The maximum covalency is equal to the number of

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due to unpaired electrons in ground state

due to full filled orbitals

due to paired electrons

due to unpaired electrons in excited states

answer is D.

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Xe has 8 electrons in s and p subshells in fourth excited state , hence it forms 8 bonds in XeO4

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