CHEMICAL BONDING – HYBRIDISATION

1. In which of the following species, the central atom has the type of hybridization which is
not the same as that present in the other three?
(A) PCl5 (B) SF4 (C) I3 (D) SbCl6

2. BF3 is electron deficient (Lewis acid) and NH3 is electron – rich (Lewis acid). In 1:1 complex
of BF3 and NH3 , geometry and hybridization of N and B atom are
N B N B
(A) tetrahedral, sp3 tetrahedral, sp3 (B) pyramidal, sp3 pyramidal, sp3
(C) pyramidal, sp3 planar, sp2 (D) pyramidal, sp3 tetrahedral, sp3

3. If there are five electron pairs in outer shell, then structure and bond angle as predicted
by Sidgwick-Powell theory is
(A) octahedral,  900 
(B) trigonal bipyramidal, 1200 and 900 
(C) Pentagonal bipyramidal  720 and 900 
(D) tetrahedral,  900 

4. Given a compound XeO2F2 , the hybridization of Xe and shape of molecule respectively

are:
A) sp 3 d,see  saw B) sp 3 , tetrahedral C) sp 3 ,see  saw D) sp 3 d, tetrahedral

5. Which of the following overlapping is not present in XeO 3 molecule?

A) sp3  s B) sp 3  p y C) sp3  p z D) both B and C

6. In which of the following, ‘N’ atom is sp 2 hybridized:

A) NH3 B) NH4 C) NH2 D) NOC 

7. Consider the following statements:

I II III IV
In CH2  CH  C  C  H
1. There are 6  and 3 bonds.
2. Carbon I & II are sp 2 hybridized.
3. Carbon III & IV are sp hybridized.
The above statements 1,2,3 respectively are  T  True,F  False  :
A) T T T B) F T T C) F T F D) T F T

8. In C3O2 , the hybridization state of carbon is:

A) sp B) sp 2 C) sp 3 D) Both sp and sp 2

9. How many sigma bonds are in a molecule of diethyl ether, C 2 H5 OC 2 H5 ?

A) 14 B) 12 C) 8 D) 16

10. Shape of NH3 is very similar to:

A) BF3 B) CH3 C) SO 3 D) CH3 
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11. Which of the following represent the given mode of hybridization sp 2  sp 2  sp  sp from
left to right.
A) H2C  CH  C  N B) HC  C  C  CH
C) H C  C  C  CH
2 2 D) HN CH CH CH2

12. Which reactions involves a change in the electron – pair geometry (i.e. hybridization ) for
the under lined geometry?
A) BF3  F   BF4 B) NH3  H   NH 4
C) 2SO2  O2  2SO3 D) H2O  H  H3 O

13. The hybridization of P in phosphate ion  PO34  is the same as in:

A) I in IC  4 B) Se in SeO 3 C) N in NO 3 D) Se in SeO23 

14. Carbon atoms in C2  CN 2 are

A) All sp – hybridized B) All sp 2 - hybridized
C) All sp 3 - hybridized D) sp and sp 2 - hybridized

15. Consider the structures of the following two molecules

X : F2C  C  CF2
Y : F2B  C  C  BF2
In which of these two it is impossible for all the four F atoms to lie in the same plane
A) X B) Y C) both D) none

16. Which among the following molecules have sp3d hybridization with one lone pair of
electrons on the central atom?
(ii) PC 4 
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(i) SF4 (iii) XeO2F2 (iv) C  OF3
A) (i), (ii) and (iii) only B) (i),(iii) and (iv) only
C)(i) and (iii) only D) (iii) and (iv) only.

17. Hybridization of orbitals of carbon in CH 4 is necessary to explain which of the following:

A) Equality of strength of all C-H bonds B) methane is non-polar
C) Tetravalency of Carbon D) Carbon has complete octet

18. The correct order of increasing p-character(in percentage) in the hybrid orbitals in below
molecules / ions is (assume all hybrid orbitals are exactly equivalent):
CO23 XeF6 I3 NC 3 BeC 2  g 
I II III IV V
A) II  III  IV  I  V B) II  IV  III  V  I
C) II  V  III  I  V D) II  IV  III  I  V

19. The hybridization of atomic orbitals of nitrogen in NO2 ,NO3 and NH4 are:
A) sp,sp 3 and sp 2 respectively B) sp,sp 2 and sp 3 respectively
C) sp 2 ,sp and sp 3 respectively D) sp 2 ,sp 3 and sp respectively
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Multiple Type :

20. NH4NO3 and NH4NO2 differ in

(A) hybridization of N of the both (B) hybridization of N of the first cation and
anions second anion
(C) hybridization of N of the both (D) structure of the anions
cations

21. Select the correct statements (s) about ethene.

(A) C-atom is sp2 -hybridised
(B) It has 5  and 1  bonds
(C) nodal plane of  -bond is located in molecular plane
(D) Number of planar atoms in ethene are 3

Comprehension Type

In certain polar solvents, PCl5 undergoes an ionization reaction as shown

 
 PCl4  PCl6
2PCl5   
(I) (II) (III)
22. Select the incorrect statement (s)
(A) Oxidation state of P in (I) & (II) are different
(B) Hybrisation of I changes from sp3d to sp3 in II and sp3d2 in III,
(C) I, II, and III have different structure
(D) Shape of compound II is tetrahedral

23. Number of lone pairs on P in I, II and III are

(A) 0, 1, 2 (B) 0, 0, 0 (C) 1, 2, 3 (D) 0, 2, 1

Key

1. D 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. A 6. D 7. B
8. A 9. A 10. B 11. A 12. A 13. D 14. A
15. A 16. B 17. A 18. C 19. B 20. BD 21. ABC
22. A 23. B