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Standard VII
Chemistry
Fibre from Animals
Question

The rearing of silkworms to obtain silk is called:
  1. Sericulture
  2. Horticulture
  3. Agriculture
  4. None of these

A
Sericulture
B
Horticulture
C
Agriculture
D
None of these
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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.
Hence, option A is correct.

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