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 In transition elements, the shells that are incompletely filled

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a

 Ultimate shell only

b

Penultimate shell only

c

Both ultimate & penultimate shells

d

Outermost three shells

answer is C.

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Element which contain incompletely filled nth shell and (n-1)th shell in their atoms (or) in their most common oxidation state (+2)  are called transition elements Zn (Z=30)....[Ne]3s23p64s23d10
Zn+2....[Ne]3s23p63d10
Zn and Zn+2 have  completely filled 3d10 configuration.
Thus Zn is not a transition element.

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