CULTURAL QA 03-2024-03A Allthe below QA are from Quora DIGEST to me on 03-03-2024.
Selected quora answers generallyinteresting including jokes are included Still they need not be 100% correct answers. I am only a compiler. Compiled and posted by R. Gopala Krishnan, 80, on 03-03-2024. Q1 What areexamples of presence of mind during interview? A1 Siddharth Shrivastava, Studied ChemicalEngineering at MITS6y Interviews started at 9 a.m. in the morning and Iregistered late so I could get some time for preparation. Hence, I was among the last candidatesto appear. We were made to be seated and it's already 3 p.m. Suddenly, I saw an HR manager moving out of the cabinwith a bunch of applications in hand. I cursed myself for registering so late.I was shocked they already selected and I may face formalities thereafter. I got a call andI stood up and entered the cabin: Interviewer: Have you had your lunch? Me: Yes, Sir. Interviewer: Alright, I haven't had mine and I'mexhausted. I've been takinginterviews from morning now. You just think of a question, speak the questionand then it's answer and we're done. (At thispoint, I was sure that they had selected the candidates they need and mychances are gone.) Me: “Why am I here today?” - I am here because I findmyself suitable for this job and I am appearing in this interview for the same.And I added a briefintroduction of mine. Interviewer (unimpressed): Okay, I am giving you 10seconds, think of a word, just one word that comes to your mind. It could beanything. Me (Takes a 10 seconds pause): “SELECTED” Interviewer: Okay, you may leave now. Result:**Selected** Q2 What aresome of the greatest examples of presence of mind? A2 GaneshJadhav,6mo Here’s an example of presence of mind shown in thecourtroom which has humor and sarcasm at its best. Background: Mr.PK Atre was a prominent Indian writer. In one of his articles, he used the word ‘donkey’ to address a corrupt localpolitician(councilor). In India, calling someone donkey denotes callingthem stupid. This enraged him and he filed a lawsuit against MrAtre. This is how it went in the courtroom. Judge: Do you admit that you called him a donkey? Mr Atre: Yes. Judge: As you have admitted your mistake and beingthis your first offence, you are relieved from any punishment. Mr Atre: Thank youMy lord. It is admissible that you shouldn’t address a councilor as a donkey, but is itokay to address a donkey as a councilor? Judge: Yeah it’s fine. You can call anything to adonkey. He won’t understand. Mr Atre:(While addressing the same politician) Hello Mr. Councillor. The whole courtroom filled with laughter over theembarrassment of the corrupt politician. Q3 What aresome of the greatest examples of presence of mind? A3 Anuraj Chaudhuri ,A proud Indian.Updated7y I am not sure about the authenticity of this story. Just give it a try. It willbe a good laugh, I assure you. Albert Einstein,the famous scientist, once received a letter requesting him to deliver a speech on quantum physicsat a country college in Austria. Einstein agreed to go there to deliver thespeech, a speech he had been delivering almost everywhere those days. Einstein hadrecently moved to Austria and was mostly an unknown face. So people over thereat the collegedid not know how he looked like and the newspaper images back then were of sopoor quality that you would have to have a very keen eye to find similaritiesbetween a person and his picture in a newspaper. However, Einstein started for that country college inhis car.His driver suddenly said,”Sir, are you going to deliver that speech onquantum physics that you have been delivering everywhere these last fewmonths?” “Yes.” “Sir, I have been listening to it keenly all these days, and I havememorized each and every word of it.” “You have?” “Yes sir. Sir, I have arequest for you. I have never got a chance to perform in front of a largeaudience. Will you let me deliver this speech on your behalf?” “You mean, you will impersonate me and deliverthe speech?” “Yes sir.” “How is thatpossible?” “Sir, no one there knows how you look. I can take your place easily.” Einstein found this idea to be very amusing. He gavehis consent. So, they came to the college. The driver had already taken Einstein’s place,and Einstein his. Einstein found his gait as a famous scientist to be reallyconvincing. People at the college welcomed the driver and tookhim to the auditorium. Einstein too took a seat. He was reallyamazed to see his driver deliver one of his popular speeches with confidence and clarity. Theaudience was spellbound to hear that great speech explaining quantum physics.They burst into applause. The driverlooked happy and satisfied. But then one among the audience stood and asked aquestion requesting explanation of one of the points made during the speech. The driver thought for a second or two. Then he said, ”You did not understand that? Even my driver can explainthat to you. Wait, let me call him on stage.” Edit: This story has been told and retold a thousandtimes, so thereis no way to mention a particular source of this story. I have written it frommemory and have depended on my imagination to make the story vivid. However, this story had been inexistence in Jewish folklores even beforeEinstein was born. In that story a famous Jewish preacher switched place withhis envious servant. Q4 DidHitler escape Germany and live in Argentina until his death? A4 Prince Newro, 21h No. Right before his death, the Soviets were around 500meters away from the Führerbunker. Even by then, Germany was surrounded by America,Britain, France, and the Soviet Union. Escape was nearly impossible. Just listen to this satisfied customer: “I triedescaping Germany wearing a Wehrmacht uniform. I was caught by the Soviets. Theyhanded me over to the British. Mission failed…” The 1st and 2nd Red Army Groups surrounded Berlinfrom the south and east. The 3rd surrounded from the north. The west was by the western allies where the Nazispreferred to surrender to. Everyone knew howHitler looked like: And in case Hitler tried escaping, the allies madephotos of how he may have possibly disguised himself to avoid capture, andescape. But Hitler famously admitted that he’ll stay inGermany till the very end and end his own life to avoid capture. “But dummy,that’s what the Nazis want you to think!” Exactly, so here it is: Hitlerswallowed a cyanide pill, then shot himself in the head with his personalpistol. A senior SSofficer entered the study after Hitler and his wife committed suicide and saidthe air smelled of bitter almonds, which was a dead giveaway of cyanide poisoning. Unless…you know… maybe Hitler had bitter almonds in his study… I doubt it… ANYWAY… Hitler’s and his wife’s corpses were taken out to theChancellory Garden With all the petrol the Germans had, they cremated thecorpses. The allies found the ashes mixed with the soil andartillery shrapnel. They found a piece of his jaw. Hitler’s dentist, who was captured by the allies,proved the dental work to be from Hitler. X-Rays were even shown from 1944 that furtherproved it. When the Soviets entered the Führerbunker, they founda blood stained sofa. The blood proved to belong to Hitler. But what will the conspirators think?Hitler cut hisfinger and applied blood to prove his death? No…Besides, Hitler was believed to had suffered from Parkinson’s Disease,coronary arterial Disease, was on many drugs, and was very mentally unstable. He would’ve died in the1950’s, had he escaped.He didn’t escape though… Q5 What isthe interesting story of the labourer worked in Gurudwara? A5 Chauhan Babu Nath,5h A laborer came to New Delhi. Leaving his wife in arented house, he went out in search of work. At one place a service was going on in a Gurudwara. Sawsome boys working and asked them- "Can I work here?" The boys said'yes'. laborer-"Where is your boss?" The boys thought of mischief and said-“The boss hasgone out. You just get to work. We will let you know that you are engaged fromtoday." The laborer became happy and started working. Arrives on time every morning and leaves in theevening. Worked diligently and diligently. The week passed like this. The laborer again asked the boys-"When will themaster come?" The boys againsaid 'Hafta'. Another week passed. The labourer said to the boys-"Brother, there is nothing toeat at home today. The remaining wife said that food will be cooked onlyif you bring some money. Introduce me to the owner." The boys postponed the matter till the next day. But as soon as the labourer left, he startedrealizing his mistake and finally decided that he would tell the labourereverything the truth. This isthe service of Gurudwara. There is no owner here.We are serving our GuruMaharaj Ji. When the laborer came the next day, the faces of allthe boys were sad. They said-“Uncle, please forgive us.We were kiddingyou all along." And told the whole thing. The laborer laughed and said- “Now you are joking. Our boss is really very nice. He came to our houseyesterday afternoon. He gave his wife one month's salary and 15 days' ration. Which owner pays wages and ration to the laborers athome? Our owners are really very nice.” And then he started working hard on his work. The boys understood that the one who serves his Guruselflessly, the Guru always remains with him and keeps removing his sorrows andtroubles. I pay my respects at the feet of all the Gurus -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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