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KMnO4 is coloured because maganese in KM...

`KMnO_4` is coloured because maganese in `KMnO_4` can udergo d -d transitions.

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False. In `KMnO_4`, Mn is in +7 oxidation state with `3d^0` configuration. Hence, colour is not due to d-d transitions but due to charge transfer.
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