Q. 1. A cotton shirt, before it reaches you, completes a long journey. Elaborate this journey starting from cotton bolls.

Solution:

The journey of a cotton shirt starting from cotton bolls is as follows:

• Picking: The seeds covered with cotton fibres are handpicked from the cotton
• Ginning: Seeds are separated from fibres by combing is called Now a

day’s ginning is done with the help of machines.

• Spinning: Here, fibres are drawn out from cotton wool and This brings the fibres together to make a strong yarn. With the help of hand operated devices spinning is done.
• Weaving and knitting: The two methods of converting cotton yarn into cotton fabric is by weaving and A cotton shirt is usually made by weaving so in weaving, two sets of yarns are arranged together to make a fabric.
• Stitching: The cotton fabric is then stitched into cotton