Sericulture is the term used for the production of silk through rearing of silkworms. It starts by raising silkworms and then fibers are processed which they produce. Silk fibers are combined into silk thread. The thread can then be twisted into silk yarn or woven into silk cloth (fabric).

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Explain the ahimsa way of silk production.

Important Questions on Animals in Daily Life

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Which stage comes earlier in the life history of silk moth: pupa or larva?

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What is the rearing of silkworms called?

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Select the odd one out.

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What is meant by the term 'reeling of silk'? How is it done?

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Match the names given under Column -I with their relations given under column II, choose the answer which gives the correct combination of the alphabets of the two columns

	Column — I (Name)		Column — II (Relations)
A	Bombyx mori	P	Disease of mulberry
B	Morus alba	q	Centre where silkworm egg are produced and supplied
C	Grainage	r	Silk moth
D	Powdery mildew	s	Mulberry plant
		t	Freshly hatched silkworm

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Write short notes on fibres obtained from animals.

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In the silk worm, if no juvenile hormone (JH) is present when it moults, it will

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Silk is a natural fibre, as it is obtained from the stem of a plant.

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What is meant by the following term?
Sericulture

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Which of the following materials is biodegradable?

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Describe the life history of the silk moth briefly make sketches of the two stages in the life history of the silk moth which are directly related to the production of silk.

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We get silk from silkworms.

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Silk fibre is obtained from the stem of a plant.

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Which of the following terms is related to silk production?
Floriculture, Tissue culture, Silviculture, Apiculture, Sericulture

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Make sketches of the two stages in the life history of the silk moth which are directly related to the production of silk.