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• Fabric – Fabric is made from yarns using clothing material like cotton, silk, wool and polyester.
• Spinning - The process of making yarn from fibres is called spinning.
• Yarns are made up of fibres.
• Silk fibre is drawn from the cocoon of silkworm.
• Wool is obtained from the fleece of sheep or goat. It is also obtained from the hair of rabbits, yak and camels.
• Cotton plants are usually grown at places having black soil and warm climate.
• Cotton from cotton bolls is usually picked by hand.
• Fibres are separated from the seeds by combing. This process is called ginning of cotton.
• A simple device used for spinning is a hand spindle, also called takli.
• Another hand operated device used for spinning is charkha.
• The process of arranging two sets of yarns together to make a fabric is called weaving.
• Knitting is done by hand and also on machines.
• Fabrics are used for a variety of clothing items.

Exercise (NCERT Text Book)

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Q1: Classify the following fibres as natural or synthetic:

nylon, wool, cotton, silk, polyester, jute

Ans:

       Natural : wool, cotton, silk, jute.

       Synthetic : nylon, polyester.

Q2: State whether the following statements are true or false:

1. Yarn is made from fibres.
2. Spinning is a process of making fibres.
3. Jute is the outer covering of coconut.
4. The process of removing seed from cotton is called ginning.
5. Weaving of yarn makes a piece of fabric.
6. Silk fibre is obtained from the stem of a plant.
7. Polyester is a natural fibre.

Ans:

1. True
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. True
6. False
7. false

Q3:  Fill in the blanks:

1. Plant fibres are obtained from__ _______ and ________ .
2. Animals fibres are __________ and ___________ .

Ans:

1. Cotton, jute
2. Wool, silk

Q4: From which parts of the plant cotton and jute are obtained?

Ans: Cotton is obtained from its seeds and jute is obtained from its stem.

Q5: Name two items that are made from coconut fibre.

Ans: Carpet and rope.

Q6: Explain the process of making yarn from fibres.

Ans: The process of making yarn from fibres is called spinning in which fibres from a mass of cotton wool are drawn out and twisted. This brings the fibres together to form a yarn.  

Important Questions with solution

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Q1:  What are fibres?

Ans : The thin strands of thread that we see, are made up of still thinner strands called fibres.

Q2: Write the type of fibres?

Ans : There are two types of fibres.

1. Natural Fibres, like cotton, silk, wool etc.
2. Synthetic fibres, like nylon, polyester, rayon etc.

Q3:  What are natural fibres?

Ans : The fibres which are obtained from natural sources like plants and animals are called as natural fibres.

Q4:  What are synthetic fibres?

Ans : Some fibres are made from chemical substances like polyester, rayon and nylon. These are called synthetic fibres.

Q5: Name two fibres which obtained from plants.

Ans : Cotton and jute are plant fibres.

Q6:  Name two fibres which obtained from animals.

Ans : Silk and wool are animal fibres.

Q7: Name two devices that are used for spinning of yarns.

Ans : Takli and charkha.

Q7:  Name the device which is used for weaving of clothes.

Ans : Looms.

Q8:  what kinds of loom are used for weaving?

Ans : There are two kinds of loom used.

1. Hand operated
2. Power operated

Q9: Write the name of process by which fabrics are made?

Ans : Weaving and knitting.

Q10:  What are the uses of fabrics?

Ans : Fabrics are used for making a variety of clothing items.

Q11:  Name three dresses that are wore unstitched?

Ans : Dhoti, Saree and Lungi.

Q12:  What are fabrics?

Ans : Dress materials made from threads are called fabrics. 

important Question with solution:

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Que1: what is fabric?

Ans: fabric means a woven material, textile or other material resembling woven cloth. fabric is made up of yarns. fabric are made by the two main processes known as weaving and knitting.

Que2: on what factors does our type of clothing depend?

Ans: type of clothing what we wear is ifluenced bvy climate, occupation, culturre and daily needs.

Que3: Classify the following fabres into natural and man - made: cotton, nulon, jute, wool, silk, rayon, polyester.

Ans: 

• Natural fibres - cotton, jute, wool, silk.
• Man - made fibres - Nylon, rayon, polyester.

Que4: From where wool is obtained?

Ans: Wool is obtained from the fleece of sheep goat.

Que5: what is known as gloden fibre?

Ans: jute is the cheapest natural fibre and is known as the gloden fibre.

Que6: which parts of these plants have fibres?

(a) Cotton

(b) Mango

(c) Coconut

(d) Banana

Ans: 1. Cotton - seeds

2. Mango - seeds

3. Coconut - Fruits

4. Banana - leaf.

Que7: Name the Country which invented cotton clothing?

Ans: India.

Que8: In which states of india, cotton is grown?

Ans: Cotton is grown in maharshtra, Gujrat, punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil madu and madhya pradesh.

Que9: what is ginning?

Ans: Ginning is the process of separating cotton fiabres from its seeds.

Que10: what are bales?

Ans: Rae cotton fibres are compreeed into bundles of approximately 200kg. These compressed cotton bundles are called bales.

Que11: which type of soilis the best for the cultvation of cotton?

Ans: Black soil.

Que12: what is weaving?

Ans:The process of arranging two sets of yam together to make a fabric is called weaving.

Que13: what is knitting?

Ans: in knitting, a single yam is used to make a piece of fabric.

Que14: what are looms?

Ans: Loom is a device on which weaving offabric is done.

Que15: What were the wearing of the people of stone age?

Ans: During the stone age, people wore bark, big leaves of leaves of trees or animal skins to keep themselves warm.

Que16: When stitching was not known, how did people use fabric available with them?

Ans: When stitching was not known, people simply draped the fabric around different part of their body. Many different ways of draping fabric were used.