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Question
The cultivation and production of silk is known as ______.
Options
Horticulture
Floriculture
Agriculture
Sericulture
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Solution
The cultivation and production of silk is known as Sericulture
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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.
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The silk moth feed on ______.
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