Question

Which of the following statements is true about the rearing of silkworms?

(a) The rearing of silkworms for obtaining silk is called silk

(b) The rearing of silkworms for obtaining silk is called the cocoon

(c) The rearing of silkworms for obtaining silk is called sericulture

(d) The rearing of silkworms for obtaining silk is called silviculture

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is option (c)

Explanation:

Because sericulture is defined as the process of rearing silkworms.

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Answer 2

Answer :

• Option C ✔

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Which of the following statements is true about the rearing of silkworms?

(a) The rearing of silkworms for obtaining silk is called silk.

(b) The rearing of silkworms for obtaining silk is called the cocoon.

(c) The rearing of silkworms for obtaining silk is called sericulture. ✔

(d) The rearing of silkworms for obtaining silk is called silviculture.

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More info.

Steps involved in the production of silk :

• First of all the silkworm eggs are want up and put in places which enable them to hatch.

• After hatching the larvae are spread on bamboo trees to grow and are fed on chopped Mulberry leaves for about a month.

• Then the twigs or small rats are then placed on the days after the Caterpillar stop eating and starts spinning cones and the cocoons get attached to this twigs.

• The cocoons are then sorted according to the colour, size and shape. Cocoons obtained may be white, yellow or grey colour.

• Then they are boiled in hot water and kept under the sun treated in oven to kill the larvae inside it.

• The filaments are taken out from cocoon by process reeling..

• Then the filaments of several cocoons are twisted together to make strong thread and the thread is wound on a reel.

• The silk are then dyed and woven into silk fabric..

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