CHEMISTRY : CHEMICAL BONDING

1. Which of the following ions can be polarized more as compared to other ions?
a) I- b) Br- c) Cl- d) F-
2. The maximum possible number of hydrogen bonds a water molecule can form is
a) 2 b) 4 c) 3 d) 1
3. The C---H bond distance is longest in
a) C2H2 b) C2H4 c) C2H2Br2 d) C6H6
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4. The geometry of ClO4 ion is
a) Tetrahedral b) Octahedral c) Trigonal bipyramidal d) Pyramidal
5. Solid NaCl is a bad conductor of electricity because
a) Solid NaCl is covalent b) In solid NaCl there are strong attractive forces
c) In solid NaCl there are no mobile electrons d) In solid NaCl there are no ions
6. The species having pyramidal shape is
a) PCl3 b) SO3 c) CO32- d) NO3-
7. The compound in which carbon uses sp 3 hybrid orbitals for bond formation is
a) HCOOH b) (NH2)2CO c) (CH3)3COH d) CH2 = C = 0
8. The dipole moment of o, m and p-dichlorobenzene will be in the order
a) O>p>m b) p>o>m c) o>m>p d) m>o>p
9. Which of the following species is paramagnetic?
a) CO b) NO+ c) N2 d) B2
10. Which of the following statements is wrong? According to Fazan’s rules, the covalent character is favoured by
a) Small size of catton b) the cation having 18 electrons shell
c) small size of anion d) high charge of cation and anion
11. Which of the following is not isoelectronic of the other species?
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a) N2O b) HNCO c) No2 d) HN3
12. XeF2 molecule is
a) Angular b) Triangular planar c) Linear d) None of these
13. The coupling between base units of DNA is through
a) Hydrogen bonding b) electrostatic bonding c) covalent bonding d) Van der Waals’ forces
14. Which of the following species has bond order equal to 1 ½ ?
a) He2 b) H2+ c) O2- d) O2+
15. Which of the following M. Os. Containing electron/electrons has highest energy in B 2 molecule?
a) σ 2 s b) σ 2 p z c) π 2 p x d)
σ∗2 s
16. The geometry of IF7 molecule is
a) Trigonal bipyramidal b) Tetrahedral c) pentagonal bipyramidal d) Octahedral
17. In which set of species, are all the species paramagnetic?
a) B2, O2, N2 b) B2, O2, N2+ c) B2, F2, O2 d) B2, O2, Li2
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18. The bond order in O2 is same as in
a) N2+ b) CN- c) NO+ d) CO
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19. According to MO theory, O2 posses
a) Bond order of 2.5 b) three unpaired electrons
c) diamagnetic character d) stability lower than O2
20. Which one of the following molecular species has the highest bond order?
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a) O2 b) O2- c) O2+ d) O 2
21. The bond lengths in O2, O2+ and O2- species follow the order
a) O2-< O2< O2+ b) O2-< O2+< O2 c) O2+< O2< O2- d) O2< O2+< O2-
22. The hybridisation of carbon atoms in C ----C single bond in HC = C---CH = CH1 is
a) SP3 – sp3 b) sp2 – sp3 c) sp – sp2 d) sp3 – sp
23. Which of the following has a bond formed by the overlap of sp-sp3 hybrid orbitals?
a) CH3 −¿C = C−¿H b) CH3 −¿CH = CH –CH3 c) CH3 = CH – CH = CH2 d) CH ≡ CH2
24. The hydrogen bond length is minimum in
a) H2O b) HF c) Ice d) H2S

25. Which of the following molecules does not have coordinate copvalent bond?
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a) NH 4 b) PCl5 c)H2SO4 d) NH3BF3
26. Which of the following has the highest polarizing power?
a) K+ b) Ca2+ c) Mg2+ d) Na+
27. Assertion (A) : LiCI is predominantly a covalent compound
Reason (R) : Electronegativity difference between lithium and chlorine is too small
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(3) (A) is true but (R) is not true (4) (A) is not true but (R) is not true
28.Assertion (A) : CS2 is linear where as H2S is non-linear.
Reason (R) : Carbon in CS2 is p-hybridised where as S in H2S is sp3 hybridised.
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(3) (A) is true but (R) is not true (4) (A) is not true but (R) is not true
29. Assertion (A) : BeCI2 and XeF2 are isostrucural.
Reason (R) : Both have same hybridisation.
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(3) (A) is true but (R) is not true (4) (A) is not true but (R) is not true
30.Assertion (A) : Ionic compound conduct electricity at molten state (or) aqueous state
Reason (R) : Because of free ions.
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(3) (A) is true but (R) is not true (4) (A) is not true but (R) is not true