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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

Why should cotton clothes be worn in summers?

  1. Cotton clothes are lighter, so we feel comfortable in summer.

  2. Cotton clothes do not allow heat radiation to pass through them.

  3. Cotton absorbs sweat and exposes it to the atmosphere for evaporation, which keeps our body cool.

  4. Cotton allows the air to pass through it and keeps our bodies cool.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

During summers, we perspire more because of the mechanism of our body which keeps us cool. Cotton, being a good absorber of water, helps in absorbing sweat and exposing it to the atmosphere so that particles of sweat gain energy equal to latent heat of vapourisation from the surroundings and evaporate, leaving the body cool.

Multiple choice

Why does a silk worm weave a cocoon?

Directions: Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

Silk is the most beautiful of all textiles and is rightly known as the queen of textiles. It is obtained from the cocoon of silk worm with careful handling and processing which makes it one of the most expensive fibers. China is the leading producer of silk in the entire world. Silk is produced by the process of sericulture in which the silkworm is raised under proper conditions of environment and food. Mulberry silk moth is known to feed on mulberry plant leaves which then attaches itself to the tree and spins a cocoon to become a moth. At first, the cocoons are sorted according to colour, shape, size and textures as these affect the quality obtained from it. The colour varies from white and yellow to a grayish shade. Next, they are immersed into hot and cold water which is followed by drying them. After drying, strands are unwound from the cocoon and combed together to make a thread of raw silk by first pricking the cocoon with a needle. The thread is important to obtain in one single continuous thread. This stage requires careful handling. The final step is weaving by connecting the threads. Weaving can be either done manually or with a loom operating with power.

  1. To die.

  2. To carefully handle it.

  3. To obtain a single thread.

  4. To become a moth.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Correct, it is stated in the passage that it "spins a cocoon to become a moth."

Multiple choice

What is the last step in the production of silk?

Directions: Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

Silk is the most beautiful of all textiles and is rightly known as the queen of textiles. It is obtained from the cocoon of silk worm with careful handling and processing which makes it one of the most expensive fibers. China is the leading producer of silk in the entire world. Silk is produced by the process of sericulture in which the silkworm is raised under proper conditions of environment and food. Mulberry silk moth is known to feed on mulberry plant leaves which then attaches itself to the tree and spins a cocoon to become a moth. At first, the cocoons are sorted according to colour, shape, size and textures as these affect the quality obtained from it. The colour varies from white and yellow to a grayish shade. Next, they are immersed into hot and cold water which is followed by drying them. After drying, strands are unwound from the cocoon and combed together to make a thread of raw silk by first pricking the cocoon with a needle. The thread is important to obtain in one single continuous thread. This stage requires careful handling. The final step is weaving by connecting the threads. Weaving can be either done manually or with a loom operating with power.

  1. Drying

  2. Weaving

  3. Sorting

  4. Cultivation

  5. dummy
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Correct, it is stated in the passage, "The final step is weaving by connecting the threads."

Multiple choice

Which word in the passage is similar in meaning to ‘costly’?

Directions: Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

Silk is the most beautiful of all textiles and is rightly known as the queen of textiles. It is obtained from the cocoon of silk worm with careful handling and processing which makes it one of the most expensive fibers. China is the leading producer of silk in the entire world. Silk is produced by the process of sericulture in which the silkworm is raised under proper conditions of environment and food. Mulberry silk moth is known to feed on mulberry plant leaves which then attaches itself to the tree and spins a cocoon to become a moth. At first, the cocoons are sorted according to colour, shape, size and textures as these affect the quality obtained from it. The colour varies from white and yellow to a grayish shade. Next, they are immersed into hot and cold water which is followed by drying them. After drying, strands are unwound from the cocoon and combed together to make a thread of raw silk by first pricking the cocoon with a needle. The thread is important to obtain in one single continuous thread. This stage requires careful handling. The final step is weaving by connecting the threads. Weaving can be either done manually or with a loom operating with power.

  1. Expensive

  2. Pricking

  3. Affect

  4. Leading
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Correct, expensive means costly or something which is priced high.

Multiple choice

What is the passage about?

Directions: Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

Silk is the most beautiful of all textiles and is rightly known as the queen of textiles. It is obtained from the cocoon of silk worm with careful handling and processing which makes it one of the most expensive fibers. China is the leading producer of silk in the entire world. Silk is produced by the process of sericulture in which the silkworm is raised under proper conditions of environment and food. Mulberry silk moth is known to feed on mulberry plant leaves which then attaches itself to the tree and spins a cocoon to become a moth. At first, the cocoons are sorted according to colour, shape, size and textures as these affect the quality obtained from it. The colour varies from white and yellow to a grayish shade. Next, they are immersed into hot and cold water which is followed by drying them. After drying, strands are unwound from the cocoon and combed together to make a thread of raw silk by first pricking the cocoon with a needle. The thread is important to obtain in one single continuous thread. This stage requires careful handling. The final step is weaving by connecting the threads. Weaving can be either done manually or with a loom operating with power.

  1. Production of silk.

  2. Supremacy of China.

  3. Cocoons.

  4. Weaving of a cocoon.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Correct, the complete passage is regarding production of silk.

Multiple choice

Which of the statements is true?

Directions: Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

Silk is the most beautiful of all textiles and is rightly known as the queen of textiles. It is obtained from the cocoon of silk worm with careful handling and processing which makes it one of the most expensive fibers. China is the leading producer of silk in the entire world. Silk is produced by the process of sericulture in which the silkworm is raised under proper conditions of environment and food. Mulberry silk moth is known to feed on mulberry plant leaves which then attaches itself to the tree and spins a cocoon to become a moth. At first, the cocoons are sorted according to colour, shape, size and textures as these affect the quality obtained from it. The colour varies from white and yellow to a grayish shade. Next, they are immersed into hot and cold water which is followed by drying them. After drying, strands are unwound from the cocoon and combed together to make a thread of raw silk by first pricking the cocoon with a needle. The thread is important to obtain in one single continuous thread. This stage requires careful handling. The final step is weaving by connecting the threads. Weaving can be either done manually or with a loom operating with power.

  1. Weaving can be done manually or automatically.

  2. The colour varies from white to black.

  3. The cocoons are immersed only in cold water.

  4. The strand can be discontinuous also.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Correct, it is stated in the passage that "weaving can be either done manually or with a loom operating with power." Power loom = machine operated with power; so machine use = automatic.