LAKSHYA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

WORKSHEET – FIBRE TO FABRIC -1

State True or False

(a) Weaving is the process of arranging two sets of yarns together
perpendicular to each other to make a fabric.
T
(b) Knitting is a process that makes use of a single yarn to make a
piece of fabric.
T
(c) Coconut fibre can be woven into fabric called coir.
T
(d) Fabrics are made up of strands called fibres which further are
made of yarns.
T
(e) Acrylic is a natural fibre.
F
(f) The cotton fibres are collected by hand from the ripe cotton
bolls. This process is called picking.
T

Fill in the Blanks

(a) The process of making yarn from fibers is called
__TWISTING____ .
(b) ______GINNING_________is the process of separation fibre
from the seeds.
(c) A jute fibre is obtained from the ____BARK_____ of the jute
plants .
(d) Spinning devices are _______CHARKHA_______ and
_______SPINDLE_________ .
(e) _____LINEN_______ fibre is obtained from Flax seeds.
(f) Fibre which are not obtained from animal or plants and are
made from chemical substances are called _____POLYSTER
______ fibre.
(g) Weaving of fabric is done on ____LOOMS____ .

Match the column

Column A Column B
Coconut
Ropes
Fibre
Doormat,
Jute fibre
mattress

Wool Fibre Sarees

Silk Fibre Sweater
Cotton Fibre Shirts

1. What is fabric?

CLOTH MATERIAL OR PIECE OF CLOTH

2. What is ginning?
GINNING IS PROCESS OF SEPERATING SEEDS FROM
COTTON FIBRE
3. What are the uses of cotton?
TO MAKE US COOL, TO FILL THE MATRESSES AND
PILLOWS