CULTURALQA 10 -2021-07 Beingcompilation there may be errors
Q1 If monkeys andhumans have a common ancestor, why are there not other species that haveevolved to a species comparable to humans? Like, shark people, or horse peoplefor instance, whereas we, as humans, would be "monkey people." A1 Claire Jordan Degree in biology and folklore; programmer, shopowner, secretary on newspaperTue Becausehigh intelligence is not necessarily a survival characteristic. Largefast brains use up a lot of energy, so it’s only worth developing one if youhave a specific use for it. Humans had a use for it because of an unusual chainof circumstances. A nearby supernova led to an increase in lightning strikes,which burned off bushland in Africa and allowed grasslands to expand. Ourancestors took advantage of the new niche and moved out onto the plains, andthen became more bipedal so we could see long distances (a uselesscharacteristic in dense jungle). That freed up our hands to be used solely fortool manufacture and use, instead of doubling up as walking limbs, and fromthere a big brain would be useful for making better tools. But what use would abig brain be to a horse? How could a shark make elaborate tools under thewater? There are alot of non-human animals who are as bright as a human 2 to 4-year-old, but sofar none have gone further because there wasn’t any advantage to doing so. Q2 What arethe benefits, or side effects, of eating raw onions? A2 Lucia Garcia Worked at Hospitals September 28 Onion is a vegetable suitable for eating raw. Eating rawonion can absorb the nutrients of onion to the greatest extent. In many countries,eating raw onions is a common dietary habit. Onions are rich in vitamins, such as vitamin A, vitamin B1,vitamin B2, niacin, vitamin C and so on. Some vitamins will bedestroyed during cooking. For example, if heated for 30 minutes, vitamin C willlose 40% to 50%. Onions have anti-cancer effects. Onions are rich in seleniumand quercetin. Selenium is an antioxidant that can stimulate the body'simmune function and inhibit the division of cancer cells, while quercetin caninhibit the activity of cancer cells and prevent the growth of cancer cells. The survey shows that people who regularly eat onions are 20%to 30% less likely to develop cancer than those who do not eat onions. Onion is the only vegetable containing prostaglandin A. Prostaglandin A can reduce bloodviscosity, expand blood vessels, and increase blood vessel elasticity,which is very beneficial to the health of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular. People with gastrointestinal diseases are notsuitable for eating raw onions. Raw onions are irritating and can stimulate thegastrointestinal tract, causing symptoms such as abdominal pain, nausea,vomiting and diarrhea. Q3 As aHindu, what surprised you when you visited a temple in a foreign country? A3 Samantha Kannan StudiedPsychology May 17 At our temple in Illinois, the dress was more formal. About60% of women wore salwar kameez, 35% saree, 5% kurti with jeans. Men were about60% jeans with button shirt, 35% jeans with t-shirt, 5% veshti with button shirt. I just visited the local temple here and was shocked to seepeople wearing sweatpants, yoga pants, and even shorts. Our temple back homehad a sign stating none of these were allowed. I felt extremelyoverdressed in a saree 😅🤦♀️ Next time I may have to downsize to a churidar. Q4 How do theproperties of matter determine the use of the material? A4 IIT Roorkee EICT - Adv. Cloud Computing & DevOps program. Learn from IIT Professors & Industry Practitioners.Advance your career now! Rob Hooft, PhD in structural chemistry using molecularmodeling and X-ray diffraction. Answered January 14 Wow, that is a generic question! There is no way anyone cangive a complete answer, but I can give a few ideas that may help you determinethe general idea. if it is conductingelectricity, it may be used as a wire. if it is strong, itcould be used as construction material if it is transparent,it could be used as a pane that you can see through if it is a liquid, itcould be a handy solvent if it has a strong colorand adhesion, it could be used as a dye if it is magnetic, itcould be used in a permanent magnet if it can be easily shapedwhen heated, it could be handy to make household products if it is extremely hard,it could be used to sand down or polish other objects, or as part of a saw. Q5 If theMoon revolves around the Earth but the Earth is also rotating, why does theMoon only come out at night? A5 Steve Dutch Retired geoscience professor; 36 years September 18 What we got here is your Nature Deficiency Syndrome, peoplewith misconceptions about nature because they never bothered to look. Sunlight, check, blue sky, check. Daylight. Round thing insky over the mountains? The Moon. The moon does not come out only at night. My note- Moon is clear in the sky even at 9 AM many days and even as early as 4 PM in the sky Q6 How dosuper tankers and extremely large ships stay afloat during massive storms atsea? A6 Andrew Forrest Chief Engineer at Solstad Offshore (2005–present) Sat When itcomes to the ability of a vessel to handle big seas, size really does matter. Compare this big fellow to his smaller brethren. I can remember serving on a 120,000 tonne oil tanker in theNorth sea. After a day spent working in the ER workshop down below, I cleanedup and headed up to the wheelhouse to see where we were and was surprised tofind that we were in the middle of a gale. The oil tanker shrugged it off withonly the slightest of tremors felt up in the wheelhouse. Meanwhile there was a small coastal freighter running alongbeside us (or at least trying to). It would have been around 6,000 tonnes, andit was pitching by at least 30 odd degrees and burying its bow and most of thedeck with each swell that went past. It must have been like being inside awashing machine for the luckless crew, meanwhile we had slight ripples in ourcoffee cups. Q7 How doearthquake resistant buildings work? A7 UltraTech Cement India’s No 1 Cement.Updated September 9 If a building's foundationsits on soft or filled-in soil, the whole building may fail in an earthquakeregardless of the advanced engineering techniques employed. However, if the soilbeneath a structure is firm and solid, engineers can greatly improve how thebuilding-foundation system will respond to seismic waves by tying the foundation to the building sothe whole structure moves as a unit. Another technique--known as base isolation -- involves floating a building above its foundation ona system of bearings, springs or padded cylinders. Usually lead-rubber bearings, whichcontain a solid lead core wrapped in alternating layers of rubber and steel arechosen for this purpose. The lead core makes the bearing stiff and strong inthe vertical direction, while the rubber and steel bands make the bearingflexible in the horizontal direction. Bearings attach to the building andfoundation via steel plates and then, when an earthquake hits, allow thefoundation to move without moving the structure above it. As a result, thebuilding's horizontal acceleration is reduced and suffers far less deformationand damage. Even with abase-isolation system in place, a building still receives a certain amount ofvibrational energy during an earthquake. The building itself can dissipate, ordamp, this energy tosome extent, although its capacity to do this is directly related to theductility of the material used in the construction. Brick and concretebuildings have low ductility and therefore absorb very little energy. Thismakes them especially vulnerable in even minor earthquakes. Buildingsconstructed of steel-reinforced concrete, on the other hand, perform muchbetter because the embedded steel increases the ductility of the material. Andbuildings made of structural steel offer the highest ductility, allowingbuildings to bend considerably without breaking. Installing dampingsystems is also an effective technique to protect the building fromearthquakes. Active mass damping, for example, relies on a heavy mass mounted to the top of abuilding and connected to viscous dampers that act like shock absorbers. Whenthe building begins to oscillate, the mass moves in the opposite direction,which reduces the amplitude of mechanical vibrations. It's also possible to usesmaller damping devices in a building's brace system. Q8 Are thereany idols of Lord Ganesha with a human-like head? A8 Bhuvana Rameshwar South Indian culture September 17 Yes. There is a temple in Tamil Nadu. The temple is the Muktheeswartemple, in Thillatharpanapuri village, on the Mayavaram - Thirvaroorstate highway. It is near Koothanoor a small town, about 2.6 kms away. Muktheeswar, a shiva temple is known as a place where peopleoffer poojas to their dead ancestors called as tharpanam. Hence the name of thevillage as thillatharpanampuri, where thil is sesame seeds offered in suchpoojas. The Vinayaka orGanesha idol here in this temple has a human face and is called as “Nara muka”vinayaka or the “ Aadhi vinayak”. Nara means human, muka means face. This is his form before hisfather Shiva cut his head off in anger . This was the original figure made byhis mother goddess Parvathi, all by herself. Nara mukha Vinayaka….. He has a slim strong, body unlike ourcommon but famous ganesha who has an elephant head, stout body and a pot belly. Q9 If youaccidentally fill up your car with petrol or diesel to an amount where you areshort of cash, what happens if there is no way that you can pay the station? A9 Jackie Pearcey Works at LiberalDemocratic Politicians (USA politics)September 23 I didn’t accidentally fill up. I filled up then as I walkedinto the kiosk to pay, the kiosk power went out. There was literally no meansto pay. Somebody else drove off (not clever, there was a record of their numberplate). When it was obvious that due to lack of power, they couldn’t even takecash (tills are all electronic nowadays), I pointed out that I was not in aposition to return to that station in the near future (I was about to have anoperation and would not be able to drive for two weeks and this was the middleof nowhere), they gaveme a slip and told me I could pay it at any station in their chain.So I stopped off at one nearer home, presented the slip and paid it. My note- In India ifthe hill station internet does not function, and customer does not have many, the card is scanned and signature taken quoting the amount in resorts.After a time the amount is debited. How the system works is not very clearto me Q10 Which arethe top ten big cities in Karnataka? A10 Titus D'silva Lives in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India September 4 Bangalore Hubli-Dharwad Mysore Mangalore Kalaburagi Belgaum That's it. These are the only prominent cities. Bangalore: one of the mega metros of India and largest cityin South. Hubli-Dharwad: an upcoming city. Mysore: cultural capital of Karnataka, center of SouthKarnataka culture. Mangalore: Capital of Tulu Nadu and leading city in terms ofHDI. Kalaburagi: Northernmost Karnataka city. Belgaum: Meeting point of three cultures: Kannada, Marathiand Hindusthani. Q11 What arethe biggest problems faced by civil engineers in India? A11 Viren Sharma Civil Engineer at JMCC January 31 Getting a job itself in civil is a difficult task if you area fresher out of college. Long working hours that involves standing in scorching heatwhile wearing those heavy safety shoe. Lack of basic technical knowledge itself. Low initial salary. Job locations away from city, mostlyoutskirts. Q12 What is theuse of materials that do not absorb water? A12 2 Answers Robert Mueller, Retired at Working at Home(2004-present)Answered October 7, 2020 They are good formaking water bottles and umbrellas. Must we provide even more examples for this rather sillyquestion and even deliver enough words to get the answers past the short anserscollapsing bot? I am quite sure you are also able to generate enough examplesto cause the answer to get past the examinations of this bot and your answersmay well be better than my quickly selected space filling material. 2ND ANSWER-Chris Humphreys , Lab Tech at a Water Treatment Plant at City of Springfield, Oh.(2013-present)Answered October 7, 2020 Sand and gravel, as well as other non absorptive materialsare regularly used to filter out particles left over from treatment and rawwater. On a regular basis the filter beds must be backwashed to remove theaccumulation of the contaminants. The backwash is either wasted or run backthrough the treatment process. Q13 How do yourun an electrical wire under wood without causing a short circuit? A13 2 Answers GopalaKrishnan, former Assistant General Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966-2004) Answered2h ago Two ways are there.One is to run insulated wire in the part , providing additional insulation inthat area with PVC sleeve tightly provided in that area. Second provide guardedcable in that area. Swapan Saha, B. TechElectrical Engineering,Electrical Engineering (1979)Answered 29m ago If you run bare conductor below wood , it is not advisable.But for insulated cable you can run without any risk. Q14 Howimportant is hygiene nowadays? A14 GopalaKrishnanFormer Assistant General Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom(1966–2004)7h ago Always very importantand especially with covid 19 All the above QA are basedon Quora digest to me on 06-10-2021. Quoraanswers need not be 100% correct answers Compiler- R. GopalaKrishnan, 78 dated 07-10-2021 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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