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Q. The total number of electrons that can be accommodated in all the orbitals having principal quantum number $2$ and azimuthal quantum number $1$ is

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The total number of electrons that can be accommodated in all the orbitals having principal quantum number $2$ and the azimuthal quantum number $1$ is $6$. It is a p orbital with $p_{x}, p_{y}, p_{z}$ sub orbitals each of which can accommodate $2$ electrons each.