Question

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?

• A. The silk fibre is produced by the silkworms.
• B. Silkworms eat mulberry leaves and use their saliva to prepare a cocoon of silk.
• C. Rubber is added to the cocoon.
• D. Silk threads are obtained from these cocoons.

Answer 1

The correct option is C Rubber is added to the cocoon.

Silkworms produce silk fibre. A silkworm is the caterpillar of a silk moth. Silkworms eat mulberry leaves and use their saliva to prepare a cocoon of silk. Silk threads are obtained from these cocoons.