CULTURAL QA05-2021-09 Being a compilation there may be errors
Q1 How is Albert Einstein about India? A1 Saurabh Bansal November20 *Studied at Sophia Secondary School, Khetrinagar As we all know that Albert Einstein was a great scientist and it reallymatters that how he think about India. Einstein once travelled in many countries of Asia. He travelled china,japan, and Sri Lanka also. In Sri Lanka he met some Indian people and made his contemplations for India.He actually never travelled through India. He thought that Indians were ‘biologically inferior' and were hampered bythe subcontinent’s climate that 'prevented them from thinking backward orforward by more than a quarter of an hour. One other thing was that herespect Mahatama Gandhi a lot. He was also against the violence that had occurred during first andsecond world war and everyone knows that Gandhiji was a picture ofnon-violence. He want tomet Mahatama Gandhi but he couldn't do so because he never travelled to Indiaand Gandhiji never went to USA. He later work with Satyendra NathBose on bose-Einstein condensate. We cannot judge a great scientist like Einstein by his only statementthat he said Indians biologically inferior. Yes this according to me is wrongthat he judge Indian by just meeting a few Indians in Sri Lanka. But whateverthe thing is he worked with Indians and he was inspired by some of Indians likegandhiji. He also have good thoughts about our ancient texts. And last but not the least- We owe a lot to Indians who taught us how to count, without which noworthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.- Albert Einstein Q2 Can you write a list of 10 thingsyou'll never do again? A2 Anusha Varigonda 1m ago Workedfor a Non-profit organisation Trust anyone blindly andmaking friends right away..Been there, learnt a great lesson. Eating without hunger and eating when bored. One of the major enemies toour health! Driving with over-confidence and exceeding speed limit beyond which I cancontrol. Accepting and doing everythingour superiors order. Sometimes learning to say no is important. Giving free advice to people who don't value our words..just waste ofenergy! Being over generous and overempathetic. This can hurt us sometimes. Being freely available for people. You'll always be taken for granted. Sharing my emotions to people who don't care or understand. Ultimatelyyou'll be ridiculed. Showing my anger on innocentswho is not the reason for my outburst. It is very wrong to hurt others. Going late for railway station expecting late arrival of train. Thesedays train timings are unpredictable just like covid cases. Q3 What is the best wild animal you'veever seen? A3 James Bergen 21m ago The Philippine eagle. Largesteagle in the world. I have gone so far as to climb a mountain. Just so Icould take photos from above them. Watched them get fish from the river, amoney every now & then, & small children when they can find them. Or sothey say. On the children. Q4 What year was the electric lamp bulb invented? A4 Dave Gander 25mago Domestic Electrician (2010–present) Firstly it is a lamp. A bulb, if correctly placed in a growing compoundwill result in a flower. Verypretty but of little use to help you see in the dark. Secondly there is no precise date. Lamps were demonstrated by Volta in Italy and Londonaround 1800. In the following years Davey (more famous for theminers safety lamp) Swann and others all brought various designs to the table.It wasn’t until almost the end of the century that Edison mastered the art of a commercially viableproduction process around 1880. Therefore take your pick, but if you select Edison (as many do) be sureto add a caveat about it being the first commercially successful lamp (many don’t). My note- I had a Divisionalengineer at Salem who was a graduate in physics. He was pride he was better than his colleagues and technical . Someone who had an engineeringdegree commented- You are not an engineer. He retarded andtold all of us- Whether Thomas Alwa Edison was an engineer who invented electricbulbs. Q5 In the 19th century Britain, why weremost of the prime ministers not commoners but lords? A5 Jackie Pearcey 44m ago Worksat Liberal Democratic Politicians (USA politics) The Great Reform Acts which expanded the franchise meant that the balanceof power started to be more vestedin the Commons than the Lords, as the Commons was increasingly seen torepresent the will of the people. As the Prime Minister is theperson who could command the support of the majority of the Commons it became increasingly important that that person was an MP nota Lord. Before the first of the Great Reform Acts, Lord couldcommand quite a few MPs by being able to guarantee their election in a rottenborough. Q6 Whydoes perfume last long? A6 Ayush Srivastavap, B.sc hons.Teaching & Learning, University of Delhi (2020) Answered 2h ago Perfumes are made up of aldehydes and ketones.And they last longer due to the adhesive nature ofparticles Q7 What are the best ways to serve the people orsociety in India? A7 Ch. Lavanya May 4 Livesin India My husband's office boy comes once in a while to our house on Sundays toearn little extra income by helping us in cleaning the house. He is from a small village. Few years back he came to city in search ofwork and settled down. This pandemic has struck his income a lot. He cannot go to village andnor can stay here. He is getting half salary and in that he has to manage morning breakfast,afternoon curries and night dinner. On the whole he and his roommates are left with nothing almost. Stillstruggling to live. So we call him on sundays whenever possible and give him and his friendlunch and some amount of money. “Will you take this bag of rice?” I asked him one day hesitatingly. “Why not Madam, it will be sufficient for 15 days for us…” he repliedhappily. “Why 15 days? Only you two are there…I think it will last for a month” He laughed and said “ There are total five members in our room Madam, allare like us with less salary…only one person earns enough but spends onliquor..” I felt sorry for them.So whichever way possible we are lending our handto those people. Q8 How are there still so manyundiscovered antiquities and ancient sites in countries like Turkey even thoughthey have been inhabited for thousands of years? A8 Vasu Pandian 35m ago FormerRetired Government Employees at Government (executive dept.) (1982–2019) The sites are too many. Understaffed/under budgeted for effective control of excavated sites and to excavatenew sites. The remains are very rich as suchlooted too:— The modern state of Turkey is one of the most archeologically andculturally rich places in the world; scholars have published on over a hundredthousand sites across the country (Özdoğan 2013). It boasts 15 sites of culturalimportance on UNESCO’s World Heritage list, and has 60 additional sites under consideration. Despite the identification of andreporting on thousands of sites, only about 11,000 are officially registeredwith the Turkish government. Registration is critical to the preservation andprotection of sites; without it, they can be destroyed during new buildingprojects and land development. The struggle to protect sites from modern building and development is theresult of limited resources and personnel. With thousands of sites awaiting theattention of the government, employees of the Ministry of Culture and Tourismare fighting a never-ending battle. In addition to examining new sites andexcavations, they must also maintain officially registered sites which arethreatened by an explosion of tourism. Developing heritage management plans forthese sites is critical, but time consuming as well. While many of Turkey’s own antiquities have been and continue to belooted today, it has become a highway for illicit antiquities coming from itsturbulent neighbors, Syria and Iraq. What is at stake for Turkey? Turkey, located within the region of Anatolia, has been home to manydiverse modern, historical, and ancient cultures, and its history captures thebreadth of the modern human experience. Caves and western coastal sites dating to the Paleolithic (c.400,000–14,000 B.C.E.) and Mesolithic (c. 14,000–10,000 B.C.E.) periods containevidence for the earliest human presence in Anatolia. The Neolithic period (10,000–5,000 B.C.E.) is well represented and isknown internationally for several important sites. Catalhöyuk, in southernTurkey, is the largest and best preserved Neolithic site. Reaching its peakaround 7,000 B.C.E., the site has evidence of plant and animal domesticationand large permanent settlements. At the site of Göbeklitepe, in the southeast,archeologists uncovered a mountain-top sanctuary dating to around 9,000 B.C.E.,making it the oldest identified religious structure in the world. Across Turkey during theChalcolithic (5,000–3,000 B.C.E.) andBronze (3,000–1200 B.C.E.) Ages there is abundant evidence for the earlydevelopment of metal processing, trade, and production. Increasing economic andsocial complexity led to a rise in urbanism and the development of massivecenters, 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, manydiverse cultures inhabited Anatolia and later the political state of Turkey influencing its landscape and the history ofthe states around it. Numerous societies, including the Urartians, Phrygians,Lydians, Persians, and Lycians, established or conquered other kingdoms inAnatolia and are known through both archaeological and textual sources. Withthe conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great, Anatolia came under Greekinfluence ushering in the Hellenistic Period (4th–1st century B.C.E.). Laterthe Roman Empire (1st century B.C.E.–4th century C.E.) absorbed Anatolia,marking another cultural transformation and historic events that would lead tothe founding of the Byzantine Empire (395–1453 C.E.) based in Constantinople,modern Istanbul. Medieval and modern successors to this rich history ofAnatolia include various Turkomen tribes, the Seljuk Turks, the Ahlatshahs andArtuquids, and eventually the Ottoman Empire. (Thanks to Khan academy.org). Q9 Do you sleep 8 hours every night? A9 Rizwandeen M May 2B,scfrom Jamal Mohamed College (Graduated 2012) Definitely, I sleep 8 hoursevery night. This 8 hours sleep is good for health. We have to start sleep when we lye down our bed. Wedo not use Smartphones and Laptops. Do not watch television before start yoursleep.If we do not sleep 8 hours in any day for reason travel, movie, andparty. It does not matter, but we don’t follow these habits our regular life. Adequatesleep will bring fulfilment to our lives All the above QA are based onQuora digest on 08-05 - 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. 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