Question

Pashmina is obtained from a variety of
(a)Sheep
(b)Goat
(c)Chicken
(d)Horse

Answer 1

Hint: Pashmina refers to a fine variant of spun cashmere. It is made up of the animal-hair fibers that form the downy undercoat of the cashmere animal. The horns of this animal are rounded and always move upward.

Complete Answer:Pashmina is obtained from a variety of goats. The Pashmina goats are the breed of goat living in the plateaus in Tibet, Nepal, and neighboring areas of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, India. They are also known as Changthangi goats. Pashmina refers to only those fibers that range from 12–16 microns. For pashmina, Goats used to shed their winter coat every spring. A single goat sheds nearly 80–170 grams of fiber.

Additional information: -The material obtained importance through its use in the Kashmir shawl.
-Pashmina blankets are also famous material.
-Pashmina fabric is famous for its softness and warmth.
-The most common pashmina fabric includes 70% pashmina and 30% silk blend.
-It is tightly woven that has an elegant sheen and drapes nicely, but it is quite soft and light-weight.
-China produces 70% of the world’s total cashmere production.
-Changthangi goats are raised for ultra-fine cashmere wool.
-Pure pashmina is a slightly gauzy, open weave, as the fiber cannot tolerate high tension.
-Changpa is the traditional producers of pashmina wool in the Ladakh region of the Himalaya. They rear sheep for meat and Pashmina goats for wool in these harsh climates.

So, the correct answer is ‘Goat’.

Note: -India’s 80% pashmina wool is produced from Kharnak nomads who are one of the four major Changpa tribes.
-Shahmina refers to a type of shawl that is made in Kashmir from Pashmina, with a fiber range of 13 micrometers or less.