Animal fibre

Which of the following is an animal fibre

• cotton

• wool

• silk

• coir

Which of the following is a scientific name of silk moth?

• Bombyx mori

• Lama pacos

• Lama glama

• Ovis aries

Which of the is the largest producer of silk

• India

• China

• America

• Africa

The rearing of silkworms for obtaining silk is called---------

• Agriculture

• Sericulture

• Aquaculture

• poultry

Silk is fibre made up of a protein called---

• Sirisine

• fibroin

• melanin

• both a and b

The female silk moth lays around-----

• 400 eggs

• 100 eggs

• 200 eggs

• 500 eggs

Silk moth is also known------

• chilakalu

• pattupurugulu

• pattukayalu

• chandrikalu

The silk worms feed on the leaves of -----

• mulberry

• oak

• mango

• neem

Cocoons are also known---

• chilakalu

• pattukayalu

• pattupurugulu

• chandrikalu

The process of boiling cocoons to get silk fibre is called-----

• stiffling

• reeling

• colouring

• weaving