Questions Related to fibres

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

Which of the following is considered as animal fibre?

  1. Alpaca fibre and mohair

  2. Silk and fur

  3. Alpaca and angora

  4. All of them

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Animals fibres are those which largely consists protein. Some of the animals have the property to provide such kind of father or fur which can be used to produce wool. All the given examples are animal fibre use to form a different type of wool.

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

The rearing of silkworms to obtain silk is called __________:

  1. Sericulture

  2. Horticulture

  3. Agriculture

  4. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
$A$
In sericulture,silkworms are cultivated to produced silk. Although there are several commercial species of silkworms, Bombyx Mori (the caterpillar of the domesticated silk moth) is the most widely used and intensively studied silkworm. Silk was first produced in China as early as the Neolithic period.
Multiple choice botany fibre to fabric: plant fibre classification of fibres fibres history of fabric

Which of the following is an example of soft and fine wool?

  1. Merino

  2. Cotswold

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of them

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

$Merino$, 

Merino wool is fine and soft. Staples are commonly \$65–100 mm (2.6–3.9 in)\$ long. A Saxon Merino produces $3–6 kg (6.6–13.2 lb)$ of greasy wool a year, while a good quality Peppin Merino ram produces up to $18 kg (40 lb)$. Merino wool is generally less than $24 micron$ in diameter. 

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

Which of the following are synthetic fibres?

  1. Wool

  2. Cotton

  3. Acrylic

  4. Polystyrene

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C,D Correct answer
Explanation

Acrylic is a synthetic fibre resembling wool used to knit sweaters, socks, and shawls.

Polystyrene is also a synthetic fibre used for making protective packagings such as packing peanuts and CD and DVD cases, containers such as clamshells, lids, bottles, trays, tumblers, disposable cutlery and in the making of models.

Therefore, option C and D both are correct.

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

The process of removing the fleece of sheep along with a thin Layer of skin is called _________.

  1. Shearing

  2. Soaring

  3. Sorting

  4. Scouring

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Shearing

Sheep shearing is the process by which the woollen fleece of a Sheep is cut off. The person who removes the sheep's wool is called a shearer. Typically each adult sheep is shorn once each year (a sheep may be said to have been "shorn" or "sheared", depending upon dialect). The annual shearing most often occurs in a shearing shed a facility specially designed to process often hundreds and sometimes more than $3,000$ sheep per day.