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Silk fibres are obtained from the ________ of silkworms.

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cocoon
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fleece
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skin
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egg
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Solution

The correct option is A cocoon

After the larvae of silkmoths feed on the mulberry leaves and grow in size, they secrete a kind of fibrous protein which hardens around it like an enclosure. This covering around the larvae is cocoon. Silk is obtained from this cocoon of silkworm.


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