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Maximum number of electrons present in ' $N$ ' shell is

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18

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32

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2

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8

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Solution

The correct option is B $32$
Maximum number of electrons present in 'N' shell is $32$
'N' shell contains $4 s, 4 p, 4 d$ and $4 f$ subshells which contain $2, 6, 10$ and 14 electrons respectively.

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