CULTURAL QA11-2021-21 Being a compilation there may be errors
Q1 Do room air conditioners purify the airif run only on fan mode? A1 2 Answers Mansoor J. Bhavnagarwala, Air conditioning and refrig. consultant, Visiting prof.at Anna University,Answered Oct 24, 2016 When running only on fan mode the compressor is not operating. There isno cooling. However the other functionof circulating and filtering the air in the conditioned space continues.With the normal ac filters for windows splits and units for comfortconditioning they filter the air up to 20 microns, ie dust particles of 20 microns and above are filteredout. 2NDANSWER-Goodlifegears, HEPA Filter Manufacturers AnsweredNov 7 NO, room air conditioner do not purify air! AIR conditioner is a recirculating device whichforce air to pass through cooling coil and bring room air temperature down. Itdo not impact air quality at all. There are few claims by brands that some model purify air but in reality,these brands are either placing a small dummy filter or sanitizing coolingcoil. For air purification, you need to place a unit with HEPA filters and asanitizing function. Fewair purifier brands qualifying are Daikin, Sharp. Q2 How did the early man survive duringwinter's harsh weathers in their time of existence? A2 Matt RiggsbyMAArchaeology, Boston University Mon The earliest humans did it by the simple expedient of not living wherewinters were particularly harsh. We evolved in Africa, most of which tends to stay pretty warm,even during the Ice Ages. When we expanded out of Africa, we did so by moving mostly east, through a bandof latitudes which kept us in the tropics: the Middle East, the Indiansubcontinent, southeast Asia, and Oceania. We didn’t start moving north into Europe andnorthern Asia until around 40,000 years ago, by which time the glaciers werestarting to retreat and we’d developed better technologies to resist the cold. Speaking of which, our ancestorsdeveloped the use of fire nearly two million years ago, so we’ve always hadthat to help us keep warm. We also appear to have had at least rudimentary clothing, likely in theform of hides to use as cloaks and wraps, for something like 150,000 to 200,000years. And by the time we started moving into colder climates, we’d developedthings like sewing needles, allowing us to make more form-fitting clothes,better for keeping the cold away. Q3 exporting jewelry from India a goodoption for sellers? A3 Amazon Global Selling Aug5 According to the Gem & Jewelry Export Promotion Council of India(GJEPC), India's overall gems and jewelry exports increased by 92.37% in June2021 to ₹20,851.28crore ($2,863.76 million) vs June 2020. This highlight the growing demand for Indian jewelryinternationally, which is known for its intricate designs and traditional cuts.Silver jewelry, cut and polished diamonds and gold jewelry are some of thepopular products under this category, while UAE and USA are among the topcountries in the jewelry export trade from India for the year 2019-2020. With the growing export trade ofjewelry, it’s no doubt one of the top categories for Indian sellers to startselling globally. Withecommerce exports program – Amazon Global Selling, exporting jewelry has becomean easy and hassle-free business option for thousands of sellers. With minimalinvestment and no office set-up, sellers can export their jewelry directly tomillions of international customers and sell on Amazon marketplaces like AmazonUSA, Amazon UK, Amazon UAE and more. Many Indian sellers have beensuccessfully exporting fine and fashion jewelry with Amazon. Aheli, founded by Shreya Vora, is one such Indianbusiness that has grown to become a favorite jewelry brand among internationalcustomers. After selling within India, Shreya registered with Amazon GlobalSelling and started exporting her jewelry to USA in 2015, and soon expanded toGermany, France, Italy and Singapore. With increased sales, especially duringAmazon's international sale events, Aheli saw a Year-on-Year growth of 182% inNorth America (USA, Canada and Mexico) alone. “Our bets paid off and we havebeen achieving a robust 50% Y-o-Y growth over the last three years, and havequickly become a top-selling Indian jewelry brand on Amazon,” she says. Shipping jewelry to countries across the world can be challenging. Toassist sellers, Amazon offers an international logistics solution, Fulfillmentby Amazon (FBA) – where Amazon packs, ships, delivers and handles customerconcerns for exporters. Aheli opted for this and benefitted from seamlessglobal delivery. Thousands of Indian sellers like Shreya have made their markunder the jewelry category worldwide. The steps to register is simple and canbe done with internet connection from anywhere. Know more now: Q4 Why is pure oxygen considered to bepoisonous? A4 Tomaž Vargazon Nov 15 It depends on the pressure. It’s not the ratio of oxygen to other gases that’s dangerous, it’s the amount of oxygen yourtissue comes into contact in every single instant. We evolved to handleapproximately 21% oxygen at 1 atmosphere of pressure and can tolerate 100%oxygen at 0.21 atmospheres of pressure without discomfort. This isapproximately what Apollo astronauts breathed and contributed to the disasterof Apollo 1.100% oxygen at 1 atmosphere is dangerous,as discovered by that mission. A human won’t beimmediately threatned by it, but it causes additional oxidative stress and willage your tissues quickly. It’s not a problem for a few minutes though,unless something catche a spark … Q5 How do we choose between a ceiling fan,a wall-mounted fan, a pedestal fan, and a table fan? A5 GopalaKrishnan , former Assistant GeneralManager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966-2004)Answered just now The most conversant and moreused are ceiling fans. With RCCroofing, provision of hooks for fitting has to be made during construction.Normally more provision than required is made. It can be fitted on beams andrafts also if they can support the weight and movement with force in tiledbuildings Wall mounting fans are providedwhere ceiling fan cannot be mounted. Not effective like ceiling fans. It is mounted on hooks. When run withfull speed fan is pulled from hooks. Strong hooks are required. Table fan isused where no provision is made for ceiling fans. Airflow is lesser in bothcomparing to ceiling fan. Nowadays the price difference is not much. Pedestal fans are heavy duty.It blows air with force. When morecooling is required, pedestal is used. The Table fan and wall mounting fan are having lesser service period.Care should be taken to switch off ceiling fans if they are near lofts. Q6 Were early horses very small animals? A6 Claire Jordan Tue Not *very* small, as mammals go. If you tot up all mammal species a brownrat is about the average size for a mammal. The earliest definite horses were about the size of afox terrier, so slightly bigger than average for a mammal, but a bitsmaller than even the smallest mini horses today. Q7 What is one function of theblack-and-white stripes on zebras that few people know about? A7 Jerry JooNov 11 One of its functions is torepel flies. Previously, experiments had been carried out on the surface of inanimateobjects to test this hypothesis, as explained in the following answers: Profile photo for Jerry Joo Jerry Joo ·Oct 29 What makes zebras have stripes on their bodies? Camouflage due to the pressure of natural selection that lasts fromgeneration to generation. However, the camouflage that the author means here isnot camouflage against apex predators, such as lions or hyenas, but againsttabanids flies which are vectors of various types of bacteria, viruses etc. Until a group of researchers in Japan tested it again at the next level. They painted a cow's body in ablack-and-white striped pattern resembling a zebra and observed its effect onthe bite of a bloodsucking fly. As a result, fly bites in black-and-white lined cows were reduced by 20% comparedto those without. The reason is the polarization of light fromthese lines, so that the fly's vision becomes disturbed and cannot slow downits flight speedwhen it wants to land on the cow's body. Simply put, the flies hit the colored cow's body at high speed, thusfailing to land on the cow's body and unable to bite it. Q8 Is bank PO job bad? I am scared afterreading many negative answers. In few days I'll be joining as PO in UCO bank. A8 KanthaswamyBalasubramaniam ormerChief Manager at Central Bank of India (1987–2017)Nov 6 Congratulations.LEARN AS MUCH AS YOU CAN!!!!DONT THINK ITS DEMEANING TO ASK HELP FROM CLERICAL STAFFThe 2 Years PO period is the best way for you tolearn all that you possibly can Learn thoroughly about The KYC System , Maker CheckerConcept while Opening Accounts, How toOpen Fixed Deposits, How to EvaluateCredit Proposals, How to do Inspections, How to help Auditors with Balance Sheet, How to work the Cash Counter, How SWIFT works,Thiswill decide your future. Many POs expect their bosses toteach them and shape them. This is wrong in so many levels. As PO, Volunteer to stay late , Volunteer to learnas much as you can. This is a golden time. You havealmost no liability except while in the Cash Counter. Once you become Permanent - then its upto you whether you can enjoy yourjob or get bored at it. First – Don’t beg for a HomePosting but rather accept aTransfer to any City in any State in India, even a Rural Post. Second - Until you get married- take your mandatory RuralQuota. This way when you get married - you would already have served in RuralPostings and wont get posted to Tuni or Narasipura branches Third - Never give in toPressure from your Bosses.Never fear to be transferred. ALWAYS ASK YOUR BOSSES TO PUT THINGS IN WRITING,Never take instructions regarding Loan Sanctions on Phone or if your boss givesinstructions vide Pencil. With Luck you could end up at least General Manager or even ExecutiveDirector. Best of Luck Q9 What are the disadvantagesof drinking hot water? A9 GopalaKrishnan , former Assistant GeneralManager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966-2004) Answered just now Doctors advise to drink boiled water after becomingwarm to drink when one is sick. During rainy and winter days people drinkboiled water after becoming warm. Especially in the covid 19 period it isadvised drink boiled and made warm water. Boiling water will kill bacterias. Drinkingdistilled water is not good for health. Minerals in the water will remain inthe boiling water. Not in distilled water as I understand. Q10 What does corrosionresistance mean? A10 GopalaKrishnan, former Assistant General Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom(1966-2004)Answered just now Metals like iron, brass, copper etc may corrodereacting with atmospheric oxide and form oxides which is corrosion. Bygalvanizing corrosion is eliminated in iron. Tinning can avoid corrosion ofbrass and copper. A copper or brass well if cleaned daily, corrosion might notappear- corrosion removed by cleaning. On account of this we get stainlesssteel vessels, galvanized pipes, tinned copper vessels etc. If copper iscovered as in wires , wires are not corroded. Stain less steel is an iron alloy that has a minimumChromium content of 10.5 per cent. ... Stainless steel also contains variedamounts of other elements such as Carbon, Silicon and Manganese. Other elementscan be added to increase corrosion resistance (Nickel) and formability(Molybdenum). Q11 What is one mental abilitythat you believe everybody should possess? A11 5 answers-Sawera Kiran , BS Internatinal Relations, Intenational Islamic University (2024)Answered 2hago Reasoning should be the most important mentalability. Like, I wish that everyone in this world should not be baised. Seeother people’s worth as well. Treat others with kind and love 2ndanswer- John Mcevoy, former Mature Student,English, Math, Psychology, 2h ago To think before you act. 3rdanswer-John Symon , I have been workingin the drinks trade for nearly 40years.Answered 1h ago Basic arithmetic. It should be a skill we learnyoung and use without having to think. As it was in my day when we learnedmultiplication tables by rote - it seems this way of learning is now frownedupon - and most of us were able to do long multiplication and division, atleast, with a pencil and paper. Being able to do simple mental arithmetic is such auseful life skill. It seems that the young people I have worked with in recentyears can't check a bill without getting out a calculator. Mental arithmeticgives us the ability to see gross errors in calculations. 4thanswer- Shadow, studied at Knee DeepAnswered 1h ago Having a logical mind. Undoubtedly ! Sadly though,this cannot be the case for everyone because everyone is wired different andthere are far too many unconscious mind states. I believe sometimes hallucinogenicssuch as LSD can solve this, but not always, since again, everyone is different,so not everyone will reach that level of consciousness or it might just have anadverse effect. Possible solution: Try to be more logical ! Dump all themainstream thought processes or most school chosen ‘knowledge’ based garbageand start using your own logical thinking instead. Some people might call it“critical thinking”, but it’s not quite the same. It’s close though. Reach justa little bit higher by viewing every angle from the outside looking in. Alwayspull back and look at the big picture. 5thanswer-Carol Henshaw, Been around the sun many timesAnswered 1h ago There are some good answers. Reasoning/critical thinking is in short supply, andI believe it always has been. Everyone should be able to examine an idea fromat least two perspectives. Self awareness is important as well. People tend toproject their shortcomings (this has happened to me several times) and blameothers for their own feelings rather than understanding themselves. Not so much an ability but many people don’t givethemselves credit for their creativity. Everyone is creative to some degree.Anything you make, any problem you solve, any idea you have is creative in itsway (providing you aren’t being told what to think and passively accepting itas your own. That’s just brainwashing). Q12 There are claims in themarket that coconut sugar is healthier than white sugar. What do you think ofthis claim? A12 AntonTaiki Savouring food in Europe and Asia.Nov 15 “Claim” - youare doubtful, no doubt. And it’s justified. As to calories and carbohydratecontent, there's no difference. Both have 16 calories and 4 grams of sugar per teaspoon.Don't rely on getting the benefits of minerals in coconut sugar; at the end ofthe day it's just sugar in a teaspoon. Too much sugar (any type) - white, brown, coconut -raises blood triglycerides, lowers HDL (good) cholesterol and contributesexcess calories to your diet. Coconut sugar(aka coconut palm sugar) has become a popular alternative to white sugar. It's viewed as being ‘more natural’ because it is lessprocessed than table sugar. And of course the flavour. What reallyis coconut sugar - It is made fromthe sap of flower buds from the coconut palm tree, and notfrom coconuts. The sap is cooked over moderate heat to evaporate most ofits water content. The final product is caramel-coloured with a brown sugartaste - coconut sugar. All the above QA are from Quora website on 20-11- 2021. Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan ,78, former AGM Telecom Trivandrum on 21-11-2021 -- 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/107800538.699198.1637463240911%40mail.yahoo.com.
