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Please answer fast Assertion (A): Zinc is not regarded as a transition element. Reason (R): In zinc, 3d orbitals are completely filled in its ground state as well as in its oxidised state. Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) an given below. (a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of the Assertion (A). (b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of the Assertion (A). (c) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false. (d) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.  
Asked by sagarmishra | 01 Mar, 2023, 12:33: PM
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Dear Student,
 
Correct option - (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Solution:
As zinc atom has completely filled d-orbitals (3d10) in its ground state as well as oxidised state, therefore, it is not regarded as transition element.
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