What is rearing of silkworm for the production of silk called?

Apiculture

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Sericulture

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Pisciculture

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Horticulture

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Solution

The correct option is B
Sericulture

Sericulture is rearing of silkworm for the production of silk. Although there are several commercial species of silkworms, Bombyx mori (the caterpillar of the domesticated silkmoth) is the most widely used and intensively studied silkworm.

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Out of the following, which are the two terms related to silk production?

Sericulture,floriculture, moriculture, apiculture and silviculture

Hints: (i)Silk production involves cultivation of mulberry leavesand rearing silkworms.

(ii)Scientific name of mulberry is Morus alba.

List I (Types)	List II (Practices)
(A) Horticulture	(1) Cultivation of fruits and vegetables
(B) Sericulture	(2) Cultivation of grapevines
(C) Pisciculture	(3) Breeding of fish
(D) Viticulture	(4) Commercial rearing of silkworms

Question 1

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

Question 8

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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