Question

Ram and Rahul bought a packet of candies. The packet contains candies of different colours. If Ram wants only red coloured candies, which method of separation should he use to separate the red candies from the rest?

• A. Filtering
• B. Handpicking
• C. Sieving
• D. Threshing

Answer 1

The correct option is B Handpicking

Handpicking is used to separate the components of a solid-solid mixture, when the differences between the components are clearly visible. These differences can be in terms of colour, size and shape. Also, the size of the components should also be large enough to be hand-picked and the quantity of mixture must be less.

Hence, Ram can handpick the candies of red colour because they can be easily differentiated from the candies of other colours.