CULTURAL QA 08-2021-25 Being a compilation there may be errors
Q1 What is a cantilevered floor? A1 Wezza EngStudied at CivilEngineering (Graduated 2021)Updated July 25 Usually it is ahard solution for the structural engineer and uneconomic too but let tell metell you some about it . That is consideredone of most famous cantlivers nowadays . The cantliver slab is the slab which is supportedby one support , the bending moment is too highso the thickness becomes big to stay safe under loads and to resist deflectionwhich will be the most critical issue in this case like in this photo the onlysupport is this far away wall no side supports which make the slab looks unsafe forordinary people but as civil engineer , it is designed for this so it is safe . Q2 How does osmosis take up water? A2 ELOCOTECHN INFO , studied atOxford, Oxfordshire, UK Answered 2h ago Water moves acrosscell membranes by diffusion, in a process known as osmosis. Osmosis refers specifically tothe movement of water across a semipermeable membrane, with thesolvent (water, for example) moving from an area of low solute (dissolvedmaterial) concentration to an area of high solute concentration. Q3 How do you extend the life span ofcar tires? A3 Bridgestone India December 9, 2020 The tyres are considered consumable componentswhich wear out as per the usage. However, there are certainconditions which make tyre wear faster. Any force of tyres which is additionalto pure rolling forces make them wear faster. Sudden acceleration and braking,frequent sharp cornering, driving on winding roads and in hilly areas are someof the reasons which accelerate the rate of tyre wear. If the wheel alignmentgets out of specification, inflation pressure is too high or too low, tyres areout of balance or the wear rate is aggravated. To extend the life span of tyres, it is important todrive properly as well as regularly maintain the tyres and thevehicle. Key maintenance of tyres are maintaining correct inflation pressure,wheel alignment, tyre rotation and wheel balancing. Inflation Pressure- Inflation pressure plays an importantrole in tyre performance including impact on tyre wear. Always maintaininflation pressure recommended by the vehicle manufacturer. Low tyre pressureresults in both side shoulder wear and high air pressure results in centrewear. Therefore, it is important to maintain the correct inflation pressure inthe tyres. Always check inflation pressure at least once every month and beforegoing for long trips. Proper inflation pressure not only increases tyre lifebut also results in good handling, comfort and safety, including fuel efficiency.The OE recommended pressure for your car tyres can be checked on driver sidedoor jamb. Wheel Alignment- Proper wheel alignment is essential toavoid uneven wears on your tyres. Wheel Alignment should be done as recommendedby the OEM or whenever any irregular wear or pulling is observed. This helps inoptimising driving stability, maximizes tyre life and improves overall vehiclehandling performance. Tyre Rotation- Wear rate varies between different tyrepositions. To even out the wear in each tyre and among the whole set of tyres,it is recommended to do tyre rotation as per recommendations by OEM. This helpsto have even out the irregular wear and thus extending the life of your cartyres. Wheel Balancing- An unbalanced wheel may causevibration to the vehicle as well as results in uneven tyre wear. It isrecommended to balance the tyre rim assembly along with tyre rotation or whenvibrations are felt. Proper wheel balancing helps in reducing uneven wearthereby extending the tyre life. By following gooddriving habits, proper care and maintenance we can increase the life span ofcar tyres. What also helps is to park the car away from direct sunlight or heatsources. Q4 What tradition do you wish to passon to your children? A4 Bhuvana Rameshwar Tamil cultureand heritage Sun In our family we have a tradition of celebrating“Varalakshmi Pooja “at home. This is a do it at homePooja. We women fast on this day and instead of pictures, photos or idols wekeep a “kalasam” Kalasam is apersonification of goddess lakshmi. Here we pray to Lakshmi in all her 8 formsand ask her for boons..which includes health, wealth, knowledge , bravery,agricultural abundance etc The kalasam in ourhouse is made of a silver pot. This is washed, decorated with turmeric pasteand kumkum, then filled with clean water. On that we keep a coconut. This isplaced on rice grains spread on a banana leaf. The pot has a stick tied to itat the back to hold flower garlands. On the coconutsside facing us we place a goddess mask and adorn her with a silk skirt andshawl. She personifies goddess of knowledge, bravery and wealth. Then jewelsadorned and beautiful flowers are arranged on the kalasam . This is ourgoddess. She visits us annually. We make sweets andsavouries like athirasams, murukku, vadai and other sweets. I made almond katlitoo this year. This is offered to our goddess with fruits. Only after the pooja, we break our fast. We invite women from our neighbourhood home to seekblessings of our dear goddess, who has come home. Almond katli Athirasam,ribbon murukku, vadais.. We honour each ladywith Kumkum and turmeric and give them a bag of gifts of a new blouse piece,coconut, flowers,, sweets, fruits, bangles, betel leaves and a ten rupee notewith a one rupee coin. Then we tie thenonbu thread on our wrist with blessings from our mil or other elder ladies. This tradition waspassed on to me by mother in law. She taught me to do this Pooja. Earlier wewere doing it all together in the joint family in my fil.mil's house .But whenthey shifted to their sons’ houses in old age , she taught me to do it . Only amil can hand it over to her dil! So next I must hand it over to my dil. This is an important “women”festival for us women in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telengana andMaharashtra. Q5 As a middle class citizen ofIndia, do you prefer to have a brutally lavish wedding or a simplesophisticated wedding? A5 Gopalkrishna Vishwanath Weddedjust once but I've lost count of the number of weddings I've attended.8h ago (120 words. 45 seconds to read)As amiddle-class person, I would like to shower brutally lavish affection on asimple and sophisticated wife after a short religious ceremony at a temple,followed by a visit to the local Registrar’s office, witnessed only by thefamily and a few trusted friends or relatives followed by a simple partyattended by not more than 50 guests. I would also request all guests to avoid giving mematerial gifts and instead request their attendance and goodwishes from friends and blessings from elders. But, who willlisten? Don’t you know Indians? Sigh! Q6 Sleeper coaches are locked insideby passengers at night. If you are a reservation passenger to board dead of thenight how do you get it open when passenger sleeping, windows, doors slammedshut & usually TTE are totally absent? A6 Answered by Subhasis Dutta RoyUpdated Sat Do you observe achart on the hand of TTE? It looks like this. Here in this imageofan on-duty TTE while he is checking the ticket and verify with the list ofpassengers hold his hand. That is the totallist of passengers of certain coaches where he is booked for duty. He knows all the details ofpassengers where any passenger will board or end his journey with his train. The doors arelocked from inside. It is for the safety of passengers. But TTE knows very well wheresomeone has a booking for his train and in which compartment through his chart. He must open the doorand grants the entrance of the legal passenger from that station. For anyinconvenience, any passenger can ask help from the guard of that train. My note- What is told is theoretically correct answer. Nowadays aTTE is allotted more than one coach. If at all a TTE keep open the door andgoes to next coach, there would be a crow eyed passenger, not getting sleep, immediately close the door. Often passengersget in to any coach open irrespective of class. By the time TTE reach theguard, the train would have departed the station!!! Q7 What do you do if you have no workall day and no social media? A7 Bhuvana Rameshwar married forthree decades 12h ago We went to Nandihills top., near Bangalore. Stayed in KSTDC Hotel. They neither had WiFi in theroom nor was Bsnl signal strong. So there we had no use of the phone other thanas a camera. So we went out ofthe room, using the phone only for taking photographs. We walked through thenatural forest turned into protected gardens. It was so beautiful. The morningmist and drizzle was mind blowing with leaves still wet and fresh from previousnights rainfall. There were allkinds of plants from beautiful spotted weeds to old big trees all in one place.We saw sunrise, went to a 1000 year old temple (the Yoga nandeeshwara temple),saw the sunset, the panaromuc valley view from the height of around 1500 m. We, husband and me,talked as two young friends , sat amidst nature. Fed monkeys. For once it waswithout , one or both of us browsing the phone. It was such a relief, a senseof freedom and suddenly time was surplus yet flying away. Life is beautifulwithout phone and net. Q8 Who is the best 5₹snack to eat? A8 Subramaniam DuraisamyIT AnalystAugust 19 Onion Samosas You can get thesein any railway station in India for Rs. 5. Atleast in Chennai, when I used thelocal train travel back from my office , I used to buy 4–5 of these littllesamosas right on the platform and munch them on my way back to home . Hardlycosts Rs. 20. Funfact from history- Onion samosas are not native toIndia. Atleast not the samosas we eat in Chennai. The original name isSambusak, which was brought into India by traders from Central Asia. Sambusaksallong with Irani chai was a morning breakfast item and a tea time snack. The original Sambusaks are much flatter than the onionsamosas which has larger quantity of stuffing. Q9 What is the main lesson one couldlearn from life? A9 Manu anu Pandey19 years old Fri I’ll be joining collegethis year after some months so it’s obvious that I’ll be missing homemade food. Everyone loves thefood that their mom makes for them. College mess’s foodwon’t taste like one's homemade food. It’ll be tastier, but not as much as whatyou eat at your home. One would surelymiss their mom’s homemade food till their whole college life. But after comingback to your home after finish college life, you’ll start missing mess’s food. Just even thinkingabout mess’s food will give you nostalgia. And this is life.It gives us a timeline for everything. Everything in our life comes with a tagof a timeline. Q10 Why does a roadside shopkeepersprinkle water on a dusty day? A10 2Answers-Gopala Krishnan, former Assistant GeneralManager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966-2004)Answered 1h ago Question is notclear. Whether sprinkling is done on vegetables or around the space? Around thespace he sprinkles water to stop dusting on items from the soil around. InChennai, India, it is a practice by jasmine and other flower vendors sprinklewater around and on the flowers, any day. 2nd answer-Siddharth Kumar, Retired asPresident From Calderys Refractory, India at ACCLimited Answered 12m ago To suppress thedust by making it wet. It also has some cooling effect. Q11 Is soap water good for plant root? A11 Johnny Bond , lives in Paradise,CAAnswered 7h ago Not really, but unless it is ridiculously concentrated,it should hurt the Plant. Soap solution is a goodgreen insecticide. And gray water is fine for watering plants. 2nd answer -Gopala Krishnan, former RetiredAssistant General Manager 1996-2004 atDepartment of Telecom (1966-2004) Answered 4h ago No. The chemicalsin the soap water adversely affect plant growth. Q12 How many plants your will plant in amonth? A12 Gopala Krishnan, former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966-2004)Answered 7h ago I have a smallgarden within the compound. I give more importance of giving them a goodenvironment by removing unwanted weeds , digging ground, watering, cutting dried branches etc. One or two plants I plantnew every month, replacing perished ones. Small plants in the garden like holybasil have a limited life period. Q13 What are the requirements foreffective waste management? A13 Gopala Krishnan, former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966-2004)Answered 4h ago For a city/town/village waste management we require a secluded area to dump waste and a plantto make it manure. We require healthy workers to deal with waste. Most cities are crowded, novacant space to treet large quantities of waste, with out affecting thepeople. Some how cities manage them is the fact. All the above QA are based on Quora digeston 24-08- 2021. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 25- 08-2021 -- 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/526891161.330839.1629854408505%40mail.yahoo.com.
