CULTURAL QA 05-2021-09 Being a compilation there may be errors
Q1 Howis Albert Einstein about India? A1 Saurabh Bansal November 20 *Studied atSophia Secondary School, Khetrinagar As we all know thatAlbert Einstein was a great scientist and it really matters that how he thinkabout India. Einstein oncetravelled in many countries of Asia. He travelled china, japan, and Sri Lankaalso. In Sri Lanka hemet some Indian people and made his contemplations for India. He actually nevertravelled through India. He thought that Indianswere ‘biologically inferior' and were hampered by the subcontinent’s climatethat 'prevented them from thinking backward or forward by more than a quarterof an hour. One other thing was that he respect Mahatama Gandhi alot. He was also against the violence that had occurredduring first and second world war and everyone knows that Gandhiji was apicture of non-violence. Hewant to met Mahatama Gandhi but he couldn't do so because he never travelled toIndia and Gandhiji never went to USA. He later work with Satyendra NathBose on bose-Einstein condensate. We cannot judge agreat scientist like Einstein by his only statement that he said Indiansbiologically inferior. Yes this according to me is wrong that he judge Indianby just meeting a few Indians in Sri Lanka. But whatever the thing is he workedwith Indians and he was inspired by some of Indians like gandhiji. He also havegood thoughts about our ancient texts. And last but not theleast- We owe a lotto Indians who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientificdiscovery could have been made.- Albert Einstein Q2 Canyou write a list of 10 things you'll never do again? A2 Anusha Varigonda 1m ago Worked for aNon-profit organisation Trust anyone blindly and making friends rightaway..Been there, learnt a great lesson. Eating without hungerand eating when bored. One of the major enemies to our health! Driving withover-confidence and exceeding speed limit beyond which I can control. Accepting and doing everything our superiorsorder. Sometimes learning to say no is important. Giving freeadvice to people who don't value our words..just waste of energy! Being over generous and over empathetic. This can hurtus sometimes. Being freelyavailable for people. You'll always be taken for granted. Sharing my emotionsto people who don't care or understand. Ultimately you'll be ridiculed. Showing my anger on innocents who is not thereason for my outburst. It is very wrong to hurt others. Going late forrailway station expecting late arrival of train. These days train timings areunpredictable just like covid cases. Q3 Whatis the best wild animal you've ever seen? A3 James Bergen 21m ago The Philippine eagle.Largest eagle in the world.I have gone so far as to climb a mountain. Just so I could take photos fromabove them. Watched them get fish from the river, a money every now & then,& small children when they can find them. Or so they say. On the children. Q4 Whatyear was the electric lamp bulb invented? A4 Dave Gander 25m ago DomesticElectrician (2010–present) Firstly it is a lamp.A bulb, if correctly placed in a growing compound will result in a flower. Very pretty but of little use tohelp you see in the dark. Secondly there is noprecise date. Lampswere demonstrated by Volta in Italy and London around 1800. In thefollowing years Davey (more famous for the miners safety lamp) Swann and othersall brought various designs to the table. It wasn’t until almost the end of thecentury that Edisonmastered the art of a commercially viable production process around 1880. Therefore take yourpick, but if you select Edison (as many do) be sure to add a caveat about itbeing the first commerciallysuccessful lamp (many don’t). My note- I had a Divisional engineer at Salemwho was a graduate in physics. He was pride he wasbetter than his colleagues and technical . Someone who had an engineering degree commented- You are not an engineer. He retarded and told all of us- WhetherThomas Alwa Edison was an engineer who invented electric bulbs. Q5 Inthe 19th century Britain, why were most of the prime ministers not commonersbut lords? A5 Jackie Pearcey 44m ago Works at LiberalDemocratic Politicians (USA politics) The Great Reform Actswhich expanded the franchise meant that the balance of power started to be morevested in the Commons thanthe Lords, as the Commons was increasingly seen to represent the will ofthe people. As the Prime Minister is the person who couldcommand the support of the majority of theCommons it became increasingly important that that person was an MP not a Lord. Beforethe first of the Great Reform Acts, Lord could command quite a few MPs by beingable to guarantee their election in a rotten borough. Q6 Why does perfume last long? A6 Ayush Srivastavap, B.sc hons. Teaching& Learning, University of Delhi (2020) Answered 2h ago Perfumes are made upof aldehydes and ketones.Andthey last longer due to the adhesive nature of particles Q7 Whatare the best ways to serve the people or society in India? A7 Ch. Lavanya May 4 Lives in India My husband's officeboy comes once in a while to our house on Sundays to earn little extra incomeby helping us in cleaning the house. He is from a smallvillage. Few years back he came to city in search of work and settled down. This pandemic hasstruck his income a lot. He cannot go to village and nor can stay here. He is getting halfsalary and in that he has to manage morning breakfast, afternoon curries andnight dinner. On the whole he andhis roommates are left with nothing almost. Still struggling to live. So we call him onsundays whenever possible and give him and his friend lunch and some amount ofmoney. “Will you take thisbag of rice?” I asked him one day hesitatingly. “Why not Madam, itwill be sufficient for 15 days for us…” he replied happily. “Why 15 days? Onlyyou two are there…I think it will last for a month” He laughed and said “There are total five members in our room Madam, all are like us with lesssalary…only one person earns enough but spends on liquor..” I felt sorry forthem.So whichever way possible we are lending our hand to those people. Q8 Howare there still so many undiscovered antiquities and ancient sites in countrieslike Turkey even though they have been inhabited for thousands of years? A8 Vasu Pandian 35m ago Former RetiredGovernment Employees at Government (executive dept.) (1982–2019) The sites are too many. Under staffed/underbudgeted for effective control of excavated sites and to excavate new sites. The remains are very rich as such looted too:—The modern state of Turkey is one of the most archeologically and culturallyrich places in the world; scholars have published on over a hundred thousandsites across the country (Özdoğan 2013). It boasts 15 sites of cultural importance on UNESCO’sWorld Heritage list, and has 60 additional sites underconsideration. Despite the identification of and reporting on thousands ofsites, only about 11,000 are officially registered with the Turkish government.Registration is critical to the preservation and protection of sites; withoutit, they can be destroyed during new building projects and land development. The struggle toprotect sites from modern building and development is the result of limitedresources and personnel. With thousands of sites awaiting the attention of thegovernment, employees of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism are fighting anever-ending battle. In addition to examining new sites and excavations, theymust also maintain officially registered sites which are threatened by anexplosion of tourism. Developing heritage management plans for these sites iscritical, but time consuming as well. While many ofTurkey’s own antiquities have been and continue to be looted today, it hasbecome a highway for illicit antiquities coming from its turbulent neighbors,Syria and Iraq. What is at stake for Turkey? Turkey, locatedwithin the region of Anatolia, has been home to many diverse modern,historical, and ancient cultures, and its history captures the breadth of themodern human experience. Caves and westerncoastal sites dating to the Paleolithic (c. 400,000–14,000 B.C.E.) andMesolithic (c. 14,000–10,000 B.C.E.) periods contain evidence for the earliesthuman presence in Anatolia. The Neolithic period(10,000–5,000 B.C.E.) is well represented and is known internationally forseveral important sites. Catalhöyuk, in southern Turkey, is the largest and bestpreserved Neolithic site. Reaching its peak around 7,000 B.C.E., the site hasevidence of plant and animal domestication and large permanent settlements. Atthe site of Göbeklitepe, in the southeast, archeologists uncovered amountain-top sanctuary dating to around 9,000 B.C.E., making it the oldestidentified religious structure in the world. Across Turkey during the Chalcolithic (5,000–3,000B.C.E.) and Bronze (3,000–1200 B.C.E.) Ages there is abundant evidence for theearly development of metal processing, trade, and production. Increasingeconomic and social complexity led to a rise in urbanism and the development ofmassive centers, such as Hattusha, the Hittite capital. On the western coast,inhabitants during this time came into greater contact with other Mediterraneancultures, such as the Minoans of Crete and the Greeks. One of the most famousof these settlements is ancient Troy, which was famously under siege by theGreeks in Homer’s Iliad and later looted by Heinrich Schliemann’s nineteenth-centuryexplorations of the site. In later historic periods, many diverse culturesinhabited Anatolia and later the political state ofTurkey influencing its landscape and the history of the states around it.Numerous societies, including the Urartians, Phrygians, Lydians, Persians, andLycians, established or conquered other kingdoms in Anatolia and are knownthrough both archaeological and textual sources. With the conquest of Persia byAlexander the Great, Anatolia came under Greek influence ushering in theHellenistic Period (4th–1st century B.C.E.). Later the Roman Empire (1stcentury B.C.E.–4th century C.E.) absorbed Anatolia, marking another culturaltransformation and historic events that would lead to the founding of theByzantine Empire (395–1453 C.E.) based in Constantinople, modern Istanbul.Medieval and modern successors to this rich history of Anatolia include variousTurkomen tribes, the Seljuk Turks, the Ahlatshahs and Artuquids, and eventuallythe Ottoman Empire. (Thanks to Khan academy.org). Q9 Doyou sleep 8 hours every night? A9 Rizwandeen M May 2B,sc from JamalMohamed College (Graduated 2012) Definitely, I sleep 8 hours every night. This 8hours sleep is good for health. We have to startsleep when we lye down our bed. We do not use Smartphones and Laptops. Do notwatch television before start your sleep.If we do not sleep 8 hours in any dayfor reason travel, movie, and party. It does not matter, but we don’t followthese habits our regular life. Adequate sleep will bring fulfilment to ourlives All the above QA are based on Quora digest on08-05 - 2021. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 9-5- 2021 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1606233335.691814.1620571189232%40mail.yahoo.com.
