Strategies-For-Enhancement-In-Food-Production Question 600
Question: The silkworm larva ceases to eat and starts spinning silk around its body [AP MEE 1996; MHCET 2000; KCET 1999]
Options:
A) At random
B) From inside to outside
C) From outside to inside
D) All of these
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Answer:
Correct Answer: C
Solution:
Silk worm larva after fourth moults, stops feeding, becomes inert and coil up into a spiral.
Now it starts pouring out its sticky saliva through spinneret and solidifies into fine silk thread.