Silk

Q.

What is reeling of silk?

Q. What do you think would have been the advantages and problems in transporting silk by sea?

Q. Why do you think it would have been difficult to use carts along the Silk Route?

Q.

How is spun silk obtained?

Q. The raw material for making silk is obtained from _______ .

1. spiders
2. cocoons
3. plants
4. chemicals

Q. A single cocoon produces strand/strands of silk thread.

1. one
2. many
3. two
4. ten

Q. Silk was highly valued in Rome.

Choose the option which explains the above statement most appropriately.

1. Secret intricate manufacturing technique which yielded a fine fabric of silk
2. Transportation of silk along long trading routes
3. The taxes and tributes to be paid on the silk route
4. Unsafe silk route due to its dangerous terrain

Q. Which option is not true about silk?

1. Smooth texture
2. Fashionable clothing
3. Easily available
4. Highly valued

Q. Sort the stages involved in making silk from the beginning to the end with the first stage at the top.

1. Cocoons
2. Raw silk
3. Thread
4. Weaving
5. Silk Cloth

Q. Silk threads threads are obtained from

(a) egg
(b) cocoon
(c) leaves
(d) larva

Q.

Silk is obtained from _________ of the silk moth.

Q. The silk in other countries was introduced by:

1. Trade
2. Travellers
3. Both A and B
4. none of these