Copper is a conductor but plastic coating is an insulator

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Solution

The correct option is A True
Materials having free electrons and those through which current flows easily are called conductors.
These include Aluminum, copper, nichrome graphite etc.
Insulators are those materials that does not conduct electricity or make it flow through them easily.
These include plastic ,nylon, bakelite, wood, cork, leather etc.
Thus, copper is a conductor and plastic is an insulator
Hence the given statement is true.

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