CULTURAL QA 09-2022-12 BEING ACOMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS
Q1 Is it better to use only one ceilingfan in a room? A1 Gopala Krishnan,Former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now The number of fans required in a room depends on the size of room and thetemperature in that area. Normally rooms of 12′x12′size require one fan. If a hall of size 20′x15′ is there, three or four fansare provided. One thingtaken care is location of fan hook should not be near lofts, so that one canuse a ladder and take things from loft opening it’s door with out switching OFFthe running fan. Further switchingON the fan must give comfort to the persons sitting on sofas or other sittingarrangements. Present day good class rooms provide minimum two fans in additionto air conditioner. Mostly in corridorshaving loft, wall fansare fitted depend on the length of corridor. Corridors require fansto circulate the condensed air. Manyprovide clothes line/lines in the corridors. Q2 What is the best country for traintravel? A2 Ram Kumar, Lives in Sydney, Australia(2014–present) Wed All wrong answers. The question is not whichcountry has most advanced trains. It’s asking which country is best for traintravel. So China is out ofthe question unless you are ready to start your travel like this. Europe is also notwhere I will put my money on for this question. This might be notan issue with Europeans as they love living like this but a comfortable journeywith polite people is what makes a travel better. I am not even sureif US has trains but I know they do have locals. So if you have had enough buy a ticket and go to Japanand you will know how train travel should be like. Yea those seats are cushioned.And that’s not the first class, it’s the local train. And there is a heaterunderneath next to your legs. Nobody shouts inside the train. No forced hi nhello and fake cheerfulness will be bestowed upon you. You will not be botheredat all. I am not even going to show you how the best train inJapan looks like. If you have plans find out yourself Q3 At what stage is a banana mostnutritious to eat, green, brown, yellow, or fully ripe? A3 JohnKr, Knows English Sep 3 Bananas can improve digestive health because of theirmoderate fiber content. Bananas contain differentlevels of fiber depending on their age, which is comparable to plant-baseddigestive enzymes. Pectin, fiber, is found in younger bananas and resistantstarch, a starch that actually acts a lot like fiber, is found in unripebananas. The fiber content of bananas can improve digestive processes for thosewith problems. Additionally, bananas are low in calories. Theaverage one contains just a little over 100 calories. The high level ofsatiety, low calories, and high fiber make bananas a great resource for weightloss. You eat less while getting valuable nutrients and vitamins. Potassium is the number onemineral associated with bananas and the one we learn about in our youth.It is most commonly associated with muscle health and the reduction ofexercise-related cramps. Bananas are a top choice for nutrition and fuelbefore, during, and after endurance exercises. Not only does potassium supportmuscle health and prevent cramps in athletes, but it also provides benefits fora very important muscle: the heart. Potassium lowers your risk of heart disease by helpinglower blood pressure. •Green Banana: The greenest bananas are themost beneficial to those who are trying to keepcontrol over their blood sugar levels. Green bananas are extremelylow on the glycemic index, making them the ideal snack for those who have tokeep blood sugar levels low. These younger and greener bananas also causelonger periods of satiety. Feeling less hungry means you will eat less, thusreducing the chances that you might overeat unhealthy snacks. With insulin resistance being the number one risk factor for type 2diabetes, the resistant starch present almost exclusively in unripe bananas isthe most helpful inclusion. •Yellow Banana: At this stage, there are no spots onthe peels or on the fruit itself. These are very healthy for you and have amuch sweeter flavor than green bananas. Because it is easier for your body todigest the yellow bananas, they’re a great snack for people suffering from anydigestive issues. While the resistant starch level decreases with yellowing, itis replaced by a large number of antioxidants, which protect your body fromdisease by removing dangerous free radicals. The antioxidants found in yellow bananas, includingdopamine, reduce the risk of heart disease as well as degenerative diseases.It is important to note that the dopamine from bananas does not act like thefeel-good chemical found in your brain. This dopamine never crosses theblood-brain barrier, so it only acts in antioxidant roles rather thanmood-altering ones. •Yellow Banana with Brown spots: The spottedyellow banana is a bit older but still contains lots of antioxidants. As bananas move beyond their ripe stage, they contain to break down intomore sugars and antioxidants. While still healthy, and generally themost popular taste-wise, the healthiest stages of the banana have gone passed. •Brown Banana:At this point, brown bananas are most often used as ingredients in baked goods, particularly inbanana bread and muffins. Considering the vast amounts of foodthrown out before it really needs to be, taking advantage of this extrasweetness is beneficial in more ways than one. By the time bananas are brownand soft, most people feel as though their usefulness has passed. At this stage, bananas have a much higher sugar content thanat earlier stages, so they should be avoided by diabetics or those who need towatch blood sugar levels. However, you don’tneed to throw them out because these bananas do have some health benefits tooffer. They contain tryptophan which helps to reduce stress and anxiety and isalso rich in nutrients that specifically promote muscle and bone health Q4 What are the safety concerns ofconstructing a two-storey building on top of an existing single-story building? A4 Gopalkrishna Vishwanath, Graduated in1972, Hold a master's degree. Experience 37 years.20h Before you constructa two-storied building on top of an existing single-storied building verify if before constructingthe single-storied building, it was envisaged that a two-storied building wouldbe built on top at a later date. Was the structuredesigned and the sizes of load-carrying members (columns or walls) determinedso that they could sustain the future loads from the two stories above? Was the foundation designed and constructed to cater tothe total load of a three-storied structure? My note- Nowadays old buildings proposed to add additionalfloors, would have exchanged many hands. So forsafety pillars are erected withoutdamaging old structure for constructing additional floor. Q5 Can a person who has booked anair-conditioned (AC) ticket travel in the sleeper class if there is no seatavailable in the AC coach? A5 D S P CHANDRA SEKHAR,Worked at SouthCentral Railway Zone, India (SCR) (1983–2018)20h If you mean WLticket that would beallowed in case of counter WL ticket only since they don't get automaticrefund. For example if a ACtwo tier counter ticket not confirmed in the final chart the holder can attemptjourney with it in the same train trying his luck in 3tier AC or sleeper class. Sometimes peopleget accommodation in lower classes as no. of coaches are more in three tierACand sleeper classes. Butpassenger won't get any refund as he is travelling in lower class in hispersonal interest Q6 Why do steel beams have holes? A6 Bob Davis,Former General Manager(1984–2018)Thu Steel beams are made by heat-treating a piece of steeluntil it becomes very hard. The steel is then placed into a mold that gives itthe desired shape. Once the steel has cooled and hardened, it is cut to sizeand drilled with holes to create the finished product. To the untrainedeye, a steel beam with holes might not look like it's up to the task ofsupporting a heavy load. After all, why would engineers weaken their structureby punching out large chunks of metal? In reality, however, theseholes are crucial in ensuring the beam can do its job. So let's take a closerlook at why holes are such an essential part of steel beams. The primaryfunction of holes in steel beams is to reduce the weight of the beam whilestill maintaining its strength. This is especially importantin long-spanning beams, which need to be as light as possible to avoid puttingtoo much stress on the supports at either end. By removingunnecessary material, engineers can save tons (literally) of weight withoutsacrificing the beam's ability to do its job. In addition toreducing weight, holes help distribute stress evenly throughout the beam. Thisis because steel is more robust when force is applied perpendicular to itsgrain than when pressure is applied along its grain. By punchingout holes perpendicular to the primary axis of the beam, engineers can ensurethat any force applied to the structure will be directed along its strong axisrather than along its weak axis. Conclusion: Steel beams have been used in construction for over 150years.The first recorded use of steel beams in construction was in England in 1849. Since then, steelbeams have been used in the construction of some of the world's most iconicstructures, includingthe Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building, and the Golden Gate Bridge. Holes might seemlike they would weaken a steel beam, but in reality, they play a vital role inensuring the structure can support a heavy load. By reducing weight anddistributing stress more evenly throughout the beam, holes help ensure that asteel structure can stand up to whatever forces are applied. Q7 What are some of the greatest basicinventions in history? A7 History Insights-Answered by Apple2orangeWed As a massive heatwave stresses the energy grid in California and threatens blackouts where Ilive, I am grateful forthe air conditioning system currently cooling my house while it still can. Inother words, I am grateful for the ingenuity of Willis Carrier. Willis Carrieris responsible for inventing the first air conditioner. Carrier was born inAngola, New York in 1876. His parents were Quaker farmerswho had a strong belief in education, and he was a bright student who excelledin mathematics and physics. After high school, he attended Cornell University,where he studied engineering. In the early 1900s, Willis Carrier was working as anengineer at a printing company in Brooklyn, New York. One day, he was called tosolve a problem: the humidity was wreaking havoc on the company's printingpresses, causing the ink to run. While designing asystem to dehumidify the air, Carrier discovered that he could cool the air by passing it through aseries of coils filled with cool water. Carrier's air conditioner was originally designed forindustrial use, but it was quickly adopted for use in homes and officebuildings. Carrier continued to improve his invention, andby the mid-20th century, air conditioning was a common feature in buildings allover the world. Today, airconditioning is an essential part of life in many parts of the world, and wehave Willis Carrier to thank for staying cool on a hot summer day. My note- Goodinformation. Q8 Why do some animals only have one babywhile others can have many at once? A8 Claire Jordan, Degree in biology andfolklore; programmer, shop owner, secretary on newspaper Wed There are twoextreme reproductive strategies known as being K-selected or r-selected, although manyspecies are somewhere in between. K is some measure of the available energy in theecosystem, although I don’t know exactly what. K-selected species such ashumans and horses have a small number of offspring,controlled by the amount of food available to support them, and they invest ahuge amount of effort in each offspring, as each offspring represents a majorportion of the patents’ genetic future. The advantage of this system is that it’s parsimonious:there’s no wasting of energy on surplus young with no future. r is the rate of reproduction. r-selected species, suchas rats or most fish, produce a huge number of offspring in a scattergunapproach, even though only a small number of thoseoffspring will survive, and invest little effort in any given offspring becausethere are always more where that came from. The advantages of this are that ifyou are low in the food chain and most of your offspring are going to get eatenbefore they can breed, having a lot maximises the chance that a few will getthrough; and if there’s a sudden increase in available food, there are alreadyplenty of your half-starved surplus young right there ready to exploit it. Youdon’t have to wait to produce more offspring before you can exploit theincreased resource, with the risk that it will already have been used up beforethe new youngsters are born or hatched. Q9 What is a detonator in railways? Howimportant are they? A9 Subhasis Dutta Roy,Working in IndianRailways at Indian Railways (2001–present)Updated 1y During the fog you must have heard a sound of brustcrackers on line when entering Station. That sound is asystem Signal of Indian Railways. Here you get the details of those signals. Itis very important signal in Railway in view of safety. It has three types ofuse. It also calleddetonator signals. Here is pic howdetonator look and placed in Railway track 1st in during fog. If fog weathernotice is circulated in some sections then two fog signals are placed onrailway track, one is 270 meter and 2nd one 280 meter before from innerdistance signal to warn Loco Pilot about signals. When two fog signals burst 10 meter apart duringfog Loco Pilot is aware that inner distance signal is next 270 meter.From inner distance signal you get idea the aspect of your home signal. In somecase these two signals placed before home signal in same manner. 2nd during any abnormal condition. If byany meansa train is involved in an accident and adjacent line is blocked then LocoPilot/ALP of that train put the detonator signals on the track adjacent to histrack in opposite directions to avoid the next accident.ALP of that train should go forward and placed total 4 detonator signals inopposite directions of line . In this case distance are 600 meter, then again600 meter and 10 meter and 10 meter total 4 detonators are to be placed on theopposite direction track from the Loco of that train. Counting of distance candone by counting of Electric pole. In straight line Electric pole are placed 72meter apart. If by any means ALP can not reach that particular distance then hewill put only one detonator on track as far he may reached. When opposite directiontrain burst two detonators 10 meter apart he must control his train for anyabnormalities. Thus next accident will save. If only one detonator burst it isindicate that the place of accident is very neat. He then apply Emergency brakeof his train rain. 3rd during PWI working on line.It placing system is same as above. Difference only two red flags should be puton line before that working place. These flags called banner flag. My note- In 1969 Augustor so there was an accident of one trainhad engine problem while at Perambur(near Chennai central) in the night. The following trainafter 15 minutes either didnot watched the red signals or the detonators did not burst. There was a heavy collision.Their was a big calamity. There was arugument signal got cleared on one side, and detonators did not made proper blast….. Q10 If you book Tatkal tickets(tickets booked at the last minute) for a train journey, are you guaranteed toget confirmed seats? A10 D S P CHANDRA SEKHAR, B.com from AndhraUniversity Sat Tatkaal bookingopen one day before the departure of the trains 10–11AM for ACclasses and 11–12 AM for sleeper classes etc. Normally the ticketswould exhaust within minutes for all important trains. If any tickets stillavailable after those two hrs we must assume that is the least important train.When the tickets over IRCTC still issue some TatkaalWaitlist tickets for each class in limited numbers. The confirmationguarantee very limited as people very rarely cancel their journey as theirbooking is in urgency. Evenmany people don't cancel though their planning changed as no refund for Tatkaaltickets. Another problem for Tatkaal WL and PQWL -they never be placed in RAC pool. For them-Confirmation or Dropping only My note- Nowwith 30% tickets under thatkal and dynamic charging, and new refund system, theabove possibility is not there, or rare. In Chennai central in current reservation we get confirmed thatkaltickets for many trains. All the above QA are from Quora website on 11-09- 2022. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers . Compiled andposted by R. Gopala krishnan on 12-09-2022 -- 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 thatha_patty+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1275765572.1589393.1662957816639%40mail.yahoo.com.
