CHEMICAL BONDING & MOLECULAR STRUCTURE

EXERCISE - I its nitride will be :

1) M3N 2) MN 3) M3N2 4) M2N3
LEVEL - I
INTRODUCTION : 10. Bond polarity between two atoms is depend on :
1) Ionisation potential of element
1. When two atoms combine to form a molecules:
1) Energy is released 2) Electronegativity of element

2) Energy is absorbed 3) Electronic configuration of element

4) No. of unpaired electrons
3) Energy is neither released nor absorbed
4) Energy may either released or absorbed 11. As com pared to covalent compounds
electrovalent compounds generally possess :
2. The combination of atoms occur because they
want: 1) High m.p. and high b.p.
2) Low m.p. and low b.p.
1) To decrease number of electrons in the outer most
orbit 3) Low m.p. and high b.p.
2) To attain an inert gas configuration 4) High m.p. and low b.p.
3) To increase number of electrons in the outer most 12. An ionic compound A +B – is most likely to be
orbit formed when :
4) To attain 18 electrons in the outermost orbit 1) The ionisation energy of A is high and electron
3. Which condition favours the bond formation : affinity of B is low

1) Maximum attraction and maximum potential 2) The ionisation energy of A is low and electron
energy affinity of B is high
3) Both, the ionisation energy of A and electron affinity
2) Minimum attraction and minimum potential energy
of B are high
3) Minimum potential energy and maximum attraction
4) Both, the ionisation energy of A and electron affinity
4) Minimum attraction and maximum potential energy of B are low
Electrovalent or Ionic Bond 13. In which of the following solvents, KI has higest
4. An electrovalent bond or ionic bond is formed solubility ? The dielectric constant (Î) of each
between liquid is given in parentheses :
1) Two electronegative atoms 1) C6H6 (Î = 0) 2) (CH3)2CO (Î = 2)
2) Two metals 3) CH3OH (Î = 32) 4) CCl4 (Î = 0)
3) Electropositive and electronegative atoms 14. Solid NaCl is a bad conductor of electricity
4) Two electropositive atoms because :
5. Most favourable conditions for electrovalent 1) In solid NaCl there are no ions
bonding are : 2) Solid NaCl is covalent
1) Low ionisation potential of one atom and high 3) In solid NaCl there is no mobility of ions
electron affinity of the other atom 4) In solid NaCl there are no electrons
2) High electron affinity and high ionistion potential 15. Molten sodium chloride conducts electricity due
of both the atoms to the presence of :
3) Low electron affinity and low ionisation potential 1) Free electrons 2) Free molecules
of both the atoms
3) Free sodium and chlorine atoms
4) High ionisation of one atom and low electron affinity
4) Free sodium and chloride ions
of the other atom
6. The electronegativity of cesium is is 0.7 and 16. Ionic reactions occur in :
fluorine is 4.0. The bond formed between the two 1) Aqueous solution and organic solvent of high
is : polarity
1) Covalent 2) Electrovalent/ionic 2) Non-polar or solvents of low polarity
3) Coordinate covalent 4) Metallic 3) Gaseous state 4) Solid state
7. Ionic compounds in general posses both : 17. Which of the following statements about LiCl and
1) High melting point and non-directional bonds NaCl is wrong :
1) LiCl has low melting point that NaCl
2) High melting points and low boiling points
3) Directional bonds and low boiling points 2) LiCl dissolves more in organic solvents whereas
NaCl does not
4)High solubilities in polar and non- polar solvents
3) LiCl would ionise in water more than NaCl
8. Electrovalent compounds or ionic compounds do
4) Fused LiCl would be more conducting than fused
not show isomerism. The reason is
NaCl
1)Presence of ions
18. Which pair in the following has maximum and
2) Strong electro static force of attraction minimum ionic character respectively :
3) Brittleness 1) LiCl, RbCl 2)RbCl, BeCl2
4) Non- directional nature of ionic bond 3) BeCl2, RbCl 4) BeCl2, LiCl
9. Compound of a metal 'M' is M2O3. The formula of
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19. The phosphate of a metal has the formula 1) A2B3 2) A2B6 3) A2B 4) A3B2
M3(PO4)2. The formula of its chloride would 30. Among the compounds NaCl, KCl, RbCl and CsCl,
be: the one with greatest ionic character is
1) MCl 2) MCl2 3) MCl3 4) M2Cl3 1) NaCl 2) KCl 3) CsCl 4) RbCl
20. The compound formed by which of the following +
31. The toal number of Na ions present per unit cell
pair of ions will have lowest melting point of NaCl is
1) Na+ and Cl– 2) Mg2+ and Cl– 1) 1 2) 6 3) 8 4) 4
3+ –
3) Al and Cl 4) Sn4+ and Cl– 32. The number of ion pairs that constitute one unit
21. Which one of the following compounds contain a cell of CsCl
cation having non inert gas outermost electronic 1) 4 2) 2 3) 8 4) 1
configuration 33. AB is an ionic solid. The ionic radii of A+ and B–
1) NaCl 2) CuCl2 3) CaCl2 4) KCl are respectively rc and ra. Lattice energy of AB is
22. Lattice energy ? proportional to
(i) Increases with charge on the ions rc ra 1
(ii) Decreases with charge on the ions 1) r 2) (rc + ra) 3) r 4) r  r
a c c a
(iii) Decreases with size of the ions
34. A, B and C are atoms of elements with atomic
(iv) Increases with size of the ions number Z, Z+1 and Z+2 respectively. If 'B' has
The correct answer is octet configuration the bond formed between 'A'
1) i,ii 2) i,iii 3) i,iv 4) iii, iv and C predominently is
23. If Na+ ion is larger than Mg+2 ion and S2– ion is 1) Covalent bond 2) Ionic bond
larger than Cl– ion, which of the following will be 3) Dative bond 4) Hydrogen bond
least soluble in water ? 35. Lattice energy of NaCl is 'X'. If the ionic size of
1) NaCl 2) Na2S 3) MgCl2 4) MgS A+2 is equal to that of Na+ and B–2 is equal to Cl–
24. Which of the following statement is correct for , then lattice energy associated with the crystal
CsBr3 AB is
1) It is a covalent compound 1) X 2) 2X 3) 4X 4) 8X
2) It contains Cs3+ and Br– ions 36. The number of unit cells present in 1 mole of NaCl
crystal are
3) It contains Cs+ and Br3– ions
1) 6. 023 × 1023 2) 1. 5 × 1023
4) It contains Cs+, Br3– and lattice Br2
3) 4 4) 1
25. Four elements A (with one valence electron), B
(with three valence electrons), C (with five valence 37. Two elements 'X' and 'Y' have the following
electrons and D(with seven valence electrons) are configuration
lying in the second period of the periodic table X= 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2
which of the following is / are diatomic at room Y= 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p5
temperature :
The compound formed by the combination of 'X'
1) Only C2 2) Only A2 3) C2 and D2 4) Only B2 and 'Y' will be
26. The lattice energies of the oxides of Mg, Ca Sr 1) XY2 2) X5Y2 3) X2Y5 4) XY5
and Ba follow the order :
COVALENT BOND :
1) BaO > SrO > CaO > MgO
38. Which of the following statement is not true about
2) CaO > BaO > SrO > MgO covalent compounds :
3) MgO > CaO > SrO > BaO 1) They may exhibit space isomerism
4) MgO > SrO > CaO > BaO 2) They have low melting and boiling points
27. The lattice energies of KF,KCl, KBr and KI follow 3) They show ionic reactions
the order :
4) They show molecular reactions
1) KF > KCl > KBr > KI 2) KI > KBr > KCl > KF
39. The boiling point of ICI is nearly 400C higher than
3) KF > KCl > KI > KBr 4) KI > KBr > KF > KCl that of Br2 although the two subtances have the
28. Which of the following is not correct statement same relative molecular mass. This is because
1) Ionic compound are electrically neutral 1) ICI is ionic compound
2) I-CI bond is stronger than Br - Br bond
2) Boiling point of ionic compound is more than
covalent compound 3) ICI is polar covalent molecule while Br2 is non
polar
3) Melting point of covalent compound is more than 4) Ionisation enthalpy of Iodine is less than that of Br
ionic compound
40. Correct order of covalent character of alkaline
4) Ionic compound are soluble in polar solvent earth metal chloride in :
29. Element A has three electrons in the outermost 1) BeCl2 < MgCl2 < CaCl2 < SrCl2
orbit and B has six electrons in the outer most
orbit. The formula of the compound will be?

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 2) BeCl2 < CaCl2 < SrCl2 < MgCl2 1) Sodium chloride 2) Solid neon
3) BeCl2 > MgCl2 > CaCl2 > SrCl2 3) Copper metal 4) BeCl2
4) SrCl2 > BeCl2 > CaCl2 > MgCl2 52. Which of the following is truely covalent?
41. Which of the following statements regarding 1) AgCl 2) KCl 3) BaCl2 4) COCl2
covalent bond is not true ? POLARISATION (FAJAN’S RULES) :
1) The electrons are shared between atoms 53. The correct order of decreasing polarisability of
2) The bond is non-directional ions is :
3) The strength of the bond depends upon the extent 1) Cl– > Br– > I– > F– 2) F– > I– > Br– > Cl–
– – – –
of overlapping 3) F > Cl > Br > I 4) I– > Br– > Cl– > F–
4) The bond formed may or may not be polar 54. According to Fajan's rules necessary condition
to form covalent bond is :
42. Among LiCl, BeCl2, BCl3 and CCl4, the covalent
bond character follows the order . 1) small cation and large anion
2) small cation and small anion
1) LiCl < BeCl2 > BCl3 > CCl4
3) large cation and large anion
2) LiCl > BeCl2 < BCl3 < CCl4
4) large cation and small anion
3) LiCl < BeCl2 < BCl3 < CCl4 55. Which of the following statements is correct :
4) LiCl > BeCl2 > BCl3 > CCl4 1) HCl is covalent both in aqueous solution and in
43. Elements have electronegativities 1.5 and 3.0, the gaseous state
bond formed between them would be : 2) HCl is covalent in the gaseous state but ionic in
1) Ionic 2) Covalent aqueous solution
3) Co-ordinate covalent 4) Metallic 3) HCl is ionic both in the gaseous state and in
aqueous solution
44. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a
4) HCl is ionic in gaseous state but covalent in
covalent compound :
aqueous solution
1) It has low melting point and boiling point
56. Which of the following compound does not
2) It is formed between two atoms having very small follow octet rule:
electronegativity difference
1) CO2 2) PCl3 3) ICI 4) CIF3
3) They have no definite geometry 57. Which of the following compound is nonpolar
4) They are generally insoluble in water 1) CH3Cl 2) CH2Cl2 3) CHCl3 4) CCl4
45. The order of decreasing ionic nature (polarity) of 58. Which of the following will be least polar
the compounds : 1) N-H 2) C-H 3) O-H 4) H-F
CaO, CsF, KCl, MgO is - 59. Which of the following is non-polar, but contains
1) CaO > CsF > KCl > MgO polar bonds ?
2) MgO > KCl > CaO > CsF 1) HCl 2) H2O 3) SO3 4) NO2
3) KCl > CaO > CsF > MgO 60. Which of the following molecule is polar ?
4) CsF > KCl > CaO > MgO 1) BCl3 2) PCl3 3) CF4 4) SO3
46. The ICl molecule is ? 61. Anhydrous AlCl3 is covalent while AlF3 is ionic.
1) Purely covalent 2) Purely electrovalent This is justified by
3) Polar with negative end on chlorine 1) Crystal structure 2) VB theory
4) Polar with negative end on iodine 3) Fajan’s rules 4) Lattice energy
47. The correct sequence of increasing covalent 62. The charge/size ratio of a cation determines its
character is represented by : polarizing power. Which one of the following
1) BeCl2 < NaCl< LiCl 2) NaCl< LiCl < BeCl2 sequences represents the increasing order of the
polarizing power of the cationic species, K+, Ca2+,
3) BeCl2 < LiCl < NaCl 4) LiCl < NaCl < BeCl2
Mg2+, Be2+?
48. The element that exhibits both electrovalency and
1) Ca2+ < Mg2+ < Be+ < K+ 2) Mg2+ < Be2+ < K + <
covalency is
Ca2+
1) Neon 2) Sodium 3) Be2+ < K+ < Ca2+ < Mg2+ 4) K+ < Ca2+ < Mg2+ <
3) Barium 4) Chlorine Be2+
49. A covalent bond is likely to be formed between 63. Which of the following ion has maximum
two elements which polarising power
1) have high electronegativities 1) Mg+2 2) Al3+ 3) Na+ 4) Ca+2
64. Which of the following diagram show correct
2) have low ionization energies
change in the ionic character of given compounds
3) have low melting points according to Fajans rule?
4) form ions with a small charge
50. Among the alkaline earth metals, the element
forming predominantly covalent compound is
1) Be 2) Mg 3) Sr 4) Ca
51. Which of the following substances has covalent
bonding?

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 71. According to valence bond theory, water molecule
Decrease has
RbCl CaCl2
1) Two dative bonds and bond angle 90°
1) Increase Decrease 2) Two covalent bonds and bond angle 90°
3) Two dative bonds and bond angle 104.5°
Increase ZnCl2 4) Two covalent bonds and bond angle 104.5°
BaCl2
72. According to V.B theory the bonds in methane
are formed due to the overlapping of
1) Sp3–Sp3 2) S–P 3) P–P 4) Sp3–S
Increase
RbCl CaCl2 73. Direct overlap leads
1)  bond 2)  bond
2) Decrease Increase
3) Both  &  Bonds 4) Neither  nor 
Decrease ZnCl bond
BaCl2 2
HYBRIDISATION, VSEPR THEORY :
74. Which of the set of species have sam e
Decrease
hybridisation state but different shapes :
RbCl CaCl2
1) NO2 , NO2 , NO2 2) ClO4 , SF4 , XeF4
Increase Increase
3)
Decrease ZnCl2
3) NH 4 , H 3O  , OF2 4) SO42 , PO43 , ClO4
BaCl2
75. Which of the following elements can not exhibit
sp3d hybridisation state :
Decrease (1) C (2) P (3) Cl (4) B
RbCl CaCl2
Correct answer is :
Increase Decrease
4) 1) 1, 3 2) 1, 4 3) 2, 3 4) 2, 4
BaCl2 Decrease ZnCl2 76. In the protonation of NH3 molecule, following
statement is true :
VBT : 1) A covalent bond is formed
65. Which of the following statements is not correct? 2) Hydrogen bond is formed
1) Double bonds is shorter than a single bond 3) Hybridisation state of N is changed
2) s - bond is weaker than p bond 4) Shape of NH3 molecule is changed
3) Double bond is stronger than a single bond 77. The shape of sulphate ion is :
4) Covalent bond is stronger than a hydrogen bond 1) Trigonal planar 2) Square planar
66. Fluorine molecule is formed by : 3) Trigonal bipyramidal 4) Tetrahedral
1) the axial p-p orbital overlap 78. In which following set of compound/ion has linear
2) the sideways p-p orbital overlap geometry :
3) the s-s orbital overlap
1) CH 4 , NH 4 , BH 4 2) CO32  , NO3 , BF3
4) the s-p orbital overlap
67. Consider the following statements : 3) NO2 , CO2 , I 3 4)BeCl2, BCl3, CH4
I) A sigma (s)bond is formed when two orbitals
79. Which of the molecule is trigonal bipyramidal:
undergo overlapping along the internuclear
axis 1) BF3 2) CH4 3) PCl5 4) SF6
II) A pi (p) bond is formed when two p-orbitals 80. The type of hybrid orbitals used by chlorine atom
undergo overlapping laterally perpendicular to in ClO–, ClO–2, ClO–3 and ClO–4 is/are :
the internuclear axis 1) sp, sp2, sp3 and sp3d 2) sp and sp3
III) A s-bond is stronger than p-bond 3) Only sp3 4) Only sp
Which of the above statements is /are correct? 81. Which of the following species has square planar
1) I and II 2) II and III structure is :
3) I, II and III4) II alone 1) NH+4 2) BF–4 3) XeF4 4) CCl4
68. Most important concept of valence bond theory 82. Among the following compounds the one that is
is polar and has the central atom with sp 3
1) Overlap of atomic orbitals results in the bond hybridisation is :
2) Sharing of odd number of electrons for bonding
1) BeF2 2) SiF4 3) BF3 4) NH3
3) Sharing of electrons follow the octet rule
4) Transfer of electrons follow the octet rule. 83. Which of the following will be octahedral :
69. Iodine monochloride molecule is formed by the 1) SF6 2) BF–4 3) PCl5 4) XeF6
overlap of 84. Which carbon is more electronegative
1) s-s orbitals 2) s-p orbitals
1) sp3 hybridised carbon
3) p-p orbitals end to end 4) p-p orbitals sideways
70. Which of the following overlap is the strongest? 2) sp hybridised carbon
1) 2p – 2p 2) 3p – 3p
3) 5p – 5p 4) (4p–4p)
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 3) sp2 hybridised carbon
1) NO3 , CO32  2) SO3 , NO3
4) The electron attracting power of C is always same
irrespective of its hybridisation 3) ClO3 , CO32  4) CO32  , ClO3
85. Which of the following statement is incorrect of 96. Total number of lone pair of electrons on Xe in
PCl5 XeOF4 is
1) All P-Cl bond lengths are equal 1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) 3
2) It involves sp3d hybridisation 97. Which of the following has dp – pp bonding
3) Bond angles are 900 and 1200 1) NO3– 2) SO32– 3) BO33– 4) CO32–
4) Its shape is trigonal bipyramidal 98. Among the following ions, the dp – pp bond is
86. In a change from PCl3 ® PCl5 The hybridisation present in
of P changed from 1) NO3– 2) PO43– 3) CO32– 4) NO2–
2 3 3 2
1) sp to sp 2) sp to sp 99. The bond angle in H2O in nearly 1050 whereas
3) sp3 to sp3d 4) no change bond angle in H2S in nearly 900. This is because:
1) Electronegativity of oxygen is greater than that of
87. The hybridisation of B in BF4 is: sulphur
1) sp2 2) sp 3) sp3 4) sp3d 2) Oxygen is a gas whereas sulphur is solid
88. Which of the following statement is not correct- 3) Sulphur contains d-orbitals whereas oxygen does
1) CH 3 shows sp 2 hybridisation whereas CH 3 not
shows sp3 hybridisation 4) The number of lone pairs present on oxygen and
sulphur is not equal
2) NH 4 has a regular tetrahedral geometry 100. In which of the following set both species having
3) sp 2 -hybridised orbitals have equal s and p same bond angle around the central atom
character 1) SF4,CH4 2) BCl3, NH3
4) Hybrid orbitals always form s-bond 3) BF3, NF3 4) BF3, SO3
89. Out of NH3, CH4 and SF4 the molecules having
101. Choose the molecules in which hybridisation
regular geometry are:
occurs in the ground state
1) NH3 only 2) NH3 and SF4
(1) BCl3 (2) NH3 (3) PCl3 (4) BeF2
3) CH4 only 4) CH4 and SF4
The correct answer is :
90. The bond angle in H2O molecule is less than that
1) 1, 2, 4 2) 1, 2, 3 3) 2, 3 4) 3, 4
of NH3 molecule because:
102. The order of increasing bond angle in the
1) The hybridisation of O in H2O and N in NH3 is
molecules BeCl2, BCl3, CCl4 and SF6 is :
different
1) SF6 < CCl4 < BCl3 < BeCl2
2) The atomic radii of N and O are different
2) BeCl2 < BCl3 < CCl4 < SF6
3) There is one lone pair of electrons on O and two
lone pairs of electrons on N 3) SF6 < CCl4 < BeCl2 < BCl3
4) There are two lone pairs of electrons on O and 4) BCl3 < BeCl2 < SF6 < CCl4
one lone pair of electrons on N 103. Maximum number of planar atoms in SF 6
91. In which of the following species the angle molecule
around the central atom is exactly equal to 1) 5 2) 4 3) 6 4) 7
109o28': 104. Which of the following has pentagonal
bipyramidal shape?
1) SF4 2) NH3 3) NH 4 4) H2O 1) PCl5 2) SO42– 3) CO32– 4) IF7
92. The bond angles in NH3, NH and NH 2 are in
 105. In PCl5 Bond angle in plane is
4
1) 90° 2) 120° 3) 180° 4) 109°28'
the order:
106. The orientation of electron pairs and the shape
1) NH 2 > NH3 > NH 4 2) NH 4 > NH3 > NH 2 of molecule are different in
1) BeCl2 2) H2O 3) BCl3 4) CCl4
3) NH3 > NH 2 > NH 4 4) NH3 > NH 4 > NH 2 107. A molecule AX2 has two lone pairs over A. Its
93. Using VSEPR theory the no.of lone pairs around shape is
the central atom in PCl5, IF5, SF4 and XeF4 are 1) Tetrahedral 2) Pyramidal
1) 0, 1, 1 and 0 2) 0, 1, 1 and 2 3) Angular 4) Linear
3) 1, 0, 0 and 1 4) 0, 1, 0 and 0 108. The shape of AB3E is
94. Amongst NH3, BeCl2, CO2 and H2O, the nonlinear 1) Pyramidal 2) Tetrahedral
molecules are: 3) Angular 4) Linear
1) BeCl2 and H2O 2) BeCl2 and CO2 109. Which of the following has square pyramidal
structure.
3) NH3 and H2O 4) NH3 and CO2
1) BrF5 2) ClF3 3) IF7 4) ClF
95. Which of the following are isoelectronic and
110. In the reaction 2PCl5 
 PCl4+ + PCl6–, the
isostuctural NO3 , CO32  , ClO3 , SO3
change in hybridization is from

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 1) sp3d to sp3 and sp3d2 2) sp3d to sp2 and sp3
3) sp d to sp d and sp d 4) sp3d2 to sp3 and sp3d
3 3 2 3 3
BeCl42- Decrease BeCl3-
111. In XeF2, XeF4 and XeF6, the number of lone pairs
of Xe is respectively
Increase Decrease
1) 2, 3, 1 2) 1, 2, 3 3) 4, 1, 2 4) 3, 2, 1 4)
112. The pair of species having identical shapes for BeCl2
molecules of both species is
1) XeF2, CO2 2) BF3, PCl3
117. Atomic number of the centrtal atom in MCl2 is 50.
3) PF5, IF5 4) CF4, SF4
The shape of gaseous MCl2 is given as
113. Select correct statement for BrF5
1) All fluorine atoms are in same plane Cl Cl
2) Four fluorine atoms and Br atom is in same
plane 1) M 2) M
3) Four fluorine atoms are in same plane
Cl
4) It hass all F – Br – F bond angles at 90o Cl
114. The d-orbitals which are involved in hybridisation
of central atom in ICl4–. M
C) Cl M Cl D)
Cl
1) d z2 , d x 2  y2 2) dx2 z2 , dxy , d yz , d zx Cl
118. The ratio of pure orbitals to hybridized orbitals in
3) d z2 , d xy , d yz , d xz 4) d xy , d xz , d yz ethylene is
115. Select diagram which represent the correct 1) 2 : 3 2) 3 : 1 3) 1 : 1 4) 1 : 3
119. The ratio of hybrid and unhybrid orbitals involved
change in the bond angle of given ions.
in the bonding of a benzene molecule is
Increase 1) 3:2 2) 1:1 3) 3:1 4) 1:3
ClO3- BrO3-
ClO3- Decrease BrO3-
CO-ORDINATION COVALENT BOND:
Decrease
1) Increase 2)
Increase
Decrease 120. Incorrect statement regarding this reaction
lO3- lO3- BF3 + NH3  [F3B ¬ NH3]
1) Hybridisation of N is changed
ClO3-
Increase
BrO3- Decrease
2) Hybridisation of B is changed
ClO3- BrO3-
3) NH3 act as a lewis base
Increase Decrease
Increase
3) Decrease 4) 4) BF3 act as lewis acid
lO3- lO3-
121. The correct statement for the reaction
116. Select systematic diagram which represent the NH3 + H+ NH4+
correct change in the s-character in the hybrid 1) Hybridisation of 'N' atom is changed from
orbital of beryllium. SP2 to SP3
2) Bond angle increases
BeCl42- Increase BeCl3- 3) NH3 act as a Lewis acid 4) all the above
122. What type of bonds are present in NH4+ are :
Decrease Increase
1) 1) Only ionic 2) Covalent & dative
3) Only covalent 4) Covalent & ionic
BeCl2
123. The pair of compounds which cannot form a
co-ordinate covalent bond is :
BeClO42- Increase BeCl3- 1) (C2H5)3B and (CH3)3N 2) HCl and HBr
3) BF3 and NH3 4) H2O and H+
Decrease Decrease 124. In which compound coordinate covalent bond is
2) present :
BeCl2 1) NH3 2) NH4OH 3) H2O 4) HCl
125. Specify the coordination geometry around and
hybridisation of N and B atoms in 1 : 1 complex
BeCl42- Decrease BeCl3 - of BF3 and NH3
1) N : tetrahedral, sp3 ; B : tetrahedral, sp3
Decrease Increase
3) 2) N : pyramidal, sp3 ; B : pyramidal, sp3
3) N : pyramidal, sp3 ; B : planar, sp3
BeCl2
4) N : pyramidal, sp3 ; B : tetrahedral, sp3
126. The type of bonds present in ammonium chloride
are
1) Only ionic and dative
2) Only covalent and electrovalent

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 3) Only covalent and coordinate 3) Hydrogen bond 4) Electrostatic forces
4) Ionic, covalent and coordinate 136. Density of ice is less than that of water because
127. Dative bond is present in the molecule of of
1) NH3 2) CO2 3) CO 4) PCl5 1) presence hydrogen bonding
128. In CuSO 4.5H2O total number of H2O molecule 2) crystal modification of ice
which form coordinate bond with metal ion : 3) open porous structure of ice due to hydrogen
1) 2 2) 4 3) 5 4) 0 bonding
HYDROGEN BOND 4) different physical states of these
129. H 2 O boils at higher temperature than H 2 S, 137. Which of the following com pounds show
because it is capable of forming : intramolecular hydrogen bonding :
1) Ionic bonds 2) Covalent bonds 1) o-Nitrophenol 2) p-Nitrophenol
3) Hydrogen bonds 4) Metallic bonds 3) Phenol 4) Salicylaldehyde
130. In which of the following molecule, the shown 1) 1 & 2 2) 1 & 3 3) 1 & 4 4) 2 & 3
hydrogen bond is not possible : 138. The boiling point of ethanol is greater than that
of dimethylether because :
1)There is intramolecular hydrogen bonding in
H H ethanol and intermolecular hydrogen bonding in
1) N H N H dimethyl ether
2)There is Intermolecular hydrogen bonding in
H H
ethanol and no hydrogen bonding in dimethyl ether
3) There is no hydrogen bonding in ethanol and
intermolecular hydrogen bonding in dimethyl ether
O H
H
4) There is intramolecular hydrogen bonding in
O O
ethanol and no hydrogen bonding in dimethyl ether
C 139. Out of the two compounds shown below, the
2) O 3)
H
vapour pressure of (2) at a paticular temperature
O N O is expected to be :

O H O OH OH
C C CH3
4) CH3
O H O
and NO2
131. The correct order of volatility is : NO2
1) NH3 < H2O (1) (2)
2) p-Nitro phenol < o-Nitro phenol
1) Higher than that of (1) 2) Lower than that of (1)
3) CH3OH > CH3 – O – CH3
3) Same as that of (1) 4) Can not be predicted
4) HF > HCl
140. In which of the following pairs hydrogen - bonding
132. Which of the following has intra molecular
is not possible
hydrogen bonding :
1) NH3, H2O 2) H2S, CH4
OH CH3 3) H2O, CH3OH 4) HF, H2O
COOH COOH 141. In which of the following pairs the first compound
1) 2) does not have higher boiling point than the
second.
1) H2O & H2S 2) CH4 & SiH4
OH CH3 3) HF & HCl 4) HI & HBr
CHO
(a) (b)
3) 4) 142. H  O........H  O.......H  O
| | |
H H H
133. Acetic acid exists as dimer in benzene due to : Here (a) and (b) are hydrogen bond and covalent
1) Polarity 2) Hydrogen bonding bonds, their lengths are
3) Presence of carboxyl group 1) 0.97A°,0.97A° 2) 1.73A°,0.97A°
4) Acidic nature 3) 1.73A°,1.73A° 4) 0.97A°,1.73A°
134. In which case hydrogen bond will not be 143. Hydrogen bonds are present even in vapour state
observed- of
1) H2O 2) HF
1) NH3 2) H2O 3) HF 4) CH4
3) p-hydroxy benzaldehyde 4) C2H5OH
135. The intermolecular force in hydrogen fluoride is 144. From the following given statements
due to : i) O -----H hydrogen bond length is more than
1) Dipole induced dipole interactions covalent "O–H" bond length.
2) Dipole dipole interactions ii) The ionic bond strength of CsF is more than

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 that of NaF. 1) CN– 2) O+2 3) O–2 4) N+2
iii) The number of electrons present in all inner 149. Which of the following is paramagnetic :
shells of sodium atom is 10.
1) O–2 2) CN– 3) CO 4) NO+
The correct combination is
1) only i is correct 2) only i and ii are correct 150. In the following which of the two are
3) only ii and iii are correct 4) only i and iii are paramagnetic:
correct 1) N2 2) CO 3) B2 4) NO2
BOND PARAMETERS, DIPOLE MOMENT, MOT : Correct answer is :
145. The number of antibonding electron pairs in 1) 1 & 3 2) 2 & 3 3) 3 & 4 4) 2 & 4
O22 molecular ion on the basis of molecular
orbital theory is (at no. O=8) :
1) 2 2) 3 3) 4 4) 5
146. Which of the following option w.r.t. increasing
bond order is correct ?
1) NO < C2 < O–2 < He+2 2) C2 < NO < He+2 < O–2
3) He+2 < O–2 < NO < C2 4) He+2 < O–2 < C2 < NO
147. The bond-orders of the given species are such
that 1) O2– > O2+ > O22- > O2 2) O2+ > O2
– 2–
> O2 > O2
3) O2+ < O22- > O2– > O2 4) O22– > O2 > O2+ < O2–
148. The ion that is isoelectronic with CO and having
same bond order is :

EXERCISE - I (LEVEL - I )KEY

1. 1 21. 2 41. 2 61. 3 81. 3 101. 3 121. 2 141. 2
2. 2 22. 2 42. 3 62. 4 82. 4 102. 1 122. 2 142. 2
3. 4 23. 4 43. 2 63. 2 83. 1 103. 1 123. 2 143. 2
4. 3 24. 3 44. 3 64. 1 84. 2 104. 4 124. 2 144. 4
5. 1 25. 3 45. 4 65. 2 85. 1 105. 2 125. 1 145. 3
6. 2 26. 3 46. 3 66. 1 86. 3 106. 2 126. 4 146. 4
7. 1 27. 1 47. 2 67. 3 87. 3 107. 3 127. 3 147. 2
8. 4 28. 3 48. 4 68. 1 88. 3 108. 1 128. 2 148. 1
9. 2 29. 1 49. 1 69. 3 89. 3 109. 1 129. 3 149. 1
10. 2 30. 3 50. 1 70. 1 90. 4 110. 1 130. 3 150. 3
11. 1 31. 4 51. 4 71. 2 91. 3 111. 4 131. 2
12. 2 32. 4 52. 4 72. 2 92. 2 112. 1 132. 1
13. 3 33. 4 53. 4 73. 1 93. 2 113. 2,3 133. 2
14. 3 34. 2 54. 1 74. 3 94. 3 114. 1 134. 4
15. 4 35. 3 55. 2 75. 2 95. 1 115. 2 135. 3
16. 1 36. 2 56. 4 76. 4 96. 2 116. 1 136. 3
17. 3 37. 1 57. 4 77. 4 97. 2 117. 4 137. 3
18. 2 38. 3 58. 2 78. 3 98. 2 118. 3 138. 2
19. 2 39. 3 59. 3 79. 3 99. 1 119. 1 139. 1
20. 4 40. 3 60. 2 80. 3 100. 4 120. 1 140. 2

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