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प्रश्न
Define – Sericulture
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उत्तर
- Sericulture or silk farming is the cultivation of silk worm to produce silk.
- It is the rearing of silk worms to obtain silk.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
The silkworm is (a) a caterpillar, (b) a larva. Choose the correct option
Make sketches of the two stages in the life history of the silk moth which are directly related to the production of silk.
Out of the following, which are the two terms related to silk production?
Sericulture, floriculture, moriculture, apiculture and silviculture
Hints:
(1) Silk production involves cultivation of mulberry leaves and rearing silkworms.
(2) Scientific name of mulberry is Morus alba.
Match the words of Column I with those given in Column II:
| Column I | Column II |
| Scouring | Yields silk fibres |
| Mulberry leaves | Wool yielding animal |
| Yak | Food of silk worm |
| Cocoon | Reeling |
| Cleaning sheared skin |
Peace silk was produced in the year ______.
Who invented the Ahimsa silk?
Write about any three uses of silk.
HOTS
Silk fiber is used to manufacture parachute. Why?
Silk fibre is obtained from ______.
The general process that takes place at a sheep shearing shed is ______.
Reeling of silk is ______.
Some words related to silk are jumbled up. Write them in their correct form.
TURECULRISE
Some words related to silk are jumbled up. Write them in their correct form.
WILSMORK
Steps for the production of silk are given below in a jumbled order. Arrange them in their proper sequence.
- Eggs are warmed to a suitable temperature for the larvae to hatch from eggs.
- Fibres are taken out from the cocoon.
- After 25 to 30 days, the caterpillars stop eating and start spinning cocoons.
- The larvae/caterpillars or silkworms are kept in clean trays along with freshly chopped mulberry leaves.
- Female silk moths lay eggs.
- Cocoons are kept under the sun or boiled in water.
Describe the life history of the silk moth with the help of figures of various stages.
______ are boiled to get the silk.
The production of silk is called ______.
The larva of a silkworm is called ______.
