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Textile and Fiber Materials

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Textile and fiber materials questions cover the properties, sources, and applications of natural and synthetic fabrics. Topics include moisture wicking sportswear, plant fibers, and natural dyes. This subject appears in general science sections of various competitive exams and requires practical material knowledge.

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Textile and Fiber Materials Questions

Multiple choice

The first and the last step in Processing Fibres into Wool are ____________, respectively.

  1. shearing and rolling the yarn

  2. shearing and straightening

  3. scouring and rolling of yarn

  4. scouring and dyeing

  5. shearing and dyeing
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The process of making fibres into wool follows – shearing, scouring, sorting, cleaning of burrs, dyeing, straightening, combing and the last step is rolling into a yarn. Hence, this answer is the correct option.

Multiple choice

The first step in processing the silk is to separate the silk fibre from the cocoon. Which of the following ways is the correct way to do that?

  1. The cocoons are kept in sunlight.

  2. The cocoons are boiled.

  3. The cocoons are exposed to steam.

  4. All of the above

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Yes, it is correct. The warmth causes the silk fibre to separate from the rest of the cocoon. For this, any of the above given ways can be used.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements regarding silk is/are incorrect?

(a) Silk is a type of an insect fibre. (b) Silk is an elastic, lustrous celluose fibre. (c) The soft silk thread is as strong as a comparable steel thread. (d) There are a variety of silk moths yielding same silk yarn.

  1. Only (a)

  2. Only (c)

  3. Only (a) and (c)

  4. Only (b) and (d)

  5. Only (a), (b) and (d)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

Yes, this answer is the correct option. As (a), (b), and (d) are incorrect. Silk is a type of an animal fibre. Silk is an elastic, lustrous protein fibre. There are a variety of silk moths yielding a variety of silk yarns.

Multiple choice

Which of the following synthetic fibres is/are used for making a device used to slow down the movement of an object as it falls or moves through the air?

  1. Acrylic

  2. Nylon

  3. Cotton

  4. Polyester

  5. Both (1) and (2)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

A parachute is a device used to slow down the movement of a person or an object when such person/object falls or moves through the air. Parachute is made of nylon because it is more elastic, more resistant to mildew and less expensive.