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Transition metals are often paramagnetic owing to

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Transition metals are often paramagnetic owing to

(a) high m.p. and b.p. 

(b) the presence of vacant orbitals 

(c) the presence of unpaired electrons

(d) malleability and ductility

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Correct option is (c) the presence of unpaired electrons

Paramagnetic property is due to presence of unpaired e− in (n-1)d orbitals.

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