Daily Practice Assignment

Molecular Orbital Theorem

1. The bond order in NO is 2.5 while that in NO+ is 3. Which of the following statements is true for these two species?
(A) Bond length is unpredictable (B) Bond length in NO is greater than in NO+
(C) Bond length in NO+ is equal to that in NO
(D) Bond length in NO+ is greater than in NO

2. Which one of the following species is diamagnetic in nature?

(A) H2 (B) (C) (D)

3. Which of the following is a wrong order with respect, to the property mentioned against, each?
(A) (NO) > (NO) > (NO)+ [bond length] (B)

(C) (D)

4. Which of the following option with respect to increasing bond dissociation energies is correct?
(A) (B) (C) (D)

5. Which of the following molecular orbital is not used in filling of

(A) 2px (B) 2pz 2py (D) 2s

6. Which of the following pair of species are paramagnetic as well as have fractional bond order?
(A) (B) (C) (D)

7. In which of the following conversion bond length increases?

(P) NO NO+ (Q) (R) (S)

(A) P and Q (B) Q and R (C) Q and S (D) P, Q and R

8. Which of the following is true for O2 and C2 molecules according to M.O.T.?

(A) Both are having l and bond (B) Both have same bond length
(C) Both are having same bond order (D) Both are having two bonds

9. N2 and O2 are converted to monocations respectively, which is wrong statement?

(A) In the N N bond weakens (B) In O2 , the O O bond order increases

(C) In O2 , the paramagnetism decreases (D) becomes diamagnetic

10. Which of the following is paramagentic as well as It has fractional bond order?
(A) (B) B2 (C) O2 (D) N2

11. Select the species having bond order equal to one.

(A) Li2 (B) B2 (C) F2 (D) All of these

12. Select the correct set of paramagnetic species.

(A) N2, O2, B2 (B) O2, H2, C2 (C) O2, B9, NO (D) Li2, B2, C2

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13. Choose the incorrect order.
(A) (B)

(C) (D)

14. The O O bond length is maximum in:

(A) O2 (B) O2[AsF4] (C) O2F2 (D) H2O2

15. Which of the following involves decrease in bond length?

(A) NO NO+ (B) (C) (D)

16. The correct order of bond length:

(A) (B) (C) (D)

17. Number of antibonding electrons in N2 is:

(A) 4 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 14

18. Pick out the incorrect statement.

(A) N2 has greater dissociation energy than (B) O2 has lower dissociation energy than

(C) Bond length in is less than N2 (D) Bond length in NO+ is less than in NO

19. Which of the following statement is incorrect?

(A) During formation, one electron is removed from the bonding molecular orbital of N 2.

(B) During formation, one electron is removed from the antibonding molecular orbital of O2.

(C) During formation, one electron is added to the bonding molecular orbital of O2.

(D) During CN formation, one electron is added to the bonding molecular orbital of CN.

20. Which of the following has fractional bond order?

(A) NO (B) (C) (D) All of these

21. Which of the following is paramagnetic?

(A) B2 (B) (C) N2O4 (D)

22. Which of the following pairs have identical values of and order?
(A) (B) F2 and Ne2 (C) O2 and B2 (D) C2 and N2

23. Which of the following species is paramagnetic?

(A) NO (B) (C) CN (D) CO

24. In which pair, or pairs, is the stronger bond found in the first species?
(P) (Q) (R) NO+, NO

(A) P only (B) Q only (C) P and R only (D) Q and R only

25. The common feature of the species are:

(A) bond order three and isoelectronic (B) bond order two and isoelectronic
(C) bond order three but not isoelectronic (D) bond order two but not isoelectronic

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26. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
(A) Among the stability decreases as

(B) He2 molecule does not exist as the effect of bonding and anti-bonding orbitals cancel each other
(C) and Li2 are diamagnetic

(D) In F2 molecule, the energy of is more than

27. The following molecules/species have been arranged in the order of their increasing bond orders. Identify the correct
order.
(P) O2 (Q) (R) (S)

(A) R < Q < P < S (B) S < R < Q < P (C) R < Q < S < P (D) Q < R < P < Q

28. Which of the following molecules / species have identical bond order and same magnetic properties?
(P) (Q) NO (R)

(A) P and Q only (B) P and R only (C) P, Q and R only (D) Q and R only

29. Which of the following is a wrong order with respect to the property mentioned against each?
(A) (B) (NO) > (NO) > (NO)+ [bond length]

(C) (D)

30. Among the following which one will have the largest O O bond length?

(A) KO2 (B) O2 (C) (D) K2O2

31. Which order is correct when the species are arranged in order of increasing average N O bond length?
(A) (B) (C) (D)

32. Based on molecular orbital theory, which species the highest bond order?
(A) (B) O2 (C) (D)

33. If s-p mixing does not occur in B2 molecule, then which of the following must be false for this molecule? (Assume Z-axis
as internuclear axis)
(A) Paramagnetic (B) Bond order = 1 (c) HOMO is (D)LUMO is

34. In which of the following options, both species are paramagnetic and have same no. of unpaired electrons?
(A) O2 and B2 (B) O2 and C1O2 (C) N2 and O2 (D) None of these

35. Which of the following pair of molecular orbital is the pair of degenerate orbital?

(A) (B) (C) (D) 1s, 2s

36. Bond-order of Be2 and C2 respectively are:

(A) 0, 2 (B) 2, 2 (C) 2, 0 (D) 1, 1

37. The O O bond length in O2, O2[AsF4] and K [O2] is:

(A) O2[AsF4] < O2 < K[O2] (B) O2[AsF4] < K[O2] < O2
(C) O2 < O2[AsF4] > K[O2] (D) K[O2] < O2 < O2[AsF4]

38. The species having highest bond energy is:

(A) O2 (B) (C) (D)

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39. Increasing order of bond length in NO, NO+ and NO is:
(A) NO > NO > NO+ (B) NO+ < NO < NO (C) NO < NO+ < NO (D) NO < NO+ = NO

40. In which of the following set, the value of bond order will be 2.5 for all species?
(A) (B) (C) (D)

41. Which species has the strongest oxygen-oxygen bond according to molecular orbital theory?
(A) O2 (B) (C) (D)

42. Which diatomic species has the greatest bond strength?

(A) NO (B) NO+ (C) O2 (D)

43. Which species is diamagnetic?

(A) NO (B) (C) O2 (D)

44. What is the bond order in NO?

(A) 1.0 (B) 1.5 (C) 2.0 (D) 2.5

45. Which of the following species is paramagnetic with only one unpaired electron, which is present in bonding molecular
orbital?
(A) (B) (C) (D)

46. Which of the following molecule or molecular ion has highest number of total electrons in antibonding molecular
orbitals?
(A) O2 (B) N2 (C) (D)

47. Stability of the species

(A) (B) (C) (D)

48. If inter nuclear axis is z-axis then the LUMO of O2 molecule is:
(A) *2py (B) *2pz (C) 2pz (D) 2py

49. Bond order of is same as in:

(A) (B) CN (C) CO (D) NO+

50. There is no s-p mixing in

(A) O2 molecule (B) B2 molecule (C) C2 molecule (D) N2 molecule

51. Select the correct statement about He2 and

(A) Both He2 and do not exist (B) He2 exist but He2 does not

(C) Both He2 and exist (D) None of the above

52. In energy level diagram of is present in:

(A) orbital (B) (C) orbital (D) orbital (d)

53. Which of the following set of molecules/ion have equal bond order?
(A) (B) (C) NO, O2 , NO2 (D) All of these

54. The molecule/species which does not exist are

(A) (B) He2 (C) (D) Be2

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55. In which of the following process, the increase in bond length is highest?
(A) (B) (C) (D)

56. Which of the following would have same magnetic nature whether sp mixing is operative or not?
(A) C2 (B) B2 (C) O2 (D) All of these

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 ANSWER KEY
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. B
6. A 7. C 8. C 9. D 10. A
11. D 12. C 13. B 14. D 15. A
16. B 17. A 18. C 19. C 20. D
21. A 22. A 23. A 24. D 25. B
26. D 27. A 28. C 29. A 30. D
31. D 32. A 33. A 34. A 35. C
36. A 37. A 38. B 39. B 40. A
41. D 42. B 43. D 44. D 45. D
46. D 47. B 48. B 49. A 50. A
51. B 52. B 53. D 54. D 55. C
56. C

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