Which of the following is not true about a straight line segment?

A straight line segment can be drawn joining any two points.

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Any straight line segment can be extended indefinitely in a straight line.

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Given any straight line segment, a circle can be drawn having the segment as diameter and any point as the centre.

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A straight line segment is a one dimensional entity.

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Solution

The correct option is C Given any straight line segment, a circle can be drawn having the segment as diameter and any point as the centre.
Given any straight line segment, a circle can be drawn having the segment as radius and one endpoint as the centre is the postulate given by Euclid.
A circle cannot be drawn for any given line segment as its diameter and any point on it as the centre.

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