Q1 Male can have the highest speed of 13 kmph and female 10 kmph. Falcon 389 kmph; Eagle=240 kmph; Swift 169 kmph; hobby & Mexican Bat= 160kmph; Pigeon=150 kmph; CHEETAH ONLY 109 KMPH; SAILFISH=109 KMPH; SWORDFISH 97 KMPH; OSTRICH=96 KMPH; LION 80KMPH; HORSEFLY=145 KMPH; TIGER BEETLE =6.8 KMPH; BLACK MARTIN 132 KMPH; SAILFISH 109 KMPH; IGUANA 35 KMPH; BLACK MAMBA 22 KMPH; KANGAROO 76 KMPH; SO ON SO FORTH; IF SO QUESTION IS BEYOND THE COMMON SENSE. Q3 Is it Karunanidhi style own Q and own A?. V SriRam in Hindu apr 2015 , 100 years ago reported this; it was 24/4/1815; it lasted till 28/4/1815; oly morning had the minus 11 to fall to minus 3; *but there was no snow and all; it was temp of cooling; it is like whenever it rains, and when you open up the tap , water runs down chill for some time, from the overhead tank. * *Q9 An uncertain answer though facts are right only to some extent; Bicarbonate CO3 when boiled only 40 to 45 % carbon dioxide is released; only around 700 degrees only co2 will go out completely; hot water if hard water when boiled calcium precipitate is deposited which when tasted will appear to be different; Co2 does not alter the taste; soda bottle when opened co2 escapes' soda taste is not CO2. * *Q10 vague answer and question. Uzbekistan economy was 8.5% vide: "*Land investments
Uzbekistan has demonstrated a strong economic performance in recent years, from 2005-2015 maintaining an average growth rate of 8.2% per year . However, there has been a negative impact of slowed global growth, particularly from Russia and China . Economic development has further been limited due to monopolised access to resources by a few select companies, limited competition, and foreign exchange controls. State land ownership can be seen as a hindrance here, where a lack of ability to transfer or mortgage land leases makes farming only quasi-private. There is no functioning land market with which to create adaptability and aid production output and efficiency. A process of land consolidation has not instilled trust in farmers, who perceive land being retaken for state purposes. As a largely authoritarian state since independence, there is little means for land users to question acquisitions, such as in the post-2008 reform period of consolidation . Placing high priority on agriculture and rural development, Uzbekistan is undergoing reform to move from a state-led to market-oriented agriculture . Post-2016 reforms aim for a large-scale transformation, to liberalise the economy and unlock investment potential. The first legal enactment by the new president was a law on corruption . There are new means to speed up land allocation for commercial ventures, with a reduction of tariff burdens. Regional authorities in Uzbekistan are being increasingly involved to help provide land to foreign investors. There are now 22 Free Economic Zones (FEZs), first started in 2008 and including 15 new zones set up between 2017 and 2019. They are classified to attract foreign investment in industry, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and tourism . In May 2019, the whole of Navoi, the largest region in the country, was declared an FEZ. This opens the potential to increase investment for mining in a mineral-rich area of the country . Uzbekistan has also been singled out by human rights campaigners for forced labour in the cotton sector . In an attempt to eradicate abuses, the Mirziyoyev government has initiated a vertically-integrated cluster system in a rapid privatisation of the sector. It is hoped that this will wipe out the drivers of forced labour and attract foreign investment. As of February 2021, 96 clusters had been approved by the government, covering a cotton cultivation area of nearly one million hectares . Women play a significant role in agriculture. However, they are overrepresented in informal agricultural work without any legal or welfare protections, and little opportunity to access credit and financing They have been excluded from the benefits of agricultural reform programmes . In 2013, they made up only 4.1% of heads of private farming enterprises, although there was a disproportionately high percentage of female heads in Khorezm region (17.7%) compared to the rest of the country . *Shirkat* restructuring has not favoured women, leading to loss of employment for many who then rely on unpaid household farming. However, the AgriculturalStrategy 2020-30 targets women and youth-led enterprises as part of an aim to stimulate rural development and food security goals . There is an aim to establish a gender strategy for agricultural development. Women have equal rights to control and use land under law, but in practice they are rarely the registered land use rights holder . Due to the patrilineal kinship structure, any heritable rights are generally passed down to sons. Married women normally reside with their husband, thereby relinquishing their own family rights to their brothers, and are unlikely to regain them in the case of a divorce. The Women’s Committee of Uzbekistan was set up in 1991 to protect the rights of women around the country, working both within and outside of government . A Gender in Development (GID) Unit was set up in 1997 to support national capacity building, later making way for gender departments within each ministry. There is a quota of 30% women in the parliament, but the civil service and Mahalla (neighbourhood) committees remain dominated by men . In 2020, the Women’s Committee was abolished, making way for the new Mahalla (neighbourhood) and Family Support Ministry (Kovach, H. (2020). External finance for rural development. Country case study: Uzbekistan. Overseas Development Institute) KR IRs 28922 On Wed, 28 Sept 2022 at 12:54, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 < [email protected]> wrote: > *CULTURAL QA 09-2022-29* > > *BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS* > > Dear friends, > > Yesterday one of my laptops gave trouble after QA was prepared. Not able > to switch ON after a closing. So I prepared QA in my other Laptop- > This one. > > However today morning the other lap top also functioned well . So the QA > prepared in it was posted. I thought of posting this also. So it is 2nd > Cultural QA today. > > Gopalakrishnan 28-9-2022 > > Q1 Do any animals other than cheetahs run faster than human > beings? What about birds and fish? > > A1 Alex Cooper,Animal enthusiast20h > > Yes, plenty of animals run faster than human beings. As a wise pig once > said: > > * “Four legs good, two legs bad.”[1]* > > I believe the *pronghorn* is the second-fastest land animal, at around 60 > mph (97 km/h) top speed. Various antelopes, equines, big cats, canines, > even *camels are much faster than us*, at least over short distances. > > *Rhinos are much faster than us; hippos would outpace an average person;* > elephants, who can’t even “run”, can hit 25 mph (40 km/h) with that fast > walk thing you do when a car lets you cross the road. > > *As for birds and fish?* > > *Most birds don’t have to run since they’ve evolved these handy things > called wings. That being said, there are a few species that are pretty > nifty in a footrace.* > > *Ostriches, for example, are the fastest animal on two legs*, reaching 43 > mph (69 km/h) top speed and a cruising speed of over 30 mph (50 km/h). > Their ratite relative the *emu c*an also rattle along at 30 mph.[2] > > The greater roadrunner can apparently hit 26 mph (42 km/h), on par with > the fastest human sprinters and comfortably faster than > used-to-be-sort-of-athletic online writers, albeit much slower than > coyotes, wily or otherwise. > > As for fish? I don’t think they’re very good at running at all….. > > Q2 What does a fan or blower do on an air conditioner unit? > > A2 Gopala Krishnan, Former Assistant General Manager 1996-2004 at > Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now > > I am answering from Chennai, India. Here air conditioner is used for > getting cooling air. There is a fan smaller in size which blows cool air > inside. There is another fan in the *outdoor unit, which cools the > compressor.* Unless this large fan work, compressor may get hot, and AC > will not provide cool air. > > AC technicians on complaint of AC not working *first check with tong > tester input current and after switching ON check whether outdoor unit is > working and fan is working*, before checking any other parts > > Q3 What are a few unknown facts about Chennai that are hard to > believe? > > A3 Tirupati Rao, Lives in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India6y > > Snowfall happened at Chennai . > > Yes. You hear it right, 200 years ago, Chennai recorded a negative > temperature. Read below. > > *It's hard to imagine yesteryear's Madras being cold and freezing*. A > city known for its sweltering heat in the peak of summers was once home to > temperatures that hovered around 11 degree Celsius - interspersed with cold > winds and the occasional snowfall. > > Yes, 200 years ago, Madras told a very different story*. The last week of > April 1815 saw temperatures dipping below the freezing point. A city that > now knows only three seasons - "hot, hotter and hell" - once also knew what > it felt like to blow winter smoke in the dead of the night.* > > According to a report by The Hindu, *the volcanic eruption of Mount > Tambora in Indonesia* was the reason behind Madras's chilly weather. The > disaster spewed lava with such ferocity that it claimed the lives of 12,000 > people and was heard 2,000 km away. > > Tambora: The Eruption That Changed The World, by Gillen D’Arcy Wood > describes the phenomenon: > > *"Tambora’s dust veil, serene and massive above the clouds, began its > westward drift aloft the winds of the upper atmosphere*. Its airy passage > to India outran the thousands of waterborne vessels below bent upon an > identical course, breasting the trade winds from the resource-rich East > Indies to the commercial ports of the Indian Ocean. The vanguard of > Tambora’s stratospheric plume arrived over the Bay of Bengal within days." > > Wiki. > > Madras felt the blow two weeks later which resulted in its temperature > fluctuations. *The temperature dipped below the freezing point, "thanks > to the aerosols in the volcanic cloud absorbing heat from the sun and the > earth."* > > Strange phenomenon occurred with pumice stones washing up to the shores > but not even a single incident was recorded during the rule of the East > India Company. Neither did anyone mention a tsunami warning. > > The aftermath was, however, far from "pleasant". The ash cloud spread its > cover across the world, making the year of 1816 one "without summer". In > India, it was a year with monsoon where crops failed and plagues wreaked > havoc. > > Madras had a rich history no one really knew about till now. Although > nobody chronicled it in written history, it's still definitely one worth > remembering. > > Source : > > When Madras froze over > <http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/when-madras-froze-over/article7112961.ece> > > When Madras froze over > > > <http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/when-madras-froze-over/article7112961.ece> > > > Q4 Why do Malayalis choose nursing as the first preference in > profession? > > A4 Tiny Nair, Cardiologist at PRS Hospital, Trivandrum1y > > Welcome to our Home. > > Stand anywhere on the east coast of Africa or the Arab peninsula and > blindly throw a dart; chances are, you would hit a breath-taking length of > land with no breadth called ‘Kerala’. > > After spending a lot of time in troubled waters; finally, Vasco da Gama > and his team reached Mombasa (Kenya). They stumbled upon a Guajarati man, > who claimed to know the sea routes to India, and convinced Vasco da Gama to > head straight for Calicut; not Mumbai. The man was quickly hired and after > a 23-day bumpy ride, they sighted the Ghat mountains and arrived at Calicut > on May 20. > > *It was 1498.* > > My Bengali mom fell flat in love under the charm of my Malayali dad; they > eventually got married and boarded a train to a place called ‘Kerala’; that > took a 5-night train journey to reach Kerala. Coming from the so-called > progressive Bengal; my mother was taken aback by the reception offered to > the unannounced entry of an unknown bride in a big family, speaking alien > language. > > In no time she was accepted as a member of the household enjoying hot > ‘Kapi’ in steel tumblers and hotter pickles, licked straight off the finger. > > *Accepting aliens seems to be in the DNA of the Malayalis.* > > A state which embraced whoever came in – From Jews in 1st century, Arab > traders by 8th century, Hindu Kings by 12th , Portuguese by 15th and my > Bengali mom in 1955; all with equal enthusiasm. A harmonious mixture of > religion; despite our politicians trying their best to unsettle. > > Malayali women are not socially inhibited like the rest of India. > > Unusual Monarch > > A unusual Monarch who issued a decree in 1817 that ‘All education should > be free and cost borne by the state to enlighten people’. *The royal > family started a ‘Women's college’ in Trivandrum 1864; when no one believed > that there was a valid reason or a good logic to educate women*; a time > when the rest of India was cautiously debating the law brought about by > social reformer ‘Raja Ram Mohan Roy’ to stop bride burning (custom of > ‘Sati’). > > No surprise that today the state boasts of the highest female literacy > rate. > > Too Crowded > > Kerala is a very crowded place with 860 people /sq Km (compared to Indian > average of 382 /Sq Km ; US 35 / Sq KM and Canada 4/ Sq Km) there is very > little standing space here especially if you have a fairly good educational > qualification. So, with their lungi tucked half-mast, boat-loads of > malayalis’ travelled to Dubai and plane loads to US and Europe far before > people from other states could hold the world map correctly. Remember, > there is hardly any industry or infrastructure in Kerala other than those > provided by nature. > > Ready to travel in view of lack of infrastructure and jobs. > > Women Rule > > Kerala is one of those few places where for 1000 men there are 1084 women. > For reference Indian figure is 1000 : 940. > > So males are outnumbered. > > *The elderly gentleman recovered from a major Heart attack, but still > weak.* > > *Just for a small talk, I asked him ‘what do your children do?’* > > *His eyes lit up- ‘Sir my son is in Indian Army and my daughter is a nurse > in Mumbai’* > > I could feel pride filling his emphysematous lungs. > > *Years before an average Indian considered nursing a respectable > profession, Malayali nurses were packing their bags travelling all over the > globe.Social acceptance and respectability of Nursing as a profession.* > > Exposed to multiple foreign cultures, the educated, empowered women of > Kerala, quickly leave the crowded home turf and set sail to all > international destinations. *From warring Syria to peaceful Sweden and > everywhere in-betweenThe result?* > > From Kashmir to Kanyakumari; from Texas to Trivandrum patients wake up to > find their smiling face and feel the comforting hands of a Malayali nurse. > > Q5 Do health supplements actually help you? > > A5 Orlando Blas Aday Aday,Freelance Translator Proofreading > English-Spanish at Freelancing (2016–present)Sep 21 > > *Vitamins and minerals are necessary for your body to develop and function > properly*. While most people get everything they need by eating well, > others require a little extra help. That's where supplements come in, > giving your body the help it needs to stay healthy. > > There's a reason supplements are so popular: they can help. There is > evidence that, in addition to a healthy diet, some supplements can benefit > your overall well-being with little to no risk. > > *The following are some common supplements that may be beneficial to your > health:* > > Vitamin B12, which can aid in the health of nerve and blood cells, the > production of DNA, and the prevention of anemia. > > When pregnant women take folic acid, it can help to reduce birth defects. > > Vitamin D, which has the ability to strengthen bones > > Calcium is a mineral that can help with bone health. > > Vitamins C and E can help prevent cell damage. > > Fish oil can help with heart health. > > Vitamin A, which can help to slow vision loss caused by age-related > macular degeneration. > > Zinc, which can improve skin health and slow vision loss due to > age-related macular degeneration. > > My note- Appollo Pharmacy has recently introduced Diabetic powder. I am > using it for the last four months. Really it gives an energy boost in the > morning. Diabetics can make a try. No way canvassing > > Q6 What will happen to all the electric vehicles once their > batteries have expired? > > A6 Steve Baker, Senior Software Engineer (2013–present)Mon > > *Car batteries from recently made Teslas are expected to last close to a > million miles - and with an average person driving 15,000 miles per year > that’s 67 years of driving*. The electric motors in all Teslas (including > older ones) are also good for a million miles. (That number is justified > because industrial electric motors of this kind of size can be expected to > run for similar amounts of time.) > > If someone were lucky enough to be given a brand new new Tesla when when > they learned to drive at age 18 - that car would likely still be running > just fine when they gave up driving at age 85. > > Of course over that immense amount of time, it’s likely to need suspension > repairs, that kind of thing. But the expensive bits - the battery pack, the > motors and most of the electronics should still be working out to a million > miles. > > Crash damage is one of the things that frequently sends conventional cars > to an early grave - but with Telsa’s active crash avoidance AI, crashes are > MUCH less likely - about 12 times less likely than with a gasoline car. > > *At a million miles, both the battery pack and the electric motors would > be about ready to die* - and nobody really knows which is most likely to > die first because there are no Tesla’s which are old enough to have more > than about 700,000 on the odometer yet. > > Older Tesla’s have battery packs that seem to be lasting about 600,000 > miles which is only 40 years of driving. So buy a car at age 18 and you’ll > need a new one at age 58…or you could splurge $10,000 and replace the > battery pack so it would last the whole million miles. Honestly though - a > 40 year old car is probably due to go to the car crusher. > > *Anyway - in either case - you eventually have a dead car that’s not worth > fixing.* > > So the battery pack goes back to Tesla (who’ll pay $200 for it as an > incentive to recycle it) - and it’ll be recycled in their GigaNevada > battery plant. Almost every part of the battery pack goes into the > manufacture of new batteries - except for the fireproofing/insulating > plastic which is shredded and sold for the manufacture of flooring for > childrens playgrounds. *Even the water inside the battery is purified and > used in production. Since the batteries are designed to be easy to recycle > - that’s actually not too hard.* > > The recycling center is situated right next to the battery production line > - so the components of the old battery travel maybe 50 feet before they are > turned into new batteries. > > *The remainder of the car is presumably handled the same way as a gasoline > car - going to a recycling center - where any useful parts are removed and > sold for spares* and the body shell goes into the car crusher and is > recycled that way. Nothing special going on here. > > Q7 Which type of food is provided by airlines in flights? Is it > pre-booked? > > A7 Shaunak Bhattacharjeee,Software Engineer | Traveller | > FoodieFri > > *It depends on the airlines and the duration of your flight. Airlines like > Indigo, Go Air, Spice Jet don't provide complimentary meals; you need to > purchase your meals on board*. Usually, finger food like sandwiches, > upma, peanuts, cup noodles are available for purchase and are priced quite > highly. > > On flights like Air India, it depends on the duration of the flight. *Before > Covid times, the food served on short flights was decent but now, all you > get are two vegetable sandwiches.* *But on longer flights which are more > than 1.5 hours, you get a proper meal with a staple and a side dish*. If > you're lucky, you'll get both rice and flat bread options like parantha. > There's a sweet dish and either a bread item or curd along with tea and > coffee. > > On business class, you get more food with unlimited servings. I flew one > short distance flight from Srinagar to New Delhi recently in business class. > > For comparison, while flying from Delhi to Srinagar, we got two vegetable > sandwiches in the Economy class and on the return flight, we got a chicken > sandwich with a miniature jar of tomato ketchup and pudina chutney, a > generous slice of fruit cake and chicken tikka with green salad along with > the beverages. *You can guess what could be served on long-haul flights!* > > Q8 What causes the electrical outlet to get warm or hot after > plugging in a device for some time? > > A8 Gopala Krishnan, Former Assistant General Manager 1996-2004 at > Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now > > *Simple answer- No plug and socket connection has zero ohms*. Not 100% > perfect connection. Hence slight warming when higher current consuming > instruments are connected. *If least current consuming items are > connected warmness will be very less.* > > Q9 Why does boiled water taste bad compared to water before it > was boiled? > > A9 info-Search, Answered by,William Alexander ,Sun > > Boiled water usually has an unpleasant taste, therefore, it is usually > recommended that it be aerated before being consumed. > > *Back when water purification tablets hadn't been invented, campers and > soldiers out in the wild used to boil water before drinking it – then, it > was common for them to shake it vigorously, with a spoon or a stick, to > bring it back* part of the gases that are lost when boiling it and make > it easier to drink. > > This makes me think that sometimes gas is added (CO2) to flavor the water. > > Boiling water decreases its ability to dissolve certain gases, and this > often results in an unpleasant taste. However, I think there may also be > another factor at play: boiling water decreases its “hardness,” meaning > that dissolved bicarbonates turn into carbonates andCO2: > > (HCO3)2−1⇒CO3−2+CO2 (gases escape) > > *As bicarbonates are much more soluble than* carbonates, the latter > precipitate and the amount of dissolved salts decreases, which reduces the > charge of ions in the water and *causes the taste to change.* > > *My note- A good answer. I am not able to recollect whether boiled water > tasted different from normal water. Now for decades I use ROS water and > taste difference is not felt.* > > Q10 Which country has the worst geographical disadvantage? > > A10 Utku Özver, Studied at Bogazici University Updated 4y > > *The winner is Uzbekistan* > > It is one of the two double-landlocked countries in the world ( landlocked > by landlocked countries that are Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, > Tajikistan, Kyrgyzystan). > > *80% of its area comprises deserts. Remaining areas are mostly mountains.* > > Very limited source of water. > > The country is in the earthquake zone. Huge earthquakes happened in the > past. > > Climate of the country makes life too difficult. *The average temperature > in summer 40 °C. However, in winter it is -2 °C. Sometimes -40 °C is seen > in that season.* > > *All the above QA are from Quora website on 27-09- 2022. * > > *Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers .* > > *Compiled **and posted by R. 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