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Question

State whether given statement is True or False.
The standard quantity used for comparison is called fundamental quantity.

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True
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False
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Solution

The correct option is B False
The standard quantity, used for comparison, is called unit with which unknown quantities are compared.
While the fundamental quantity is a quantity which is independent of any other physical quantity. For example, length, time, mass and temperature are fundamental physical quantities. The units used to measure the fundamental quantities is called fundamental units.
Hence, the given statement is false.

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