Question

Rearing of silkworm for obtaining Silk is known as
A) Pisciculture
B) Sericulture
C) Polyculture
D) Arboriculture

Answer 1

Hint: Artificially away from their natural habitat, when the Silkworms are reared to obtain Silk from them. The name of the process will be somewhat related to the name of silkworm.

Complete answer: In option A, In the word pisciculture, let us just try to get the meaning of the word. Here, the word pisco means fishes in the World Culture means rearing. Means when the fishes are there for a flesh, cod liver oil or any other commercial purpose and this is known as pisciculture, it is also as fisheries.
Now there comes option B that is sericulture. Sericulture is actually rearing silkworms for commercial purposes. This Sericulture basically includes three processes -
The first one is the rearing of Mulberry leaves on which the silkworm will be reared in an artificial environment which will act as a natural environment for the silkworm. Then, comes the next step in which the silkworms are reared on that Mulberry leaves and finally the last step, it is the collection of silk fibres that we get from the silkworm.
The entire process is known as sericulture and Silk is obtained via this process.
Let's come to option C that is polyculture. Polyculture means cultivating more than one species of plants at the same time. This can be related to intercropping and another variety of crop production.
Now the next option, Option D is arboriculture. So, Arboriculture is actually cultivation, study and management of individual trees, shrubs, vines and woody plants.

So, the correct answer will be option B that is sericulture.

Note: From our entire discussion we can conclude that the rearing of silkworm for obtaining Silk is known as sericulture. This process of obtaining Silk for commercial purpose by a sequence of steps.