The first element of group 12 is Zinc with atomic number 30. What will be the next element?

Mercury  Cadmium Platinum  Iridium

Cadmium

The correct answer is option 2. Cadmium. The first element of Group 12 is indeed zinc (Zn), with an atomic number of 30. The next element in Group 12, following zinc, is cadmium (Cd). Therefore, the correct answer is Cadmium