A.

Answer the following questions

1. Name two natural fibres used to make clothes?
Ans : Silk and Cotton are to natural fibres used to make clothes.
2. What has made Pochampalli town world famous?
Ans: Traditional craft of the people of the town of pochampalli has made it world
famous.
3. Where is Mukhtapur village?
Ans Mukhtapur village is in Pochampalli town of Telangana.
4. Why are many weaver at Pochampalli giving up their family craft?
Ans: Many weaver at Pochampalli giving up their family craft because of the following
reason
a) Silk is becoming expensive day by day.
b) Big shopkeeper give very little money for the sarees, though they themselves
sell them it very high price.
5. Write down the various steps involved in making Pochampalli cloth from thread?
Ans: The various steps involved in making Pochampalli clothes from thread are as
follows:
a) Bundles of thread are bought from Pochampalli town.
b) Thread are put in boiling water to wash away the dirt and stains.
c) The are then dyed into bright colours.
d) Threads are then dried and rolled into bundles.
e) These bundles are put onto looms and the cloth is woven.
6. Why the children of the weavers do not want to continue the skills of traditional crafts?
Ans: The children of the weavers do not want to continue the skills of traditional crafts
as they are not getting enough money by doing this work.

B. Fill in the blanks:

1. __________ and __________ are natural fibres used to make cloth
2. Dye is a substance which gives _________ to a fibre.
3. Bundles are put onto __________ and the cloth is woven.
4. The threads after dyeing are rolled into __________.
5. The size and the number of the needles changes according to the ____________.
6. The weavers wave beautiful Pochampalli saree in bright colours.