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3.34   Which of the following statements related to the modern periodic table is incorrect?

(a) The p-block has 6 columns, because a maximum of 6 electrons can occupy all the orbitals in a p-shell.

(b) The d-block has 8 columns, because a maximum of 8 electrons can occupy all the orbitals in a d-subshell.

(c) Each block contains a number of columns equal to the number of electrons that can occupy that subshell.

(d) The block indicates value of azimuthal quantum number (l) for the last subshell that received electrons in building up theelectronic configuration
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Answer - (b) because d-block has a maximum of 10 electrons in all orbitals in a d-subshell and there are 10 columns. As each subshell can have a maximum of 5-orbitals and 10 electrons, therefore, there are 10 vertical columns in a d-block.

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