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1. What is Sleepy Classes?

• Sleepy Classes is a one-stop solution for students across regions and diverse backgrounds to prepare for UPSC, which is one of the toughest competitive examinations in the country through video lectures and doubt resolution. 
• Over the past so many years, sleepy classes have successfully helped over 3,70,000 students to study for their UPSC dream. 
• Sleepy Classes has mentored numerous toppers, including Jagarati Awasthi AIR 2 UPSC 2021, Srushti Deshmukh AIR 5 UPSC 2018, Raunak Agarwal AIR 13 UPSC 2019, Swati Sharma, AIR 17 UPSC 2019, Ruchi Bindal AIR 37 UPSC 2019 and many more.

2. Sleepy classes strategy of teaching Sociology

The UPSC examination is one of the toughest examinations in the country owing to its low conversion rate and the sheer vastness of the syllabus. Keeping this in mind, Sleepy classes have created high-quality content which caters to most portions of the syllabus:

• All subjects within General Studies for both Prelims and Mains 
• Sociology Optional
• Political Science Optional
• Dedicated Answer writing.

(i) Resources compiled from the best sources

• The portion of the environment in UPSC exams is increasing every year, and thus it is important to have a strong hold on these topics. 
• While there are many sources to study the environment from, one source is never enough when it comes to the environment. 
• Sleepy Classes course not only compiles all the information about each topic from all the best sources but also teaches them in a comprehensive way through video lectures.

(ii) Keeping up with the affairs

• Environment is ever-changing and each year, we get new information on these fronts, thus keeping up with current affairs is very important for every aspirant. 
• Sleepy Classes has structured its course in a way, that it is updated with every important current affairs in the news, so that the aspirants don’t miss out on anything.

(iii) Prepares you for Answer Writing

• Preparing for Prelims and Mains go hand in hand, students need to give attention to both of them simultaneously while preparing for UPSC Prelims requires you to know a lot of things, Mains test how you present all that you know. Thus, answer writing is one of the key elements one must prepare for.  
• One of the best parts about Sleepy Classes lectures is that they teach answer writing for each topic. This saves your time and makes a student understand topics in a much more comprehensive way.

3. What is offered by Sleepy Classes on EduRev?

In the course of Polity, you would find detailed video lectures of each topic, whose material has been compiled from the best resources in the market taught by an experienced teacher in a way to help you retain all you have learnt, with PDFs of each lecture available for a quick revision.

• Environmental Ecology - Components of Ecosystem, Environment & Disaster Management: Functions of Ecosystem, Population Interaction, Nutrient Cycling, Productivity of an Ecosystem, Tropical Forests, Grasslands - Environment, Mediterranean Biome, Tundra - Environment, Taiga - Environment, Deserts, India State of Forest Report, Aquatic Ecosystems, Mangrove, Wetlands, Coral Reefs 
• Environmental Pollution - Air Pollution: Pollutants, Smog, Fly Ash, Nitrogen Pollution, Monitoring of Air Pollution, Bharat Stage Norms, Pet Coke, Water Pollution, Waste Management, Bioremediation, Floating Treatment Wetlands
• Renewable Energy - Basics of Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy: Wind & Biomass, Renewable Energy: Wind to Energy Plants, Renewable Energy: Waste to Energy, Biofuels, Biofuels Energy, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Methanol Economy.
• Biodiversity, ACT and Policies - Basics of Biodiversity, Species, Plant Diversity, Animal Diversity, Environment & Disaster Management: Marine Diversity, Marine Diversity, Indian Biodiversity, Critically Endangered Mammals, New Delhi Declaration on Asian Rhinos, Endangered Mammals, Pangolin (Mammal), IUCN Status: Birds, IUCN Status: Reptiles, Protected Area Networks, Conservation Efforts: India, Elephants, Project Elephants, Asiatic Lions Conservation Project, Cheetahs Reintroduction Project, Asian Rhinos, Global Initiatives in Biodiversity, Biodiversity Hotspots, Important Bodies, National Green Tribunal, Important Conventions: CMS, Convention on Migratory Species, Important Conventions: CITES, Wildlife Protection Act, Environment Protection Act
• Climate Change - Climate Change, Global Warming, Acidification, Ocean Acidification, Ozone Hole, Carbon Mitigation Strategies, Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change Organisations, IPCC Special Report, Basics: Paris Agreement, COP: 24 Katowice, Loss & Damage Mechanism, UNFCCC: COP, National REDD & Strategy, Climate Finance, India's Second BUR, Protecting Ozone Layer, Kigali Agreement, Montreal Protocol Assessment
• Disaster Management - Basics: Disaster Management, Disaster Management Act 2005

Other courses offered by Sleepy Classes on EduRev

• International Relations for UPSC 2022 (Pre & Mains)
• Science & Technology for UPSC 2022 (Pre & Mains)
• Geography for UPSC 2022 (Pre & Mains)
• Polity for UPSC 2022 (Pre & Mains)
• Ethics for UPSC 2022 (Pre & Mains)
• Economy for UPSC 2022 (Pre & Mains)
• Social Issue for UPSC 2022 (Pre & Mains)
• Environment for UPSC 2022 (Pre & Mains)
• Sociology Mains Optional for UPSC 2022
• Political Science & International Relations Optional for UPSC 2022