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Clothes—How Things Are Made

Standard difficulty · 20 questions · 40 marks

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Show your working for Sections B and C. Answers are on the last page — try every question first!

Section A — Choose the correct answer8 × 1 = 8 marks
1.
Cotton comes from:
  1. silkworms
  2. petrol
  3. sheep
  4. the cotton plant
2.
Jute comes from:
  1. the stem of the jute plant
  2. chemicals in a factory
  3. the hair of sheep and goats
  4. the cocoons of silkworms
3.
Which of these is a NATURAL fibre?
  1. acrylic
  2. rayon
  3. polyester
  4. wool
4.
Which of these is a SYNTHETIC (factory-made) fibre?
  1. rayon
  2. jute
  3. silk
  4. cotton
5.
In making clothes, what comes right before dyeing or printing the cloth?
  1. ironing the finished clothes
  2. cutting and stitching it into clothes
  3. packing the clothes for the shop
  4. weaving or knitting it into cloth
6.
A gunny sack is usually made from:
  1. silk
  2. plastic or nylon
  3. jute
  4. wool
7.
A tailor needs 2 m of cloth for one shirt. How many whole shirts can be made from 19 m of cloth?
  1. 17 shirts
  2. 9 shirts
  3. 10 shirts
  4. 19 shirts
8.
A handloom weaver weaves 2 m of cloth a day. How many days will it take to weave 14 m?
  1. 16 days
  2. 14 days
  3. 7 days
  4. 9 days
Section B — Short answer8 × 2 = 16 marks
9.
What is the difference between natural and synthetic fibres? Give one example of each.
10.
Write "natural" or "synthetic": (a) acrylic (b) nylon
11.
Which fibre is each usually made from? (a) a Banarasi sari (b) a sweater
12.
Where does each fibre come from? (a) silk (b) wool
13.
Write the one word for each: (a) giving colour to thread or cloth (b) joining pieces of cloth with a needle and thread
14.
Cotton cloth costs ₹385 a metre. How much do 2 metres cost?
15.
A shepherd has 26 sheep. Each gives about 2 kg of wool a year. How much wool is that in a year?
16.
In a paper weave, 12 strips are woven through 7 slits. At each crossing a strip goes either over or under. How many crossings are there in all?
Section C — Word problems4 × 4 = 16 marks
17.
Describe how cotton cloth is made, from the field to the shop.
18.
A tailor buys 46 m of handloom cotton. Each shirt needs 2 m. (a) How many shirts can she make, and how much cloth is left? (b) She sells each shirt for ₹450. How much does she get for all of them? (c) What can she do with the leftover cloth?
19.
Put these steps of making clothes in the right order: cutting and stitching it into clothes; dyeing or printing the cloth; spinning it into thread; getting the fibre; weaving or knitting it into cloth. Which step needs a spinning wheel or machine?
20.
What is each made from, and why is that material a good choice? (a) a doormat (b) a gunny sack
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Clothes—How Things Are Made · AW-5S-CLO-2026-V1 · For parents — fold back or tear off before handing the sheet to your child.

QAnswerWorking
1(d) the cotton plant—
2(a) the stem of the jute plant—
3(d) wool—
4(a) rayon—
5(d) weaving or knitting it into clothgetting the fibre → spinning it into thread → weaving or knitting it into cloth → dyeing or printing the cloth → cutting and stitching it into clothes
6(c) jute—
7(b) 9 shirts19 ÷ 2 = 9 (whole shirts)
8(c) 7 days14 ÷ 2 = 7
9Natural fibres come from plants or animals (cotton); synthetic fibres are made in factories (polyester).—
10(a) synthetic (b) synthetic—
11(a) silk (b) wool—
12(a) the cocoons of silkworms (b) the hair of sheep and goats—
13(a) dyeing (b) stitching—
14₹770385 × 2 = 770
1552 kg26 × 2 = 52
1684 crossings12 × 7 = 84
17Cotton bolls are picked from the plant; the seeds are removed and the fibres cleaned; the fibres are spun into thread; the thread is woven into cloth on a loom; the cloth is dyed or printed; tailors stitch it into clothes that are sold.—
18(a) 23 shirts, 0 m left (b) ₹10,350 (c) Make bags, patches, masks or dusters (any sensible reuse).46 ÷ 2 = 23 r 0; 23 × 450
19getting the fibre → spinning it into thread → weaving or knitting it into cloth → dyeing or printing the cloth → cutting and stitching it into clothes. Spinning.—
20(a) coir (b) jute—