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Before 2019, which was the last physical artefact defining an SI unit?
AReference candle
BPlatinum metre bar
CStandard caesium clock
DPrototype kilogram
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Prototype kilogram
After the metre was redefined in 1960, only the International Prototype of the Kilogram remained an artefact standard.
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