Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
Rearing of silk worms is called horticulture.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct anwer is option 3 i.e. sericulture.
The meaning of the given words is:
- Horticulture: The cultivation, management, and study of plants, especially fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants.
- Sericulture: The practice of rearing silkworms for the production of silk, including their feeding, care, and harvesting of silk.
- Pisciculture: The breeding, rearing, and cultivation of fish, typically in controlled aquatic environments such as ponds or tanks.
- Agriculture: The practice and science of cultivating plants, raising animals, and other activities involved in food production, including crop cultivation, livestock farming, and related processes.
- Apiculture: The practice and management of beekeeping, involving the cultivation and maintenance of honey bees for the production of honey, beeswax, and other bee-related products.
Thus, the most approrpriate replacement for the underlined word is sericulture.