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TOPIC: CHEMICAL BONDING MARKS: 80

SECTION–I
This section contains 20 Multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) for
its answer, out which ONLY ONE is correct. (+4, –1)

21. NO2 gas is paramagnetic at room temperature, but loses its paramagnetism on cooling below 0 oC.
When it is reheated the behavior is reversed. This is attributed to :
(A) The change in electronic arrangement without the change of spatial arrangement of various
atoms in NO2.
(B) Greater resonance, stabilization of NO2 at low temperature
(C) Reversible chemical change of NO2 into N2O4 at low temperature
(D) None of these

22. Which of the following is not likely to be the resonance form of azide ion?

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

23. Which of the following statements is correct about the molecular structure of boron trifluride?

(A) All the structures contribute equally to the resonance hybrid

(B) Structure (I) contributes maximum to the resonance hybrid
(C) Structure (II) and (IV) contribute to greater extent to the resonance hybrid
(D) The B–F bond has not been found to posses -character

24. The geometry with respect to the central atom of the following molecules are :
N(SiH3)3 ; (CH3)3N ; (SiH3)3P
(A) Planar, pyramidal, planar (B) pyramidal, pyramidal, pyramidal
(C) pyramidal, pyramidal, pyramidal (D) pyramidal, planar, pyramidal

25. Find the enthalpy of formation of AX3(s) in Kcal/mol formed between a metal A and a non-metal X,
with the help of the following data :

Lattice energy of
(A) –130 Kcal/mol (B) 90 Kcal/mol (C) –90 Kcal/mol (D) 130 Kcal/mol
26. Which of the following pairs of species have the same bond order?
(A) CN– and NO+ (B) CN– and CN+ (C) O2– and CN– (D) NO+ and CN+

27. The species having pyramidal shape is

(A) SO3 (B) BrF3 (C) SiO32– (D) SOF2

28. Which one of the following molecules is expected to exhibit paramagnetic behavior?
(A) N2 (B) (C) (D)

29. In which of the following bond angle is maximum?

(A) (B) NH4+ (C) PCl3 (D) SCl2

30. Among the following, the maximum covalent character is shown by

(A) SnCl2 (B) AlCl3 (C) MgCl2 (D) FeCl2

31. Which of the following species will have the shortest bond length, as per Molecular Orbital theory?
(A) O22+ (B) O2+ (C) O2– (D) O22-

32. The bond order and magnetic nature of the diatomic molecule B2 is
(A) 1 and diamagnetic (B) 0 and diamagnetic
(C) 1 and paramagnetic (D) 0 and paramagnetic

33. In which of the following pairs, two species are not iso-structural?
(A) CO32– and NO3– (B) [PCl4]+ and SiCl4
(C) PF5 and BrF5 (D) [AlF6]3- and SF6

34. Which of the following contains maximum number of lone pairs on the central atom?
(A) ClO3‾ (B) XeF4 (C) SF4 (D) I3‾

35. Which of the following diatomic molecule would be stabilised by removal of an electron?
(A) C2 (B) CN (C) (D)

36. The shape of XeO2F2 molecule is

(A) Square planar (B) Trigonal bipyramidal (C) See-saw (D) Tetrahedral

37. Among the following ions the p –d overlap could be present in

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

38. Which are non-polar molecules?

I : NCl3; II; SO3; III : PCl5
(A) I only (B) II only (C) I and II only (D) II and III only

39. The total number of lone pairs of electrons for Xe in XeOF4 is

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

40. Which of the following pair of molecules will have permanent dipole moment for both members?
(A) NO2 and CO2 (B) NO2 and O3 (C) SiF4 and CO2 (D) SiF4 and NO2