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Zinc does not exhibit variable valency d...

Zinc does not exhibit variable valency due to

A

presence of complete filled d-orbitals

B

inert pair effect

C

presence of 4s-orbital

D

None of the above

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A
Zinc contains completely filled d-orbitals and exhibit stable electronic configuration, therefore it does not easily lose their electrons and hence, does not exhibit variable valency.
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