Fibre to Fabric quiz

Which of the following is a synthetic fibre?

Cotton fibres are obtained from:

Jute fibre is obtained from the:

The process of separating cotton fibres from seeds is called:

The process of making yarn from fibres is called:

A hand spindle used for spinning is called a:

Coir is obtained from:

Making fabric by arranging two sets of yarns together is called:

Cotton grows best in:

Which of the following is obtained from an animal?

Why is cotton cloth preferred in summer? (2 marks)

Name two items made from jute. (2 marks)

What is a loom? Name two kinds of looms. (2 marks)

Distinguish between yarn and fabric. (2 marks)

How is knitting different from weaving? (2 marks)

Name two animal fibres and the animals they come from. (2 marks)

Why is jute called the golden fibre? (2 marks)

Name two unstitched garments worn in India. (2 marks)

What is a charkha? Who popularised it? (2 marks)

Name two synthetic fibres and one product made from each. (2 marks)

A weaver uses 40 m of yarn to weave one handkerchief. How much yarn is needed for 25 handkerchiefs? If one spool has 500 m of yarn, how many spools are needed? (3 marks)

A farmer harvested 900 kg of raw cotton. If 35 percent of it is fibre after ginning, find the mass of fibre and the mass of seeds and waste. (3 marks)

A spinner on a charkha produces 150 m of yarn per hour. How much yarn will she produce in 6 hours a day for 5 days? (3 marks)

A shirt needs 2.5 m of cotton fabric and a kurta needs 3 m. Find the fabric needed for 4 shirts and 3 kurtas. If fabric costs Rs 120 per metre, find the total cost. (3 marks)

In a survey of 30 classmates' T-shirts, 18 were cotton, 8 were polyester and the rest were blends. How many were blends? What fraction were made of natural fibre only? (3 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. In a village in West Bengal, farmers cut jute plants when they are at the flowering stage. They tie the stems in bundles and keep them immersed in water for several days. Later they strip off the fibres and dry them. (i) Why are the stems kept in water? (ii) What is this process called? (iii) Name two products made from jute fibre. (5 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. A cotton farmer in Gujarat picks cotton bolls by hand when they burst open. At home, his family combs the cotton to remove seeds before sending it to a mill. (i) What is the process of removing seeds called? (ii) What happens to the cotton at the mill next? (iii) Name one other state where cotton is grown. (5 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. Grandmother was knitting a sweater using two needles and a ball of wool. Her granddaughter noticed that when she pulled one thread from the end, the sweater began to unravel quickly. (i) Which process is grandmother using to make the sweater? (ii) Why does a knitted fabric unravel when a single yarn is pulled? (iii) Name one fabric made by weaving. (5 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. In a school exhibition, students displayed a takli, a charkha, a model of a handloom and samples of khadi cloth. They explained how fibre becomes fabric. (i) What is the use of a takli? (ii) What is the use of a handloom? (iii) What is khadi? (5 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. A museum display showed how early humans wore clothes made of leaves, bark and animal skins. Later, people in Egypt and India began growing cotton and weaving it into fabric. (i) Why did early humans use leaves and animal skins? (ii) What change allowed people to make fabrics from cotton? (iii) Name one invention that made stitched clothing possible. (5 marks)

Draw a flowchart showing the steps from cotton bolls to cotton fabric, including picking, ginning, spinning, weaving, and processing. Draw a labelled diagram of a cotton boll and explain each step. (6 marks)

Explain how jute is obtained from the plant, including harvesting, retting and stripping. Draw a labelled diagram of a jute plant and list four uses of jute. (6 marks)

Draw diagrams to show weaving and knitting. Explain the difference between the two processes and give two examples of fabrics made by each. (6 marks)

Describe the history of clothing materials from ancient times to today. Draw sketches of two unstitched garments and explain why stitched clothes became common. (6 marks)

Draw labelled diagrams of a takli and a charkha. Explain the process of spinning and why twisting fibres makes the yarn strong. Write a note on the role of the charkha in India's freedom movement. (6 marks)