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Fibre to Fabric - 1

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Which of the following is an animal fibre?

  1. Cotton

  2. Hemp

  3. Jute

  4. Wool


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Wool is an animal fibre.

Which of the following is not a natural fibre?

  1. Asbestos

  2. Nylon

  3. Flax

  4. Hemp


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Nylon is not a natural fibre. It is considered as a synthetic fibre.

From which of the following organisms is silk obtained?

  1. Bombyx mori

  2. Staphylococcus

  3. Rhizopus

  4. Yeast


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Silk is obtained from Bombyx mori.

Which of the following fibres should be selected to make clothes for summers?

  1. Cotton

  2. Hemp

  3. Jute

  4. Wool


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

For summers, cotton clothes should be preferred as they are absorbent, porous, cool and allow the body heat to escape.

Which of the following fibres is separated by ginning?

  1. Jute

  2. Cotton

  3. Wool

  4. Silk


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Ginning refers to the separation of cotton fibre from its seeds, which is done with the help of ginning machines. 

Which of the following fibres is not obtained from plants?

  1. Cotton

  2. Jute

  3. Flax

  4. Wool


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Natural fibres are the ones, which are either obtained from a plant or an animal source. Cotton, jute, flax, etc. come from a plant source and wool comes from an animal source and is the odd one out. 

Fabrics are made of ____ and yarns are made of ______.

  1. yarns, fibres

  2. fibres, yarns

  3. fibres, fabrics

  4. yarns, fabrics


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Fabric is made of yarn and yarns are further made from fibres. The fibres are obtained either from a plant source like flax, cotton, etc. or from an animal source like sheep, etc. 

Which of the following states is a producer of jute?

  1. Bihar

  2. Punjab

  3. Gujarat

  4. Maharashtra


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The major producer of jute in India is Bihar. 

Commercialised cotton spinning is done by

  1. charkha

  2. spinning machine

  3. ginning machine

  4. takli


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Cotton spinning is commercially done on a large scale by using a spinning machine. 

Which of the following fibres is used to make ropes?

  1. Silk

  2. Cotton

  3. Wool

  4. Jute


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Jute fibre is used to make ropes.

From which of the following sources is acrylic obtained?

  1. Plants

  2. Chemicals

  3. Cocoon

  4. Animals


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Acrylic is a synthetic fibre, the source of which is neither a plant nor an animal. Cocoon is the development stage of an insect.

For which of the following purposes are looms used?

  1. Weaving fabric

  2. Weaving and knitting

  3. Knitting only

  4. Spinning fabric


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Looms are used for weaving fabric. Yarns are woven to make fabric by using looms, which can be either manual or power operated. 

Which of the following is the simplest device used for spinning?

  1. Takli

  2. Charkha

  3. Spinning wheel

  4. Loom


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Spinning can be done by using takli, charkha, spinning machine, etc. but the simplest tool for this is takli. 

Which of the following groups of items were used as clothes in ancient times?

  1. Lungi, animal skin, animal fleece

  2. Barks, big leaves, animal skins

  3. Saree, dhoti, fur

  4. Fur, dhoti, lungi


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In ancient times, clothes like lungi, dhoti, saree, etc. were not there. 

Yarn as well as paper are

  1. obtained from plants

  2. obtained from chemicals

  3. non-absorbent

  4. obtained from animals


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Cotton plant is a source of cotton yarn and bark of a tree is a source of paper.

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