Multiple choice

Sericulture is

  1. Science of the various kinds of serum

  2. Artificial rearing of fish

  3. art of silkworm breeding

  4. study of various cultures of a community

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Sericulture is the art and science of breeding silkworms for silk production. The word comes from 'sericum' (silk) and 'culture'. It involves rearing silkworms on mulberry leaves and processing cocoons for silk thread. It is not related to serum (medical), fish (pisciculture), or cultural studies.