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.