The rearing of silkworms for silk production is known as: MCQ with Answer and Explanation

The rearing of silkworms for silk production is known as:
A. Sericulture
B. Apiculture
C. Pisciculture
D. Vermiculture
Answer: Option A
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
Sericulture involves the cultivation of mulberry plants (Morus alba) and rearing of the silkworm Bombyx mori to produce raw silk. Apiculture is beekeeping, pisciculture is fish farming, vermiculture is earthworm rearing for compost. India is the second-largest producer of silk after China, producing mulberry, tasar, eri, and muga silk.

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