Wool from Animals

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It is a hot summer day, Priyanshi and Ali are wearing cotton and nylon clothes respectively. Who do you think will be more comfortable and why?

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Hisardale is a breed of sheep developed by crossing between-

1. Bikaneri ewes and Merino rams

2. Merino ewes and Bikaneri rams

3. Deccani ewes and Bikaneri rams

4. Merino ewes and apennine rams

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What is meant by the white fleece of the lamp?

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Which of the following hair of sheep is used for making fine, soft woolen fabrics ?

1. Beard hair

2. Coarse hair

3. Under-hair

4. Hard hair

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Good quality wool is obtained from fleece having:

1. More over hair than beard hair

2. More root hair than beard hair

3. More under hair than beard hair

4. More beard hair than root hair

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Why do the birds puff up their feathers in winter?

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Question 1 (a)
You must be familiar with the following nursery rhymes:
(i) ‘Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool.’
(ii) ‘Mary had a little lamb, whose fleece was white as snow

Answer the following:
(a) Which parts of the black sheep have wool?

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The hair used for making wool is called ______.

1. Fine soft hair

2. Beard hair

3. Any hair will do

4. Coarse hair

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Name the animal from which Pashmina wool is obtained.

Q. Wool can be obtained from the ______ of sheep.

1. scales
2. feather
3. fleece
4. cocoon

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Question 14

Match the items of Column I with the items given in Column II

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Question 1 (b)
You must be familiar with the following nursery rhymes:
(i) ‘Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool.’
(ii) ‘Mary had a little lamb, whose fleece was white as snow

Answer the following:
(b) What is meant by the white fleece of the lamb?

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What kind of clothes do we wear in winter and summer?

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Which of the following breeds of sheep are not commonly reared in Rajasthan?

1. Bakharwal

2. Nali

3. Lohi

4. None of the above

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Animal fibres are __________ and ___________ .

Q. Fleece is turned into which of the following fibres/fabrics?

1. Fur
2. Hide
3. Wool
4. Leather

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Identify the type of wool produced from the goats shown in the picture below which produce high quality wool used to make shawls and other clothing.

1. Angora, Shahtoosh

2. Angora, Pashmina

3. Shahtoosh, Pashmina

4. Nali, Lohi

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Identify the fibres which are obtained from the sources in the figures.


I II III

1. I:- Wool

   II:- Cotton

   III:- Silk

2. I:- Cotton

   II:- Wool

   III:- Silk

3. I:- Cotton

   II:- Silk

   III:- Wool

4. I:- Jute

   II:- Cotton

   III:- Wool

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Question 17

Figure 3.1 shows three rings of circles with letters in them. Some of these letters in each ring can form the name of one wool yielding animal. Find the names of these animals.

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Identify the animal shown below which is commonly used for obtaining wool, meat and milk in Ladakh, Sikkim and Tibet:

1. Camel

2. Alpaca

3. llama

4. Yak

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Question 11 (d)

Fill in the blanks in the following statements.
(d) Hair trap a lot of ___ which is a poor ___ of heat.

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Question 12 (b)

State whether the following statement is true or false. If false, correct it.
In India, camels and goats are generally reared for obtaining wool.

Q. Identify the region to which different types of sheep belong to.

1. Rampur Bushair
2. Nali
3. Bakharwal

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Question 12 (e)

State whether the following statement is true or false. If false, correct it.
Yak hair is not used to make woolen fabric.

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Question 5

Wool fibre cannot be obtained from which of the following?
(a) Goat
(b) Llama
(c) Alpaca
(d) Moth

Q. The process of selecting parent sheep with high fur quality to give birth to young ones is called selective ______.

1. keeping
2. feeding
3. rearing
4. breeding

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Question 20

A wholesale woollen fibre dealer gets the woollen fibre of different textures sorted for various purposes. Match the items in Column I with the woollen fibre in Column II.

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Many breeds of sheep are available in our country and they can be distinguished by the different quality of wool in different places. Keeping in mind, match items in column I and column II

Column 1	Column 2
Lohi	Uttar Pradesh
Rampur Bushair	Gujarat
Bakharwal	Rajasthan
Patanwadi	Jammu and Kashmir

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Why do The Goats found in the region of Gujarat are called Marwari?

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Which of the following options defines what crimps are in fleece?

1. Crimps are splits in the fibres

2. Crimps are cracks in the fibres

3. Crimps are straight portions in fibres

4. Crimps are bends in the fibres