CULTURAL QA 02-2022-09 BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS
Q1 Howlong do bananas last before they go bad? A1 Lucia Garcia Worked atHospitals Sun Bananas are generally grown in tropical regions and can bloom and bearfruit all year round. Bananas are tropical fruits that are very afraid of cold. When the temperatureis lower than 10 degrees, bananas are easy to be frostbitten, and the skin andpulp will turn ugly dark brown or black. Therefore, bananas cannot bestored in the refrigerator, but only in a cool, dry and ventilated placeindoors. At room temperature, unripe bananas can be stored for half a month, while ripe bananas canonly be stored for 2 to 3 days. Bananas are rich in tryptophan, vitamin B6 and carbohydrates, which arethe basic substances for the body to synthesize serotonin. Serotonin, the body's"happy hormone", helps us relax our bodies, improve our mood, andrelieve depression. Bananas are also known as "happy fruits". When we are in a badmood and feeling down, eat a banana, it will bring us joy and happiness! Q2 Cantrees grow in saltwater? A2 Chee-Eng, Lim Proprietorat Syarikat Ceramech (1989–present)Jan 23 There are trees and palms thatare adapted to growing in salt water. Any mangrove forest are made of these trees. They are a biologicalhothouse and nursery for many sea creatures. Q3 Ismonthly house cleaning worth it? A3 Royale Impex, lives inMumbai, Maharashtra, India (2001-present) Answered 2h ago Hiring a maid or a house cleaning service may seem like the ultimateluxury for many of us. But your time is worth money, and the time you spendscrubbing the kitchen floor might be more profitably, not to mention moreenjoyably, spent elsewhere. To borrow a term from economics, it's lostopportunity cost. Q4 Howdo electrical fires start in homes? A4 Matthew Fisher ,Journeyman Inside Wireman at Ibew Local 58 Answered Sun House electrical fires aretypically started in one of two ways: An unqualified person rewires or adds to anexisting circuit incorrectly, causing an electrical spark that ignitesinsulation, A circuit is over amped either from the wrong wire size being used for thecircuit and a higher amperage overcurrent device (fuse or breaker) isinstalled. Either way too many amps go through the wire and melt theinsulation, which eventually catches fire. Its also quite possible that thesame overamperage melts an outlet or causes a plugged in device to catch fire. Simply put, amperage causesheat. Over amping a wire or outlet causes excessive heatwhich eventually causes a fire. This is more prominent in houses thancommercial or industrial settings due to unqualified individuals performing thework. Commercial/industrial settings do not allow this. Q5 Howdo giraffes swallow food with a long neck? What kind of mechanism is insidetheir throats? A5 Ken Saladin Emeritusprofessor of biology16h They don’t eat long-necked foods. They don’t prey on short-necked animalseither. OK, seriously? Haveyou ever heard of peristalsis—the wave of muscular contraction that drives fooddown the esophagus, even in humans? Moreover, even in humans, mostfood just falls through the esophagus by gravity, even faster than peristalsiscan keep up with it. A mouthful of adequately chewed food falls by gravity tothe human stomach, a distance of 25–30 cm, in 4 to 8 seconds. A giraffe esophagus is about 250 cm long. However, that doesn’t mean ittakes them 10 times as long to swallow as it does a human. When a giraffe remains head-down fora bout of drinking, it uses an oral plunger-pump mechanism of the tongue tofill up its esophagus (from mouth to shoulders) with as much as 5liters of water, taking about 17 pumps of 1.5 second each.[1] Then it only hasto raise its head to let the water run down by gravity and peristalsis into thestomach. Even humans can swallow water with their heads down. Want proof? Q6 Dovery tall buildings actually move and sway in the wind? A6 Bob deWitt Art HistoryProfessor, Utah Valley UniversitySat Yes they do. In fact, this characteristic of tall buildings isa major engineering challenge when designing skyscrapers--especially in themodern world when an enormous amount of surface is exposed to the wind. Unless the tower is particularly tall, though, the movement won’t be very much—just a few inches in a strong breeze.Even so, the movement still needs to be compensated for in the engineering. A really tall building, though, like the Willis Tower in Chicago can swayas much as 3 feet back and forth when heavy winds sweep in from Lake Michigan. On the other hand, a super-tallbuilding like the Burj Khalifa in Dubai at 163 floors (the tallest building inthe world) can sway as much as 6 feet back and forth. But something that most people don’t realize is that even GothicCathedrals of the Middle Ages were susceptible to wind pressures and had to beengineered to counter those forces. One of the main reasons for the developmentof the so-called ‘flying buttresses’ was to counter the wind pressures at theupper levels of those very tall and slender-walled structures. Q7 What'sthe difference between a biscuit and a digestive? Do people in the UK eatanything called a "cookie"? A7 Claire Jordan Degreein biology and folklore; programmer, shop owner, secretary on newspaper15h A digestive in the UK is a round, flat, very plain and notnaturally very sweet biscuit, often eaten with a bit of cheese, although you can also get themwith a coating of chocolate on one side. A cookie here in the UK is atype of biscuit which is slightly moist and chewy, rather than crunchy orcrumbly. Q8 Whyis Lord Shiva worshiped mainly in the form of Shivling? A8 Divyansh Saxena Feb 2 Lord Shiva is worshipped mainly in the form of Shivling because we can't have big big idols ofLord Shiva everywhere.. Shivling is the symbol of Lord Shiva whichrepresents his Omnipotent nature. This is Shivling (Symbol of Lord Shiva) This is the Idol of Lord Shiva, it is his Physical form. So that's why Lord Shiva is worshipped in both ways, in the form of Lingalso and in the form of Idol also. Om Namah Shivaay🙏 Har Har Mahadev🙏 Q9 Whatanimal has the most incredible eyes? A9 Journeyinto the Wild Answered by StevenWu Jan 27 Owl eyes are way different thanhuman. They haveextraordinary night vision but become colour blind at DAY. The eyes don't rollbecause they don't have eyeballs - they are tubular. Owls have 70% binocular visionplus some monocular vision on each side. Q10 Whymunicipal water is not fit for drinking and public has to use filters in India? A10 R E Joshua, BTechElectronics and Communication Engineering (1982) Answered 54m ago The water in pipelines carry sediment, and there are many places wheredrain lines leak and outside impurities get mixed with municipal water. It isobserved that when the water supply is stopped which is for major portion ofthe day, the outside impurities get sucked in. 2nd answer-GopalaKrishnan , former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966-2004) Answered justnow i answer from Chennai, South India. During early days of my married lifein 1970’s I was using Palar river water coming in Muncipal taps. The same wayin Kodaikkanal the spring waters pumped in 1974’s. Onthose days water filters were not much known. Nothing happened. Wehave to ensure pipe line is clean, water coming in Municipal water used fordrinking is heated so that if at all any harming. For more than a decade from1991, I was using Karamana river water while at Trivandrum. Muncipality make sure the waterpumped out is clean. Do not underestimate municipalities. Q11 Whyare Indian locomotives lighter than their American counterparts? We say thatthe condition of tracks are not good, but I saw some American tracks with woodsleepers. A11 AlcoHolic Updated Jan29 Yes thats true. AmericanLocomotives are heavier and bulky than Indian Locomotives. India Locomotives weights from 112 Tons to 132 Tonswhere as American Locomotives weights upto 180 Tons. Pic- WDM3D Locomotive 3300HP, weight 123 Tons use to haul both Frieght andPassenger Trains in India. The reason is DieselLocomotives in America is only used for hauling heavy Frieght Trains. To haul heavy Frieght Trains locomotive should beheavier so that it can produce more Tractive Effort. Whereas Indian Diesel and Electric Locomotives areused to haul both Frieght and Passenger Trains. And Passenger trainsin India runs at a speed of 110kmph to 130kmph. And a heavy Locomotive whichweight upto 180–190 tons is not suitable to run at more than 110kmph. Well Inever been to America but from my knowledge you will never see Frieght Trainsin America with 1 locomotive. They always run approx 1 km long Frieght Trainswith 4–5 Locomotives working together. Diesel Locomotives in America is builtfrom the perspective that it should always going to be used to haul long andheavy Frieght Trains thats why they are Bulky in size. Pic- Wag5 (125 Tons) Locomotive plinthed at Tatanagar Railway Station. Although in India we also have a Special Class of Locomotives like Wag7,Wag9, Wdg3a, Wdg6g, Wag12 (g letter denotes Goods which means these locomotivesbuilt to haul Frieght Trains) which are specially made to haul Frieght Trains.In India Frieght Trains hauled with both Diesel and Electric Locomotives. WAGSeries Electric Locomotives is used to haul Frieght Trains and WDG Class Diesellocomotives are used to haul Frieght Trains. Still they are not as Heavy asAmerican Locomotives bcoz our Locomotives currently sufficient to haul ourFrieght Trains. In India Frieght Trains has approx 45–55 Wagons. Our WAG9HElectric Locomotive which is 136 Tons in Weight and 6350HP is enough to haul45–55 Wagon of Frieght Trains and 2 WDG3A Diesel Locomotive which is 123 Tonsin wieght and 3300 HP is also enough to pull a fully loaded 50 Wagon of FrieghtTrains. Pic- WAG9 Electric Locomotive 6350HP, Weights 136Tons used to haulFrieght Trains. Behind WAG7 Locomotives in Blue Colour 5350HP, Weights 123Tons. Thats Why India Locomotives are not as much heavier than AmericanLocomotives bcoz Frieght Trains in India are shorter that Fireght Trains ofAmerica and currently we don't need such a heavy Locomotive. Our 123–136 Tonsof Single Locomotives like WDG6G and WAG9H, WAG12 are enough to haul 50 WagonsOf Frieght Trains. Pic- WDG3A Diesel Locomotive 3300HP, Weights 123 Tone. Used to haulFrieght Trains in India Q12 InSBI demand draft, the name of payee and other details are correct but the nameof applicant mentioned is "Paras Gupta" instead of "Paras NathGupta".will there be any issue? A12 Kanthaswamy BalasubramaniamLawyer Sun I don’t get it.A Demand Draft has Payee Name, Amount in Rupees, Amount in Words, Date,Signatures, Cellophane Tape over amount, MICR Codes in the bottom where is the Applicant name here???? As long as Payee name iscorrect - No Issues , DD will be credited I think you mean the DD Application isnt it???? Nobody will care about that andit will lie on the Bank records for 7 years after which it will get destroyed. You can put Paras Nath Gupta, Shambhu Nath Gupta, Vipin Totla or any nameyou want How was the Commission paid? By Debit to your A/c right? Thats enough forany Proof you may need And in case you paid Cash for the DD, No worries- the CCTV Footage willsuffice plus your signature will suffice All the above QA are from Quora website on 08-02- 2022. Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 09-02-2022 -- 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/793397790.971140.1644375860483%40mail.yahoo.com.
