Which of the following are fleece and wool-bearing animals?

Sheep and goat

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Camel and Yak

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Both A and B

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none of them

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Solution

The correct option is C Both A and B
Sheep, goat, Camel, Yak, etc. bear hair of two different types coarse hair and fine soft hair. Fine soft hair is found close to the skin in these animals. The fine soft under hair is called fleece. Fibre for wool is obtained from the fleece (hair) of such animals and hence such animals are called wool-bearing animals.

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(i) ‘Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool.’

(ii) ‘Mary had a little lamb, whose fleece was white as snow.’

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(a) Which parts of the black sheep have wool?

(b) What is meant by the white fleece of the lamb?

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