CULTURAL QA 09-2022-14 BEING ACOMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS
Q1 Isfood available for below 5 years kids in the Rajdhani Express train? A1 Prasanna Bhalerao, Knows abouttrains.23h Short TLDR answer: Yes (unless catering is not opted). Children 2 or beloware considered infants and do not require a ticket, reservation, etc. They mustoccupy the same berth/seat as by one of the parents. Such aninfant does not get any food or even milk on the Rajdhani Express. Children betweenthe age of 2 to 12 are charged at half-ticket. Only thebase ticket price is half. Reservation charge, superfast charge, cateringcharge is full. Such children, on the Rajdhanis and similar trains, are entitled to and will get the full adult meal. All other ages are considered as adults. My note- I havelearnt if berth is required, children are to be taken full ticket. I do notknow whether Rajadhani is exempted. Q2 Howcan you tell if something is made of stainless steel or just coated with it(galvanized)? A2 Jason Spenny, 10+ years in the autoindustry as an engineer Sun It's not 100% reliable, but they look different. Stainless steel hasalmost a yellowish tinge to it. (note, sometimes steel with a yellowish tingeis nickel plated. Stainlesscan sometimes look more pure silver with no tinge.) Electroplated galvanized steel (light coating) will havea shiny bluish tinge. Zinc galvanized bolts always havea bluish tinge. Hot dip galvanized steel (heavy duty, outdoor rated) willhave a dull gray appearance with a spackled appearancewhere you can see the enormous grains of zinc. Beyond that you'dhave to do chemical analysis. MAYBE a microscope would do it. Q3 Howcan I protect my house from termites? A3 Rentokil Pest Control India, India'sLeading Pest Control Company Updated Sep 5 Termites areparticularly troublesome pests as they can cause severe damage to your home orworkplace and are notoriously difficult to get rid of. Have you ever come back home only to find small piles ofwood dust accumulated under your sofa? This might be a cause of termiteinfestation. Once they invade your home and start feeding on yourhouse's foundation or your expensive furniture, it becomes tough to get rid ofthem, primarily because of their minuscule size. Often, they thrive discreetlyand in inaccessible spots, making termite control even more difficult. Here is a list ofthings you can do to prevent termites from spreading and ensure that thetreatment is successful: 1. Get Rid of Moisture: Moisture is one of the mainreasons that attract all kinds of pests, including termites, into your home.Getting rid of excess moisture in your home will help in keeping termites atbay. 2. Fix Leaks: Pay attention to any leaks or decay inyour house. Decayed roofs and moisture-laden walls work as perfect hosts fortermites. 3. Declutter Your House: Pay special attention touseless papers, cardboard, old magazines, and newspapers since these things canprovide an excellent environment for pests like termites to thrive. Whether youhave hired professionals for a termite or bed bug treatment, it is essential tocarry out a decluttering drive in your house. 4. Maintain a Safe Distance Between Soil & Wood: Ifyou have a garden, ensure some distance between the soil and wood. This willhelp discourage any attack from termites on the foundation of your home and thefurniture. Getting termitetreatment from an expert pest control brand is the best way to remove termitesfrom your property and safeguard your precious belongings Q4 Whatis the type of AC voltage stabilizer? A4 Gopala Krishnan, Former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now Voltage stabilizer capacity is depend on the tonnage ofair- conditioner. This means a stabilizer suited to1.5 ton AC is not fit for 2 ton AC. The other way, stabilizer of 2 ton AC is not safe for 1.5 tonAC. Some stabilizers comes with booster. These type of stabilizersare used where the AC voltage goes very low so that the air conditioner is notable to function. In India, the suppliers of air conditioner themselvessuggest the best type and capacity of the stabilizer required and wired bythem, in most cases. Q5 Howdo you choose the right windows and doors for your home? A5 Gopala Krishnan,Former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now I am answering thisquestion with respect to south India. The type and size of windows vary depend on the roomswere they are used. Doors with bottom frame is used inthe doors opening to outside to home. Present day inner doors are withoutbottom frame. They type ofwood depend on the affordability. Teak wood is best. In Kerala Jackwood is more used. Innerdoors are mostly processed wood readymade while frame is locally made mostly. Window panes can bewood or wooden frame- work with glass. Again depend on affordability. Mostly the windowpanes are half sized in bed room so that bottom portion can be closed duringdressing etc. Halls will have wider windows.Entrance door to hall canbe slightly wider. Outer door frames and door plank are made ofstrong wood. Some places like Bangalore have wider windows in halls both lengthwise and breadth wise.It is least suited to Chennai or to any place in Kerala. Make sure insect screen in metal meshing is provided in windows for more safetynot only from insects but also from snakes etc. and ensure they areclosed. Q6 Canyou eat unripe grapes? Do unripe grapes have any nutritional value? A6 Lucia Garcia, Worked at Hospitals Mon Unripe grapesappear crisp, aqueous, pale green, and contain highly acidic juices with a veryacidic flavor. During the ripeningprocess of grapes, the sugar content increases continuously, while the aciditydecreases content continuously. Some experts believe that The Nutritional Value of UnripeGrape is Much Higher Than That of Ripe Grape. Unripe grapescontain almost no sugar, but are rich in natural organic acids and otherhealth-promoting components. Natural organic acids have a very important role in thehuman body, and they have significant biologicalactivities.Clinical experience shows that natural organic acids haveantibacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, anti-mutation and anti-cancereffects. In some Asian countries, it is common to eat unripegrapes, which are not only eaten directly, but also mixed with different kindsof juices and salads to increase their tartness. Q7 Whycan't you simply "turn off" a nuclear reactor in the same waytraditional engines are switched on and off? A7 James Flack, Growing our own food fortaste, pleasure and saving money Updated Sep 7 What kind of traditional engine? A steamengine is traditional, and takes hours to get up to heat. You can’t just turnit off and on with the flick of a switch. I chose asteam engine deliberately, as a Nuclear power station is just a big steamengine. Just insteadof burning coal, it ‘burns’ atoms. ( For navalreactors, the difference is the turbines generally spin the propellers, notgenerators. ) If you turn iton/up ( via the control rods) it takes some time to heat up, and so generatesteam for the turbines. Similarly, turning it down/off cuts the supply of heat,but you still have lots of stored heat you need to use up. Q8 Whydoes Indian Railways (IR) not increase the number of coaches on a particularroute when it has more passengers than seats available (waiting list)? A8 Madhusudan Kilambi, Works at IndianRailways Sat It doesadd an extra coach which are numbered as AE ( extra II AC sleeper coach),BE(extra III AC sleeper coach), SE ( extra II sleeper coach) when it isoperationally feasible. My note- Chennai- Bangalore trains had to bebooked a fortnight earlier before the double decker was introduced. Now the trains can be booked one daybefore and sometimes the same day. Only thing dynamic fare in Thatkal. So more trains is the best option. Q9 Whatspreadsheet can handle more data than Excel? A9 Jason Hines, Co-founder at Gigasheet;Prev Recorded Future, Google Updated Aug 3 This is exactly why we built Gigasheet! (Full disclosure- I co-founded Gigasheet). Gigasheet is an onlinespreadsheet with capacity to handle up to 1 billion rows. It’s free to workwith sheets up to 10 gigabytes in size. You can learn more and sign up at https://gigasheet.com Q10 Isthere any biological reason for evolving elongated skulls? A10 Ken Saladin, Former professor ofhistology (microscopic anatomy) Updated 1y Long snouts increase the surface area of the nasalmucosa, which includes two regions of epithelium—respiratory and olfactory.Respiratory mucosa serves just to cleanse, warm, and humidify inhaled air,whereas the olfactory mucosa is concerned with smell. The evolution of long mammaliansnouts is thus commonly thought to be driven by its advantage to the sense ofsmell. Above: Long-earedelephant shrew and tapir. The ability of along snout to probe into small spaces may be another evolutionary advantage, asin anteaters. As to the olfactoryfunction, shown below is a longitudinal section of a dog’s nose.[1] The pinktissue is respiratory mucosa with no role in smell; the more yellowish tissueis olfactory mucosa. But dogs and many (most?) other mammals also have anaccessory olfactory region called the vomeronasal organ (VNO), in the boxedregion just above the anterior teeth. You can see that also occupies aconsiderable portion of the snout length. Bear in mind you’re looking at only theright half of the snout here; all this is repeated on the left. The VNO alsooccurs in salamanders, snakes, turtles, and lizards. Dog nasal cavitywith VNO boxed. Humans have a much smaller olfactory mucosa than dogs,and our VNO is just an evolutionary vestige with no function and no separatenerve. In other mammals (cats, dogs, rodents, horses,cattle, pigs), the VNOis important in detecting the scent of both predators (their enemies) and prey,as well as sex and territorial pheromones from their own species. When a snake or lizard flicks its tongues out to touchthe ground, then withdraws it into the mouth, it drags the tongue through theVNO to wipe off and sense non-volatile chemicals picked up from the ground,such as the trail of a prey animal. (Reptiles have no palate separating theoral and nasal cavities.) That’s what this komodo dragon is doing. Notice howthe forked tip of the tongue is touched to the ground, then taken into themouth where it is swiped through the VNO. This individual might be trackingdown an animal to eat, or might be following a pheromone trail left by apotential mate. This slow-motion video makes the “licking and tasting” actionmore noticeable than it is at natural speed. You can see thatalso in this slow-motion snake video, although this is on an indoor artificialsubstrate and not as good as the komodo video. Felines, horses, and some other mammals accentuate VNOstimulation with a flehmen response,[2] shown well by this tiger. Many of this haveseen this in our house cats as well; the next video shows the response in ahouse cat after sniffing another cat’s butt. Here is the flehmenresponse in a horse.[3] I’ve seen a similar display in a Florida zoo by a malegiraffe that had just tasted a female’s urine in midstream as she wasdischarging it. For all I’ve said about dogs and other mammals havingmore olfactory mucosa than humans, plus a functionalVNO that we lack, it is (surprisingly) not true that they have a better senseof smell than we do. That, in the words of McGann,[4] is “A nineteenth-centurymyth” that should be laid to rest…. My note- 2nd reading might find the answer quiteinteresting and not tough to understand. All the above QA are from Quora website on 13-09- 2022. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers . Compiled andposted by R. Gopala krishnan on 14-09-2022 -- 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/1972072552.2528726.1663142215924%40mail.yahoo.com.
