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The cultivation of silkworms to produce silk is called .

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horticulture
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apiculture
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sericulture
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pisciculture
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Solution

The correct option is C sericulture
Sericulture is the cultivation of silkworms. The cocoons produced by the silkworms are treated with hot air, steam and boiling water to obtain the silk strands.

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