The silkworm is (a) a caterpillar, (b) a larva. Choose the correct option.

(i). a (ii). b (iii) both a and b (iv) neither a nor b.

You must be familiar with the following nursery rhymes:

i. ‘Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool.’

ii. ‘Mary had a little lamb, whose fleece was white as snow.’

Answer the following:

a. Which parts of the black sheep have wool?

b. What is meant by the white fleece of the lamb?

Which of the following does not yield wool?

(i) Yak (ii) Camel (iii) Goat (iv) Woolly dog.

What is meant by the following terms?

(i) Rearing (ii) Shearing (iii) Sericulture

Given below is a sequence of steps in the processing of wool. Which are the missing steps? Add them.

Shearing, ______, sorting, ______, ___________.