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Cotton fibers are separated from seeds by:

botany fibre to fabric: plant fibre classification of fibres fibres history of fabric

  1. combing

  2. knitting

  3. weaving

  4. rubbing

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Combing, it is a method for preparing carded fibre for spinning. Combing is divided into linear and circular combing. The Noble Comb is an example of circular combing. The French comb is an example of linear combing. The process of combing is accompanied by filling, a process of evening out carded or combed top making it suitable for spinning. Combing separates short fibres using a rotating ring or rectilinear row of steel pins. The fibres in the 'top' produce have been straightened and lie parallel to each other. When combing wool, the discarded short fibres are called boils and are ground up into shoddy.


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

Match the following with the correct answers.
(a) Scouring                 (i) Yields silk fibers
(b) Mulberry leaves    (ii) Cleaning sheared skin 
(c) Sheep                    (iii) Food of silk worm.
(d) Cocoon                 (iv) Wool yielding animal. 

botany fibre to fabric: plant fibre classification of fibres fibres history of fabric

  1. a --> ii, b--> iii, c--> iv, d--> i

  2. a--> i, b--> ii, c--> iii, d--> iv

  3. a--> iv, b--> iii, c--> ii, d--> i

  4. a--> ii, b--> i, c--> ii, d--> iv

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

(a) Scouring means cleaning the sheared skin of animals.

(b) Silk worms feed on mulberry leaves
(c) Sheep gives us wool
(d) Cocoon gives us silk fibers

Hence, answer is A

Natural fibres can be defined as :

botany fibre to fabric: plant fibre classification of fibres fibres history of fabric

  1. substances produced by plants and animals

  2. man-made fibres produced industrially

  3. synthetic fibres

  4. none of the above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Natural fibres are fibres extracted from plants and animals. 


They can be spun into thread, filaments and ropes.

Plant fibres include seed hairs, stem fibre, leaf fibres and husk fibres. 

Animal fibres include wool, hair and secretions, such as silk.

Hence the correct option is A.

These clothes are used best in summer :

botany fibre to fabric: plant fibre classification of fibres fibres history of fabric

  1. Wool

  2. Silk

  3. Cotton

  4. Nylon

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Cotton is a natural fiber it has the tendency to absorb the sweat. Also, its a breathing fabric and so allows air to pass through keeping your body cool.  cotton is the best fabric to use in summer.

Coir is also known as:

botany fibre to fabric: plant fibre classification of fibres fibres history of fabric

  1. jute

  2. coconut fibre

  3. cotton fibre

  4. none of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Coir is extracted from the tissues surrounding the seed of the coconut palm. 


It is used in products such as floor mats, doormats, brushes, mattresses, etc. 

Coir is the fibrous material found between the hard, internal shell and the outer coat of a coconut.

Hence the correct option is B.

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

botany fibre to fabric: plant fibre classification of fibres fibres history of fabric

  1. True

  2. False

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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.

botany fibre to fabric: plant fibre classification of fibres fibres history of fabric

  1. True

  2. False

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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 :

botany fibre to fabric: plant fibre classification of fibres fibres history of fabric

  1. synthetic fibres

  2. semi-synthetic fibres

  3. natural fibres

  4. None of the above

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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.

botany fibre to fabric: plant fibre classification of fibres fibres history of fabric

  1. True

  2. False

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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 _________.

botany fibre to fabric: plant fibre classification of fibres fibres history of fabric

  1. butterfly

  2. worm

  3. silkworm

  4. both $A$ and $B$

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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.