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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Which of the following is an animal fibre? |
| A. | Cotton |
| B. | Silk |
| C. | Flax |
| D. | Jute |
| Answer» C. Flax | |
| 2. |
Which among the following fibres has the highest strength? |
| A. | Cotton |
| B. | Flax |
| C. | Polyester |
| D. | Rayon |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Rayon | |
| 3. |
Bleaching and dyeing of silk fibres (addition of colours) are usually done during which of the following situations? |
| A. | Just before the fabrics are made. |
| B. | After the fabrics are made. |
| C. | Before the yarns are made into fibres. |
| D. | After the yarns are made. |
| Answer» D. After the yarns are made. | |
| 4. |
___ is the scientific name of the mulberry silk moth. |
| A. | Bombyx lurra |
| B. | Bombyx silki |
| C. | Bombyx biti |
| D. | Bombyx mori |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 5. |
Which of these characteristic features differentiate pure silk from artificial silk? |
| A. | Lustre |
| B. | Roughness |
| C. | Hard |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» B. Roughness | |
| 6. |
In India, sheep are shorn generally during which of the following seasons? |
| A. | Summer season |
| B. | Autumn season |
| C. | Rainy season |
| D. | Winter season |
| Answer» B. Autumn season | |
| 7. |
Liama and Alpaca found in South America are the breeds of which of the following animals? |
| A. | Goat |
| B. | Camel |
| C. | Sheep |
| D. | Yak |
| Answer» C. Sheep | |
| 8. |
Silkworm grows on: |
| A. | Mango |
| B. | Mulberry leaves |
| C. | Lemon leaves |
| D. | Banana leaves |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Lemon leaves | |
| 9. |
Which fibre is made from a protein that hardens on exposure to form fibre? |
| A. | Wool |
| B. | Silk |
| C. | Cotton |
| D. | Jute |
| Answer» C. Cotton | |
| 10. |
___ is a non-biodegradable fibre. |
| A. | Cotton |
| B. | Jute |
| C. | Silk |
| D. | Nylon |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 11. |
Which is the world's largest sill producing country? |
| A. | India |
| B. | China |
| C. | Japan |
| D. | Malaysia |
| Answer» C. Japan | |
| 12. |
Which of the following is obtained from flax crop? |
| A. | Linseed oil |
| B. | Linen fibre |
| C. | Jute fibre |
| D. | Both [a] and [b] |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 13. |
Shreya is choosing a coat to use in very cold weather. The coat she chooses should be made of which of the following fibres? |
| A. | Cotton |
| B. | Wool |
| C. | Silk |
| D. | Plastic |
| Answer» C. Silk | |
| 14. |
Ginning is: |
| A. | Shearing of fleece. |
| B. | Combing woollen fibres. |
| C. | Removing seeds from mass of cotton. |
| D. | Dyeing woollen fibre. |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Dyeing woollen fibre. | |
| 15. |
Which fabric is soft, lustrous and smooth? |
| A. | Rayon |
| B. | Nylon |
| C. | Wool |
| D. | Silk |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
On burning the thread of a silk kurta, it smells like a burning paper so it shows that: |
| A. | Kurta is made of natural silk. |
| B. | Kurta is made from artificial silk. |
| C. | Kurta is made of cotton. |
| D. | Kurta is made of wool. |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Kurta is made of cotton. | |
| 17. |
Which of the following phenomenon explains moulting? |
| A. | Leaving the new skin by silk worm. |
| B. | Hatching of silk worm. |
| C. | Leaving the old skin and coming out of a new one. |
| D. | Hatching of silkworm and the feeding period. |
| Answer» D. Hatching of silkworm and the feeding period. | |
| 18. |
Two types of fibres obtained from fleece of a sheep is: (i) Coarse beard hair (ii) Cocoon fibre (iii) Fine, soft under -hair, close to the skin (iv) Acrylic fibre |
| A. | (i) and (ii) |
| B. | (ii) and (iii) |
| C. | (i) and (iii) |
| D. | (iii) and (iv) |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. (iii) and (iv) | |
| 19. |
The given figure shows a tool which is used to convert wool fleece into narrow untwisted fibres called slivers. This tool is used in the process of ___ of wool. |
| A. | Shearing |
| B. | Scouring |
| C. | Carding |
| D. | Sorting |
| Answer» D. Sorting | |
| 20. |
Clothes does not protect us from which of the following condition? |
| A. | Heat |
| B. | Cold |
| C. | Blood pressure |
| D. | Dust and germs |
| Answer» D. Dust and germs | |
| 21. |
Which of the following is a type of silk? |
| A. | Tassar |
| B. | Mooga |
| C. | Kosa |
| D. | All the above |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 22. |
Which of the following are animal fibres? |
| A. | Silk and rayon |
| B. | Wool and cotton |
| C. | Silk and wool |
| D. | Cotton and nylon |
| Answer» D. Cotton and nylon | |
| 23. |
Choose the correct sequence of processes for obtaining wool from sheep. |
| A. | Scouring \[\to \] Shearing \[\to \] Sorting \[\to \] Combing \[\to \] Spinning |
| B. | Sorting \[\to \] Shearing \[\to \] Scouring \[\to \] Spinning \[\to \] Combing |
| C. | Shearing \[\to \] Scouring \[\to \] Sorting \[\to \] Combing \[\to \] Spinning |
| D. | Shearing \[\to \] Scouring \[\to \] sorting \[\to \] Spinning \[\to \] Combing |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Shearing \[\to \] Scouring \[\to \] sorting \[\to \] Spinning \[\to \] Combing | |
| 24. |
Which of the following fibres have the physical properties given below? (i) Smooth to touch (ii) High tensile strength (ii) Absorbs 1/3 of Its weight of water |
| A. | Cotton |
| B. | Silk |
| C. | Woollen |
| D. | Rayon |
| Answer» D. Rayon | |
| 25. |
Pashmina wool is obtained from ___. |
| A. | Yak |
| B. | Sheep |
| C. | Goat |
| D. | Camel |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Camel | |
| 26. |
A Which of the following breeds of sheep are found only in Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh? |
| A. | Bakharwal |
| B. | Rampur Bushair |
| C. | Nali |
| D. | Lohi |
| Answer» C. Nali | |
| 27. |
Silk was discovered first in ___. |
| A. | India |
| B. | Australia |
| C. | China |
| D. | Japan |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Japan | |
| 28. |
___ is a process in which woollen fibres are spun into thick yarns. |
| A. | Sorting |
| B. | Scouring |
| C. | Combing |
| D. | Spinning |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 29. |
Which animals wool is considered as good quality wool? |
| A. | Nali |
| B. | Marwari |
| C. | Patanwadi |
| D. | Lohi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
Which among the following is not a process of obtaining wool from sheep? |
| A. | Sorting |
| B. | Dyeing |
| C. | Reeling |
| D. | Scouring |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Scouring | |
| 31. |
Which silk fibre is soft, lustrous and elastic? |
| A. | Tassar silk |
| B. | Mooga silk |
| C. | Kosa silk |
| D. | Mulberry silk |
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. |
Artificial silk is obtained from ___ which is made of ___. |
| A. | Cellulose, protein |
| B. | Silkworm, protein |
| C. | Wood pulp, cellulose |
| D. | Wood pulp, protein |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Wood pulp, protein | |
| 33. |
The eggs of silkworm are stored in which of the following things? |
| A. | Wooden box |
| B. | Metal box |
| C. | Strip of cloth |
| D. | Plastic box |
| Answer» D. Plastic box | |
| 34. |
Sericulture is: |
| A. | Culturing bacteria. |
| B. | Collecting silk sarees. |
| C. | Rearing of silkworms. |
| D. | Production of artificial silk. |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Production of artificial silk. | |
| 35. |
In which of the following processes threads are taken out from the cocoons? |
| A. | Scorching |
| B. | Shearing |
| C. | Reeling |
| D. | Spinning |
| Answer» D. Spinning | |
| 36. |
Sorting includes: |
| A. | Sorting animals on the basis of different types of wools. |
| B. | Separating the fleece of sheep into sections according to their woollen fibre quality. |
| C. | Twisting long woollen fibres into thick yarns. |
| D. | Washing the fleece. |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Twisting long woollen fibres into thick yarns. | |
| 37. |
You do not get hurt when you get a haircut. Which of the following reasons is/are correct about the given statement? |
| A. | Hair is a good conductor of heat. |
| B. | The roots of hair do not have sensory cells. |
| C. | The upper layer of the skin with hair is dead. |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» D. All of these | |
| 38. |
Following is a random sequence of steps in the processing of wool. Arrange these steps in the correct sequence and select the correct option.(i) Scouring(ii) Sorting(iii) Shearing(iv) Removing burrs(v) Dyeing(vi) Yarn(vii) Spinning(viii) Weaving(ix) Fabric(x) Carding |
| A. | (iii) \[\to \](i) \[\to \] (ii) \[\to \] (iv) \[\to \] (x) \[\to \](v) \[\to \] (vii) \[\to \] (vi) \[\to \] (viii) \[\to \] (ix) |
| B. | (iii) \[\to \] (ii) - (i) \[\to \] (iv) \[\to \] (v)\[\to \] (x) \[\to \] (vii) \[\to \](vi) \[\to \] (viii) \[\to \] (ix) |
| C. | (iii) \[\to \](ii) \[\to \] (i) \[\to \] (iv) \[\to \] (x) \[\to \] (v) \[\to \] (vii) \[\to \] (vi) \[\to \] (viii) \[\to \] (ix) |
| D. | (iii) \[\to \] (i) \[\to \] (iv) \[\to \] (ii) \[\to \] (v) \[\to \] (x) \[\to \](vii) \[\to \] (vi) \[\to \] (viii) \[\to \] (ix) |
| Answer» B. (iii) \[\to \] (ii) - (i) \[\to \] (iv) \[\to \] (v)\[\to \] (x) \[\to \] (vii) \[\to \](vi) \[\to \] (viii) \[\to \] (ix) | |
| 39. |
Which component is present in silk fibre? |
| A. | Carbohydrates |
| B. | Lipids |
| C. | Proteins |
| D. | Fats |
| Answer» D. Fats | |
| 40. |
Yak wool is common in hilly regions of ___ and ___. |
| A. | Jammu, Kashmir |
| B. | Tibet, Ladakh |
| C. | Punjab, Haryana |
| D. | Delhi, Rajasthan |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Punjab, Haryana | |
| 41. |
Match column I with column II and select the correct option from the codes given below. Column - I Column - II (a) Clothing material (i) Nylon (b) Twisted fibre (ii) Fabric (c) Synthetic fibre (iii) Yarn (d) Animal fibre (iv) Jute (e) Plant fibre (v) Wool |
| A. | (a) - (i), (b) - (ii), (c) - (iii), (d) - (iv), (e) - (v) |
| B. | (a) - (ii), (b) - (iii), (c) - (v), (d) - (i), (e) - (iv) |
| C. | (a) - (ii), (b) - (iii), (c) - (i), (d) - (v), (e) - (iv) |
| D. | (a) - (i), (b) - (iv), (c) - (iii), (d) - (ii), (e) - (v) |
| Answer» D. (a) - (i), (b) - (iv), (c) - (iii), (d) - (ii), (e) - (v) | |
| 42. |
Which of the following materials is/are used for clothing in ancient times? |
| A. | Animal skins |
| B. | Leaves |
| C. | Vines |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
Refer to the given flow chart and select the correct statement regarding P, Q, R and S. |
| A. | P is the strongest natural fibre. |
| B. | Q is made up of protein while R is made up of cellulose. |
| C. | S is obtained from salivary gland of source organism. |
| D. | R is composed of fibroin and sericin. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
Which animals wool is common in Ladak and Tibet? |
| A. | Sheep wool |
| B. | Goat wool |
| C. | Yak wool |
| D. | Camel wool |
| Answer» D. Camel wool | |
| 45. |
Read the following statements.(a) The plant fibres are made up of _____ which is a structural material in the plant world.(b) The process of taking out threads from the cocoon to use as silk is called as _____(c) The sheared hair of sheep is moved through tubes filled with soapy water to remove dust, dirt and grease. This is known as _____(d) Mohair, spun from the fleece of the Angora ____ is extremely light; weight.Select the option which correctly fills the blanks in any two of the above statements. |
| A. | (a) - Protein,(c) - Removal of burr |
| B. | (b) - Rearing, (c) - Scouring |
| C. | (a) - Cellulose, (d) - Goat |
| D. | (b) - Reeling, (d) - Rabbit |
| Answer» D. (b) - Reeling, (d) - Rabbit | |
| 46. |
Fibres obtained from animals are made of mainly: |
| A. | Minerals |
| B. | Cellulose |
| C. | Proteins |
| D. | Nylon |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Nylon | |
| 47. |
Read the following statements carefully and select the option which correctly identifies the true (T) and false (F) statements.(i) Synthetic fibres are the fibres that are made from chemicals.(ii) Angora wool is obtained from Angora rabbit.(iii) The wool obtained from Patanwadi breed of goat is used for hosiery.(iv) Silk is the weakest of all natural fibres, |
| A. | (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)TTFF |
| B. | (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)FFTT |
| C. | (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)TTTF |
| D. | (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)FTTT |
| Answer» B. (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)FFTT | |
| 48. |
Silk moth feeds on which plant leaves? |
| A. | Eucalyptus leaves |
| B. | Grape leaves |
| C. | Mulberry leaves |
| D. | Neem leaves |
| Answer» D. Neem leaves | |
| 49. |
Which of the following is formed as the small fluffy fibres of wool? |
| A. | Bolls |
| B. | Burrs |
| C. | Reels |
| D. | Combs |
| Answer» C. Reels | |
| 50. |
Refer to the given figure. At which labelled stage moulting occurs? |
| A. | P only |
| B. | Q only |
| C. | P and R only |
| D. | R and S only |
| Answer» C. P and R only | |