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JEE Main 2025 Jan 23 Shift 1, Chemistry Q1: Classification Of Elements

JEE Main2025Jan 23, Shift 1Chemistry
Q.

The element that does not belong to the same period of the remaining elements (modern periodic table) is:

  1. A

    Palladium

  2. B

    Iridium

  3. C

    Osmium

  4. D

    Platinum

Solution

Locate each element on the periodic table.

Palladium (Pd, Z = 46) sits in the 5th period.

Iridium (Ir, Z = 77), Osmium (Os, Z = 76), and Platinum (Pt, Z = 78) all lie in the 6th period.

Palladium is the odd one out.

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