Specific gravity usually means relative density with respect to ice.

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is B False
Specific gravity is ratio of density of substance to density of water, that is,
$S p e c i f i c$ $g r a v i t y$ = $ρ_{r} = \frac{ρ}{ρ_{w a t e r}}$
Where $ρ$ =density of substance
$ρ_{w a t e r}$ is density of water
Hence the statement is false.

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