CULTURAL QA 12-2022-02 BEING A COMPILATIONTHERE MAY BE ERRORS
Q1 What are some amazing facts about thePoorva Express of the Indian Railway? A1 Shekh Mohammad, Education 9h The Poorva Express was launched on the 2nd of October,1956 and ran as the first fully air conditioned train of India. With due course of time, the "fully AirConditioned" was stripped off from its name to accommodate additionalNon-AC sleeper Coaches and was subsequently terminated till New Delhi. Rajdhani Express,it lost its grandeur and subsequently its priority. It was relegated toMaroon-cream coloured Coaches with no tube lights only bulbs inside the coachfirst and then to Standard Blue ICF Coaches with tube lights inside the coach. But later before getting refurbishedto LHB Coaches in April 2013, being the first superfast category train toreceive them. Though it sufferedwith time, but its popularity never ceased. Due to its huge demand, Indian Railways introduced asecond pair of Poorva Express on 1 August 1971 via Patna. Not only that, during its peak time it was oneof the longest train with a load of 24 coaches and was used to be hauled bytwin WDM-2 engines between Mughalsarai and Chittaranjan. Q2 What animal is harder to keep as apet, a fox or a raccoon? A2 Claire Jordan, Degree in biology andfolklore; programmer, shop owner, secretary on newspaper Tue Foxes can be super-playful and affectionate if a bitnippy, like a naughty puppy, and can be trained to walk on a lead, but they’revery hard to house-train and the males smell like a blocked urinal,so most people that have them, keep them in a big outdoor pen. Raccoons are super-intelligent and need a lot ofstimulation, and if they get bored they may start dismantling things, includingwalls and ceilings. That beingsaid, there’s a female raccoon here in the UK who came second in a nationwidedog obedience competition. Q3 Is it good for diabetes patients tohave milk? A3 Stella Smith | Diabetes Expert, Doctorat Health Sat Diabetes is achronic disease that can be controlled with diet and lifestyle changes.However, there is no cure for diabetes. When it comes to managing diabetes,diet is key. That’s becausethe foods you eat can affect your blood sugar levels. If you havediabetes, you need to be careful about the foods you eat. That’s because somefoods can raise your blood sugar levels. For example, foods that are high in sugar orcarbs can cause your blood sugar to rise. However, thereare some foods that can help you manage your diabetes. One of these foods ismilk. Milk is a goodsource of protein and calcium. It also contains a type of sugar called lactose.Lactose is a carbohydrate, but it doesn’t affect yourblood sugar the same way that other carbs do. In fact, somestudies have shown that milk may help lower blood sugar levels. One study showed thatpeople with diabetes who drank milk had lower blood sugar levels than those whodidn’t drink milk. So, if youhave diabetes, you may want to consider adding milk to your diet.It’s a good source of nutrients and it may help you control your blood sugarlevels. My note- Yesterday I watched a video made by a Allopathic young lady doctor from Kerala advocating diabeticscan eat banana which is ripe, not fully ripe with sweetness. It’s MI value isless than 50. I watched it in watts app. I have mentioned young for the reason, she would have gother post graduation in recent years. Q4 What is the difference betweenIndia's broad-gauge railway system and other countries' railway systems? A4 Gyan Zunction, RAIL FAN Nov 25 Indian railway usesfour Type of Guages 1 — Narrow gauge 2- broad gauge 3- Meter gauge 4- standard gauge (for metro) Whereas Most of country like US and Russia uses Standard gaugein there Railways. The main reasonbehind this, because Broadgauge are more stable tracks according to the crowd of people and traffic oftrains and we know that India has much population then other countries like USand Russia and other countries. Broad gauge areexpensive and Broad gauge has width of 5.6 inches. Whereas standerd gauge is 4.8¹/² inches. Indian railway isconverting all it's network into Broad gauge for better service. Q5 What are the signs that your bloodsugar is too high or too low? A5 Health Gyanies, Nov 25 Symptoms of low sugar :- Friends, if your sugar level is low, then you feel chills, sweating, trembling,increased heart rate, if you see these symptoms, then at the same timeyou should go to the doctor and get the sugar test done. When the sugar level falls below 55 then severe hypoglycemia conditionis considered and the only way to control it is to eat some sweets, thesugar level will be correct and you will get relief. Symptoms of high sugar :- Friends, blurred vision If you suddenly start seeing blurred or dark in youreyes, then it is a symptom of high sugar in your blood. Loss of bodyweight without any reason is also one such sign. These signs should never beignored and frequenturination or frequent hunger etc. are symptoms of high blood sugar andif this happens you should contact a doctor. Q6 Is the heat generated in resistorsthe main source of energy that operates devices? If yes, how exactly does itoperate the different types of devices? A6 Gopala Krishnan,Former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now Heat is the outcome when resister function properly.If a resistance has a break, current will not flow, no heat will be produced. Where the heat produced by anyresister is harmful to equipment functioning, to reduce heat, heat sinks are provided.So heat is a waste of energy and not used by any device to operate in normalcondition in hot countries. Howeverin colder countries some equipment may require warmness for functioning, theheat would help in proper functioning. I have written thisanswer after reading all other answers. My note- I forgot to add in the answer- In our laptops 3 or4 fans are provided below the mother board to reduceheat. Old mother boards, which are heavy produced more heat. If one look at thebottom, one can see perforations where fans are provided. This laptop I amworking has four such areas in the bottom. Q7 What are the diamond shapedstructures in the middle of railway tracks? A7 Satish Varma, Planning Engineer,L&T Transportation IC6y That structureis called Gaurd Rail. This is mostlyseen on Deck bridges and Level crossings. Fast moving trains always exert lateral thrust (sideways force),thereby holding greater scope for derailment. Gaurd rails help with derailmentor they put back the derailed train on its track . Trains run forkilometers after derailment without jumping out and when a derailed train comes across a Gaurd rail,due to its design gaurd rail drives both the wheels back onto their respectivetracks. On Deck bridges they help contain train on the bridgeeven after derailment, avoiding falling off bridge ( a major damage). Q8 Why was salt so precious in ancienttimes when the people could boil sea water for it? A8 Alice Twain, Perita Linguistica from ITSOSvia Pace 10 Tue Salt was precious because it allowed the preservation offood. Without salt people were hugely more likely to starve to death in Winter.No salt meant far less meat, fish, and even vegetables available in the coldmonths. Salt was not incredibly pricey. It was more pricy thantoday, but certainly not unachievably so. Indeed, itcould not be that pricy because a family needed many kilos of salt every yearnot just to flavor their food but, most importantly, to preserve it. Also, there is no need to boil sea water to obtain it. Allit takes is a flat piece if coast to build a salt works, like the one up herein Italy. The water is trapped in shallow pools and thesun evaporated it. Or you could mine salt, digging caves (and at timeeven whole cathedrals, I kid you not) in salt mines. The one here above is fromPoland. What salt was is areliable trading good. Not everyone lived near a salt worksor a salt mine. People who lived far from either had to trade for their salt.So if you came from an area where salt could easily be sourced and headed to anarea where salt had to be imported you could decide to bring a bag of salt totrade. Q9 How does the size of a sink affectits utility? A9 Gopala Krishnan, Former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now It depends on the used vessels put in it.I have seen in many flats small sinks with drier board. Usedvessels are also dumped in kitchen platform in some vessels or bucket. Ifthe sink is large all vessels used can be placed in it. Oftenmany do not first clean and arrange used vessels in sink, instead use drierboard also. If used vessels arecleaned with 2–3 hours it is best, but not practicable. So atleast they can make a first clean and arrange vessels in sink in the night, sothat more vessels can be accommodated. If sink is keptclean with used vessels first cleaned, it will be more hygienic. My note- I haveone of my close relative lady who washes all vessels used are immediately cleaned. Mostlyher kitchen sink is empty. Q10 What is the bone on the side of yourstomach called? A10 Ken Saladin, Former professor ofhistology (microscopic anatomy) Wed I’m not sure whatregion you’re referring to—stomach as in the internal digestive organ (the truemeaning of the word in anatomy) or “stomach” in the way many people use it tomean the abdomen (belly). Either way though, whatever bone(s) you’re feeling arepresumably your lower ribs. Most of the stomach (digestiveorgan) is within the lower rib cage, and the rib cage extends almost all theway to the hip bones in many “short-waisted” people. In myself, for example,the space between my 10th rib and the crest of my hip is only 3 fingers wide. (We have 12 ribs on each sidebut the last two—the floating ribs—are embedded in muscle, don’t come all the way around tothe front, and are hard to feel.) There is no other bone at the sides of the abdomen exceptthe lower ribs and, lower down, below navel level, the hip bones Q11 Why do the Chinese eat so much rice? A11 Peter, I love to eat and am anadventurous eater. Sun Historically, every culture has eaten mostly grain orstarch. Which one varies. In most of China (but not the north or far west) riceis the staple grain because it grows well in that climate and terrain. In most ofwestern Europe, it’s wheat. In Ireland, it’s potatoes. In Scotland? Oats. Inmuch of the Americas, it’s corn. And so on. This is because,for most of human history, almost everyone was poor and famine was common. So, the next question is why China still eats more ricethan some other cultures eat of their own grain.I think it’s because China got rich relatively recently, at least on a percapita basis. Mind you, culturally, China’s been rich for much longer than Europe. And theircuisines are old and complex and wonderful. But per capita?Europe was ahead for a long time. So a higher proportion of people could eatstuff other than grain or starch. Q12 Why do British people put their washingmachines in the kitchen? A12 Anne Webley, lives in The United Kingdom (1957-present) andMike Dunning, lives in The United Kingdom (1965-present)1y I triedputting it in my bedroom but it was hard to sleep. And it looks stupid next tothe TV. Doesn't fit in the toilet. Look this is theUK. We don't all live in McMansions made out of cardboard. We have small but solidlybuilt houses that probably were built a hundred years before the washingmachine existed. The kitchen is the most sensible place we can putit. My note- In India it is kept in work area or a corridorin newly constructed homes. Rich homes have separate laundry room inIndia. In Kerala new design homes have separate area for washingmachine. It is a bad idea to keep in bath room, because they may get corroded. All the above QA are from Quora website on 01-12-2022 Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers . Compiled and posted by R. Gopala Krishnan,former ITS, 79 years, on 02-12-2022 -- 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/1556391361.83808.1669953215385%40mail.yahoo.com.
