Question

- Which step includes boiling
We processing silk from the
cocoon
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Answer 1

During boiling, some amount of water enters the cocoon cavity and makes it soft. This helps in separating the fibres from cocoon during the reeling process. ... Due to hot water, pupa dies and does not emerge out of cocoon.

Answer 2

The correct answer is (iv) Reeling.

• To produce silk cloth, cocoons are first boiled, or exposed to sunlight or steam to separate out the silk fibres.
• This process is called reeling and is done using special machines.
• The silk fibres are then spun into silk threads which are then weaved to make silk cloth.