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Junior Cycle Home Economics: Fabrics & textile care

How often Fabrics & textile care comes up on the Home Economics papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Fabrics & textile care, Common Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Fabrics & textile care.

(a)On a care label, what does a washtub symbol with a hand in it mean?
  1. Do not wash
  2. Hand wash only
  3. Machine wash hot
(b)On a care label, what does an iron symbol with one dot mean?
  1. Do not iron this item at all
  2. Iron on a hot setting
  3. Iron on a cool setting
(c)A care label shows a triangle with a cross through it. What does it mean?
  1. Do not use bleach
  2. Dry clean only
  3. Do not tumble dry
Show the answers

(a) Hand wash only

(b) Iron on a cool setting

(c) Do not use bleach

Your turn: Common Level questions on Fabrics & textile care.

Common Level

Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026B13c
2025B13c
2024A10
2023B12b
2022B12e, B13e

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Fabrics & textile care questions

Fabrics & textile care, 3 marks

Why do synthetic fabrics like polyester cause pollution when they are washed?

  1. They release oil that floats on rivers
  2. They turn washing water into acid rain
  3. They shed tiny plastic fibres into the water
Show the answer

They shed tiny plastic fibres into the water

Each wash releases microplastic fibres too small for treatment plants to catch, so they end up in rivers and seas. Washing less often, cooler and in full loads helps.

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