Question

4. Answer the following questions in brief.
a) What are the qualities of wool?
b) Name two Indian breeds of sheep that yield wool along with the quality of the wool obtained.
c) How is silk thread loosened from a cocoon?
d) Why are woollen clothes warm?
e) List out the names of the different processes involved in wool production.
f) Define sericulture.
g) What is the basis to decide the type of silk obtained from silkworm?
h) What is the common health hazard to the people working in the silk industry?​

Answer 1

Mulberry silk, Tasar Silk and Mooga silk are the varieties of silk produced by ... A wool fibre cannot be obtained from which of the following? ... The answer is (d) the process of taking silk threads from the cocoon.