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Question
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 |
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Solution
| Column I | Column II |
| Scouring | Cleaning sheared skin |
| Mulberry leaves | Food of silk worm |
| Yak | Wool yielding animal |
| Cocoon | Yields silk fibres |
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The silkworm is (a) a caterpillar, (b) a larva. Choose the correct option
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Hints:
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TURECULRISE
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.
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The silk moth feed on ______.
The larva of a silkworm is called ______.
List a few characteristic features of silk.
