CULTURAL QA 11-2021-18

Being a compilation there may  be errors 

Q1            Howdo you persuade your son for an arranged marriage?

A1            Bhuvana Rameshwar Happily married (arranged marriage) 5h

When our son was23, he was already employed being a BE and then staying in 
Bangalore withfriends, sharing an apartment . We were at that time in Ooty. We 
met him once amonth and soon once in two months.

I asked him whetherhe wanted to get married the following year, so that we 
could start searchingas we didn't know of any eligible girls of that age in our 
community. So itmeant applying, advt of his profile etc in some matrimony site.

He immediately said“not now”.

When I asked. Hereplied by 32 ma, not so soon I want to enjoy life, tour etc , 
nobody getsmarried so soon nowadays”.

“ if you fall inlove it is fine but make sure she is a Hindu and good looking. 
If you likesomebody let us know. But do not get somebody like “ Thanu”. “ 
(incidentlythaanu is the girl who was the live bomb that killed Rajiv Gandhi.)

I replied “ 32 youwill be old then, no, not so late” “how abour 27? I asked. He 
played on 30. Weargued some pros and cons of 30. My husband doesn't join these 
mother - sonconversation.

“Okay, then by 27 “he replied.

this was the firststep to streamline him and get him mentally prepared for 
marriage. 

He wasn’t in lovewith anybody, so we searched in a popular matrimony site.

By the time wesearched, saw the girl, finalised and got him married he was 28.

Q2            If oneshirt is supposed to be washed at 30° degrees and another 
at 40°, can you justwash them both at 30 ° then or should they be washed 
separately?

A2            3 answers-KarynStouffer , A necessary   Nov 8

Wash temperaturesare suggested maximum temperatures. You'll be fine washing 
them together 

2nd answer- Ian Donoghue, former ServiceEngineer, Service Training Manager at 
OwnCompanyAnswered Jun 16, 2020

Yes! the washtemperature rating on clothing is the MAXIMUM temperature the item 
can be washedat, so using a lower temperature is fine.

A bigger problem isoften the mix of items in a load, especially colored items. 
Lower washtemperatures help protect more delicate fabrics and also tend to have 
lowerspin speeds. Although less likely, fabric colors can still run, so it 
would bewise (where possible) to put similar color fabrics together and wash at 
thetemperature for the most delicate item.

We have found“Color Catchers” very good at preventing run colors from 
recoloring otherfabrics.

3rd answer-Sandra Olney      , Professor Emeritus at Queen'sUniversity 
(1974-present)Answered Jun 16, 2020

The safest thing to do is to wash them both at 30degrees. I think you will find 
that the 40degree shirt will wash very adequately at the lower temperature. If 
necessaryyou can pre-treat any stains or add a bit to the washing time, but i 
doubt thiswill be needed.

Q3            Whycan a Hindu not light a candle in his house in Diwali instead 
of a Diya? Is ita sin?

A3            Ambika Vijay Follow Indian Nov 3

No, it is not a sin, it is just harmful.

These are waxfilled Diyas : Basically candles !

CandleWax is nothing but Paraffin wax.    

A 2009 study said that burning paraffin waxreleases gases and volatile organic 
chemicals like toluene and benzene, whichare known to cause cancer. Burning 
candlesalso releases particulate matter like soot into the air. Breathing in 
largeamounts of soot and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) can damage your DNA 
andlead to lung problem.[1]

The candle wicksare some times coated with lead or zinc which are poisonous. 
Though a lot ofcountries ban the use of Lead and Zinc on candle wicks, we can’t 
trust the qualitycontrol implemented in India.

So burning a large amount of candles at the same timemight not be a good idea. 

Oil lamps are thebest option. By buying earthern Diyas, you can contribute to 
the dying industryof traditional Diya making.

Footnotes

[1] Candles: HealthBenefits, Risks, and Safety Tips

Q4                    Whatanimals are responsible for saving the most human 
lives?

A4                    Ben HaneyOct 21    

I’m with the Horseshoe Crab:

These guys areimportant and have helped save millions, possibly billions of 
lives because ofa special type cell found only in their blood.

The blood of thehorseshoe crab is a bright blue color and contains a special 
amebocyte cellcalled Limulus amebocyte lysate, or LAL, and these cells are 
useful becausethey clot or clump around even the smallest amounts of bacterial 
toxins, sothey use these cells in medical research to test new batches of 
vaccines andmedical equipment to ensure that they’re free of bacterial invaders.

If you’ve ever received a vaccine for anything in yourlife, chances are you 
have the horseshoe crabto thank for making sure that vaccine was bacteria-free.

Q5            Whydoes Canada not drive on the left side of the road like other 
parts of theformer British Empire?

A5          Gill Bullen Have done a bit of travelling in Europe Sun

Probably because Canada has a very large next doorneighbour that drives on the 
right, and it'smore convenient if they all do the same.

Japan and Ireland,like Australia, New Zealand and Malta, are all island 
countries, with no landborders with any country driving on the right, so they 
all still drive on theleft. Changing sides would be massively expensive, and 
there is no practicalreason why they need to. So they don't.

There may be otherreasons too.

Q6            Howdo you unplug a bathroom vent fan?

A6          Gopala Krishnan      , former Assistant General Manager1996-2004 at 
Department of Telecom (1966-2004)Answered 1m ago

Normally exhaustfans are fitted at height andswitch kept outside. This is to 
avoid touching switch with wethands. Exhaust fans should never be fitted as 
plugin circuit. Theyshould be fixed at height only. 

If any emergency ofswitching off is required, try with dry hands coming outside 
or call othersfrom inside. Now many take mobile phoneswhile going to bathrooms 
also!!!

Q7            Whatis the basic difference between natural rubber and plastic?

A7            Gopala Krishnan, former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at 
Department of Telecom (1966-2004)Answered just now

As told in questionitself, rubber is the oozing from rubber tree which is 
tapped and would appearas milk. With in hours it would solidify. Rubber 
products and produced from thesolidified rubber- Latex

Plastics are a widerange of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials that use 
polymers as a mainingredient. Their plasticity makes it possible for plastics 
...

Q8            Whathappens to the temperature of a room in which an air 
conditioner is leftrunning on a table in the middle of the room?

3 Answers          JohnMcCall, Lead Product Engineer Updated Aug 14,2019

The temperaturewill rise.

Air conditionersare heat pumps - they work by moving heat from one place to 
another. To dothis, they consume energy, which also ends up as waste heat, so 
they put out more heat than they take in. 

In normal use, theA/C will pull heat from a room/house/car and deposit it, plus 
its waste heat,outside. In your scenario, it’s still removing heat from the 
room - but it’sdumping it right back in the same room, plus adding all its 
waste heat.

How fast will theroom heat up? Well, a window A/C uses about the same amount of 
power as aplug-in space heater, from a few hundred watts up to 1500W or so. So 
an A/Cunit in the middle of the room will have almost exactly the same effect 
as aspace heater in the same place.

2ND ABSWER- Richard Ricci    , ms Physics &Mathematics, Connecticut 
(1965)Answered Feb 15

the refrigerationcycle uses a considerable amount of energy the losses from 
friction must beadded in. If you are giving off heat from the condenser and 
drawing in heatfrom the evaporator, even assuming they are equal, the heat 
output from electricity used to run thecompressor and overcome friction is all 
added to the heat side. so you willslightly heat the room in direct proportion 
to electricity used.

3RD ANSWER-Daniel Dettmers        , 20+ years in theHVAC & Refrigeration 
industryAnswered Aug 14, 2019

As the other twoanswer stated…assuming we are talking about a window air 
conditioner…it willget warmer. It will also getdryer as the unit pulls moisture 
out of the air and it dribbles down thetable onto the floor. Its essentially a 
dehuimdifier at this point.

Q9            Isit possible that dinosaurs actually still exist, but we don't 
know it becausethey live in the interior that is rarely used by humans?

A9            Balaji ViswanathanSun

There are a fewbird species that lived during the time of the non-avian 
dinosaurs that is veryclose to the modern day birds. Theavian dinosaurs (birds) 
were very closely related to the non-aviandinosaurs and thus you can say 
dinosaurs actually exist now.

At 67 Million YearsOld, Oldest Modern Bird Ever Found Is Natural 'Turducken'

Remarkable fossilhints at the traits birds evolved just before an asteroid 
wiped their nonaviandinosaur kin

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/67-million-years-old-oldest-modern-bird-ever-found-was-natural-turducken-180974460/

As for the larger ones they are all goneand it is nearly impossible for us to 
discover any of their species alive now as we have a decent ideaof nearly every 
part of the earth surface. We might miss microscopic organismsand some species 
in a family of related ones, but something as big as a T Rex.

Q10          Ifit’s already possible to transplant a limb, why is an eyeball 
transplantationnot possible? When will it become possible?

A10        Ken Saladin      Textbook author and professor emeritusSun

Nerves to themuscles and sensory endings of the limbs are capable of 
regeneration. They have a surrounding sheath calledthe neurolemma that’s 
necessary for this process. Hand and arm transplantationare therefore 
feasible.[1]

The eyeball, in contrast, is connected to the brain bythe optic nerve, which is 
actually braintissue. Nerve fibers here don’t have a neurolemma and are 
therefore incapable ofregeneration. Thus, it is not presently possible to 
reattach an eye andhave a functional optic nerve.[2][3] This is an active area 
of research,though, and perhaps one day it will be possible to achieve.[4]

Q11          Isthe Mumbai-Karnataka region renamed as 'Kittur Karnataka'?

A11          Goutham RLives in Bengaluru,Karnataka, India Nov 9

Yes, Mumbai Karnataka region is officiallyrenamed as Kitturu Karnataka on Nov 
8, 2021.

Earlier it wascalled as Bombay Karnataka and then as Mumbai Karnataka.t was a 
long pendingdemand to rename the region.

In 2019, BJP govthad renamed Hyderabad Karnataka as Kalyana Karnataka, it was 
the region whichwas under Nizam’s rule. Kalyana Karnataka refers to the place 
(Basavakalyana,Bidar district) which had capital city of Kalyana Chalukyas.

Mumbai Karnataka region which consist ofUttara Kannada, Belagavi, Dharwada, 
Vijayapura, Bagalakote, Gadag and Haveridistricts are now called as Kitturu 
Karnataka.

Kitturu is a taluk in Belagavi district which was ruledby Rani Chennamma. It is 
a place of historical importance.She had fought against the British for 
freedom. In that war, Britishcommissioner John Thackeray was killed.Later 
another unit attacked Kitturu,Rani Chennamma was imprisoned and later died in 
the jail. Later her generalSangolli Rayanna fought against the British, he was 
hanged later. He is consideredas one of the most important freedom fighters 
from Karnataka. 

Districts in orangeform Kitturu Karnataka and those in green form Kalyana 
Karnataka.

Q12          Why isthe Railways' reservation system to be shut down for 6 hours 
for the next 7days?

A12             Prashant Tiwari     Indian Railways Enthusiast Sun

Indian Railways hasdecided to shut down the Passenger Reservation System( PRS) 
for 6 hours dailyfrom night of Nov 14–15 to the night of Nov 20–21 starting at 
2350 hours andending at 0530 hours.

This decision has been taken to normalize passengerservices and revert back in 
a phased manner to the pre-covid levels.Duringthis period, CRIS will update the 
data of all mail/exp. trains. 

During these 6hours (from 23:30 to 05:30 hrs ) period, no PRS Services (ticket 
Reservation,current booking, cancellation, enquiry services etc) will be 
available

All the above QA are from  Quora website  on    17-11- 2021. 

I have opted for not sending questions tomy mail box and answerquestions from 
website itself. So I am selecting questions from websiteinstead of from  
digests ). This is moreeasier. 

Quora answers need not be 100%correct answers 

Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan ,78, former  AGM Telecom Trivandrum 
on 18-11-2021

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