(a) 2 (b) 4

(c) 6 (d) 8
10. Which one of the following statements about
Multiple Choice Questions positive ions is incorrect?
(a) They are also known as cations.
1. The electrons in a nonpolar covalent bond (b) They are formed when electrons are
are: removed from atoms.
(a) gained (b) lost (c) They are larger than the atom from which
(c) shared equally (d) shared unequally they were formed.
2. What is the charge on the ions formed by the (d) They are smaller than the atom from
alkaline earth metals? which they were formed.
(a) +1 (b) +2 11. Which one of the following statements about
(c) -1 (d) -2 negative ions is incorrect?
3. What is the most correct name for the ionic (a) They are also known as anions.
compound formed by Fe2 and Cl  ? (b) They are formed when atom gain
(a) Iron chloride (b) Iron (I) chloride electrons
(c) Iron (II) chloride (d) Iron (III) chloride (c) They are larger than the atom from which
4. What type of bonds are formed in N2O4 and they were formed.
what is the name of this compound? (d) They are smaller than the atom from
(a) Covalent, dinitrogen tetraoxide which they were formed.
(b) Covalent, nitrogen tetraoxide 12. Which one of the following pairs, atoms is
(b) Ionic, nitrogen oxide most likely to form an ionic bond?
(d) Ionic, dinitrogen oxide (a) Na and Cl (b) C and F
5. The bond between hydrogen and chlorine (c) N and F (d) O and F
would be 13. Which of the following statements about
(a) not formed (b) ionic sodium chloride is incorrect?
(c) polar covalent (d) non-polar covalent (a) It has high melting point.
6. What is the formula for the ion which has 17 (b) It conducts electricity in molten state.
protons and 18 electrons? (c) It is soluble in water.
(a) Cl  (b) Cl  (d) It is soluble in ether.

(c) Ar (d) Ar  14. Which of the following pair form a dative
7. Ionic compounds may contain polyatomic bond
ions, which consists of groups of atoms having (a) NH 3 and H  (b) HF and H 2 O
an electrical charge. An example is (c) NH 3 and O2 (d) CH 4 and AlCl3
magnesium nitrate. The formula of 15. Covalent bond is formed between the atoms
magnesium nitrate is: of
(a) MgNO3 (b) Mg 2 NO3 (a) metals
(c) Mg ( NO3 ) 2 (d) Mg ( NO3 )3 (b) non-metals
8. How many electrons are gained/lost by (c) metals and non-metals
magnesium and what is the charge on the ion (d) metals and metalloids
that it forms? 16. Ions are formed from neutral atoms by.
(a) Loses 2 electrons to form a magnesium ion (a) loss of electrons
with a 2- charge (b) gain of electrons
(b) Gains 2 electrons to form a magnesium ion (c) sharing of electrons
with a 2- charge (d) loss or gain of electrons.
(c) Loses 2 electrons to form a magnesium ion 17. The amount of enthalpy required to remove
with a 2+ charge the most loosely bound electron from an
(d) Gains 2 electrons to form a magnesium ion isolated gaseous atom to form a positive ion is
with a 2+ charge known as
9. The electron-dot structure of carbon has how (a) ionization enthalpy (b) electron affinity
many dots? (c) Lattice enthalpy (d) electrolysis

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18. Oxygen has 6 valence electrons and it is 26. The electrovalent linkage is present in
diatomic. What type of covalent bond is (a) O2 molecule (b) CCl4 molecule
present in an O2 molecule? (b) CHCl3 molecule (d) NaBr molecule
(a) Single covalent bond 27. Lattice enthalpy of an ionic compound
(b) Double covalent bond depends on
(c) Triple covalent bond (a) charge on the ion only
(d) Polar covalent bond (b) size of the ion only
19. Magnesium bromide is a (c) packing of the ion only
(an)_______compound. (d) charge and size of the ion
(a) metallic (b) covalent 28. In covalency
(c) ionic (d) dative (a) transfer of electrons takes place
20. Valency expresses (b) one atom acts as donor and other acts as
(a) total electrons in an atom acceptor
(b) atomicity of an element (c) the electrons are shared by only one atom
(c) oxidation number of an element (d) equal sharing of electrons takes place
(d) combining capacity of an element between two atoms
21. The combination of atoms occur because they 29. A covalent bond is possible between
want (a) similar atoms (b) dissimilar atoms
(a) to decrease number of electrons in the (b) similar and dissimilar atoms
outermost orbit (d) similar molecules
(b) to attain inert gas configuration 30. Multiple covalent bonds exist in a molecule of
(c) to increase number of electrons in the (a) F2 (b) N 2
outermost orbit
(c) CH 4 (d) H 2
(d) to attain 18 electrons in the outermost
orbit 31. Which of the "following statements is not true
22. An electrovalent bond is formed between about covalent compounds?
(a) two electronegative atoms (a) They are soluble in organic solvents.
(b) They have low melting and boiling points.
(b) two metals
(c) They show ionic reactions.
(c) Electropositive and electronegative atoms
(d) two electropositive atoms (d) They show molecular reactions.
23. Most favorable conditions for electrovalent 32. Element X is strongly electropositive and Y is
bonding are strongly electronegative. Both are univalent.
(a) low ionization potential of one atom and The compound formed would be:
high electron affinity of the other atom. (a) X Y  (b) X  Y
 
(b) high electron affinity and high ionization (c) X Y (d) X  Y
potential of both the atoms. 33. In a triple bond there is sharing of
(c) low electron affinity and low ionization (a) 3 electrons (b) 4 electrons
potential of both the atoms. (c) several electrons
(d) high ionization potential of one atom and (d) 6 electrons
low electron affinity of the other atom. 34. Elements A has 2 electrons in the outermost
24. The crystal lattice of electrovalent compound orbit and element B has 6 electrons in the
is composed of outermost shell. The formula of the
(a) atoms compound formed between A and B would
(b) molecules be
(c) oppositely charged ions (a) A2 B3 (b) A2 B
(d) both molecules and ions (c) AB2 (d) AB
25. The electro negativity of cesium is 0.7 and 35. The formula of the compound is A2 B5 . The
that of fluorine is 4.0. The bond formed number of electrons in the outermost orbit of
Between the two is
A and B respectively
(a) covalent (b) electrovalent
(a) 6 and 3 (b) 5 and 6
(c) coordinate (d) metallic
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36. In which solvent NaCl has maximum complete their octets, the bond formed is
solubility? called
(a) H 2 O (b) C2 H 5OH (a) covalent bond (b) ionic bond
(c) CH 3COCH 3 (d) C2 H 5OC2 H 5 (c) dative bond (d) both (a) and (b)
47. Identify the correct Lewis symbol from the
37. Lattice energy of BeCO3 ( I ) , ( MgCO2 ) ( II )
following
and CaCO3 ( III ) is in order
(a) C (b) N
(a) I  II  III (b) I  II  III
(c) I  III  II (d) II  I  III (c) B (d) Na
38. Electro negativity values of elements help in 48. The total number of electrons that take part
predicting
in forming bonds in O2 is
(a) strength of the element
(b) polarity of the molecules (a) 2 (b) 3
(c) size of the molecules (c) 4 (d) 5
(d) valency of the elements 49. Molten sodium chloride conducts electricity
39. From the list of elements given, select 2 due to presence of
elements that would likely form an ionic bond (a) free electrons (b) free ions
K , C, Br , Ar . (c) free molecules (d) free atoms
50. Which of the following property is commonly
(a) K , Br (b) Ar , C
exhibited by a covalent compound?
(c) K , Ar (d) K , K (a) High solubility in water
40. The bond formed when Mg combines with O2 (b) Low melting point
is (c) High electrical conductance
(a) ionic (b) covalent (d) High boiling point
(c) dative (d) none of these
41. An atom that has lost or gained electrons
becomes a (an)
(a) proton (b) electron
(c) neutron (d) ion 1. Melting and boiling points of ionic compound
42. Metals tend to ______ electrons to become are generally........ than those of covalent
_____ions compounds.
(a) loose, positive (b) gain, negative 2. Two atoms of the same element combine to
(c) loose, neutral (d) gain, neutral form a molecule, the bond between them is
43. How is the bond in F2 different from the bond known as ......... bond.
in KCl ? 3. All ions have........... or .......... electrons in
(a) F2 is covalent and KCl is ionic. their outermost shell.
4. In forming oxygen molecule, ............ electron
(b) F2 is ionic and KCl is ionic.
are shared by each atom of oxygen.
(c) F2 is ionic and KCl is covalent. 5. In forming N 3 molecule, .......... electrons are
(d) F2 is ionic and KCl is non-polar covalent. shared by each atom of nitrogen.
44. When a Cl atom gains an electron, it gets a 6. The number of single covalent bonds in C2 H 2
charge of molecule are ...............
(a) -1 (b) +1 7. The atomic particles, which do not have same
(c) 0 (d) +2 number of electrons and protons are
45. An ionic bond is formed between two atoms if called..........
the sum of their lattice enthalpy and electron 8. Cations are........ in size than their neutral
gain enthalpy is greater than atoms.
(a) ionization enthalpy (b) Electron affinity 9. Two chlorine atoms combine to form a
(c) electrolysis (d) resonance energy molecule.
46. When electrons are contributed by one atom 10. The bond between them is known
but shared by both the atoms so as to as..........Ionic compounds are soluble in...........
solvents.

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11. In water molecule........ bond formation takes 14. An ionic bond is formed between two atoms if
place between hydrogen and oxygen. the sum of their lattice enthalpy and electron
12. A sodium ion has a net positive charge while gain enthalpy is greater than the ionization
the sodium atoms has ............ enthalpy.
13. Brine solution conducts electricity because it 15. Covalent bond is present in iodine
contains............ monochloride.
14. Covalent compounds are soluble in ..........
solvents.
15. In case of formation of non-polar covalent In this section each question contains statements
compounds the electro negativity difference given in a two columns which have to be matched.
between them is ......... Statements (A, B, C, D) in Column-I have to be
16. Covalent compounds are usually liquids or matched with statements (p, a, r, s) in Column-II. The
gases due to........... between their molecules. answers to these questions
17. The dative bond is represented by an............. have to be appropriately
from donor to acceptor. bubbled as illustrated in the
18. ........... bond is formed between two atoms following example. If the
when electro negativity difference is high. correct matches are A-q, A-r, B-
19. Valency of carbon in C2 H 4 is........... p, B-s, C-r, C-s and D-q, then
20. The energy released when gaseous positive the correctly bubbled matrix
and negative ions combine together to form will look like as shown.
an ionic bond is called......... 1. Column I Column II
(A) Ionic compound (p) N 2
(B) Covalent compound (q) HF
(C) Polar covalent compound (r) O3
1. The aqueous solution of an ionic compound (D) Coordinate compound (s) MgCl2
conducts electricity because there are plenty 2. Column I Column II
of free electrons in the solution. (A) High melting and (p) covalent
2. Melting and boiling points of covalent boiling points compounds
compounds are generally high. (B) soluble in organic (q) ionic compounds
3. A solution of cane sugar does not conduct solvents
electricity but a solution of sodium chloride (C) Na  (r) 2, 8, 8

conduct electricity. (D) Cl (s) 2, 8
4. Ethane is a covalent compound which 3. Column I Column II
contains single bonds as well as double bond. (A) KCl (p) positively charged
5. Ionic compounds are made up of molecules. (B) CCl4 (q) negatively charged
6. Mg 2 is more stable than Mg . (C) Cation (r) soluble in water
7. An oxide ion is bigger than its neutral atom. (D) Anion (s) insoluble in water
8. Carbon shows pentavalency. 4. Column I Column II
9. In Lewis dot symbols dots indicates the (A) N 2 (p) 2 single and 1
number of electrons of outermost shell. triple bond
10. The total number of electrons that take part (B) C2 H 2 (q) only triple bond
in bond formation in N 2 is 4.
(C) C2 H 4 (r) 4 single and 1
11. A covalent bond is formed by sharing of
double bond.
electrons between two atoms.
(D) O2 (s) only double bond
12. Noble gases are stable and inert because their
main source of occurrence is air. 5. Column I Column II
13. In the formation of an ionic bond between (A) Lewis dot symbol for S (p) : S 
two atoms, if one atom loses two electrons, (B) Lewis dot symbol for S 2 (q)  Al 
the other must be such that can gain two (C) Lewis dot symbol 'for Al (r) : S :
electrons.
(D) Lewis dot symbol for Al 3 (s) : Al :

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 9. Assertion: Value of lattice energy depends on
charge and size of ions.
Reason: As lattice energy increases, stability
Directions: In each of the following questions, a
of ionic compound increases.
statement of Assertion (A) is given followed by a
10. Assertion: An ion is stable as it possess
corresponding statement of Reason (R) just below it.
Of the statements, mark the correct answer as minimum state of energy.
(a) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is Reason: The valence shell of an ion has duplet
or octet configuration.
the correct explanation of assertion
(b) If both assertion and reason are true but reason is
not the correct explanation of assertion
(c) If assertion is true but reason is false
(d) If assertion is false but reason is true.
1. Assertion: Generally, covalent compounds are
gases, liquids or soft solids at room
temperature.
Reason: Between covalent compounds weak
force of attractions exists.
2. Assertion: Ionic compounds are good
conductors of electricity in molten state.
Reason: In ionic compounds mobile electrons
exists.
3. Assertion: Ionic compounds are usually
soluble in water.
Reason: Ionic compounds dissolve in water
because water has a high dielectric constant,
4. Assertion: Covalent bond is formed by sharing
of electrons between atoms that have same
size. A cation of less size is more favorable for
ionic bond formation.
Reason: If the size of the atom is small, the
nuclear pull on the electrons is more.
5. Assertion: Ionic compounds have high melting
and boiling points.
Reason: In ionic compounds, there are strong
forces of attraction between oppositely
charged ions.
6. Assertion: The crystal structure gets stabilized
even though the sum of electron gain
enthalpy and ionization enthalpy is positive
Reason: Energy is absorbed during the
formation of crystal lattice
7. Assertion: Ionic compounds conduct
electricity in solution as well as in molten
form.
Reason: Ionic compounds are formed
By sharing of electrons.
8. Assertion: The lesser the lattice enthalpy
more stable is the ionic compound.
Reason: The lattice enthalpy is greater for
ions of higher charge and smaller radii.