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Date November 2020 Marks available [Maximum mark: 1] Reference code 20N.1.hl.TZ0.8
Level hl Paper 1 Time zone TZ0
Command term Identify Question number 8 Adapted from N/A
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20N.1.hl.TZ0.8

Which of these statements are correct?

I. Zinc is not a transition element.
II. Ligands are Lewis bases.
III. Manganese(II) chloride is paramagnetic.

A.  I and II only

B.  I and III only

C.  II and III only

D.  I, II and III

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D

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This was one of only two questions where less than 50% of candidates got the correct answer. Many either didn't understand manganese chloride as paramagnetic or classified zinc as a transition element.

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