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Uses of fibres and history of clothing - class-VI

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A yarn can be split into fine strands of a thread. State True or False.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Yarn itself is a loose thread and they can be split into thin strands. 

Yarn can be converted into fabrics by the process of spinning.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The process of making yarn from fibres is called spinning. Weaving is the process used to convert yarn into fabric.

Materials which are not obtained from plants and animals are called :

  1. synthetic fibres

  2. semi-synthetic fibres

  3. natural fibres

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Fibres which are not obtained from plants and animals and are made in a laboratory using petrochemicals are called synthetic fibre.


Hence the option A is correct.

Moonj is used to make furniture.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The thick part of the grass is used in making furniture items; its outer skin makes for thatch. The leaf of the grass is called moonj.


The stem of the moonj plant is used to make huts, traditional furniture (Table, Mudde) and eco-friendly toys.

Silk fibre is drawn from the cocoon of _________.

  1. butterfly

  2. worm

  3. silkworm

  4. both $A$ and $B$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Silkworm, its larvae are fed with mulberry leaves, and, after the fourth moult, they climb a twig placed near them and spin their silken cocoons. 


This process is achieved by the worm through a dense fluid secreted from its structural glands, resulting in the fibre of the cocoon.

Hence the option C is correct.

Preshrink cotton is called:

  1. natural cotton

  2. terycotton

  3. sanforized cotton

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Preshrink cotton is known as sanforized cotton.

Which of the following fibre is not a natural fibre?

  1. Cotton

  2. Silk

  3. Nylon

  4. Jute


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Nylon is a man-made synthetic fibre prepared by the process of polymerisation. 


The monomer used to prepare Nylon is E-caprolactum. 

Hence the option C is correct.

Which of the following represents correct statement(s)?

  1. The fibers of some fabrics such as cotton, jute, silk and wool are obtained from plant and animals. These are called synthetic fibers.

  2. Cotton and jute are examples of fibers obtained from animals.

  3. Wool and silk fibers are obtained from plants.

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The correct statements will be-


(A) The fibers of some fabrics such as cotton, jute, silk and wool are obtained from plant and animals. These are called natural fibers.

(B) Cotton and jute are examples of fibers obtained from plants.

(C) Wool and silk fibers are obtained from animals.

The botanical name of moonj plant is:

  1. Hibiscus moonja

  2. Saccharum moonja

  3. Gossypium

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The botanical name of this plant is Sachatum moonja.


Moonj is obtained from the moonj grass. It is a grass found in arid areas and along river banks in India. It belongs to the family Gramineae.

Hence, option B is correct.

________ is usually picked by hands and fibres are then separated from the seeds by combing.

  1. Jute

  2. Moonj

  3. Cotton

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Cotton is usually picked by hands and fibres and then separated from the seeds by combing.

Which of the following fibre is recyclable?

  1. Hemp

  2. Flax

  3. Sisal

  4. All of above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A, B and C are natural fibres. 


All natural fibres are easily recyclable. It is a renewable resource, the production requires little energy, $CO _2$ is used while oxygen is given back to the environment. 

They are also carbon neutral. They absorb the same amount of carbon dioxide they produce. 

During processing, they generate mainly organic wastes and leave residues that can be used to generate electricity or make ecological housing material. And, at the end of their life cycle, they are 100% biodegradable.

Hence the correct option is D.

Which of the following is a fibre?

  1. Rayon or artificial silk

  2. nylon

  3. acrylic

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Rayon or artificial silk, nylon and acrylic represents fibre. Polyester and cotton are another example of fibre.

Linen fibre is obtained from __________.

  1. chia seeds

  2. cotton seeds

  3. flax plants

  4. cotton flowers


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Linen yarn is spun from the long fibers found just behind the bark in the multi-layer stem of the flax plant. In order to retrieve the fibers from the plant, the woody stem and the inner pith, which holds the fibers together in a clump, must be rotted away. 

The cellulose fiber from the stem is spinnable and is used in the production of linen thread, cordage, and twine.

So, option C is correct.

Which of the following represent(s) the characteristics of synthetic fibres?

  1. They dry up quickly.

  2. They are durable

  3. They are less expensive and readily available.

  4. They are easy to maintain


Correct Option: A,B,C,D
Explanation:

 All of the following represent(s) the characteristics of synthetic fibres.
They dry up quickly.
They are durable
They are less expensive and readily available.
They are easy to maintain

To which of the following does the 4R principle apply the most?

  1. Synthetic fibre

  2. Natural fibre

  3. Metals

  4. Plastic


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Plastic is a man-made substance that cannot be broken down by natural microbial action. Hence, the 4R principle is applied to it. 

The 4 R principle is- ${\text{Refuse, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle}}$. This helps in reducing the harmful effect of plastic in the environment. 

Thus the correct answer is option A.

Bed sheets, curtain, tents, parachutes can be made from :

  1. Natural fibre

  2. Synthetic fibre

  3. Yarn

  4. Plastics


Correct Option: A,B,C
Explanation:
Bed sheets, curtain, tents, parachutes are made from fabric like cotton, silk, nylon, rayon etc. and the fabric is a cloth produced by weaving or knitting textile fibers. 

These fibers can be obtained naturally from plant or animal sources like cotton seeds and silk, wool or can be synthesized like nylon or rayon.

Therefore, natural and synthetic fibers are used to make fabric.

Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, or ropemaking. Thread is a type of yarn intended for sewing by hand or machine.

Plastics are synthetic polymers and not used in fabric production.

Hence, option A, B and C are correct.

The small fluffy fibres are:

  1. bolls

  2. burrs

  3. reels

  4. combs


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Burrs are the small filthy fibers. This has a pattern of knots. 

$X$ is a thread of filament from which $Y$ is made. If prepared from plants and animals, it is known as $Z$ fibres whereas by humans it is known as $W$ fibres. Synthetic fibres are nylon, rayon, polyester, acrylic etc.

What is $Z$?

  1. Plant fibre

  2. Animal fibre

  3. Natural fibre

  4. Artificial fibre


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Fibre is the basic unit of raw material having a suitable length, pliability, and strength for conversion into yarns and fabrics/cloth/material. 

A fibre of extreme length is a filament. Fibres can occur naturally or can be produced artificially. 

Here, X is a fibre, Y is the cloth/fabric. Z is the natural fibre and W is the artificial or human-made fibre.

Plant and animal fibre are natural fibres, and artificial fibre are man-made fibres such as rayon.

Therefore, option C is correct.

The eggs of silkworms are stored in:

  1. Wooden box

  2. Metal box

  3. Strips of the cloth

  4. Plastic box


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The female silk moth lays 200 eggs at a time, these eggs are stored on strips of cloth. The stored eggs are then kept under hygienic conditions, suitable temperature and humidity.

Which of the following house hold articles is not made up of fibre?

  1. Cloth

  2. Table

  3. Rope

  4. Carpet


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Table is made up of wood or wood pulp but cloth, rope and carpet are made up of various types of fibres and yarns which form these materials.


Hence, the correct option is $\text{B}$

Endoscope is made up of:

  1. glass wool

  2. optical fibres

  3. optical glass

  4. lead crystal glass


Correct Option: B

Synthetic fibres are also called as :

  1. rayon fibres

  2. artificial or human made fibres

  3. natural fibres

  4. collective fibres


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Synthetic fibres are also called as artificial or human made fibres since they are made by human in factories.

Spandex is used in garments because :

  1. elasticity.

  2. strength.

  3. biodegradable.

  4. Both A and B.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Spandex, Lycra or elastane is a synthetic fiber known for its exceptional elasticity. It is stronger and more durable than natural rubber. Because of its elasticity and strength (stretching up to five times its length), spandex has been incorporated into a wide range of garments, especially in skin-tight garments. A benefit of spandex is its significant strength and elasticity and its ability to return to the original shape after stretching and faster drying than ordinary fabrics.

Which of the following can define molecules in the liquid state?

  1. Molecules vibrating in a fixed position and held in place by strong forces

  2. Molecules can rotate and roll over each other because the forces are moderately strong

  3. Molecules can move anyway in random because there are no forces holding the molecules together

  4. A state of matter which contains only charged particles


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In liquid, particles are loosely bound together by intramolecular forces. Unlike a solid, liquid has no fixed shape but instead has a characteristic readiness to flow and therefore takes on the shape of any container.

Forces between them are moderately strong as compare to solid.

Hence, option $B$ is correct. 

Which of the following is true?

  1. Cellulose is made up of glucose units.

  2. Weaving and knitting are two process to get plastic.

  3. Plastics get corroded easily.

  4. Plastics are not polymers.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Cellulose is made up of glucose units by glycosidic bonds.

Weaving and knitting are used to make silk fiber.
Plastic is non-corrosive and it is a polymer of the various compound.
Example: PVC, bakelite, etc.

The fruits of cotton plants are called:

  1. calotropis

  2. cotton bolls

  3. xanthiun

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Cotton bolls.

The fruit, called bolls, then begin to develop. These green, immature bolls are a segmented pod containing approximately 32 immature seeds from which the cotton fibres  will grow. The boll is considered a fruit because it contains seeds.

In which of the following, polymer chains are held with hydrogen bonds?

  1. Thermoplastics

  2. Fibres

  3. Thermosetting polymers

  4. Elastomers


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

$Fibres$ are the thread forming solids which possess high strength and high modulus. This characteristic is attributed to the strong intermolecular forces like hydrogen bonding.

Weaving is the process of 

  1. Separating seeds from cotton bolls

  2. Spinning of yarn

  3. Arranging two sets of yarn together to make a fabric

  4. Immersing stems of jute plant in water


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth. Cloth is made by crossing two sets of threads over and under each other. The two sets of threads are called warp and weft.

Therefore, the correct answer is option C.

Acrylic is used for making carpets and blankets.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Acrylic fibers are synthetic fibers made from a polymer (polyacrylonitrile) with an average molecular weight of $\sim100,000$, about $1900$ monomer units. Strong and warm, acrylic fiber is often used for sweaters and tracksuits and as linings for boots and gloves, as well as in furnishing fabrics and carpets. It is manufactured as a filament, then cut into short staple lengths similar to wool hairs, and spun into yarn.
option A is correct

After people began to settle in agricultural communities, they learnt to weave twigs and grass into mats and baskets.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

After people began to settle in agricultural communities, they learnt to weave twigs and grass into mats and baskets. Vines, animal fleece or hair were twisted together into long strands. These were woven into fabrics.

In ancient times, which of the following materials were used by people to cover themselves.? 

  1. barks

  2. big leaves of trees

  3. animal skins

  4. furs


Correct Option: A,B,C,D
Explanation:

In ancient times, barks and big leaves of trees or animal skins and furs were used by people to cover themselves.

Saree, dhoti, lungi or turban is used as an un-stitched piece of fabric.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Stitched clothes have gone through many variations since the invention of stitching. But, even today, saree, dhoti, lungi or turban is used as an un-stitched piece of fabric.

After people began to settle in agricultural communities, they learnt to weave ____________ and ____________ into mats and baskets.

  1. grass, twigs

  2. cotton, jute

  3. twigs, grass

  4. jute, cotton


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

After people began to settle in agricultural communities, they learnt to weave grass and twigs into mats and baskets.

In ancient __________, cotton as well as flax were cultivated near the river Nile and were used for making fabrics.

  1. Libya

  2. Egypt

  3. Sudan

  4. Ethiopia


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Egypt is known as the oldest agricultural civilization. Due to less rainfall, river Nile was used as a source of water for agriculture. Hence, in ancient Egypt, cotton as well as flax were cultivated near the river Nile and were used for making fabrics.

With the invention of the sewing needle, people started ___________ fabrics to make clothes.

  1. knitting

  2. stitching

  3. weaving

  4. ginning


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

With the invention of the sewing needle people started stitching fabrics to make clothes.

Which of the following represents incorrect statement(s)?

  1. Flax is a plant that gives natural fibres.

  2. In ancient Egypt, cotton as well as flax were cultivated near the river Nile and were used for making fabrics.

  3. In ancient times, stitching was known.

  4. All of the above.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In ancient times, stitching was not known. People simply draped the fabrics around different parts of their body.

Which of the following represents incorrect statement(s)?

  1. In ancient times, people used the bark and big leaves of trees or animal skins and furs to cover themselves.

  2. After people began to settle in agricultural communities, they learnt to weave twigs and grass into mats and baskets.

  3. Vines, animal fleece or hair were twisted together into log strands. These were woven into fabrics.

  4. The early Indians wore fabrics made out of silk that grew in the forest regions.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

option $D$ is correct  answer.

The existing dress codes in Europe were swept away by:

  1. French Revolution

  2. The First World War

  3. The Second World War

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The existing dress codes in Europe were swept away by french revolution.

Hence,
Option $A$ is correct answer.

Fibre is a thread or filament from which cloth is made.
  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Fibre is a long and thin strand or thread from which cloth is made. 

Cloth is prepared by weaving/knitting of this thread together. Fibre can be natural or man-made. 

Natural fibres include cotton, hair, fur, silk, wool and man fibre include nylon, polyester, olefin etc.

Natural fibres are obtained from plants and animals whereas synthetic fibres are obtained by chemical processing of petrochemicals.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Natural fibres are hairlike raw material directly obtainable from an animal, vegetable, or mineral source and convertible into non woven fabrics such as felt or paper or, after spinning into yarns, into woven cloth. A natural fiber may be further defined as an agglomeration of cells in which the diameter is negligible in comparison with the length examples: cellulose types such as cotton, wood, grains, and straw.
Synthetic fibers are fibers are human-made by chemical synthesis, as opposed to natural fibers. In general, synthetic fibers are created by extruding fiber-forming materials through spinnerets into air and water, forming a thread. These fibers are called synthetic or artificial fibers. Some fibers (such as the diverse family of rayons) are manufactured from plant-derived cellulose and are thus semi-synthetic, whereas others are totally synthetic, being made from crudes and intermediates including petroleum, coal, limestone, air, and water.
therefore option A is correct

We can obtain the fabric by:

  1. hardening

  2. setting

  3. weaving

  4. knitting


Correct Option: C,D
Explanation:

By weaving and knitting we can obtain fabric.

State whether true or false :

Synthetic fibres are also called as artificial or human made fibres.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Synthetic fibers are prepared by using chemicals. These are made of small units that join together to form long chains. 


Some of the examples of synthetic fibers are nylon, rayon, acrylic, polyester.
They are also called artificial or man-made or human-made fiber.

Hence, option $A$ is correct.

From this, fabric is made :

  1. filament

  2. fibre

  3. moisture

  4. plastic


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Fabric is made from $fibre$.

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