1.

Nature of the bond formed between two elements

depends on the
(a) Oxidation potential

(d) Covalent bond is stronger than ionic bond

10.

(b) Electronegativity

(c) Ionization potential (d) Electron affinity

2.

Two elements X and Y have following electronic

configurations

X = 1s2 , 2s2 2 p 6 , 3s2 3 p 6 , 4 s2

and

11.

Y = 1s , 2s 2 p , 3s 3 p . The expected compound

2

formed by combination of X and Y is [BHU 1990]

3.

4.

5.

6.

(a) XY 2

(b) X 5 Y2

(c) X 2 Y5

(d) XY5

12.

Electricity do not pass through ionic compounds

(a) In solution

(b) In solid state

(c) In melted state

(d) None of these

From the following which compound on heating

readily sublimes
(a) NaCl

(b) MgCl 2

(c) BaCl 2

(d) AlCl 3

13.

(c) NaCl

(d) Cl 2

Co-ordinate bond is absent in

[RPMT 2002]

(a) BH 4

(b)

(c) H 3 O +

(d) NH 4

CO 32

The dipole moment of chlorobenzene is 1.73 D.

The dipole moment of p -dichlorobenzene is

(a) 3.46 D

(b) 0.00 D

(c) 1.73 D

(d) 1.00 D

Polarization of electrons in acrolein may be

written as
[IIT 1988]

Which one in the following contains ionic as well

as covalent bond [IIT 1979; CPMT 1983; DPMT 1983]

(a) C H 2 = CH C H = O (b) C H 2 = CH CH = O

(a) CH 4

(b) H 2

(c) C H 2 = C H CH = O (d) C H 2 = CH CH = O

(c) KCN

(d) KCl

14.

The solution of sugar in water contains

The order of dipole moments of the following

molecules is
[Roorkee 2000]

(a) Free atoms

(a) CHCl 3 > CH 2 Cl 2 > CH 3 Cl > CCl 4

(b) Free molecules

(b) CH 2 Cl 2 > CH 3 Cl > CHCl 3 > CCl 4

(c) Free ions

(c) CH 3 Cl > CH 2 Cl 2 > CHCl 3 > CCl 4

(d) Free atoms and free molecules

In which of the following reactions, there is no
change in the valency [NCERT 1974; CPMT 1971, 78]
(a) 4 KClO 3 3 KClO 4 + KCl

(d) CH 2 Cl 2 > CHCl 3 > CH 3 Cl > CCl 4

15.

(d) 2BaO + O 2 2BaO 2

16.

The octet rule is not followed in

(b) NaF
(a) F2
(c) CaF2

[BHU 1981]

(a) O H

(b) S H

(c) N H

(d) C H

Which of the following bond has the most polar

character
[DPMT 1982; CBSE PMT 1992; CPMT 1999]

(d) BF3

Sodium chloride is an ionic compound whereas

hydrogen chloride is a gas because
[KCET 2002]
(a) Sodium is reactive
(b) Covalent bond is weaker than ionic bond
(c) Hydrogen chloride is a gas

The electronegativity of C, H , O, N and S are 2.5,

2.1, 3.5, 3.0 and 2.5 respectively. Which of the
following bond is most polar

(c) BaO 2 + H 2 SO 4 BaSO 4 + H 2 O 2

9.

(b) AlCl 3

[CPMT 1991]

(b) SO 2 + 2H 2 S 2H 2 O + 3S

8.

(a) NH 4 Cl

expected to be

[NCERT 1972; MP PET 2000]

7.

Which one of the following molecules has a

[CPMT 1988, 94]
coordinate bond

17.

(a) C O

(b) C Br

(c) C S

(d) C F

The geometry of H 2 S and its dipole moment are[IIT 1999]

(a) Angular and non-zero

(b) Angular and zero

(c) Linear and non-zero (d) Linear and zero

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18.

How many and bonds are there in the

molecule of tetracyanoethylene
NC
CN
C=C
NC
CN

26.

(b) Five and nine

(c) Nine and seven (d) Five and eight

19.

The shape of H 3O+ ion is [EAMCET 1993; CPMT

20.

21.

(b) Angular

(c) Trigonal planar

(d) Triangular pyramidal

27.

(c) sp 2

(d) dsp 2

The number and type of bonds between two

carbon atoms in CaC 2 are

28.

(d) I 2

What bond order does

In the process,

(d) 1/2

O 2+

29.

(b) Antibonding -orbital

(c) 2 p z orbital

(d) 2 p x orbital

The maximum number of hydrogen bonds formed

by a water molecule in ice is

30.

(a) 4

(b) 3

(c) 2

(d) 1

Hydrogen bonding is not present in

[AIIMS 1998; MP PET/PMT 1998]

(a) N N O

(b) N N O

(c) Hydrogen sulphide

(c) N = N O

(d) N N = O

The hybridization of atomic orbitals of nitrogen in

,

, and

NH 4+

are

(b) Water
(d) Hydrogen fluoride

31.

The bonds in K 4 [ Fe (CN )6 ] are

[IIT
Screening
(a)
All ionic2000]

(b) All covalent

(c) Ionic and covalent

(b) sp, sp 2 and sp 3 respectively

(c) sp 2 , sp and sp 3 respectively
(d) sp , sp
2

and sp respectively

The molecule having one unpaired electron is

[IIT 1985; MP PMT 1989]

(a) NO
(c) CN
25.

+ e the electron lost is

(a) Bonding -orbital

(a) Glycerine

NO 3

O 2+2

[IIT 1996]
[MP PET 1993; AFMC 2002;UPSEAT 1999, 2001, 02]

(a) sp, sp 3 and sp 2 respectively

24.

Which of the following resonating structures of

[Roorkee Qualifying 1998]
N 2 O is the most contributing

NO 2+

[Pb. PMT 2001]

(b) 2

(d) One sigma ( ) bond

23.

have

[Orissa JEE 2002]

(b) One sigma ( ) and two pi ( ) bonds

22.

O 22

from

(a) One sigma ( ) and one pi ( ) bonds

(c) One sigma ( ) and one and a half pi ( ) bonds

(b) Cl 2

(c) 1

DPMT 1990]

(b) sp 3

Which of the following halogens has the highest

bond energy
[CPMT 1988]

(a) 3

The hybridization in sulphur dioxide is[IIT 1986;

(a) sp

(d) Square planar

(c) Br 2

2001]

(a) Linear

(b) Pyramidal

(c) Tetrahedral

(a) F2

[NCERT 1980; MP PMT 1986, 95;Orissa JEE 1997]

(a) Nine and nine

(a) Planar triangle

(d) Ionic, covalent and coordinate covalent

32.

In which of the following ionic, covalent and

coordinate bonds are present
(a) Water
(b) Ammonia

(b) CO

(c) Sodium cyanide

(d) O 2

(d) Potassium bromide

The geometry of ClO 3 , according to valence shell

electron pair repulsion (VSEPR) theory will be
[KCET 1996; MP PET 1997]

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1.

2.

3.

(b) If
the
two
elements
have
similar
electronegativities,the bond between them
will be covalent, while a large difference in
electronegativities leads to an ionic bond.
(a) From electronic configuration valencies of X
and Y are + 2 and 1 respectively so formula
of compound is XY2 .

4.

(b) Ionic compounds cant pass electricity in solid

state because they dont have mobile ion in
solid state.
(d) AlCl 3 sublimes readily on heating.

5.

(c) Structure of KCN is [ K + (C N )] .

6.

(b) Sugar is an organic compound which is

covalently bonded so in water it remains as
free molecules.
+2

+6

+2 + 6

(c) In the reaction BaO 2 + H 2 SO 4 BaSO 4 + H 2 O

8.

valency is not changing.

(d) BF3 does not have octet, it has only six

10.

electrons so it is electron deficient compound.

(b) NaCl is a ionic compound because it consists
of more elelctronegativity difference compare
to HCl.
(a) NH 4 Cl has a coordinate bond besides covalent
H

and ionic bonds H N

|

13.
14.

18.

electronegativity then

CH 2Cl 2 . But

CH 2 Cl 2

has greater dipole moment than CHCl 3 .

15.

(a) More the difference in electronegativity of

atoms. Bond between them will be more polar.

C = C

N
C

19.

9 and 9 bonds.
(d) H 3 O + has sp 3 hybridization and its shape is

20.

triangular pyramidal due to lone pair on

oxygen.
(c) SO 2 molecule has sp 2 hybridisation.

21.

(b) In

***

Ca two carbons are joined with 1 and 2

C

22.

bonds.
(a) In N 2O molecule N N O structure is most

23.

contributed.
(b) The shape of NO 2+ , NO 3 and NH 4+ are linear
trigonal planar and tetrahedral respectively.
Thus the hybridization of atomic orbitals of
nitrogen in these species are sp, sp 2 and sp 3

25.
26.

respectively.
(a) NO has one unpaired electron with Nitrogen.
..
: N :: O :
. ..
(b)

..

O Cl O
|

(b) Bond energy of

Cl 2 is highest among all

halogen
molecule.
Bond
energies
of
F2 , Cl 2 , Br2 , I 2 are 37, 58, 46 and 36 Kcal mol 1

symmetric tetrahedral structure. CH 3 Cl has

slightly higher dipole moment which is equal
to
1.86D.
Now
has
less
CH 3 Cl

(a)

24.

(b) O C = O has covalent bonds only.

(b) Due to symmetry dipole moment of p-dichloro
benzene is zero.
(d)
(d) CCl 4 has zero dipole moment because of

(d) C F bond has the most polar character due

to difference of their electronegativity.
(a) H 2 S has angular geometry and have some
value of dipole moment.

N
N C
C

H Cl

O
11.
12.

17.

..

7.

9.

16.

27.

respectively.
(c) O22 have bond order one
1
2
[10 8] = = 1 .
2
2
(b) Electron lost from antibonding orbital.
(a) In ice each water molecule forms four
hydrogen bond through which each water

B.O. =

28.
29.

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molecule is tetrahedrally attached with other
water molecule.
H
O
H

O
H

H
O
O

O
H

H
H

H
O

H
30.
31.

(c) Hydrogen bonding is present in molecules

which have F, O, or N atoms.
(d) Structure of K 4 [ Fe(CN )6 ] is
4

32.

CN

C
N

C N
+
4K
Fe

C
N
C
N

CN

(c) Sodium cyanide contain ionic, covalent and

coordinate bond.