Find the valency of calcium with respect to oxygen.

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Solution

The correct option is B 2
We know that valency of oxygen is 2. Double the number of oxygen atoms with which one atom of an element can combine is also valency. In case of calcium, it combines with one oxygen atom to form CaO. Hence valency of calcium with respect to oxygen is 2.

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