Comprehension Type
Direction (Q. Nos. 16 and 17) This section contains a paragraph, describing theory, experiments, data, etc. Two questions related to the paragraph have been given. Each question has only one correct answer among the four given options (a), (b), (c) and (d).
Passage
The atomic and ionic radii for transition elements are smaller than their corresponding s-block elements and are greater than their corresponding p-block elements. The atomic and ionic radii transition elements for a given series show decreasing trend for first elements constant in the middle and slight increase towards the end. This is due to the combined effect of increasing effective nuclear charge and increasing screening effect along the period.
The atomic and ionic radii of 4d series are greater than 3d series. However, the elements of 4d series and 5d series have almost similar sizes due to lanthanide contraction. Transition elements have low atomic volumes, high densities, high melting points.
Q.
Which pair of elements has nearly same atomic siz e?