CULTURAL QA 04-2023-06 Dear friends,
Due to some laptopissues selection of QA was very quick for today. So repetition, simple QA etc. arethere. Kindly bear with me. Gopalakrishnan6-4-2024 Q1 Why can't India manufacture cheaperproducts as compared to the Chinese? A1 Balaji Viswanathan, CEO of InventoRobotics.4y A few months ago Iwas in the Liaoning province in northeastern China. We met the CEO of a smart city there who wasoffering us rent-free premises for 3 years, a low interest loan [2%] and cheapelectricity if we choose to build our robots there. Chinese governmentsreally believe that industrialization is crucial to mass employment and need towoo not just large companies but SMEs too. Incontrast, Indian general public attitude towards industrialization is oftenpoisonous. The bureaucrats are too slow to move, thepoliticians often careless and the common publicthink “industrialists” make a lot of profits, who just needs to be taxed high. It is far harder to start a factory in India and the interestrates are substantially high. Land prices near major cities are through theroof and the infrastructure abysmal. Thus,industrialists are not able to fully tap into India’s lower wages. Indians often moanabout the low rate of innovation in India. We moan that very few things are made in India. To reallymake in India, the society has to put industrialization at the highest priority.It cannot be seen as lower priority compared to agriculture and other sectors. My note- It is the answer of a person who is anindustrialist. However many industries are promoted and well established, andmany are flourishing including Kerala. Q2 What are some popular dishes that onecan expect to find at an Indian buffet? KanthaswamyBalasubramaniam, LawyerMar 28 Aloo and Paneer. Theyinevitably are part of most Buffets. They are the ‘Breads' of the WesternBuffet Ladys finger isanother common part of Buffets You can'thave a Breakfast Buffet without Traditional Upma, Croissants and Idly So let's say Breakfast:- Upma, Idly, Vada,Croissants, Fruit, Sliced Bread, Butter, Jam, Eggs made to Order, Sausages Lesscommon; Tomatoes, Mushrooms, Poori, Uthappam,Masala Dosa, Aloo Parathas, Poha, Sabudana Vada, Pork Sausages, Bacon, MincedPork, Pancakes Lunch & Dinner:- Steamed Rice, Dal,Potato Gravy (Aloo Mutter, Aloo Dum, Aloo Methi, Aloo Gobi), Paneer Gravy(Shahi Paneer, Paneer Makhani), Bhindi Sabzi, Mixed Vegetable Curry, RotiBasket (Breads), Butter Chicken, Rogan Josh, Fried Rice, Pasta, Noodles, AuGratin, Biryani Lesscommon:- Rajma, Chole, Kulche, Bhatoore, Pulao, Egg Dishes,Fish Dishes, Beef Dishes, Steak, Eggplant/Brinjal Deserts :- Mousse, Ice Cream,Cake, Gulab Jamun, Carrot Halwa. Less common- Rasagulla, Baadusha, Laddoo etc. Q3 Where are the five major temples ofLord Shiva located? A3 Dev Kumar, student Mar 20 The five MajorShiva Temples or Pancha Bhoota Stalam signifying the five elements of life 1. Jambukeswarar Temple, Tamil Nadu Represents"Water" element 2. Arunachaleswarar Temple, Tamil Nadu TheShivalinga here represents "Fire" element 3. Ekambareswarar Mandir Kanchipuram, TamilNadu The Shivalinga here Represents "Earth" element 4. Kalahastheeshwara Temple, Andhra Pradesh, TheShivalinga here Represents "Air" element 5) Thillai Nataraja Temple, Tamil Nadu, TheShivalinga here Represents "Sky" elemen Q4 What is the right of a passenger ifhe reaches the station and find that the train has departed before time? A4 Prashant Tiwari, Indian RailwaysEnthusiast Mon The train manager of each train makes sure that the traindoes not leave the station before time. However, if apassenger reaches the station and finds that the train has departed before thescheduled time, here is what they can do depending on the circumstances: i) If the train has departed early without priorannouncement: If the train has left before thescheduled departure time without any prior announcement, the passenger has theright to claim compensation for the inconvenience caused. The passenger canfile a complaint with the railway authorities and seek a refund of the ticketprice. ii) If the train has departed early with priorannouncement: If the train has left before the scheduled time but with priorannouncement, the passenger can still claim compensation for the inconveniencecaused. However, the compensation amount may bereduced, and the passenger may have to bear the remaining expensesincurred due to the early departure. In any case, thepassenger should always check the departure time of the train well in advancebefore leaving for the station and plan accordingly to avoid inconvenience. My note- As I observe the time is maintained only at thosestations from where reservation can bemade. Satabdi and vandebharath from Chennai to Mysore have two stops- Katpadiand Bangalore. In these stations only time is maintained. Q5 What is quantum tunneling used for? A5 Mark John Fernee,20+ years as aphysicist1y Modern electronics uses quantum tunnelling in things suchas tunnelling diodes. However, I'll give you a much moreprosaic application. How about reflective sunglasses. Reflective sunglasses usea thin metal film to partially reflect the light. However, metal stronglyabsorbs light. Even a verythin film is still a metal. There are no small holes to let thelight through. Instead, what happens is that the photons have a probability oftunnelling through the metal and exiting the other side. This probabilitydepends on the thickness of the film, so you can tune the level oftransmissivity. This isobviously a pretty handy property that is used in more than just sunglasses. Q6 What is the biggest mind blow ever? A6 Tiny Nair, Cardiologist at PRSHospital, Trivandrum2y The Sheriff ofNottingham tried to arrest him, but the people supported him. He robbed therich and gave the wealth to the poor. The 13th century English legend names him as ‘Robin Hood’and of course, it is a mere folklore. But there is aRobin Hood inside our body. Imagine that youpasting a label and have inadvertently spilled a drop of ‘Fevicol’ on yourtable. By the time you realise it 10 minutes later, you are likely to find athick, difficult to remove white ‘blob’ despite your best effort to cover upyour misdeed. The follow-up lecture as to how you should modify yourlongstanding careless attitude would invariably follow, from your mom or wifedepending on your age and stature. If you had pricked your finger (don’t do it at homefor experiment) and a drop of blood had fallen on the table, instead of theglue, the crime red ‘blob’ would have solidified mush faster; faster than the‘Fevicol’. The follow-up lecture, nevertheless, would be the same; probably garnished with alittle shriek. This is justto impress upon the fact that blood, as a liquid, is far more clot-able thanFevicol. Now imaginethat this highly viscous chemical is running all over our body 24/7/365 till corona catchesus, or we die naturally. On its endless round trip journey from tissues to theheart, lungs and back, it has to travel through 3 to 4 micron diametercapillaries back and forth; normally, without clotting.And rarely if it does clot, sirens wail, needles plunge, monitors beep and hellbrakes loose. The main function of blood is to deliver oxygen to thetissues. Like Robin Hood, it collects enough oxygen form theoxygen-rich lungs, packs as much as he can in the boot of the RBC (red bloodCells) and starts his journey, from the arterial boulevard to the bye-lanes ofcapillaries, reaching the tissues starving for oxygen. As you tie the laceof your snickers and get out to jog, the system of oxygen transfer starts toaccelerate. As you runfaster, your exercising leg muscles want more food (oxygen). That little musclecramp that you feel is their call ‘I am hungry’. The Heart rate increase, blood cellsmove faster, the 7.2 micron RBCs bend, squeeze, crawl through those arteriolarand do their job. Red-riding Robin Hood delivers all the rich oxygenit had stolen from the lungs to make sure that you come home after yourexercise, drink a cup of coffee and feel proud of your body. No one thanks the Robin Hood ‘blood’ for his work. He feelshurt, but still doesn’t clot. My note- Howbest with analogy of Robin hood theblood clotting is explained!!. Such a way of writing is a Divineblessing. Q7 Where could a person feel the maximumgravity on earth? A7 Robert Frost, Instructor and FlightController at NASA8y See that red pin. Aboat, there, on the surface of the Arctic Ocean, would be at the location that is regardedas having the highest gravitational acceleration on Earth. The coordinates are Latitude 86.71 Longitude 61.29. At that location, the gravitational acceleration is 9.8337m/s^2. The point where the gravitational acceleration is lowest ison Mount Huascaran in Peru. The gravitational acceleration, there, is 9.7639. That range only offersa difference of about 7/10 of a percent, so you wouldn't notice the difference. If you'd like tolearn how those results were obtained, they are explained in this paper:…. Q8 If Vande Bharat trains can run fromChennai Central to Bangalore or Chennai Central to Cochin, why Vande Bharatcould not run from British laid Chennai Egmore to Tirunelveli? A8 Ramalingam Satish, Tricky move Mar 30 Vande Bharat trainis a luxury train which is competing to the air travel cost. The cost includes the food. Whichis quite expensive? If the occupancy ispoor, it will be a loss to the railways. The railways may besmarter by using old coaches if they do so they will have to withdraw theservice as of Satapathy which ran from Coimbatore to Chennai and toCoimbatore.In future they may try it My note- It is areal fact in southern side trains catering in trains is practically nil. Privatevendors preparing things and bring in train. So atleast for food people will get in Vandebharat express fromChennai Egmore to Tirunelveli. Only thing likeHydrabad- Tirupati Vandebharat, stops should be more for the vandebharat. Q9 What is the greatest lie ever told? A9 Sasuke It's me! Sat You need to drinkat least 8 glasses of water everyday. If you'restruggling to get to your eighth glass of water every day, don't feel bad—the quota isn't really a hard and fast rule for healthy living. According to the Mayo Clinic, the amount of water youneed daily depends on several different factors, like your overall health, youractivity levels, and where you live. No single numberapplies to humans across the board—some people may be perfectly hydrated with fewer thaneight glasses and others might need more. If you'redehydrated your body will tell you, if you're overhydrated your body will tellyou, have a balanced amount of water in your body. Q10 What is the most useless fact you know? A10 Mark Rhysand, Studies philosophy,humanities, anthropology and metaphysics22h The shortest place name in the world is "Å"which is a village in Norway. In ancient Rome, itwas common for people to use urine as mouthwash. A group ofjellyfish is called a smack. The shortest war between two sovereign nations was foughtbetween Britain and Zanzibar, which lasted only 38 minutes. The longest word in the English language (that isrecognized by the Oxford English Dictionary) has 189,819 letters and takes over 3 hours to pronounce. The largestsnowflake ever recorded was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick. The only letter that doesn't appear in any U.S. statename is the letter Q. The fear of long words is calledhippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia. The first recordedrecipe for guacamole dates back to the 16th century. The only continent without any reptiles or snakes isAntarctica. Q11 Why was the electrical voltage 110Vinstead of something lower? A11 Loring Chien, electrical engineer and audiophile for 45years Updated Mon It is actually currently 120 V and has been for 50–60years (in the US). Originally Edisonaimed for a nice round 100 VDC for his electrical lighting systems in New YorkCity. However, he fought a problem that would be widespread - voltage loss as the currentincreased. So he launched 110to light the bulbs that were around 100 V rated to make up for the voltage lossat 100 V transmission from the generator and probably eventually 120 as thecurrents increased and the plants had to send higher currents further distancesas lighting and electrical appliances became more widespread. The solution became Tesla/Westinghouse’s AC distributionusing higher voltages to send more power at greaterdistances from the plants (so you don’t have to build coal burning power plantsdowntown every few blocks). Using transformers it was simple to stepvoltage up and down; this is what we use today, not DC. They made the finalvoltage similar to the 120 V DC so that they could use the same bulbs (bulbsdon’t care if its AC or DC as long as the RMS/average value is the same at 120V. But the answer isto be compatible with the first bulbs. Once it got ingrained into all theequipment, it would really have to be bad to make everyone change everything.And its not bad at all. All the above QA are from Quora website on 05-04-2023.Quora answersneed not be 100% correct answers .Compiled and posted by R. Gopala Krishnan, 79, former ITS on 06-04-2023 -- 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/188652206.45448.1680745429516%40mail.yahoo.com.
