CULTURAL QA 01-2023-25 BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS
Q1 If you use liquid drain cleaner and theclog is not cleared, can the drain cleaner come back up and will it bubble ifit does? A1 Stuart Sjalund, no degree inElectronic License, Fanshawe College (Graduated 1989)Dec 14 Most drain cleaners are sodium hydroxide. Yes this cancome back up and bubble. Bubbling shows it isconverting oil to soap. My note- In flats the drain pipes are interconnected withinspection area. The flat engineer may come/ depute a person to set right theproblem in southern states as I have observed. In homes there are inspection boxes indrain and local plumber will clear theproblem with in minutes by pushing hosepipe withwater through these inspection points. Q2 How can we buy a train engine fromIndian Railways? A2 Realistic Person, Sun You can'tby a working train engine. It's a Government Propertyand not for personal use. Where will you drive it? However you can buy train engine when it's retired fromit's service. After using train engine for33–35yrs, Indian Railways either scrap the Engine or put them inside RailwayMusium or in Railway Station for Display. In some cases Railway put their Retired Railway Engineson Auction. From there you can buy it and put it outside your Factory orBuilding as a Display. You can get retired Train Engine at approx80–90 Lakhs. You can only get the shell of Engine whichmeans it's internal Engine and all internal Electrical Components will he removedby Railway. You can also buyRailway Coaches for personal use and open a Restaurant and Hotel in it. You can also buyAeroplanes and open Restaurant in it. My note- In Telecom department also certainattractive store items were sold @3-4times of their prize earlier times. The purchaser had to keep thereceipt always mentioning item purchased and amount paid. Two such itemspurchased were smallinsulators in ceramic holding wire, and another lightening spike on top of thepost. They were used on compound walls for beautyafter purchasing by rich.Now Land telephones are sold but only to subscribers. Q3 What animals have the most impressiveorgans? A3 Lucia Baratto, Jan 13 There are many animals with impressive organs, but someexamples include: The eyes of an eagle, which are much larger andmore powerful than a human's and allow them to spot prey from great distances. The brain of a dolphin, which is larger and morecomplex than a human's and allows themto have advanced communication and problem-solvingabilities. The heart of a blue whale, which can weigh asmuch as a car and pump blood throughout the whale's massive body.Icon forEthology🦆🔍 The lungs of a lungfish, which allows them to survivein oxygen-poor environments by extracting oxygen from the air. The electric organ of an electric eel, which allowsthem to generate powerful electric shocks for hunting and self-defense. These are just afew examples, and there are many other animals with impressive organs thatallow them to survive and thrive in different environments. Q4 Why are empty glass bottles hung by theIndian Army on the barbed wires at the border? A4 Rohit Virmani, I love learning newthings22h Empty bottles are hung, so that if someone tries toinfiltrate, the army personnel is alerted by the sound of the bottle hittingthe steel wires. A slightest ofmovement in the wires cause the bottles to collide and it makes sound enough toalert the army personnel. It is a simple and easy technique to check & ward offthe infiltrations, if any. My note- Nowwe can see plastic bottles are hung by internet cable people every where. Theseare to keep the joints of wires intact, not affected by rain etc. Q5 What are the 10 things that everyIndian should know? A5 Gurmeet Bishnoi, Lives in India(1996–present)Updated 2y As per the CitizenCharter (Indian Oil Corporation website):- if a gascylinder blasts during the cooking of food then the gas agency is liable to payRs. 50 lakh to the victim as compensation. ForeignContribution Regulation Act (FCRA), 2010:- if you take agift from any company on the occasion of a festival, it falls into the categoryof bribery. You can also be sentenced to jail for this crime. However, it has been legalised bythe Government of India in 2018 under Finance Bill 2018. Criminal ProcedureCode, Section 46:- Nowoman can be arrested before 6 A.M. and after 6 P.M unless the crime(accusition) is severe. 5 A.M to 10 P.M in bigger cities like Mumbaian Delhi. Indian Sarais Act,1887:- Even any 5-star hotel can’t prohibit you from drinkingpotable water and using its washrooms. Maternity BenefitAct, 1961:- No company can fire a pregnant woman. It may bepunishable by a maximum of 3 years of imprisonment. Automotive(Amendment) Bill, 2016,:- If you are fined for a crime (likeriding without a helmet or any other reason) then you will not be fined for thesame reason in the same day. Limitation Act,1963:- If your officedoes not pay you then you have the power to file an FIR against it within 3years. But if you report after 3 years, you will not get anythingfor the due. Delhi Rent ControlAct, 1958, Section 14:- Ifyou are living in Delhi then your landlord does not have the right toforcefully vacate your house without giving prior notice to you. Q6 What is Rain Water Harvesting? How doesit work? What are its pros and cons? A6 Gopala Krishnan, Former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now I am answering fromChennai, India. It is a place experiencing water scarcity through out the year,worse in summer. In front of my home water harvesting line passes. It ismade in RCC and most of us provide slabs over it leaving inspection areas.The RCC square in cross section slightly sloping and reaching a lake. Water falling in roadand from compounds via PVC pipe goes to Lake as water reserve. Water is taken from the lakes mostlydry in summer, is distributed after filtering and removing germs in powerhouses. A number of such lakes are in Chennai. 90% the harvesting line is not contaminated with polluted water. Bonus-RO wateris provided to those require free in my area. Bore-well water from streetbore wells is processed with medium machines in each street and supplied in themorning. Q7 Why do coffee prices tend to outweightea prices? A7 Steven Haddock, Studied at YorkUniversity (Canada)Sat The plant that gives us tea is an evergreen shrub and thetea itself is the leaves, which are pretty muchproduced constantly. It can grow in pretty large range of climactic conditions,even where the winters can be fairly cold (which would, for example, killcotton). A typical tea shrub can be productive for a century. The plant that gives us coffee is also a perennial shrub.It can be productive for up to 60 years. That’s pretty muchwhere the comparison ends. Coffee comes from the fruit of theseplants, which of course only appears once a year. The “bean” is theseed. Coffee is… particular about where it grows. It doesn’t do well in warmplaces, but it does like a lot of sun, but also grows better in the shade. Assuch, the best place to grow it is on the sides of mountains that face the sunpart of the day, and to plant it under larger trees to provide shade. However,if it freezes, it dies. It’s so sensitive that climate changehas pretty much required growers to put the plants higher on the mountains.That makes coffee cultivation somewhat more difficult than tea cultivation. Q8 What are some things most people takefor granted? A8 Pushkar Pahwa, Manager at Reserve Bankof India (RBI) (2017–present)5y 1. You wake up in the morning, brush your teethand choose your morning drink - green tea/ tea/ coffee/ milk. 2. You take bath, choose which pair of clothes andshoes to wear for office. 3. After getting ready, you choose your meal for thebreakfast - North Indian, South Indian, continental etc. 4. Depending upon the weather/ traffic/ timing, youchoose to go to office either by your own vehicle/ ola/ uber/ metro/ auto. 5. You had a good (or may be bad) day at officeand you plan for an outing after office and choose a nice place to dine out. 6. You choose a couple of your friends/ colleagueswith whom you would like to go out. 7. While having dinner, you choose your meal froma wide range of food items and drinks. 8. You reach home after dinner, feel hot andchoose to turn on your AC/ Cooler. 9. You reach home. You are missing your family.You choose to call your parents/ siblings/ girl(boy)friend. 10. You lie down in your bed and choose to listen tomusic on your mobile,browse social media or watch tv before you sleep. Noticed how manychoices you made during the whole day? What most people take granted is having choicesin life. Not everybody around is so privileged to have the luxury of exercisingchoices/ choosing. Be thankful for allthose choices you have! Q9 What all things have been inventedby/in India that very few people know of? A9 Rahul Jhabak, Former Founder at Thekartistic.com (2020–2021)2y This guy here:Niranjan Karagi.In what we may call an underappreciated invention, he usednano-composite technology to create a small bottle cap filter which cleanscontaminated water 99.9 percent. Upon observing thatthere was no filter in one of the government schools, he came up with thisbrilliant solution, along with his brother Pradumn, which took into accountboth costs and effectiveness: NirNal[1] He cites, “As an engineer, you are always told to innovateand execute. I was thinking of a solution that was neitherfeasible nor innovative. I had to come up with something of my own. Somethingthat fits in well to solve the pertinent and widespread problem of contaminatedwater” And what's the best part? The filter costs mere 30Rupees. Q10 What is the most under-ratedpleasure? A10 Rajeshwar R, Scientist C at Indian SpaceResearch Organisation (ISRO) (2022–present)Sat You go to a hotel.Eat an onion uthappam and are feeling full. You remember “oops I forgot to havea coffee". Youorder a coffee. “Anna sarkara illama uh oru coffee" (Brother a coffeewithout sugar please) The waiter brings and puts this in front of you. You grab this darling with your sambar flavoured hands andenjoy each sip of this elixir.This is the mostunderrated pleasure. If it's fullstop for a sentence, it's coffee for breakfast🥺 All the above QA are from Quora website on 24-01- 2023. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers . Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 25-01-2023 -- 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/983796518.67594.1674617162283%40mail.yahoo.com.
