Out of the following, which are the two terms related to silk production? Sericulture, floriculture, moriculture, apiculture and silviculture.

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Silk production involves the cultivation of mulberry leaves and rearing silkworms, known as sericulture.
Moriculture can be defined as the process of cultivating mulberry plants in order to feed silkworms.

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The rearing of silkworms for obtaining silk is called
(a) cocoon
(b) silk
(c) sericulture
(d) silviculture

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The term sericulture is used for
(a) culture of bacteria
(b) rearing of silkworm
(c) making silk fabric from silk yarn
(d) production of sarees

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