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The difference between a cube and cuboid is
  (A) No difference between a cube and cuboid.
  (B) No difference between a cube and cuboid measures for length, breadth and height.
  (C) A cube has not equal length, breadth and height and a cuboid has equal length, breadth
      and height.
  (D) None of these

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Hint: The only difference between cubes and cuboids is the shape of the six faces. Each face of a cube is a square, and all of these squares are of equal size. Each face of a cuboid is a rectangle. At most four of these rectangles will be identical.

Complete step-by-step answer:
A cube with side a, has equal lengths for all the other sides as well.

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A cuboid has three different lengths of its sides namely length, breadth and height.

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The difference between a cube and cuboid has no difference between the cube and cuboid measure for length, breadth and height.
Hence Option B is the correct answer.

Note:In order to solve this type of question the key is to know the definitions of cube and a cuboid. A Cube has all faces identical, a cuboid has opposite faces identical.