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The amount of energy released by the addition of an electron to the outermost shell of an atom in its isolated gaseous state is ……………

  1. electronegativity
  2. valency
  3. electron affinity
  4. ionisation potential

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electron affinity

Reason — Electron affinity is the amount of energy released when an atom in the gaseous state accepts an electron to form an anion.

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