CULTURAL QA 12-2022-26 BEING ACOMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS
Q1 What should be kept in mind whilebuilding a house when we construct a single floor? A1 Gopala Krishnan, Former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now Hope it is a building with R C C roofing. First thing tobe kept in mind is about foundation. Whatever is the type of foundation,construction has to be made as if for two floors.It will enable to construct a second floor in future if necessary. Installation of stair case must be made eitherthrough inside of home or through outside home. R C C roofing must have strength to take a 2nd floor loadbearing. Q2 What are some rarely known facts aboutIndian temples? A2 Sharanya, Lives in Chennai, TamilNadu, India (2008–present)Dec 11 So… one of theoldest templeBrihadishvara Temple, officially called Rajarajeshwaram locally known thanjaiperiyar temple This is located intamilnadu, tanjavur It is a chola architecture and 1000 years old templeand the fact about this temple is enormous The original nameof the deity was Rajarajeshwar. It was the Marathas who gave it the name Brihadeeshwara or theGreat Ishwara. The main temple is entirely built of granite.Morethan 130,000 tons of granite is said to have been used to build A long associatedmyth with this temple temple is that the shadow of the main structure does notfall on the ground. However,this has been proven wrong by scientists The statue of Nandiat the entrance of the temple is carved out of a single stone. The main Vimanam,which is at about 200 feet is often called Dakshin Meru or Southern Meru. The inspiration to build the temple came to Raja RajaCholan during his visit to Sri Lanka and is a result of a dream he had. The temple has a portraitof Raja Raja Cholan paying obeisance to Lord Natarajar. This isundoubtedly, the first ever instance of a royal portrait World's first granite temple.. Q3 Which country does not have a singleriver? Still no shortage of water. A3 Mountains and Valleys Answered by SadhanaThu Saudi Arabiais the biggest nation in the world at 830,000 square miles without a river andthere is no shortage of water. It is also the onlycountry with both the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea coasts. A considerable partof Saudi Arabia is made up of mountains, lowlands, and arid desert. Even thoughSaudi Arabia does not have permanent rivers, it has several wadis. Wadis arethe beds or valley of a stream that is usually dry except during the rainyseason and that often forms an oasis Wadi Al-Rummah isone of the Arabian Peninsula's longest river valleys, at a length of almost 600km stretching from the al-Abyad Mountain near Medina and ending near ad-DahnaDesert in the al-Qassim region near Burayda Wadi Al-Rummah Saudi Arabia has Oasis. Oasis are a fertile or green areain an arid region (such as a desert) also having water source.There are about 12 locations were defined as the Cultural Landscape of Al-AhsaOasis in Saudi Arabia. Al-Hasa Oasis, thelargest oasis in Saudi Arabia, lies about 40 miles (65 km) west of the PersianGulf. It has about 30,000 acres (12,000 hectares) of palm groves and othercrops that are irrigated by the flow of 60 or more artesian springs. My note- Aninformative answer. Q4 How do I check electrical buildingdrawing? A4 Gopala Krishnan,Former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now Nowadays concealedelectrical wiring is done. Quality PVC pipe is laid during roof construction.The pipe will be about two inches above roof and concealed with in R C C.Droppings are made to each room. Cuttings are made in walls to switch points and flexible PVC are laidto switch point. The electrical engineer calculates the requirementsin each room and provision is made accordingly in the switch board. He does itfrom his common experience. The owner can give his requirements before hand andaccordingly the switch board location can be planned.Owner can ask for a drawing of electrical wires drawn. Mostly there will be provision in switch board foradditional switches and plug points or space forcuttings. From inspection points additional wires can be drawn through pipesfor new points. The internal/ external wiring required for Land phones,CCTV, etc is drawn through separate pipes. Q5 Why can't Indian railways have baggagehandling system like airports? A5 Namakkal Raghavendran, FormerMechanical Engineer at Indian Railways (1959–1994)2y One intrepid GM ofS.Rly thought of providingluggage trolleys at least for senior citizens at a nominal cost and brought afew dozen trolleys which were distributed at different platforms. Itworked for some time. Then true to our nature of sabotaging any worthwhileeffort for self gains, theluggage porters (coolies) saw it as a threat to their earnings and deliberatelydamaged every single trolley. Like what happened when coin operatedtelephone instruments were provided. These machines took a single rupee coinwhile the public telephone booth operators collected Rs.2. Every singleinstrument was damaged. When I confronted the Dy.Stn. Supdt about this, he said“ the P&T people repairthis but next day the telephone booth walas damage the instruments becausetheir earnings are affected”. This was before the cell phones era.That is India for you. My note- I find trolleys in Bangalore Cantonment railway station locked and kept in platformno1, with the board- Onlyfor porters. These trolleys are similar to ones provided atairports. Unless the railway stations have no over head path with steps to climb upand down to , the trolleys provided have no benefit to travellers except inplatform No1. Q6 What is the best vitamin A fruit? A6 Janbi Behera, Lives in India(2022–present)Tue Best Vitamin ‘A'fruits Name are — Vitamin A is afat-soluble vitamin that plays an essential role in maintaining vision, bodygrowth, immune function and reproductive health. Fruits that arerich in Vitamin ‘’A '’ ( always prefer ripe fruit) 1 — Mango,2 — papaya,3 – apricots,4 — Pink or RedGrapefruit ,5 — Watermelon 6 — Guava,7 — Tangerine,8 — Nectarine,9 — Passion Fruit,10— Goji Berries,11 — peaches Q7 What is the most interesting fact thatyou know and I don't, but I should? A7 T.M. Gautham,Left Handed & RightMinded Updated 5y You can find fresh water in sea shore. Sea water has 35000 ppm of salt, while fresh water hasless than 100 ppm of salt. You are standing atbeach, in the water. Would you taste the water? I’m pretty sure youwon’t even try to think of drinking it. You know how salty it would be. But do youknow if you start digging the shore, you’ll get fresh water. Yes, you can drinkit. It is a good as water from any fresh water well. You can see a ladyis digging shore to get fresh water in a sea shore in the above picture. How the water in the shore is fresh? You know salt wateris denser than fresh water. Salt water and fresh water don’t mix so easily. Fresh water floats on saltwater. And, the fresh water tries to move towards sea due to gravityas the altitude decreases as you move towards sea. This natural movement of fresh water towards thesea prevents salt water from entering freshwater coastal aquifers. One more reason isbecause the sand in theshore act as a water filter. Rain water gets filtered. It is nodifferent from an ordinary sand filter. Nothing filters the water better thanthe nature does. Nature always provides us what we need. We ignore it and go insearch of artificial things. Even you can tryusing sand as a filter in your home.Trust me. Nature Works. Q8 Why is the Delhi Metro not able toincrease its speed? A8 Rahul Mahto, Lives in New Delhi Updated4y The trains in Delhi metro are capable of running at muchhigher speeds than they do. But it is not wise to do sobecause of these reasons: Metro stations in Delhi are located very close to eachother.So, the trains need to stop frequently. Applying brakes so frequently wouldcause a lot of power loss. Also,most of the travellers stand inside these trains. Braking at high speeds wouldcause discomfort and even injuries to the passengers. In Delhi metrothere is only one track for each direction in all routes. Over 20 lakh peopletravel using Delhi metro daily. To accommodate so many passengers there areseveral trains running in both directions at the same time. Running so many trains at muchhigher speeds on only one track is not practical with so many stoppages. A lot ofinfrastructure is built very close to metro tracks in Delhi. Running trains athigher speeds would cause tremors in land surrounding the tracks. This wouldcause damage to buildings nearby. Q9 Is the IRCTC website a boon or bane? A9 Sumit Das, Words are Wind Updated 8y Make no mistake. IRCTC is a huge boon. Thesite is rather flawed but any day I would prefer waiting 15 mins to book aticket on it sitting on my comfortable chair in my air-conditioned office thansomething like this(queuein the counter) The time taken tostand in this queue can be anything from 30 mins to 1 and a half hour. I much preferstaying at my home banging my head against the keyboard, cursing IRCTC thanstanding in this queue, engulfed in the smell consisting of different varietiesof sweat including my own and other not-so-good intestinal releases. No Sir, Iwill rather have my room and the occasional bump on my head. If we compare thetwo processes then the process involving standing in a line can be shown in thefollowing manner ***Total time taken:- Anything from 2 hour to 24 hours. And the IRCTCmethod can be shown as Total time taken :- 10 mins to 1 hour In this wholeanalysis, I haven't even considered the case where you might need a Tatkalticket. If you prefer the ancient method, you will see scenes like this at theTatkal ticket counter at 12 am in the night. This is for the counter which willopen only at 10 in the morning. **This is because only the first two persons in a linecan be assured of getting a ticket. I have once"stood" in such a line from 10 in the night till 3 in the morningafter which my brother took over. Since then I prefer travelling by air in suchcircumstances even if it eats into a major chunk of my salary. Admittedly, IRCTCis a pain as well when Tatkal tickets are concerned. You need magic of someadvanced order to get a Tatkal ticket from it. But comparing the two methods is like comparing death bylethal injection to being hanged, drawn and quartered. IRCTC is muchmaligned because it hasn't kept up with the age of the internet where every kindof information is available in a matter of seconds. Our cinema tickets arebooked in a couple of minutes in which time the best hope from IRCTC can be afaint promise that it will open sometime soon. It makes us wait. And in thisage, waiting sucks. Still, given theright sense of perspective, there is no doubt in my mind that IRCTC is indeed ablessing. My note- There are exaggerations marked XX. Ihave booked tickets from New Delhi railway station. Token is given and called with in 20-30 minutesmaximum. Thatkal booking hascome almost like ordinary booking since railway has allotted 30% of ticketsunder thatkal. Only thing higher payment has to be made. However in someroutes what the person answered is correct. Q10 Can a diabetic patient takejaggery instead of sugar? A10 Dr. Shruti Jaiswal, Faculty at CDSIMER(2022–present)Dec 19 While Jaggerydefinitely has a lot of health benefits over sugar like Aiding in digestion- Throwing out toxins from the liver- Purifying the blood and fighting infectionsetc Its amisconception that jaggery does not raise blood sugar as much as sugar Infact Jaggery hasa higher glycemic index or the ability to cause blood sugar increase than samequantity of sugar Q11 Can you share an interestingplant that bears fruit? A11 The Secret Garden of Pets,Answered by VictoriaNg Dec 10 Dragon fruits are from the cacti family, but so deliciousand sweet. They grow on stems and branches of the plant.Their flowers are gorgeous also and its fruits are desirable. Can eat them straight fresh orin desserts. My note- Insupermarkets the fruit is available in Chennai, the cost is prohibitive. All the above QA are from Quora website on 25-12- 2022. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers . Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 26-12-2022 -- 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/1034109131.2932672.1672019345110%40mail.yahoo.com.
