Q4 IS GOOD.Q5 and Q9 are unauthentic and incomplete Others are gossips and unconnected to any. KR IRS 24123 On Tue, Jan 24, 2023, 7:26 PM 'gopala krishnan' via Thatha_Patty < [email protected]> wrote:
> *CULTURAL QA 01-2023-25* > > *BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS* > > Q1 If you use liquid drain cleaner and the clog is not cleared, > can the drain cleaner come back up and will it bubble if it does? > > A1 Stuart Sjalund, no degree in Electronic License, Fanshawe > College (Graduated 1989)Dec 14 > > *Most drain cleaners are sodium hydroxide. Yes this can come back up and > bubble*. Bubbling shows it is converting oil to soap. > > *My note- In flats the drain pipes are interconnected with* inspection > area. The flat engineer may come/ depute a person to set right the problem > in southern states as I have observed. > > In homes there are inspection boxes in drain and local plumber will > clear the problem with in minutes by pushing *hosepipe with water* > through these inspection points. > > Q2 How can we buy a train engine from Indian Railways? > > A2 Realistic Person, Sun > > *You can't by a working train engine*. It's a Government Property and not > for personal use. Where will you drive it? > > *However you can buy train engine when it's retired from it's service.* > After using train engine for 33–35yrs, Indian Railways either scrap the > Engine or put them inside Railway Musium or in Railway Station for Display. > *In > some cases Railway put their Retired Railway Engines on Auction. From there > you can buy it and put it outside your Factory or Building as a Display*. > > *You can get retired Train Engine at approx 80–90 Lakhs.* > > You can only get the shell of Engine which means it's internal Engine and > all internal Electrical Components will he removed by Railway. > > You can also buy Railway Coaches for personal use and open a Restaurant > and Hotel in it. > > You can also buy Aeroplanes and open Restaurant in it. > > *My note- In Telecom department also certain* attractive store items > were sold @3-4 times of their prize earlier times. The purchaser had to > keep the receipt always mentioning item purchased and amount paid. Two > such items purchased were *small insulators in ceramic holding wire, and > another lightening spike on top of the post. They were used on compound > walls for beauty after purchasing by rich.Now Land telephones are sold but > only to subscribers.* > > Q3 What animals have the most impressive organs? > > A3 Lucia Baratto, Jan 13 > > *There are many animals with impressive organs, but some examples include:* > > The eyes of an eagle, which are much larger and more powerful than a > human's and allow them to spot prey from great distances. > > The brain of a dolphin, which is larger and more complex than a human's > and allows themto have advanced communication and problem-solving > abilities. > > The heart of a blue whale, which can weigh as much as a car and pump > blood throughout the whale's massive body.Icon for Ethology🦆🔍 > > The lungs of a lungfish, which allows them to survive in oxygen-poor > environments by extracting oxygen from the air. > > The electric organ of an electric eel, which allows them to generate > powerful electric shocks for hunting and self-defense. > > These are just a few examples, and there are many other animals with > impressive organs that allow them to survive and thrive in different > environments. > > Q4 Why are empty glass bottles hung by the Indian Army on the > barbed wires at the border? > > A4 Rohit Virmani, I love learning new things22h > > *Empty bottles are hung, so that if someone tries to infiltrate, the army > personnel is alerted by the sound of the bottle hitting the steel wires.* > > A slightest of movement in the wires cause the bottles to collide and it > makes sound enough to alert the army personnel. > > It is a simple and easy technique to check & ward off the infiltrations, > if any. > > My note- Now we can see plastic bottles are hung by internet cable people > every where. These are to keep the joints of wires intact, not affected by > rain etc. > > Q5 What are the 10 things that every Indian should know? > > A5 Gurmeet Bishnoi, Lives in India (1996–present)Updated 2y > > As per the Citizen Charter (Indian Oil Corporation website):- *if a gas > cylinder blasts during the cooking of food then the gas agency is liable to > pay Rs. 50 lakh to the victim as compensation.* > > Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), 2010:- *if you take a gift > from any company on the occasion of a festival, it falls into the category > of bribery. You can also be sentenced to jail for this crime.* However, > it has been legalised by the Government of India in 2018 under Finance Bill > 2018. > > Criminal Procedure Code, Section 46:- *No woman 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 Mumbai an Delhi. > > Indian Sarais Act, 1887:- Even any 5-star hotel can’t prohibit you from > drinking potable water and using its washrooms. > > Maternity Benefit Act, 1961:- No company can fire a pregnant woman. It > may be punishable by a maximum of 3 years of imprisonment. > > Automotive (Amendment) Bill, 2016,:- If you are fined for a crime (like > riding without a helmet or any other reason) then you will not be fined for > the same reason in the same day. > > Limitation Act, 1963:- *If your office does not pay you then you have the > power to file an FIR against it within 3 years. *But if you report after > 3 years, you will not get anything for the due. > > Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958, Section 14:- *If you are living in Delhi > then your landlord does not have the right to forcefully vacate your house* > without giving prior notice to you. > > Q6 What is Rain Water Harvesting? How does it work? What are its > pros and cons? > > A6 Gopala Krishnan, Former Assistant General Manager 1996-2004 > at Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now > > I am answering from Chennai, 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 is made 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 road and from compounds via PVC pipe goes to Lake as water > reserve. *Water is taken from the lakes mostly dry in summer, is > distributed after filtering and removing germs in power houses.* A number > of such lakes are in Chennai. 90% the harvesting line is not contaminated > with polluted water. > > Bonus-RO water is provided to those require free in my area. Bore-well > water from street bore wells is processed with medium machines in each > street and supplied in the morning. > > Q7 Why do coffee prices tend to outweigh tea prices? > > A7 Steven Haddock, Studied at York University (Canada)Sat > > *The plant that gives us tea is an evergreen shrub and the tea itself is > the leaves*, which are pretty much produced constantly. It can grow in > pretty large range of climactic conditions, even where the winters can be > fairly cold (which would, for example, kill cotton). 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 much where the comparison > ends. Coffee comes from the fruit of these plants, which of course only > appears once a year. The “bean” is the seed. Coffee is… particular about > where it grows. It doesn’t do well in warm places, but it does like a lot > of sun, but also grows better in the shade. As such, the best place to grow > it is on the sides of mountains that face the sun part 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 change has 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 take for granted? > > A8 Pushkar Pahwa, Manager at Reserve Bank of India (RBI) > (2017–present)5y > > *1. You wake up in the morning, brush your teeth* and choose your morning > drink - green tea/ tea/ coffee/ milk. > > 2. You take bath, choose which pair of clothes and shoes to wear for > office. > > 3. After getting ready, you choose your meal for the breakfast - North > Indian, South Indian, continental etc. > > 4. Depending upon the weather/ traffic/ timing, you choose to go to > office either by your own vehicle/ ola/ uber/ metro/ auto. > > 5. You had a good (or may be bad) day at office and you plan for an > outing after office and choose a nice place to dine out. > > 6. You choose a couple of your friends/ colleagues with whom you would > like to go out. > > 7. While having dinner, you choose your meal from a wide range of food > items and drinks. > > 8. You reach home after dinner, feel hot and choose 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 to music on your > mobile, browse social media or watch tv before you sleep. > > Noticed how many choices you made during the whole day? > > What most people take granted is having choices in life. Not everybody > around is so privileged to have the luxury of exercising choices/ choosing. > > Be thankful for all those choices you have! > > Q9 What all things have been invented by/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 used nano-composite technology to create a small bottle cap > filter which cleans contaminated water 99.9 percent. > > Upon observing that there was no filter in one of the government schools, > he came up with this brilliant solution, along with his brother Pradumn, > which took into account both costs and effectiveness: NirNal[1] > > He cites, “As an engineer, you are always told to innovate and execute. I > was thinking of a solution that was neither feasible nor innovative. I had > to come up with something of my own. Something that fits in well to solve > the pertinent and widespread problem of contaminated water” > > And what's the best part? The filter costs mere 30 Rupees. > > Q10 What is the most under-rated pleasure? > > A10 Rajeshwar R, Scientist C at Indian Space Research Organisation > (ISRO) (2022–present)Sat > > You go to a hotel. Eat an onion uthappam and are feeling full. You > remember “oops I forgot to have a coffee". *You order a coffee. “Anna > sarkara illama uh oru coffee" (Brother a coffee without sugar please) The > waiter brings and puts this in front of you.* > > *You grab this darling with your sambar flavoured hands and enjoy each sip* > of this elixir.This is the most underrated 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/983796518.67594.1674617162283%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAL5XZornZ2CD%3DiFgaXGyw498aKCYtszCGc3r_01ds--VYTGHTw%40mail.gmail.com.
