Similarity in the radius of Zr and Hf is explained on the basis of

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Lanthanide contraction

Inert pair effect

Same outershell configuration

Anomalous configuration

answer is A.

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due to poor shielding of f orbitals efective nuclear charge increases and size decreases,in lanthanides and post lanthanides.

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