Question

14. Arrange the following processes in the order in which they have to be carried out.

picking, carding, weaving, spinning, ginning.

Answer 1

Cotton bolls are the cotton plant's fruit. When it is fully ripe, it splits. Thousands of fibres are wrapped around a few seeds within the boll.

• When the fibres are dry, the cotton bolls are picked and sent for cleaning.
• Ginning is the process of separating the cotton fibres from the seeds, which is done in a cotton gin.
• After that, the fibres are straightened and untangled using a carding machine.
• Then comes spinning, which is the process of turning fibre into yarn using a spinning machine or charkha.
• Finally, the yarn is transformed into cloth through the weaving process by using looms.

Hence, the correct sequence in processing cotton is Picking, ginning, carding, spinning, and weaving.