6. Make 5 Questions ( Questions should start with “Why” or ”How”) each for the
passages given below: ( Along with the answers)
a) Discovery of silk
The exact time of discovery of silk is perhaps unknown. According to an old
Chinese legend, the empress Si-lung-Chi was asked by the emperor Huang-ti to
find the cause of the damaged leaves of mulberry trees growing in their garden.
The empress found white worms eating up mulberry leaves. She also noticed
that they were spinning shiny cocoons around them. Accidentally a cocoon
dropped into her cup of tea and a tangle of delicate threads separated from the
cocoon. Silk industry began in China and was kept a closely guarded secret for
hundreds of years. Later on, traders and travellers introduced silk to other
countries. The route they travelled is still called the ‘silk route’.
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Answer:
Q1. Why were the leaves of mulberry plants damaged?
A1. The leaves of the mulberry plants were damaged because silk worms were eating the leaves to gain energy which helped them grow faster and spin cocoons.
Q2. Why was the silk industry in China kept a secret?
A2. Chinese kept silk production a secret as at that time silk was in great demand in China & they did not want other countries should know about this great discovery so they kept it secret.
Q3. How did other countries know about silk?
A3. Hundreds of years later, Traders and travellers introduced silk to other countries of the world and the entire world got to know about silk and how it's produced.
Q4. How were the cocoons spun by silk worms looking?
A4. The cocoons spun by silk worms were shiny and beautiful. Cocoon is beautiful and a source of pure silk. Pure silk is obtained from cocoons too.
Q5. How are the routes through which silk travelled know today?
A5. The routes which silk travelled while reaching other countries is in present day know as silk routes. These were routes through which the production of silk passed on to all countries.
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