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]3s23p64s23d10Zn+2....[Ne]3s23p63d10Zn and Zn+2 have completely filled 3d10 configuration.Thus Zn is not a transition element.