Question

What tools would you use today for cutting fruit? What would they be made of?

Answer 1

Hint:With lots of advancements and technologies, much progress has been made from early age to present age in making different tools. In early age, different hand-made tools were used for different domestic purposes which got modified into factory-made tools with time.

Complete answer:
 In early age, hunters and gatherers used stone tools which they made by hand by taking one stone in one hand and kept on rubbing another stone on the first stone until the stone changed into a tool with sharp edges. These sharp edged tools were used to cut fruits and vegetables and for other domestic purposes. With time, as the man made huge progress with the help of latest technologies and developments, these hand-made stones got modified and are now manufactured in factories. Sharp edged tools modified into factory made knives and stone tools got modified into iron and steel tools. It means the tools that are being used today to cut fruits and vegetables are ‘knives’ and these knives are made up of iron and steel. Knives are also known as ‘hand-held blades’ and are used for the household purposes like cutting fruits and vegetables into smaller pieces. Knives are of different types like butter knife or dining table knife. Knives are made in factories by heating elements with iron or steel (depending on whether iron knife or steel knife is to be made) until they get melted and then they are mixed thoroughly and poured into moulds. The mixture is then cooled which on cooling gets formed into a knife.

Note: Steel knives are mainly preferred over iron knives as steel knives are easy to maintain and are able to resist corrosion to a greater extent.