Knitted Fibres

Q.

Cocoons were bought from the Santhals and sold by the traders at five times the purchase price.

1. True
2. False

Q. The wool of _____ is considered to be the best in the world.

1. rabbit
2. goat
3. sheep
4. yak

Q. Terrycot is a fibre made up of ____.

1. Rayon and Vinyon
2. Polyester and Cotton
3. Vinyon and Cotton
4. Saran and Polyester

Q. Archaeologists have found remains of woollen clothes from different sites dating back to the ancient times.

Choose from among the following the civilisations that used the fabric of wool.

1. Indus Valley Civilisation
2. Egyptian Civilisation
3. Babylonian Civilisation
4. Wool was not used in the ancient civilisations.

Q.

What is sericulture?

Q. Which of the following is an artificial fibre?

1. Cotton
2. Silk
3. Wool
4. Nylon

Q.

Cotton is not mixed with other synthetic fibres in the creation of fabrics.

1. True
2. False

Q. Which of the following clothes is/are made of woollen fabric to keep people warm during winters?

1. Shawls
2. Sweaters
3. Silk saree
4. Jackets

Q. Assertion [A]: Silk was discovered accidentally.

Reason [R]: A silkworm cocoon is said to have fallen into the hot tea being drunk by the Empress Hsi Ling Shi.

1. [A] is false but [R] is true.
2. [A] is true but [R] is false.
3. Both [A] and [R] are true and [R] is the correct explanation of [A].
4. Both [A] and [R] are true and [R] is not the correct explanation of [A].

Q. Who among the following contributed to the development of artificial fibre?

1. Robert Hook
2. Luis Subab
3. Rabindranath Tagore
4. Lord Dalhousie

Q. Why did people from other nations possibly visit India during the ancient and medieval period?

1. Because of India's religious inheritance.
2. Because of India's cultural inheritance.
3. Because of India's pleasant weather.
4. Because of India's economic prosperity.

Q. According to the archaeological evidence from the Indus Valley Civilisation, the widespread use of which of the following materials was prevalent in the period between 2500 and 1700 BCE?

1. Rayon
2. Polyester
3. Nylon
4. Cotton

Q. Amit and his friends visited a farm during their summer vacations where silk farming was done. They watched the process through which silk fabric is prepared. Which of the following steps is not the part of the process to make natural silk fabric?

1. Silkworms eat mulberry leaves and use their saliva to prepare a cocoon of silk.
2. The silk fibre is produced by the silkworms.
3. Rubber is added to the cocoon.
4. Silk threads are obtained from these cocoons.

Q. The process of preparing silk was developed in ______.

1. Indus Valley
2. China
3. India
4. Mesopotamia

Q. Silkworms are nurtured on:

1. Caves
2. Mulberry trees
3. Yaks
4. Wool

Q. You have to prepare artificial fibre to make clothes. Which one of the following natural substances would you not use?

1. Silkworm
2. Rubber
3. Mulberry
4. Raisins

Q.

The type of fur worn by the royals is which among the options listed below?

1. Silk

2. Ermine

3. Brocade

4. Velvet

Q. Which of the following are examples of artificial fibre?

1. Polyester
2. Cotton
3. Rayon
4. Terrycot

Q. Which of the following is not a natural fibre?

1. Cotton
2. Silk
3. Wool
4. Nylon

Q. Pair the following fibres with the animals/plants they are harvested from.

1. Silk
2. Cotton
3. Silkworm
4. Sheep
5. Wool
6. Cotton plant

Q. Which community in India first adopted western-style clothing?

Q.

From where animal fibre is obtained?