Question

Force is a scalar quantity. Is the statement true or false.
(A) True
(B) False

Answer 1

Hint A physical quantity as we know that, is a property of a material or the system that can be quantified by the measurement. The physical quantities can be of two main types: fundamental and independent. Usually, a physical quantity is expressed in the form of numerical value or unit which may be one or more than one. We should know that a scalar quantity is defined as the physical quantity which has only magnitude. Based on this concept we have to solve this question.

Complete step by step answer:
We know that force is a vector quantity. It is given by $\overrightarrow F = P\overrightarrow A$
Where P is the pressure acting on an area (scalar quantity) and $\overrightarrow A$ is the area vector of the area upon which pressure is exerted. Hence the statement is false.

Hence, the correct answer is Option B.

Note The physical quantities which are known as fundamental, they are independent of any other physical quantities and are considered to be individually classified.
There are in total 7 different basic quantities are length, time, mass, charge, temperature, and the amount of any substance.
From the classification of quantity we know that a physical quantity which gives only the idea of the magnitude is known as the scalar quantity.
 The examples of scalar quantity include mass and electric charge. On the other hand, we can say that a vector quantity is one where the physical quantity is defined with the magnitude as well as the direction.