Chemically Zinc group elements closely resemble ______.
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  1. II A group
Explanation:
Zinc belongs to IIB and it closely resembles IIA because of the completely filled valence orbitals. The reason is in IIA group all the elements have completely filled s-orbital while in IIB group the elements have completely filled s orbital along with d-orbital.
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