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प्रश्न
Write about any three uses of silk.
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उत्तर
- Silk has natural beauty and elegance.
- It gives comfort in warm weather and warmth during colder months.
- It is used in the manufacture of classical and high fashion clothes, modern dresses particularly silk sarees, the elegant of beautiful dresses.
- It is also used in household for making wall hangings, curtains, rugs and carpets.
- It is also being used in the manufacture of surgical threads for sutures.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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.
The cultivation and production of silk is known as ______.
Peace silk was produced in the year ______.
Write about Ahimsa 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 ______.
State whether the following statement is True or False. If false, correct them.
Silkworms are caterpillars of silk moth.
State whether the following statement is True or False. If false, correct them.
The rearing of silkworms for obtaining silk is called silviculture.
Some words related to silk are jumbled up. Write them in their correct form.
WILSMORK
Some words related to silk are jumbled up. Write them in their correct form.
RINGLEE
Complete the paragraph related to the life history of silk moth by filling in the blanks.
The ___(a)___ silk moth lays ___(b)___, from which hatch ___(c)___ called ___(d)___ or ___(e)___. They grow in size and when the caterpillar is ready to enter the next stage of its life history called ___(f)___, it first weaves a covering to hold itself, which is known as ___(g)___.
Paheli went to the market to buy sarees for her mother. She took out a thread from the edge of the two sarees shown by the shopkeeper and burnt them. One thread burnt with a smell of burning hair and the other burnt with the smell of burning paper. Which thread is from a pure cotton saree and which one from a pure silk saree? Give reason for your answer.
______ are boiled to get the silk.
The larva of a silkworm is called ______.
