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Oxygen molecule exhibits

A

Paramagnetism

B

Diamagnetism

C

Ferromagnetism

D

Ferrimagnetism.

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Oxygen is paramagnetic due to the presence of two unpaired electrons in `pi_(2px)^**` and `pi_(2py)^**` molecular orbitals.
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