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Fibre to Fabric - 1

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Wool & silk are-

a)

Aminal fibre

b)

Plant fibre

c)

Synthetic fibre

d)

Animal fibre

e)

Synthetic nylon

2.

Wool is obtained from the ____ of sheep.

a)

Silk

b)

Sheep

c)

Fibre

d)

Fleece

e)

Skin

3.

Silk fibre is obtained from the _____ of the silk moth.

a)

Cocooon

b)

Hair

c)

Fleece

d)

Cocoons

e)

Skin

4.

Which part of sheep's body yield fibres?

a)

Leg

b)

Eye

c)

Mouth

d)

Hair

e)

Liver

5.

Yak wool is common in _______. (Yak wool _____ mein common hei.)

a)

Tibet & whole india

b)

Whole India & ladakh

c)

Japan

d)

China

e)

Tibet & ladakh

6.

The wool producing animals Alpaca and Llama belong to which location?

a)

South Africa

b)

South America

c)

South Korea

d)

Canada

7.

The caterpillar of silk worm secrete a fibrous protein called _______ .

a)

Globulin

b)

Fibroin

c)

Keratin

d)

Lectin

8.

Animals are well protected from heat and cold because of their __________ .Choose all the correct options .

a)

Fur

b)

Fat

c)

Leafy Coats

d)

All of the Above

9.

Yak wool is commonly used in ......... and .........

a)

Uttarakhand and Rajasthan

b)

Haryana and Punjab

c)

Tibet and Ladakh

d)

Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh

10.

Caterpillars should be collected with bare hands.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Weavers weave silk threads into silk cloth.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

A female silk moth lays one egg at a time.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

For obtaining silk, moths are reared and their cocoons are collected to get silk threads.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Which part of sheep's body yield fibres?

a)

Leg

b)

Eye

c)

Mouth

d)

Hair

e)

Liver

15.

What is meant by the white fleece of the lamb?

a)

white color hairy skin

b)

colourless hairy skin

c)

black colour hairy skin

d)

brown colour hairy skin

16.

Rearing and breeding of silk worm for production of silk is called

a)

silviculture

b)

sericulture

c)

floriculture

d)

apiculture

17.

What is the scientific name of mulberry?

a)

Morus alba

b)

Formicidae

c)

Loxodonta

d)

Chiroptera

18.

Which of the following is not a wool bearing animal?

a)

yak

b)

goat

c)

wolf

d)

lama

19.

Which of the following statements is/are false?

a. Wool is the soft curly fibre obtained from the fleece of domesticated sheep.

b. Angora rabbits are reared in Punjab and Rajasthan for their wool.

c. The number of crimps per centimeter determines the fineness of the wool fibre.

a)

only A

b)

only A and B

c)

only B

20.

The science of raising silkworms, so as to obtain silk cocoons is called

a)

agriculture

b)

sericulture

c)

segreculture

d)

pistriculutre

21.

Yak

a)

Wool yielding animal

b)

Silk yielding animals

22.

Cocoon

a)

Yields silk fibres

b)

Yields wool fibres

23.

Mark some animals which give us wool.

a)

Alpaca

b)

Angora Rabbit

c)

Camel

d)

sheep

e)

goat

24.

Which leads the world in silk production?

a)

India

b)

Bangladesh

c)

North africa

d)

South America

e)

China

25.

Is silk a good conductor of heat?

a)

Silk is a protein fibre and is a non-conductor of heat.

b)

Silk is a protein fibre and is a good conductor of heat.

26.

Yarns are __________ prepared from fibers .

a)

Un-stitched threads

b)

woolen threads

c)

coir threads

d)

spun threads

27.

Some Indian breed of sheep.

a)

Lohi


b)

Rampur bushair

c)

Nali

d)

Bakharwal

e)

Marwari

28.

It refers to the fabric created from animal coats, cocoons of silkworm, and plant seeds, leaves and stem

a)

Natural Fabrics

b)

Synthetic Fabrics

c)

Glass Fabrics

d)

None of the above

29.

What are the different types of silk?

a)

mulberry silk

b)

tassar silk

c)

eri silk

d)

mooga silk

30.

The process of making yarn from fibres is called

a)

Spinning

b)

Weaving

c)

Knitting

d)

Ginning

31.

True or False

The Chinese kept the process for making silk a secret for hundreds of years.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

We don't know yet

32.

What is another name for Larvae?

a)

Caterpillar

b)

Pupa

c)

Worm

d)

Moth

33.

What is another name for Larvae?

a)

Caterpillar

b)

Pupa

c)

Worm

d)

Moth

34.

Butterflies lay eggs on ______________________of a mallow plant?

a)

stems

b)

leaves

c)

Branch

35.

What is the most common silk moth?

a)

Bombyx mori

b)

Accatus ricini

c)

Apies mangifera

d)

Apies cerena

e)

Mulberry silk moth

36.

out of these which animal is not a source of wool

a)

sheep

b)

goat

c)

rabbit

d)

cow

37.

which sheep breed gives finest quality wool

a)

angora

b)

merino

c)

alpaca

38.

fleece of which bread of goat is used to produce pashmina shawl

a)

cashmere

b)

mohair

c)

angora

39.

which variety of camel provides material for the softest coat in the world

a)

bactrian

b)

alpaca

c)

vicuna

40.

which animal is having dark brown or black fleece

a)

rabbit

b)

camels

c)

goat

d)

yak

41.

which animal provide the lighter and much warmer wool than other animals

a)

camel

b)

yak

c)

rabbit

d)

sheep

42.

Risks faced by workers in any industry are called

a)

danger

b)

occupational hazards

c)

risk

d)

threat

43.

Angora goats found in ______. (Angora goats kha milti hei.)

a)

Rajasthan

b)

Uttar Pradesh

c)

Goa

d)

Tibet

e)

Jammu & Kashmir

44.

Mohair is obtained from _____.

a)

Yak

b)

Camel

c)

Alpaca

d)

Angora goat

e)

Llama

45.

The process of taking out threads from the cocoon for use as silk is called

(a)  

46.

Young silkworms are

caterpillars about ________

a)

3 inches long.

b)

3 feet long.

c)

3 crayons long.

47.

silkworm caterpillars eat nearly nonstop

until they spin their cocoon.

a)

True

b)

False

48.

Which of the following is not a type of silk?

a)

Tassar

b)

Muga

c)

Mulberry

d)

eric

49.

The process of taking out silk fibre from cocoon is called ----

a)

stiffling

b)

reeling

c)

colouring

d)

weaving

50.

The process of taking out silk fibre from cocoon is called ----

a)

stiffling

b)

reeling

c)

colouring

d)

weaving