Metal oxide which show basic as well as acidic behaviour are known as:

neutral oxide

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amphoteric oxide

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metalloid oxide

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none of the above

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Solution

The correct option is B amphoteric oxide
Metal oxides which shows basic as well as acidic behaviour as known as amphoteric oxides. Thus aluminium metal and zinc metal form amphoteric oxides.

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