CULTURAL QA 10-2022-20 BEING A COMPILATIONTHERE MAY BE ERRORS
Q1 Will leaving a fan running overnightruin it? A1 Gopala Krishnan, Former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now No. Most people do not use AC in winter and use fan in bedrooms. They run over night. During summer alongwith AC or only as fans, most use fans in day time over day in halls, livingareas. Fans are designedto work overnight. But only for overnight, not for days together. Q2 Do you lose any nutrients when you peela carrot? A2 Lucia Garcia, Worked at Hospitals Oct12 Carrots are one of the most nutritious vegetables, which isan excellent source of carotene. Carrots have 30 to40 times more carotene than most vegetables. Carotene is a natural antioxidantthat is widely used in medical and health care products. Carotene is aprecursor of vitamin A, which is very helpful in protecting eyesight,strengthening the immune system, and avoiding the risk of various diseases. A medium carrot weighsabout 80 grams and contains 3.8 mg of beta-carotene and 3.3 mg ofalpha-carotene. Studies have shown that carotene is mainly found under thecarrot skin, which has only a thin, almost transparent layer. Carotene is themost important nutrient in carrots. Peeling the Skin of a Carrot isEquivalent to Removing Most of the Carotene. There is absolutelyno need to peel the carrots, just rinse them under running water. Q3 Is a dormitory available on the ChennaiCentral Railway Station? A3 Thirunavukarasu Veluswamy,22h Yes, dormitory isavailable in Chennai. But only 5 rooms available as per latest informationwhich I got to know from authorities at Chennai central. So, the only mode ofbooking is online through IRCTC website for dormitory\retiring rooms. There wasan A\c waiting hall available which costs Rs 35 for one hour post which, itcosts 25 Rs per hour. It's very tough to get a dormitory at Chennai central. My note- There was a FREE non AC dormitory in thefirst floor for transit of upper class passengers. I have used it in 2004 whiletravelling from Varanasi to Rameswaram. I am not sure whether it is there now. Q4 How do you bring camera lenses from USto India? I want to buy 2 lenses and bring them in India with my friend in US.What should be the ideal way to avoid duties and taxes? A4 Prasanna Bhalerao, AmateurPhotographer, Nikon user22h Best way is to getthe camera lenses as well as other equipment on person. Nowadays, the customs don'tcare much about camera stuff. This is because same goods areavailable in India. Unless there is a huge price difference I will say buy thestuff in India itself. Q5 Does electricity use cause outlets toheat up? A5 Gopala Krishnan, Former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now The answer is NO and YES.Most outlets like plug and socket must have some loose. Unless some loose is not thereit is not possible to remove the plug from socket. It is natural todevelop more loose on long periods dueto wear and tire. Whencurrent is drawn for long duration one can feel the heat developing. The same thing canbe there in joints also in the long period, connecting lights, fans etc. But new wiring, new socket and plug, the heat developmentis very less. Q6 What are vacuum tubes? What is thepurpose of a vacuum tube? How come vacuum tubes are not really usedanymore/common? A6 Steven Haddock,Studied at West HIllCollegiate Fri A vacuum tube is essentially any hollow glass tube,evacuated of oxygen and with very low pressure inside, that has a “cathode” orelectron emitting surface, and an “anode” or electron absorbing surface. Back in the days beforetransistors and integrated circuits, they were used for controllingthe flow of electricity. The simplest vacuum tube is the “diode” which actsas a one way gate for electricity. There is no physical connection between the cathode and the anode so anyelectrons in the cathode will only leave through the anode, but if you putcurrent through the anode, it won’t flow in the other direction. Next up is the “triode”. It’s alsoa one way gate but has two cathodes. The second cathode regulates the flow ofelectricity - a lot of electrons go through when very little current is appliedto the second cathode, but fewer electrons go through when a lot is applied. Itwas used to automatically regulate the flow of voltage and current. On radios, for example, they were used for automaticvolume control, boosting weak signals and turning down strong ones. They’re not usedanymore because they’re bulky, hot, use a lot of power and are unreliable. The only thing thatkept them i use as long as they were used were that, initially, transistors were more expensive. My note- Nostalgic memories goes to my study in physicsclass in 1964. Transisters were just coming up. I studied radio and television built using anode, cathodeand triode. I had a lecturerearlier worked in All India Radio, Bangalore who said in occasion the diodes were there to the size of a copper boiler in the radio station. My murphy radio waswith diodes and I could see if the back panel opened,the fitted diodes in amother board, and their glowing when current switched ON. Only technicians will open back panel One could see the warming up ofthe radio if operated for hours. Q7 Which is better, skill or education? A7 Rohit Virmani, Knows English UpdatedOct 10 This is the storyof Krishna Yadav. Coming from Bulandshahr in UP, she and her family were facing acute financialcrisis. Her husband wasfacing some major health issues which shifted major responsibilities toKrishna’s shoulders. Shethen decided to move to Delhi for better opportunities and borrowed a sum of Rs500 from a relative. She tried hard to get a job, but all her efforts metfailure. She then decided toget into farming which she continued for a few years. In 2001 after attending a3-month training in food processing, she invested a sum of Rs 3,000 andprepared 2 different types of pickles. She earned a profit of Rs 5,250from selling the pickle. Although it wasn’t such a big amount, it was veryencouraging for her. She then put all her energy into making pickles and herhusband used to sell it on the streets. Krishnareceived a great response to her products which further boosted her confidence,and she scaled up her production. Today, underthe banner of Shri Krishna Pickles, she owns 4 companies, and the turnover ismore than 4 crores. She has also beenawarded for her achievements in the field of women entrepreneurship. No intent toundermine education but this is the best example of Skill > Fancy education.Sadly, Indian middle classhas a norm of pushing kids to do B.Tech/ B.Sc. from any random college with 0focus towards skill. Ref: Famous IndianHome Made Pickles Manufacturers. Buy Now Purest Genuine Variety of Groceries atyour Doorstep. Krishna Yadav –Wikipedia Q8 What are some things that will neverchange? A8 Shaunak Bhattacharjeee, Former Sales forceAdmin & Developer at TCS Digital (2018–2020)Sep 28 YEAR 2012. Milk price perlitre — Rs 30 Petrol price perlitre — Rs 70 Bank FixedDeposit rates — 9.25% Sensex Index —18,000 Captain of India'scricket team — MS Dhoni Government at theCenter — INC Salary offeredto freshers by TCS — Rs 3.36 LPA YEAR 2022. Milk price perlitre — Rs 65 Petrol price perlitre — Rs 105 Bank FixedDeposit rates — 5.50% Sensex Index —57,000 Captain of India'scricket team — Rohit Sharma Government at theCenter — BJP Salary offeredto freshers by TCS — Rs 3.36 LPA Some things just never changes! Q9 What are some parts of a house thatneed regular maintenance and why? A9 Gopala Krishnan, Former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now The most important part in my view is outside of home.If the compound is kept neat and tidy snakes will not come to the premises. Ifat all near by homes are having not well maintained compounds, it does not matter, in cleaned premises, they won’t remain, if at allthey creep in. Plantsmust be well maintained. The toilets and bath rooms are to be wellmaintained. Bathroom must not have unwanted items. Daily cleaning is a must. The work area and kitchen are to be wellmaintained. If so, flies, mosquitos etc. and other creatures will not appear.Waste has to be kept in waste box having a top cover, sinks, vessels used for cooking and eating must be cleaned immediately. All parts of homerequire sweeping and moped. These are certain things coming to me . There couldbe more items Q10 What happens if we use only Indianbrands and stop buying foreign brands? A10 Balaji Viswanathan, follows governmentpolicies closely.5y We had this sort of state before 1991. Imports wereseverely curtailed and Indians were forced to predominantly use local products.Consumer choice was non-existent. If you didn’t likethe phone given by sarkari telecom, good luck. If you didn’t like the comfortof Ambassador or Premier Padmini, take a hike. Customer service was not a termin the lingo. Even the corporations had trouble. If you needed a machinery fromJapan or Germany, you either have to grease the palm of a government babu orput up with a local knockoff with terrible results. And overall, we were a dirt poor country that was ignoredby most of the world. However, Singapore, South Koreaand China had little issues trading with the world. They imported a lot andexported even more. Then in 1991 we took a baby step and slowly startedloosening the chains that we put around ourselves. We didn’t open as much asSingapore or even China, but it was way betterthan the time until 1990. Our imports grew, but so did our exports. Refiners in Jamnagar imported a lot of crude oil,processed and then started exporting the much more profitable Diesel and Petrol. Jewellers in Surat startedimporting more of raw diamonds and exported the much more valuable diamondjewellery. Tech firms in Bangalore imported a lot of software toolsand exported far more valuable software services. AsMicrosoft, GE, Amazon and other major companies came in, local supply chainsbecame stronger and new businesses came up. Prosperity came with the half opened door [ourleaders got cold feet before opening the door fully to let the fruits of tradecome in]. India was no longer a basket case, but a power to be reckoned. It isstill not hunky dory though as the government still has enormous control overimports and business in general. We cansurely block products not made in India. And we really know how the societywould look like. Just ask your mom and dad howtheir childhood was. We have spent centuries being a frog in the well -ignoring the outside world - and things should not be very unusual for us. My note- Thoughswadesi is good idea, in a large outlook for development we require imports andexports can bring a lot of benefit. We wantgood imports. Not junksand wastes what ever we make with them. All the above QA are from Quora website on 19-10-2022 Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers . Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 20-10-2022 -- 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/84279035.435232.1666224953712%40mail.yahoo.com.
