, “What is the best language to learn?” While it may sound like a good question, it can also be misleading. The answer to the question would that the best language for you to learn is the one that fits your current purpose, either for work or study. In other words, there is no best programming language as such, it depends on what you want to do with it.

For instance, if you want to be a web developer, start with HTML and CSS, which are the foundational languages of the web. If you are more interested in general computer programming, then concentrate on languages that have a lot of online documentation and tutorials to supplement your learning.

Always remember, as your learning progresses, the strengths and weaknesses of each language will uncover themselves. Based on the language’s speed, exclusive features, compatibility, maintainability, etc., decide your tools of choice.

3. I Should Memorize All Syntaxes And Avoid Help

The common thinking is that if you write a program without external guidance, you can memorize everything and become a true pro that can build anything from scratch. However, the fact is that you do not need to worry about memorizing syntaxes, as writing the same code thousands of times before you can flip the table will help you create a framework yourself.

Google, IDE and Frameworks are not created out of boredom – they are particularly designed to help you pick up programming faster. The best practice is to use IDE with syntax recommendation and, whenever you run into trouble consult the Google crystal ball.

Adopting frameworks help you understand what that programming language does, and what boundaries it can be pushed to. Then when you have progressed enough, experiment with specific programming features. Explore and have fun messing up.

4. I Just Can’t Write That Much Code

Are you one of those people who are just too scared to view a webpage source? You can bet that an enormous 4000 lines of code can be quite overwhelming.

However, HTML is not a programming language, it is just a mark-up language. It sets up a structure for the web using tags that allow you to mark-up your content. Its content very much reveals what every code file contains in general. A closer look at it will reveal that they are just piles of code containing repetitive statements, methods and loops.

Mostly, programming use the same material that you learn as a beginner and in intermediate courses to do solve simple and complicated solutions. Once you start coding, you will feel that even 10,000 lines of code is nothing and get addictive to it very quickly.

5. It Only Takes Weeks To Learn And Master A Programming Language

Don’t believe this tagline. In reality, you can spend weeks to learn programming, but it takes years to master programming. Like drawing, programming requires an interest and patience. Similarly, many of the things you create at first may be of little use. However, just remember to take one step at a time if are moving forward. To become a good programmer, you should feel very good every time you fail, because that’s the only way you can progress.

Remember coding is like a art which can be perfected only with perseverance. Like there are no shortcuts in life, learning programming also doesn't have shortcuts. You have to keep on doing it till you get it right.

Source:TechWorm

7 Signs of a Psychologically Immature Partner

noreply@blogger.com (Bhanu Pratap) — Fri, 2 Jul 2021 21:24:00 +0530

It is impossible to build a healthy relationship with a person who thinks like a child in their 30-40s. Such people believe that everyone around should love and take care of them as well as give emotional or domestic support.

An immature person has grown up but has not become psychologically independent. Such a person continues to depend on the opinions of others, seek support in their partners, beg for attention, admiration, and love.

They didn’t get enough love in childhood. They were either too much patronized or rejected, having got a lot of fears and complexes.

Anyway, let’s list the sure signs of psychological immaturity that you should pay attention to. Unless, of course, you do not want to be an eternal donor, “mom,” or “dad” to your soul mate. For example, girls from Russian are ready for dating, but they don’t want to become babysitters for their partners.

1. Total irresponsibility:

Immature people love this game: to promise a lot, agree on something or borrow, and then disappear as if they have nothing to do with the issue. In their opinion, they owe nothing to anyone, and they are not responsible for anything and refuse to experience guilt.

But on the contrary, they have a beef with the world. They think something like, "I am special and important, but the world does not understand me." Those around are to blame for their failures, loneliness, and stuff.

Therefore, they have so many complaints against partners, attempts to remake, and blame them for all sins. They don't want to start with themselves to change the situation for the better.

2. Freeloading:

It is another unpleasant feature of immature people. They are used to using their loved ones as a life resource who will care for them, deal with their problems, support morally and financially, and even provide for their domestic needs.

All around must put themselves in their shoes, protect their psyche, give in to them every time they have a dispute as well as accept their weaknesses, and forgive.

However, they do not make such demands on themselves. Such people are searching for a parental figure who can be blamed for their own problems and emotional instability. Often, they have lovers and use them as a backup plan if the first partner gets tired, refuses to support, or runs away.

3. Inability to express emotions:

In a sense, an immature person does not understand their feelings. Shame, envy, love, and fear are suppressed, covered with the help of psychological defenses (depreciation, denial, rationalization, regression, projection on others). "I’m not angry.

You are making it up!" It’s hard to get true desires out of such people. They consider it a weakness to talk about their feelings and directly ask for something. To achieve the desired, they resort to manipulation.

Thus, they may play on a sense of conscience, guilt, resentment, or use ultimatums. Having not got what they want, they easily become aggressive, start screaming, humiliating. And they never ask for forgiveness because they do not know how to admit their mistakes.

4. Impulsiveness:

If your partner never finishes what they have started, rushes from one decision to another, and constantly revises their values, interests, and habits, then most likely, they are immature.

Immature people build their lives depending on their mood – today they love you, tomorrow they will not. Having decided on a difficult step, they easily change their mind. Even minor difficulties frighten and annoy them. It’s normal for them to spend all their money on wishlist, and then take loans for food.

5. Codependence:

Psychologically immature people cannot stand loneliness; therefore, they are trying in every possible way to stick to others – a loved one and the circle of their friends. Because of this, they can become the shadow of their loved ones, and live their lives, abandoning their true self and needs.

Such a merger does not go unnoticed. An immature person becomes a capricious and extremely irritable person.

They require care and gratitude for things that no one asked for. They can tolerate betrayal, beatings, and insults, in every possible way justifying the disrespectful attitude of the partner.

6. Gaslighting:

"I was just joking." “Turn off your imagination. I didn’t mean that!” "No one will love you except me." All these words are pronounced by people who want to completely control their partners, using all possible means. They can intimidate, impose their opinions, devalue the feelings and desires of a loved one, question his (her) maturity, and adequacy.

In such relationships, physical abuse is replaced by a psychological one, which is difficult to see or prove. A toxic partner destroys the self-esteem of the other one, forcing a person to doubt themselves and their emotions as well as imposing fears and complexes, which they use to their advantage.

7. Infantilism:

Immature personality is noticeable and recognizable by the desire to play the role of a child. They put on teenage clothes, listen to rebellious music, and communicate with much younger people.

They are afraid of a serious relationship. Marriage, career, the birth of children seems to them pointless. Infantile personalities do not want to grow up, and they often change sexual partners, workplaces, and live in their fantasies and dreams. Girls can intentionally speak in a childish voice, look for a “daddy” who will satisfy all their needs.

As you can see, immature people do not know how to make an equal contribution to relationships, accept a partner as they are. They are afraid of responsibility, adult problems, loneliness. They are looking for the same co-dependent partners who are ready to serve their neurosis. It is up to you to decide whether you want to carry this burden or wait for a worthy person.

Here’s how staying single makes you live longer

noreply@blogger.com (Bhanu Pratap) — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 00:29:00 +0530

While people never stop questioning after a certain age, as to why are youngsters still singer, a 2011 census data conducted in England showed that 51 per cent of adults were single and it was a three percent rise from the one conducted in 2001.

And while there are no dearth of social or familial reminders of why one is not in a relationship, it turns put that staying single, has, in fact a number of health benefits as well.

Single people socialize more:

Figures from the American Bureau of Labour Statistics show that single people spend more time chatting to friends than their married contemporaries. In short, staying single, one has fewer responsibilities and can go out and meet people, generally having a good time.

Also, single people spend an average of 12 minutes a day staying in touch with other people over phone calls and emails, as compared to married couples who only spend about 7.8 minutes doing the same.

According to experts, socializing enhances the community feeling and is important for the maintenance of mental health.

Being single makes one slimmer:

According to a study published in the Journal of Family issued in 2015, experts found that single adults have a lower body weight. On the other hand, those living with partners were more inclined towards having a higher BMI.

Another study conducted by the Western Washington University saw that people experienced a sudden weight loss after a divorce and single people were thought the be skinnier because they wanted to look their best to attract a new partner.

Being single gives one more down time:

According to a study published by the Business Insider UK, those who are single have more time to themselves, go for a holiday, learn something new, and basically do whatever they really want to do. The study further stated that while single people spend, on average, 5.56 hours a day on overall leisure time, married people could only focus 4.87 hours of their day on leisure.

Increase in leisure time reduces stress and improves mental health. Also, being single allows people to engage in physical activities a lot more thus giving them better heart health and a lower BP.

If you are single, you sleep better:

People who sleep well tends to have healthier hearts, a lower BMI and have more energy overall. Getting a good night’s sleep is more important than having sex as well!

According to a survey conducted by Amerisleep, it was found that single people sleep the most, 7.13 hours on average per night as compared to those in a relationship who slept for 7.07 hours and those who were married who slept for just 6.71 hours.

They have less debt and legal responsibilities:

No family guarantees the fact that one can spend their hard-earned money on themselves which makes saving more possible and keeping stress away much easier.

Stress has been found to promote disease and ruin your heart.

According to experts from Johns Hopkins University, children exposed to chronic stress are more likely to develop a mental illness when they are older. Furthermore, stress has been linked to cancer, lung disease, suicide and cirrhosis of the liver.

According to a 1996 study published in the journal Circulation, stress thickens the arterial walls as well.

Source:Deccan Chronicle

10 Most Professionally Amazing Jobs In The World That Will Make You Quit Your Job Right Away

noreply@blogger.com (Bhanu Pratap) — Thu, 3 Jun 2021 00:27:00 +0530

These days, the definition of jobs has changed; earlier, it was fun, but now things have become very stressful. Sometimes, it takes a toll on your health and all you wish is to have a secured and an amazing job, right? You might be bored of your routine, but there are some people who are very lucky and have got the best jobs in the world! If you think the words “Amazing” and “Jobs” don’t go together, you are wrong. Check out this list of some awesome jobs, that’ll make you feel jealous.

1. Island caretaker:

This is officially known as the best job in the world which involved a role of promoting the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef to the world. Basically, the job included swimming, snorkeling, mixing up with locales and maintaining a blog and photo diary. This offer was for 6 months and included return airfare and accommodation.

Salary package: Rs 96.12 lakhs!

2. Chocolate taster

Who does not dream to be in a world full of chocolates? Chocolate consultants work in a variety of sectors which ranges from various high street chocolate brands to some more niche categories.All they need to do is keep on tasting chocolates and keep giving honest feedback. They have no other responsibility.

Salary package: Rs 34 lakhs

3. Professional sleeper

There are many different roles that a professional sleeper has to pay; sometimes, a sleeper is required to test brain activity and heart rate while sleeping, while sometimes the need is for testing duvets, mattresses and beds.

Salary package: Rs 40 lakhs

4. Beer tasters

If you love sipping glasses after glasses of bear, this was just for you. The job involves tasting the different beers and giving suggestion. One thing we would like to clear here;you need to have a good and strong stamina to drink them one after the other.

Salary package: Rs 35 lakhs

5. Professional zombie

This profession is for People who love to scare others. The London Dungeons Experience currently employs 50 staff members to dress up as the living dead and scare the visitors around. Haha, this is surely a fun experience, isn’t it? Who wouldn’t like to have a job that involves so many pranks.

Salary package: Rs 4000 for 8 hours.

6. Water slide tester

You need travel to sunny destinations to test out the slides which would further ensure a better and water splash vacation to the visitors.

Salary package: Rs 16 lakhs

7. Google photographer on bike

Google has officially hired two men to ride around France on dopey on tricycles to click up photos of historical sites which are not accessible by car. It’s a fun ride because one can get to explore the serene nature and reach places wherein there are no visitors.

Salary package: Rs 21 lakhs

8. Hotel Reviewer

You can stay in the hotel and review about the facilities given by the hotel staff. The hotel does not charge you a single penny; just stay there, have fun and enjoy everything that you get.

Salary package: Rs 17 lakhs

9. Condom tester

Did you know, Durex marketing manager Sam White was hiring Australians over the age of 18 who could apply for one of 200 positions as a c0nd0m tester? All those guys got a good chance to have fun with girls; later, they had to review the c0nd0ms. Mazze hain…

Salary package: Rs 21 lakhs

10. Rented Boyfriend

Yes, you are paid to act like a boyfriend. There is website called RentAFriend.com with hundred of thousands of friends from around the world available for hire. Be with girls and get paid, LOL!

Salary package: Rs 3428 per hour

Which Job did you like? Share Your Views In Comments Below!

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7 Types Of Dips To Try This Monsoon

noreply@blogger.com (Bhanu Pratap) — Sun, 30 May 2021 20:00:00 +0530

For all those occasions you'll be spending holed up in your room because of the heat, we've curated a list of 7 easy-to-make and delicious dips. Instead of the salsa or mayonnaise, get a bit more adventurous with these dips.

1) Grilled Pineapple Salsa:

Salsa is great, it's fun and our go-to food at all house parties. Mix things up a bit by preparing a simple salsa using only tomato and chunks of grilled pineapple with lots of pineapple juice. Serve with a bowl of crunchy nachos and dip in!

**2) Rainbow Raita Dip:**

This is our take on the classic Indian raita. A curd dip is really refreshing in the summer, add to it finely chopped capsicum in yellow, red and green and voila you have your rainbow raita dip!

3) Spicy Watermelon Dip:

This dip will definitely help you get rid of all that extra watermelon you have in the fridge. This unusual combination is surprisingly tasty. Flavours of mint, cilantro and coconut water will keep the dip tasting cool and fresh. Serve it with your best tangy chips.

4) Eggplant Dip:

This dip requires roasted eggplant to be mashed and mixed with spices and lemon juice. Avoid making the mixture too smooth, in order to not lose its texture. Serve with pita bread or crackers.

5) Roasted Garlic and Tomato Dip:

Roast your garlic well for this while blending the tomato with generous amounts of cream. This dip is definitely an upgrade from plain old tomato dips and the garlic adds that element of surprise! Serve this with bagel or chips and enjoy!

6) Beetroot and Mint Dip:

A vibrant and healthy dip favoured with cumin, this is healthy and a favourite amongst beetroot lovers. It has plenty of lemon juice to keep it tangy and fresh. Serve this with cheesy nachos at a brunch and be the favourite amongst your guests.

**7) Amla Pudina Dip:**

Amla is best known for its nutritive value. This dip is a great way of including amla in your diet. While adding the mint, use rock salt instead of regular salt for best flavour. Use peanuts to add some crunch to it. Serve it with samosas or other fried snacks.

Source:NDTV Goodtime

Wants To Learn New Skills Then You Need To Visit These 20 Websites

noreply@blogger.com (Bhanu Pratap) — Sat, 15 May 2021 22:38:00 +0530

Are you still trying to think of a clever goal to work toward this year? How about challenging yourself to learn a new skill? Or even better, several!

Just imagine, by the end of the year you could be coding your own website, conversing in Mandarin, networking with ease, publishing your first book, or properly using that DSLR camera. You don’t have to leave your couch, much less take a student loan, to learn these and thousands of other skills from some of the best teachers and educational institutions in the world.

Whatever you can dream of learning, these 20 websites can probably teach it to you — maybe even for free. So, what are you waiting for? Make this year one of personal development!

Coursera:

With more than 1,500 courses to choose from, Coursera can bring you new skills in practically any field a university offers — business, social sciences, math, life sciences, and humanities, to name a few. Coursera partners with 140 educational institutions across the globe to provide video lectures and interactive quizzes. You also get peer-graded assessments and social support from other learners. Some courses are free, while others cost up to $400 (this fee includes an official Certificate of Completion).

Skillshare:

With an emphasis on “learn by doing,” Skillshare offers more than 2,500 self-paced classes spanning creative arts, design, entrepreneurship, lifestyle, and technology. More than 200 classes are free, but if you want to unlock the rest, you can either pay per course or become a member for just $10 per month (after a two-week free trial). Skillshare encourages students to learn by uploading and collaborating on projects. While industry leaders like Seth Godin have taught many of Skillshare’s courses, the opportunity to become a teacher is now open to everyone.

Cody:

Cody’s mission is to combine the power of physical movement, technology, and community to help you become your best self. While the emphasis is on yoga and weight training, Cody also offers high-quality video plans for weightlifting and meditation. Plans are available for all levels, including “Gymnastics Core Virtuosity,” “FitFlow,” and “Power of Ceremony”. You can purchase discounted bundles or single plans, most priced at $39.99.

Udacity:

Developed with industry giants such as Google, AT&T, Facebook, Salesforce,and Cloudera, Udacity offers hands-on “nanodegree” programs and credentials to help people become web developers, data analysts, and mobile developers. Each Udacity course includes several units with closed-caption video lectures and quizzes to help students understand concepts and reinforce ideas. Udacity programs cost $200 per month and vary in duration.

Lynda:

A 20-year veteran in online learning, Lynda has amassed a library of 4000+ video-based online learning courses. Created by a pool of curated authors, the courses teach technical skills for developers, designers, educators, photographers, and marketers, as well as soft skills for business professionals. Unlimited access to all course content will run you about $25 per month after a 10-day free trial.

Udemy:

With 35,000 courses and 19,000 instructors, Udemy is the 800-pound gorilla in the online learning space. Courses are offered across a breadth of categories, including business and entrepreneurship, academics, the arts, health and fitness, language, music, and technology. Udemy offers both paid and free courses, depending on the instructor, but most courses are priced between $29 and $299.

CreativeLive:

As the name suggests, CreativeLive broadcasts live workshops with creative experts from around the world on topics such as photography, video, design, business, audio, music, crafting, and software development. The site offers more than 600 classes that you can purchase à la carte for about $100 to $200 each. Or, you can watch unlimited live broadcasts for free. Each class includes dozens of lessons and bonus reading materials.

Treehouse:

Treehouse is where beginners and intermediate coders can learn or expand their web development and/or design skills. Treehouse has different tracks depending on your interests — you can start down the ruby web development track and detour into web design without missing a beat. With more than 1,000 high-quality videos, Treehouse is a great investment for beginners. Pricing starts at $25 per month.

Curious:

The Curious model — bite-sized sections, attachments, and exercises — is based on the premise that people who “stretch their brain” for a few minutes a day are happier, more successful, and live longer. Curious offers more than 20,000 lessons: You can learn to tie camping knots, master card tricks, train a dog, bake a wedding cake, even develop an awesome memory. The lessons are accessible on any device, including Roku. After a lengthy “CQ Interview” to generate your personal “learning wheel,” you start a 30-day free trial and then pay $89.99 for a year of unlimited access. Curioussays 70% of subscription fees are channeled back to the 1,700 teachers who provide the content.

Learnist:

Often referred to as the Pinterest of online learning, Learnist is a crowd-sourced learning platform that features “learnboards” — images, videos, and text on topics such as technology, arts, crafts, history, and cooking. Learn to make latte art, win at Yahtzee, nail a job interview, or pack a suitcase like a flight attendant! Though most of the content is user-generated and free, Learnist now offers 99-cent premium boards created by experts.

GMB Fitness:

GMB’s mission is to make you better at whatever activities you enjoy. With a curriculum of training programs that build strength, flexibility, and body control, GMB focuses on “movement re-education” and “physical autonomy”. Plans start with foundational movement, move to flexibility and strength, and finally shift to specific skills like using gymnastic rings and parallettes. GMB also offers an extensive library of free science-based articles and tutorials. Pricing varies, but you can purchase training plans individually or in bundles. Unlimited access costs $995.

America’s Test Kitchen Cooking School:

Sharpen your knife skills, discover what your slow cooker can really do. Become a master griller, or learn to roast vegetables with America’s Test Kitchen Cooking School. Based on the recipes featured in Cook’s illustrated magazine, this well-established online cooking school offers a catalog of more than 200 courses, including Cooking Basics, Recipe Lessons, Technique Lessons, and In-Depth Courses. Membership also comes with access to the instructors for personalized guidance and support. Membership costs $19.95 per month or $179.95 for a year of unlimited access.

Guides.co:

A marketplace for how-to content on life, work, and small business,Guides.co features hundreds of “guides”. Examples include: ”How to Get Your First 1,000 Customers,” “The Ultimate Kitchen Organizer,” and so on. Structured like a book, the guides feature easy-to-navigate sections, interactive content, and discussion forums on each page. Guides can be updated by the author at any time, so unlike with a book, the content can stay current. Guides.co allows companies to create branded mini-sites to replace existing white papers, e-books, and how-to content. Guide pricing ranges from free (the majority) to $200.

Code.org:

A non-profit organization and website, Code.org is on a mission to get adults and children alike interested in coding and computer science.The website includes free coding lessons for beginners. For those who want to dive more deeply into subjects such as javascript and iPad development,Code.org offers curated collections of the best learning resources from partners such as Grock Learning and Kahn Academy.

Duolingo:

Do you understand Spanish but stumble when you try to speak it? Want to learn Italian before your trip to Rome? With Duolingo, you can learn 15 different languages in fun, bite-sized lessons. All it takes is 5 to 20 minutes a day. If you’re not a complete beginner, you can take a placement test to determine your starting point. Duolingo has yet to add Asian languages, but it is ad-free and offers all courses free of charge. Taking a test for an officialDuolingo certificate of English fluency costs $20. Other language certifications will be added in the future.

Kahn Academy:

Providing free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere, the nonprofit Kahn Academy offers practice exercises and instructional videos in math, science, computer programming, history, art history, and economics, including prep for tests like the SAT, GMAT and MCAT. Catering to learners of all ages, Kahn Academy features online tools for parents and teachers who wish to monitor their child’s or student’s progress to see where they may need offline coaching support. Every Kahn Academy class is free; donations are welcomed and encouraged from those who can afford to contribute.

Drawspace:

Internationally respected as one of the largest and most comprehensive art education websites, Drawspace is where you can master shading techniques, learn to sketch people and animals, create cartoons, or try your hand at acrylic painting. About 15% of the 428 lessons on Drawspace are free. An annual, unlimited membership costs about $150.

edX:

A nonprofit, open-source learning destination founded by Harvard University and MIT, edX offers nearly 200 wildly diverse courses. Want to learn Mandarin, accounting basics, supply chain management, or how to write a novel? You can do it at no cost, though a small donation is suggested. If you want an official certificate of achievement to add to yourLinkedIn profile, you’ll pay about $50 per course.

Rouxbe Cooking School:

Rouxbe is a members-only culinary community for motivated home and professional cooks. Offering instructor-guided certification courses for all levels, Rouxbe believes the most effective way to learn to cook is to understand the techniques behind recipes. A one-time initiation fee of $299.95 provides students with full access to site. In addition, students are charged $4.95 monthly for as long as they want access to Rouxbe’s content and service. Rouxbe’s online professional certification courses cost about $1,500, have a limited number of seats, and are designed for serious cooks and aspiring culinary professionals.

Highbrow:

Born from a desire to help people gain new knowledge in less time than it takes to drink a cup of coffee, Highbrow emails you 5-minute lessons each day for ten days. You can choose from 56 free courses, taking one at a time. Anyone can create a Highbrow email course, so the topics are eclectic, ranging from “Superfoods You Should Know About” to “The Science of Happiness” to “A Brief History of Architecture.”

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