TOPIC : Hybridisation

1. How many sp 2 and sp-hybridised carbon atoms are present respectively in the following compound?
H
H

H
H
(a) 4, 2 (b) 6, 0 (c) 3, 3 (d) 5, 1
2. Which one of the following is the correct set with respect to molecule, hybridization and shape?
(a) BeCl 2 , sp 2 ,linear (b) BeCl 2 , sp 2 ,triangular planar
(c) BCl3 , sp 2 ,triangular planar (d) BCl3 , sp 3 ,tetrahedral
3. The hybridization of the central atom in ICl 2 is:
2 2 3
(a) dsp (b) sp (c) sp (d) sp
4. The state of hybridization of the central atom is not the same as in the others:
(a) B in BF3 (b) O in H 3 O  (c) N in NH 3 (d) P in PCl3
5. The number of sp 2  s sigma bonds in benzene are:
(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) None of these
6. CH  CH 2  CH  CH 2 has hybridisation:
2 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 2
(a) sp , sp , sp , sp (b) sp , sp , sp , sp (c) sp , sp , sp , sp (d) sp , sp , sp , sp
7. During the complete combustion of methane CH4, what change in hybiridisation does the carbon atom undergo?
(a) sp 3 to sp (b) sp 3 to sp 2 (c) sp 2 to sp (d) sp 2 to sp 3
8. The hybridisation of central iodine atom in IF5 , I 3 and I 3 are respectively:
(a) sp 3 d 2 , sp 3 d , sp 3 (b) sp 3 d , sp 3 d , sp 3
3 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 3
(c) sp d , sp d , sp (d) sp d , sp d , sp
9. Which of the following species used both axial set of d-orbitals in hybridisation of central atom?
(a) PBr4 (b) PCl4 (c) ICl4 (d) None of these
10. What are the hybridisation of the carbon atoms labeled C1 and C2, respectively in glycine?
C1 C2
(a) sp 2
sp 2 H H O
| | ||
(b) sp 2 sp 3 H  N  C1  C2  O  H
(c) sp 3 sp 2 |
H
(d) sp 3 sp 3
11. The H – O – H bond angles in H 3 O  are approximately 107 o . The orbitals used by oxygen? These bonds are
best described as:
(a) p-orbitals (b) sp-hybrid orbitals
2 3
(c) sp -hybrid orbital (d) sp -hybrid orbital

12. Among given species identify the isostructural pairs:

(a) NF3 and BF3  (b) BF 4

and NH 4 
(c) BCl3 and BrCl 3  (d) NH 3 and NO3 
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13. Phosphorus pentachloride in the solid exists as:
(a) PCl5 (b) PCl4 Cl  (c) PCl4 PCl6 (d) PCl5 .Cl 2
14. The ratio of  -bond and  -bond in tetracyano ethylene is:
(a) 2:1 (b) 1:1 (c) 1:2 (d) None of these
15. The pair of species with similar shape is:
(a) PCl3 , NH 3 (b) CF4 , SF4 (c) PbCl 2 ,CO2 PF5 , IF5 (d)

16. Which of the following xenon compound has the same number of lone pairs as in I 3 ?
(a) XeO4 (b) XeF4 (c) XeF2 (d) XeO3

17. The shape of XeF3 is:
(a) Trigonal planar (b) Pyramidal (c) Bent T-shape (d) See-saw
18. Which of the following shape are not possible for possible value of ‘n’ in XeFn molecule?
(a) Linear (b) Square planar (c) Trigonal planar (d) Capped octahedral

19. The shapes of SF4 and XeF2 respectively are

(a) trigonal bipyramidal and trigonal bipyamidal
(b) see-saw and linear
(c) T-shape and linear
(d) square planar and trigonal bipyramidal
20. The maximum number of 90 o angles between bond pair-bond pair of electrons is observed in
(a) dsp 3 hybridisation (b) sp 3 d hybridisation (c) dsp 2 hybridisation (d) sp 3 d 2 hybridisation
21. Which of the following contains maximum number of Ione pairs on the central atom?
(a) ClO 3 (b) XeF4 (c) SF4 (d) I3
22. SF2 , SF4 and SF6 have the hybridisations at sulphur atom respectively as
(a) sp 2 , sp 3 , sp 3 , d 2 (b) sp 3 , sp 3 , sp 3 d 2 (c) sp 3 , sp 3 d, sp 3 d 2 (d) sp 3 , spd 2 , d 2 sp 3
23. The percentage of p-character of the hybrid orbitals in graphite and diamond are respectively.
(a) 33 and 25 (b) 50 and 75 (c) 67 and 75 (d) 33 and 75
24. The ONO bond angle is maximum in
(a) NO 3 (b) NO 2 (c) NO 2 (d) NO 2
25. In which of the following molecules are all the bonds not equal ?
(a) AIF3 (b) NF3 (c) CIF3 (d) BF3
26. The incorrectly matched pair among the following is:
Molecule Shape
(a) BrF5 Trigonal bipyramidal
(b) SF4 See saw
(c) CIF3 T-shape

(d) NH 4 Tetrahedral
27. Among the molecules SO 2 , SF4 , CIF3 , BrF5 and XeF4 which of the following shape does not describe any of these
molecules ?
(a) Bent (b) Trigonal bipyramidal (c) see-saw (d) T-shape

ANSWER KEY
Hybridisation

1 B 2 C 3 D 4 A 5 B
6 C 7 A 8 A 9 C 10 C
11 D 12 B 13 C 14 B 15 A
16 C 17 C 18 C 19 B 20 D
22 D 22 C 23 C 24 D 25 C
26 A 27 B

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