Name: Whose Cloth Is This Anyway
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 3 min 4 s
Description: You have found a cloth in your wardrobe. Where did it come from? Did it come from the past? Let’s try and find out if we can solve this mystery.

Question

Match the terms given in Column I with the statements given in Column II.

	Column I		Column II
(a)	Weaving	(i)	A single yarn used to make a fabric
(b)	Knitting	(ii)	Combing of cotton fibres to remove seeds
(c)	Spinning	(iii)	Yarns are made from these thin strands
(d)	Ginning	(iv)	These are spun from fibres and then used to make fabrics
(e)	Fibre	(v)	Process of arranging two sets of yarns together to make a fabric
(f)	Yarn	(vi)	Process of making yarn from fibres

Accepted Answer

(a) Weaving (v) Process of arranging two sets of yarn together to make a fabric.

Weaving is the process of arranging two sets of yarn together to make a fabric. The weaving of fabric is done on looms.

(b) Knitting (i) A single yarn used to make a fabric.

In knitting, a single yarn is used to make a piece of fabric. A single yarn gets pulled out continuously as the fabric gets unravelled. Socks and many other clothing items are made of knitted fabrics. Knitting is done by hand and also on machines.

(c) Spinning (vi) process of making yarn from fibres.

Spinning is the process of making yarn from fibre. A simple device used for spinning is a hand spindle, also called takli. Another hand-operated device used for spinning is charkha.

(d) Ginning (ii) Combing of cotton fibres to remove seeds.

Ginning is defined as the combing of cotton fibres to remove seeds. The cotton is a natural fibre obtained from plants that are usually grown at places having black soil and warm climate.

(e) Fibre (iii) Yarns are made from these thin strands.

Yarns are made from thin strands called as fibre by the process of spinning.

(f) Yarn (iv) These are spun from fibres and then used to make a fabric.

Yarns are spun from fibres and then used to make fabric. Weaving and knitting are processes used for making fabric out of yarn.

Column I Column II

(a) Weaving (v) Process of arranging two sets of yarn together to make a fabric.

(b) Knitting (i) A single yarn used to make a fabric.

(c) Spinning (vi) process of making yarn from fibres.

(d) Ginning (ii) Combing of cotton fibres to remove seeds.

(e) Fibre (iii) Yarns are made from these thin strands.

(f) Yarn (iv) These are spun from fibres and then used to make a fabric.

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