DAILY PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT_RESONANCE

1. Increasing order of carbon-oxygen bond length in CO, CO2 and CO32 − is :

(a) CO  CO2  CO32 − (b) CO  CO32 −  CO2
(c) CO32−  CO2  CO (d) CO32−  CO2 = CO

2. Which option is incorrect for 'A' NaClO4 and 'B' HClO4 among the following?
(a) all Cl − O bond length are equal in 'A' (b) all Cl − O bond length are not equal in 'B'
(c) all bond angle are equal in 'A' (d) all Cl − O bond length are equal in 'B'

3. Which of the following option is correct regarding (I) and (II) structure?
O O

P P
and
O- O- H O-
O- O-
(I) (II)

(a) P − O bond length of ( I )  ( II )

(b) P − O bond order of ( I )  ( II )
(c) ( II ) is having more resonating structures than ( I )
(d) all the above

4. Arrange the following in order of decreasing N − O bond length : NO+2 , NO−2 , NO3−
(a) NO3− > NO2+ > NO2− (b) NO3− > NO2− > NO2+
(c) NO+2 > NO3− > NO2− (d) NO−2 > NO3− > NO2+

5. When the carbon oxygen bonds in H3COH, H2CO and HCO−2 are arranged in order of increasing length, what is
the correct order?
(a) H3COH, H2CO, HCO2− (b) HCO−2 , H3COH, H 2CO
(c) H 2CO, HCO2− , H3COH (d) H3COH, HCO2− , H3CO

6. In the dichromate dianion:

(a) 4 Cr − O bonds are equivalent (b) 6 Cr − O bonds are equivalent
(c) all Cr − O bonds are equivalent (d) all Cr − O bonds are non-equivalent

7. Which of the following options is correct regarding C − O bond length?

(a) C3O2  CO  CO32 − (b) C3O2  CO  CO32−
(c) CO  C3O2  CO32− (d) CO = C3O2 = CO32 −

8. In the following there are three carbon-oxygen bonds denoted by x, y and z.

O
x
H3C−C−O−CH
y z 3

Their lengths are in order:

(a) x = y = z (b) x  y  z
 (c) x  y = z (d) z  y  x

9. Choose the correct option on the Cl − O bond length in NaClO4 .

(a) all Cl − O bonds are of equal length.
(b) three Cl − O bonds are of equal length and one longer
(c) two Cl − O bonds are of same length which are longer compounds to other two Cl − O bond length.
(d) all Cl − O bond lengths are different.

10. The nitrite ion, NO−2 , may be represented by two major resonance forms. The lengths of the nitrogen-to-oxygen
bonds in this ion are expected to be:
(a) the same as the length of nitrogen-to-oxygen double bonds.
(b) the same as the length of nitrogen-to-oxygen triple bonds.
(c) between the lengths of a nitrogen-to-oxygen single bond and a nitrogen-to-oxygen double bond.
(d) between the lengths of a nitrogen-to-oxygen double bond and a nitrogen-to-oxygen triple bond.

11. For which species are both bonds of equal length?

( P ) ClO −2 ( Q ) NO −2
(a) P only
(b) Q only
(c) Both P and Q
(d) Neither P nor Q

12. How many resonance forms can be written for the nitrate ion, NO3−
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

13. How many stable resonance forms can be written for the oxalate ion, C 2 O 42 −
(a) two
(b) three
(c) four
(d) five
 ANSWER KEY

1. A 2. D 3. A 4. B

5. C 6. B 7. C 8. B

9. A 10. C 11. C 12. C

13. C