Pranam Q3 The babylone is 1500 BCE to 650 BCE hence answer is lagging behind the truth I shall write later about it KR IRS 4622
On Sat, 4 Jun 2022 at 19:05, 'gopala krishnan' via Thatha_Patty < [email protected]> wrote: > *CULTURAL QA 06-2022-04* > > *BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS* > > *Q1 Is a face towel a conductor or an insulator?* > > A1 Gopala Krishnan, former Assistant General Manager 1996-2004 > at Department of Telecom (1966-2004)Answered just now > > Face towel or Turkey towel when it is dry is an insulator. Face towels are > made of cotton. Cotton is an insulator when it is *NOT WET* > > *Q2 Why in India vehicle insurance is mandatory? Whereas life insurance > of the driver is not mandatory?* > > A2 Prasanna BhaleraoM. Sc. in Electronics & Physics, Fergusson > College, Pune17h > > There is a slight misunderstanding here. > > In India, as well as everywhere else in the world, 3rd party insurance is > mandatory. *3rd party insurance covers damage to life and property of > others (3rd party) if you run into an accident*. Your insurance pays for > the damage and loss. > > *Comprehensive insurance covers own vehicle damage in addition to 3rd > party*. In India, we prefer this because, insurance claim is a lengthy > and tedious process. If you are not at fault, we would need to claim > damages from the person who is at fault, from his insurance. A police FIR > is required and the police determine who is at fault. The other party must > be present. More often than not, we are the one's who are usually at fault. > 3rd party insurance won't cover damage to your own vehicle if we are at > fault. > > Driver and passenger insurance is optional because these people may > already be having own (separate) insurance. > > *Q3 Why wasn't there 100 seconds to the minute, and 100 minutes > to the hour, and should it have been?* > > A3 Krister Sundelin E-learning Producer (2020–present)Mon > > Q: Why wasn't there 100 seconds to the minute, and 100 minutes to the hour, > > *A: Blame the Babylonians*. They invented the 360 degree circle, the 12 > hour days, and the division of those into 60 minutes. *And they did so > because they used fractions, not decim*als. If you have not yet invented > decimals, fractions are infinitely more useful. > > “And why is that important?” Well, try to divide 100 with as many > numbers as you can. Eventually, you find out that you can only evenly > divide 100 by 2, 4, 5, 10, 25 and 50. Compare that to 60, a highly > divisible number. You can divide it by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20 and 30. > > And that is important if you don’t have calculators doing the calculations > for you, and you have to do it yourself in your head. > > *It is not by chance that we’re still talking about dozens, or 60 minutes > or 360 degrees. They are* simply simpler to use. I even admit (as a > European using SI units) that Imperial units in some cases are more > intuitive in everyday situations. Perhaps not in scientific situations > where powers are much easier to do in a decimal system, but definitely when > getting a 2x4 for building a shed in the garden. > > *Q: and should it have been? A: Well, the French tried it after the > Revolution, and subsequently dropped the idea.* > > Q4 Is it okay to use hand soap for your clothes if you ran out > of detergent for the washing machine? > > A4 C.S. Friedman, Costume Designer and Historian Answered 39m > ago > > Yup. Most of the cleaning action is done by the water. *Tests comparing > clothes washed in soap vs. those washed in plain water found very little > difference*. The primary purpose of the soap is to help release grease > and oil from the clothing to it can be washed away. Hand soap won’t do > that as well, as detergent, but it won’t hurt. > > *My note- I recollect in my boyhood days many* used LUX toilet soap as > washing soap also. If forgot to carry many used Lifebuoy toilet soap > instead of Sunlight washing soap for washing clothes also > > Q5 How did history make Prithviraj Chauhan the 'last Hindu > emperor? > > A5 Balaji Viswanathan History buff1h > > *The last Hindu king was King Gyanendra of Nepal, 2008.* > > The last Hindu king in India was King Hari Singh of Kashmir, 1952. > > The last Hindu emperor was Chattrapati Pratap Singh, 1818. The actual > power rested with Baji Rao II. The heights of Maratha empire as one of the > world’s largest empires was achieved under Balaji Balaji Rao (1760). > Marathas also ruled Delhi at that time.*By no metric was Prithiviraj > Chauhan either an emperor or the last Hindu emperor.* > > Q6 Will mosquitoes breed in a small fish pond, or will the > fish consume the mosquito larvae? The fish are overgrown goldfish. > > A6 Ken Saladin Textbook author and professor emeritus May 20 > > The best thing for controlling mosquitoes in a small pond is to add some > Gambusia, also known as mosquito fish. They’re cheap, small, breed > rapidly, and have a ravenous appetite for mosquito larvae. > > *Q7 Why do electrical appliances draw more current during low > voltage? Will it have an effect on appliances?* > > A7 Gopala Krishnan, former Assistant General Manager 1996-2004 > at Department of Telecom (1966-2004)Answered just now > > I am trying to answer the question. The equipment has a constant wattage. > By ohm’ law > > W=V x I .Voltage is low. So to achieve W, I has to more. Hence more > current is drawn. > > *However drawing more current is difficult in practice.* Hence equipment > like air conditioner trip during low voltage. > > *Q8 Why do Indian streets have so many wires hanging overhead? > What happens to the wires in more developed countries?* > > A8 Gopala Krishnan, former Assistant General Manager 1996-2004 > at Department of Telecom (1966-2004) Answered just now > > I am from India, Chennai. Once telecom wires were carried on poles on one > side of the road and electricity wires were taken on the opposite side. > These telecom wires at that time were many about 30-40 sometimes. Now most > of the lines are taken underground in cities. In the period of mobiles, > still many use land phone for the simple reason, *in case of tower > failure ONLY LAND LINES HELP.* > > Though efforts are being made to carry power lines through streets by > underground cable, and raise at poles, the works are completed only > partially. *Most of the hanging cables are DATA CABLES BY private > operators, and private CABLE TV operator wires.* One can observe these > wires are insulated. They do not properly maintain their system. > > Q9 Why are London Underground carriages so small? > > A9 Nicholas Stone Lives in London (1993–present)Wed > > London Underground carriages are so small because *they need to fit into > tunnels, many of which were built between 1863 and 1930*. Their size and > profile gives the service its widely used name - the Tube. > > Many of the tunnels were built with manual labour, shovels and digging. *They > were dug in an age of steam locomotives and horse drawn power*. There > were no tunnel borrowing machines, no laser guided instruments and no > government money. *Private companies raising money to build the lines. > The result were tunnels with smaller profile and narrow carriages.* > > The exception are sub surface lines of today’s Circle, Hammersmith & City, > District and Metropolitan lines which were built with cut and cover > methods. Streets were dug up, trenches cut, track laid and the streets > covered again on top of the new works. > > *The Victorian line was the first line of the post war - with more > generous tunnel profiles to reduce* resistance. The Elizabeth line > tunnels through central London accommodate full size trains. > > A new train for the Glasgow subway in Scotland. The carriages have an even > smaller profile than the London Underground and operate on a narrow gauge > track of 1,219 mm. Credit BBC news. > > Other city underground lines have similar smaller carriages - including > the even narrower Glasgow Subway with a narrow 1,129 rail gauge. Budapest’s > kisföldalatti (little underground) line 1 is also noted for its smaller > carriages. This line was opened in 1896, the world’s third oldest. > > Q10 Why is sheep shearing not considered animal cruelty? > > A10 Claire Jordan Degree in biology and folklore; programmer, > shop owner, secretary on newspaper May 25 > > *Because most breeds of domestic sheep do not moult naturally*, so *if > they aren’t shorn every year their fleece builds up until it causes serious > health problems.* > > Arguably, it was cruel of our ancestors to breed sheep that can’t moult > their own fleeces. But we can’t go back in time and undo it: here and > now, we have to either shear most breeds of sheep, or kill them, because > leaving them alive but not shearing them *would* be cruel. > > *All the above QA are from Quora website on 04 -06- 2022. * > > *Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers .* > > *Compiled **and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 04-06-2022* > > -- > 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/2058115600.981725.1654349697297%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/2058115600.981725.1654349697297%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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