CULTURAL QA12-2021-06 Being a compilation there may be errors
Q1 Which crop saved humanityfrom famine in history? A1 Steve Aceep FormerWorking With Covid Patient Everyday Nov 30 This crop, Manihot esculenta, commonly known as cassava , manioc,or yuca.Cultivatedas an annual crop in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchytuberous root, a major source of carbohydrates. Casava is one of the most drought-tolerant crops, capable of growing onmarginal soil. In fact the only crops can survive war,flood and drought. Duringwar when the people don't have time to cultivates crop, cassava can be foragedin the wild. Cassava are so versatile it can be eaten only by boiling it roots or canbe turn into flour to make bread or noodle. The leaf can be cook into tastydish. That why we never heard great famine in the region where the cassava areavailable. My note- Casava/Tapioca is soldin Sabarimalai season along withrice porridge- Kappa Kanji in temporary restaurants. Tapioca papad is in demandand liked by most in Tamilnadu and Kerala. Q2 Do majority of Indian ITprofessionals live from hand to mouth even those who are experienced? A2 Prasanna Bhalerao Pleasedo not share my answers on monetised spaces.2h I can speak for myself first. I am a software professional for 33.5 years and first 1.5 years as aelectronics engineer. My first year (in electronics small scale industry) wasnot only hands to mouth but at many times I had to skip one meal. I had reallyno money and living alone in Pune was just to darned difficult with ₹550in hand per month in 1986. I was earning ₹1800 pm in June, 1988 which was not hand to mouthexactly but no great shakes. By the time I got married in 1991, I was earning ₹3200pm. My wife was earning ₹1700 in hand. After marriage, for first 2 years itwas paycheck to paycheck. Mybig break cave in late 1992 when I joined ICIM, Pune at ₹93,000 per annum.Foreign trips came soon. I never lived hand to mouth since 1993. However, I was not saving mucheither. Couldn't. Financial security didn't arrive till 2003. Do software engineers today live hand to mouth? I believe that thosefreshers who are not from the city, have to rent, eat out, etc., do livepaycheck to paycheck. ₹22,000 to ₹30,000 is not luxury by any means and Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune or Chennai are not cheap by anystandards. Per month costs: Rent for 1-bhk is ₹8000–10,000,food costs ₹3500 pm at least, transport can start at ₹1500,. Mobile is cheap at least for now but stillaround ₹150.Unless one is ok to watch movies on mobile a movie ticket costs ₹125–250, a visit to the restaurant makes the walletlighter by at least ₹250, a visit to home costs ₹1000to ₹2500return, and so on. I have seen 4 persons sharing a1-bhk flat to make ends meet. How long does the struggle last? At least first 4 years. Then comes acouple or more years of God life. Now comes marriage. So unless there's is double income, there is astruggle. The years later the first child is born. More struggle. Morehands to mouth. Time to buy a home. Time to buy a car. Where is the money unlessthere is an endowment from the father? So yes, at least 50% struggle if not exactly livinghand to mouth. For atleast first 15 years there is a struggle. This is not even assuming that thefamily is over reaching and overspending. Unless there is double income, or onehas a residence that is paid up, this may be the case.These are my personalexperiences and thoughts. Q3 Why was Makrana Marblechosen to build the Taj Mahal? A3 Devansh Sharma Lives inIndia (2006–present)Nov 29 The water absorption of Makranamarble is said to be the lowest among all types in India, and the marble is claimed to contain 98 percent ofcalcium carbonate and only two percent of impurities. Makrana White Marble is the best quality marble. Why not Italian Marble? Indian marble is medium lustre as compared to Italian marble. Indianmarble requires a lesser level of skills as compared to Italian marble. Itwould be difficult to work with Italian marble. P.S there were no kajaria stores at that time. Q4 What type of motors are usedin air conditioner? A4 2 Answers BobbyDoran, studied Refrigeration &Air Conditioning at Dublin Institute of Technology (2016)Answered Mar 28, 2017 Different units use different types of motors in both Refrigeration andAir-conditioning. The most common would be a CSIR (Capacitor Start InductionRun) but you may end up working for a few weeks without seeing this type andpossibly seeing another type - split phase, capacitor start capacitor run, shaded pole motor or a threephase motor - which will almost certainly be most common in any industrialapplications. 2nd answer-AkshayKumar Chaurasiya, works atDaikin Industries (2019-present)Answered Jan 13 Different types of motor is used in different model. Generally AC motorsare used in low star rating(till 3star) and non inverter model. DC motors are used in invertermodel with more star rating. Q5 What is the differencebetween split air conditioner, central air conditioning and window airconditioner? A5 Little Dominic AnsweredMay 19, 2020 Difference between Window AC and Split AC • The main difference is that window air conditioner has a single unitwhereas split air conditioner has two units.(indoor and outdoor) • Generally people use ac more at night. The window ac must beuncomfortable because of the sound they create when functioning. And the splitac does not make much noise. Because the compressor and the condenser units areinstalled in outdoor. The evaporator unit inside the room does not make muchnoise thereby providing a higher comfort. • And split air conditionerlooks aesthetically pleasing, butis relatively more complicated to install and requires more space as comparedto window air conditioner. Because split ac have two units. • And there are difference designs between spilt as and window. Outdoorunit consist of compressor, condenser and expansion vale. And indoor unit isconsist of capillary tube, evaporator and cooling fan. But window is a combinedstructure of all its components within one unit. • Split air conditioners aresuitable for any place, such as large room, commercial and office spaces. But the window air conditioners are suitable onlyfor single rooms in apartment, small offices, etc. • In case split ac it can be installed any wherein the room withoutblocking widow or day light. Whereas window ac is installed in window, becauseof that its blocking daylight. • Split air conditioner floor mounted and selling mounted are options areavailable. And inverterseries is also available in split ac which helps reduce the current.But in window ac there are no any other options are available. • Generally split air conditioners are available in the range of 0.8 tonto 3 ton. The real work of cooling down air is done outdoor unit and it can bein any size as it is installed in outside. And window air conditioners areavailable in 0.75 ton to 3 ton. Window ac hold one unit it size directlyproportional to tonnage capacity. Higher the capacity and bigger the size. • And there is noany security threat. But in window ac window is open and someone can remove airconditioner from outside and can enter into the house. • Installation of split ac is quite difficult and require skilled labourand window ac installation is easy and it does not require skilled labour. • Split ac is more difficult to maintain than window ac. It need morecareful and specialized maintenance. • Split air conditioner is more efficient than window ac. Generally Split ACs will be costlier by 10–20 percent than the windows ACwith similar efficiency and capacity. • In case users have to pay more for split air conditioners becauseconsist of two unit. So window ac cheap than split ac. Split ac will costalmost double than that of a window ac. My note- In Chennai shops onlysplit AC and inverter AC only are available now. Q6 Are human egg cells thelargest cells humans produce? A6 Ken Saladin Formerprofessor of histology (microscopic anatomy)20h The human ovum is about 100 µmin diameter and marginally visible to the naked eye (if one has good eyes). Some adipocytes (fat cells) get a little bit bigger thanthat, but not much. Those are extraordinarily large, as human cells go. But they’re not the largest human cells by any means. A typical skeletal muscle cell isalso about 100 µm wide, but 3 cm (1.2 in.) long. Even the average musclecell is 300 times as long as an ovum is wide. The longest muscle cells are 5times as wide and 10 times as long as average. Motor neurons of the spinal cord have cell bodies about the same size asan ovum (100 µm dia.), but axons that can be more than a meter long. So no, egg cells are far fromthe largest cells in the human body. Q7 Was there a bigdisappointment in Mysore when Bengaluru has chosen to be a capital of state? A7 Goutham R Lives inBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaFri As per my knowledge, there was no big disappointment. Because Bengaluru was alwaysadministrative capital even under Wodeyars and British. Mysuru and Bengaluru could be compared to today’s Gandhinagar andAhmedabad in Gujarat. Mysuru was cultural capital,Wodeyars lived there, everykind of art was encouraged there. But when it came to administration, economicpolicies, industrialization, they always chose Bengaluru. They had connected Bengaluruwith many towns through railways, there was a palace in Bengaluru too. Premiereducational institutions like IISC, University of Agricultural Sciences, etc was established in Bengaluru. Mysuru too had its share ofcolleges and industries. But, Bengaluruwas ahead as it had first electricity connection in India, the Hydro Electric Project at Shivanasamudra Fallsprovided electricity to the city. It was the first city in India to getelectric street lights in 1905. School of Engineering, later renamed as UVCE was established in 1917 inBengaluru. Kannada Sahitya Parishat was established in 1915 in Bengaluru to promotethe growth of Kannada, they opted Bengaluru over Mysuru.The cantonment part ofBengaluru was under the British, they too had developed that region verywell.Vast lands were available to setup factories like HAL, NAL, BEL, BEML,etc. In 17th century itself, Bengaluru had “Attara Kacheri” (a Hindustaniword, it was from Mughal influence) which had a secretariat of eighteenadministrative departments, it also housed the High court. Even the BritishCommissioners used to administer from here. As this had space constraint, thenMysore Chief Minister Sri. Kengal Hanumathaiah ordered the construction of newassembly for the state in 1952. In between, there were talks of making someother city in North Karnataka as capital, many wanted Davanagere to be capitalit is located in center of the state. Finally, it was this building Vidhana Soudha which fixed the fate ofBengaluru as capital. So we can understand that Bengaluru always played the role of secondcapital during Wodeyar’s rule.Hence, people from Old Mysore region had noissues in accepting Bengaluru as the capital city.In fact, they are happy tosee Bengaluru as capital, no person from Mysuru, Mandya, Haasana, Shivamogga,Mandya, etc wants their cities to become like Bengaluru, they fear forenvironmental degradation issues. Q8 What should be the roomsize for an air conditioner of 1.5 tons? A8 Rahul Bhatia, AnOptimistAnswered Dec 13, 2018 AC units are measured by “tons”,but this measure is notreferring to the weight of the AC but this measure indicates the capacity ofthe air conditioner to cool the room. 1 Refrigeration tonne (RT) ACwill remove 12000 BTU heat from the room per hour. Several factors that are to be considered for selecting proper size ACdepends on - The number of Windows in theroom. Gadgets that produce heat such as TV, Desktop etc. Number of walls facingthe sunlight.Number of people in the room.How well the room is insulated suchas flooring, glass and other openings To find the ton AC required youshould know the length, breadth and the height of the room. Once we know all these parameters we can find the volumeof the room and then accordingly from the following table we can find thecorresponding tonne required. (I am not able to paste the table) Q10 I am planning tobuy a washing machine. Should I buy a front load or a top load? A10 Gopala Krishnan, formerAssistant General Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom(1966-2004)Answered just now >From my experiencethe top load machine is better than front load. The main >advantage is inthe top load, if clothes are more, one can take out. In the >front load it isnot possible. Front load machines more fault prone. In front >load the movementof machine is more unless kept in rough floor . In tiled and >granite or marbleflooring movement of machine is more.In fact in semi >automatic, except heatingis not there, and transfer of clothes for squeezing >and drying has to be donemanually done, is better to both All the above QA are from Quora website on 05-12- 2021. Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan ,78, former AGM Telecom Trivandrum on 06-12-2021 -- 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]. 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