Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure MCQs Questions: Paper 1

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Which of the following species contains three bond pairs Answer: (B) and one lone pair around the central atom? [CBSE AIPMT 2012] (A) (B) PCl3 (C) H2O (D) B 3 Which one of the following pairs is isostructural !i.e. ha"ing the same shape and h#bridi$ation%? [CBSE AIPMT 2012] (A) &' 3 and B 3( (B) (C) &BCl3 and BrCl3()

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(D) &'H3 and ( *n allene !C3H)%+ the t#pe!s% of h#bridisation of the carbon atoms is !are% [IIT EE 2012] (A) sp and sp3 (B) sp and sp2 (C) Onl# sp2 (D) sp2 and sp3 ,he sp3d2 h#bridi$ation of central atom of a molecule would lead to [!est Ben"#$ EE 2011] (A) s-uare planar geometr# (B) ,etrahedral geometr# (C) ,rigonal bip#ramidal geometr# (D) Octahedral geometr# H#bridi$ation of C2 and C3 of H3C / CH 0 C 0 CH / CH3 are [!est Ben"#$ EE 2011] (A) 1p+ 1p3 (B) 1p2+ 1p (C) 1p2+ 1p2 (D) 1p+ 1p Which one of the following is paramagnetic? [!est Ben"#$ EE 2011] (A) '2 (B) 'O (C) CO (D) O3 4mong the following the ma5imum co"alent character is shown b# the compound [AIEEE 2011] (A) 6gCl2 (B) eCl2 (C) 1nCl2 (D) 4lCl3 ,he h#bridi$ation of orbitals of ' atom in 'O3/+ 'O28 and 'H)8are respecti"el# [AIEEE 2011] (A) sp2+ sp3+ sp (B) sp+ sp2+ sp3 (C) sp2+ sp+ sp3 (D) sp+ sp3+ sp2

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,he number of t#pes of bonds between two carbon atoms Answer: in calcium carbide is [AIEEE 2011] (A) ,wo sigma+ two pi (B) One sigma+ two pi (C) One sigma+ one pi (D) ,wo sigma+ one pi ,he structure of * 3 is [AIEEE 2011] Answer: (A) Pentagonal bip#ramid (B) 1-uare p#ramid (C) ,rigonal bip#ramid (D) Octahedral Which of the following has ma5imum number of lone Answer: pairs associated with ;e? [AIEEE 2011] (A) ;e 2 (B) ;eO3 (C) ;e ) (D) ;e 2 Pero5ide ion <<<<<<. Answer: a% is diamagnetic. b% has fi"e completel# filled antibonding molecular orbitals. c% is isoelectronic with neon. d% has bond order one. Which one of these is correct? [%#rn#t#&# CET 2010] (A) a%+ b% and d% (B) d% and c% (C) a% and d% (D) a%+ b% and c% 6alleabilit# and ductilit# of metals can be accounted due Answer: to[%#rn#t#&# CET 200'] (A) the presence of electrostatic force (B) the cr#stalline structure in metal (C) the capacit# of la#ers of metal ions to slide o"er the other (D) the interaction of electrons with metal ions in the lattice ,he ma5imum number of h#drogen bonds that a Answer: molecule of water can ha"e is [%#rn#t#&# CET 200'] (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) ) =uring the formation of a chemical bond [%#rn#t#&# Answer: CET 200(] (A) energ# decreases (B) energ# increases (C) energ# of the s#stem does not change (D) electron>electron repulsion becomes more than the nucleus>electron attraction

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Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure MCQs Questions: Paper 2

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,he state of h#bridi$ation of the central atom and the Answer: number of lone pairs o"er the central atom in POCl3 are [!B EE 2012] (A) sp+ : (B) sp2+ : (C) sp3+ : (D) dsp2+ 1 'iCl2?P!C2H.%2!C2H.%@2 e5hibits temperature dependent Answer: magnetic beha"iour !paramagneticAdiamagnetic%. ,he coordination geometries of 'i28 in the paramagnetic and diamagnetic states are respecti"el# [IIT EE 2012] (A) tetrahedral and tetrahedral (B) s-uare planar and s-uare planar (C) tetrahedral and s-uare planar (D) s-uare planar and tetrahedral When O2 is con"erted into O2) [%#rn#t#&# CET 2011] Answer: (A) both paramagnetic character and bond order increase (B) bond order decreases (C) paramagnetic character increases (D) paramagnetic character decreases and the bond order increases Which one of the following con"ersions in"ol"e change in Answer: both h#bridi$ation and shape? [%#rn#t#&# CET 2010] (A) 'H3 'H)8 (B) CH) C2H2 (C) H2O H3O8 (D) B 3 B )/ 4ssuming that HundBs rule is "iolated+ the bond order and Answer: magnetic nature of the diatomic molecule B2 is [IIT EE 2010] (A) 1 and diamagnetic (B) : and diamagnetic (C) 1 and paramagnetic (D) : and paramagnetic Based on C1DPE theor#+ the number of 9: degree F Br Answer: F angles in Br . is [IIT EE 2010] (A) : (B) 2 (C) ) (D) 7 ,he species ha"ing p#ramidal shape is [IIT EE 2010] Answer: (A) 1O3 (B) Br 3 (C) 1iO32/ (D) O1 2 ,he "alue of n in the molecular formula Answer: Ben4l21i2O17 is [IIT EE 2010] (A) 3 (B) . (C) 3

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(D) 9 Gsing 6O theor# predict which of the following species Answer: has the shortest bond length? [AIEEE 200*] (A) O28 (A) O2/ (A) O22/ (A) O228 ,he number of nodal planes present in H s antibonding Answer: orbitals is [%#rn#t#&# CET 200'] (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) : (D) 3 Which metal has a greater tendenc# to form metal o5ide? Answer: [%#rn#t#&# CET 200'] (A) Cr (B) e (C) 4l (D) Ca Which one of the following constitutes a group of the Answer: isoelectronic species? [AIEEE 200'] (A) (B) (C)

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(D) Which one of the following pairs of species ha"e the same Answer: (A) bond order? [AIEEE 200'] (A) C'I and 'O8 (B) C'I and C'8 (C) O2I and C'I (D) 'O8 and C'8 or a stable molecule the "alue of bond order must Answer: (B) be[%#rn#t#&# CET 200(] (A) negati"e (B) positi"e (C) $ero (D) there is no relationship between stabilit# and bond order *n acet#lene molecule+ between the carbon atoms there Answer: (C) are[%#rn#t#&# CET 200(] (A) three sigma bonds (B) two sigma and one pi bonds (C) one sigma and two pi bonds (D) three pi bonds