Assignment 4

Topic- Molecular Orbital theory

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1.The ion that is isoelectric with CO and having same bond order is :-

(A) CN- (B) O2+ (C) O2- (D) N2+

2.. which of the following is paramagnetic :-

(A) O2- (B) CN- (C) CO (D) NO+

3. Which has the bond order in fraction :-

(A) O2 (B) HeH+ (C) CO (D) CN

4. Bond order in C2+ is :-

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

5. In the following which of the two are paramagnetic

(a) N2 (b) CO (c) B2 (d) NO2

Correct answer is :-

(A) a and c (B) b and c (C) c and d (D) b and d

6. In which of the species, bond order increases on removing one electron :-

(a) NO (b) CN- (c) O2 (d) CO

Correct answer is –

(A) b and d (B) a and c (C) b, d and c (D) b and c

7. 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-

8. Molecular orbital electronic configuration of Be2, will be :-

(a) K K, 𝜎 2s2 (b) K K, 𝜎 2s2, 𝜎 2s2

(c) 𝜎 1s2, 𝜎 1s2, 𝜎 2s2, 𝜎 2s2 (d) 𝜎 1s2, 𝜎 1s2, 𝜎 2s2, 2p2
Correct answer is :-

(A) a, b (B) b, c (C) c, d (D) a, c

9. The correct order of the O—O bond length in O2, H2O2 and O3 is :-

(A) O3 > H2O2 > O2 (B) O2 > H2O2 > O3

(C) O2 > O3 > H2O2 (D) H2O2 > O3 > O2

10. Bond order of Li2 is :-

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

11. In which of the following set, the value of bond order will be 2.5 :-

(A) O2+, NO, NO+2, CN (B) CN, NO+2, CN-, F2

(C) O2+, NO+2, O2+2, CN- (D) O2-2, O2-, O2+, O2

12. Which of the following ion is diamagnetic :-

(A) O2-1 (B) O2-2 (C) O2 (D) O2+1

13. The bond length does not affected by :-

(A) Electron affinity (B) Bond order

(C) Hybridisation (D) Resonance

14. When two atomic orbitals combines, it forms :-

(A) One molecular orbital

(B) Two molecular orbital

(C) Two bonding molecular orbitals

(D) Two anti bonding molecular orbitals

15. The paramagnetic property of oxygen is well explaned by :-

(A) Molecular orbital theory (B) Resonance theory

(C) Valence bond theory (D) VSEPR theory

16. Of the following species which has the highest bond order and shortest bond length : NO,
NO+, NO2+, NO-

(A) NO only

(B) Bond order of NO is highest and bond length of NO2+ is shortest

(C) NO+ only

(D) NO2+ only

17. Which of the following has fractional bond order ?

(A) O22+ (B) O22- (C) F22- (D) H2-

18. The bond order of CO molecule on the basis of molecular orbital theory is

(A) Zero (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 1

19.Higher is the bond order, greater is –

(A) Bond dissociation energy (B) Covalent character

(C) Bond length (D) Paramagnetism

20. The diamagnetic molecule is

(A) Super oxide ion (B) Oxygen molecule

(C) Carbon molecule (D) Unipositive ion of nitrogen molecule

21. The energy of 𝜎2s orbital is greater, than 𝜎1s orbital because

(A) 𝜎2s orbital is bigger than 𝜎1s orbital

(B) 𝜎2s orbital is a bonding orbital where as 𝜎1s is an antibonding orbital

(C) 𝜎2s orbital has a greater value of n than 𝜎1s orbital

(D) None

22. The true statements from the following are

(a) PH5 , NCl5 and BiCl5 do not exist

(b) I3+ has bent geometry

(c) XeF4 is non-polar molecule

(d) CO and C2-2 has same bond order

(e) MgCl2 hgas more ionic nature than MgO

(A) a, b, c, d (B) b, c, d

(C) a, b, c (D) a, b, c, d, e
23. The number of antibonding electron pairs in O22- molecular ion on the basis of molecular
orbital theory is (at no. O = 8) :

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5

24. Which of the following option w.r.t. increasing bond order is correct ?

(A) NO < C2 < O2- < He2+ (B) C2 < NO < He2+ < O2-

(C) He+2 < O2- < NO < C2 (D) He2+ < O2- < C2 < NO

25. The bond-orders of the given species are such that –

(A) O2- > O2+ > O22- > O2 (B) O2+ > O2 > O2- > O22-

(C) O2+ > O22- > O2- > O2 (D) O22- > O2 > O2+ > O2-
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26. Which of the following group of molecules have 2 2 bond order :

(A) N2-2 , O2-2 , CO (B) N2+ , O2+ , NO

(C) C2-2 , BN , O2 (D) CN- , NO- , O2+2

27. Which of the following species will have the minimum bond energy :

(A) N2 (B) N2- (C) N2+ (D) N2-2

28. Which of the following ion has not bond order of 2.5 ?

(A) O2- (B) O2+ (C) N2+ (D) N2-

29. N2 and O2 are converted into monoanions, N2- and O2- respectively. Which of the
following statements is wrong ?

(A) In, N2-, N-N bond weakens

(B) In, O2- , O-O bond order increases

(C) In, O2- , O-O bond order decreases

(D) N2- becomes paramagnetic

30. Which of the following has maximum bond strength –

(A) O2 (B) O2+ (C) O2- (D) O22-

Answer key

1. A 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. C 6. B

7. B 8. B 9. D 10. B 11. A 12. B 13. A

 14. B 15. A 16. C 17. D 18. C 19. A 20. C

21. C 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. B 26. B 27. D

28. A 29. B 30. B