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Reason of lanthanoid contraction is:

1. Negligible screening effect of 'f' orbitals
2. Increasing nuclear charge
3. Decreasing nuclear charge
4. Decreasing screening effect

Correct answer: Increasing nuclear charge

Solution

The lanthanoid contraction is due to the poor shielding of the nuclear charge by the f-electrons.

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