The compounds of alkaline earth metals ( $M g$ ) have following magnetic nature:

diamagnetic

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anti ferromagnetic

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ferromagnetic

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paramagnetic

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Solution

The correct option is A diamagnetic
The compounds of alkaline earth metal are diamagnetic because they don't have any unpaired electrons. Their electronic configuration is $n p^{6} n s^{2}$ .

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