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We report the magnetoresistance and magnetic properties of the polycrystalline p-type ZrTe₅. We observed Shubnikov de Haas (SdH) oscillations in the compound with the small cyclotron effective mass of ~ 0.05m_e and high mobility of ~ 2.2 × 10⁴ cm^-2/V-s. Magnetoresistance data shows three dimensional Weyl semimetal like behavior. Kohler’s rule is obeyed at low temperatures ≤ 10K. The fast Fourier transform analysis of SdH oscillations show a single predominant oscillation frequency. The paramagnetic peak in M/H versus H data extends in broad field range up to 4 Tesla at 1.8 K, field range and size of peak decreases with increasing temperature. We have compared our results on p-type polycrystal with bipolar single crystal ZrTe₅ reported in the literature.
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