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The number of lobes in most of the d-orbitals are:

A

6

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8

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10

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4

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Solution

The correct option is D 4
There are four lobes in most of d orbitals, we can see lobes in the figure.
Only one d orbital $d_{z^{2}}$ have two lobes and other have 4 lobes.

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