SRI CHAITANYA EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS,INDIA

CHEMISTRY ASSIGNMENT
CHEMICAL BONDING
1. Which of the following compounds contain(s) no covalent bond(s)?
KCl, PH3, O2, B2H6, H2SO4
(1)KCl, B2H6, PH3 2) KCl,H2SO4 3) KCl 4)KCl,B2H6
2. Which of the following pair is iso structural ?
(1) XeF4 and XeO4 (2) XeF4 and [Ni(CN)4]2-
(3) SiF4 and SCl4 (4) [NiCl4]2– and [Ni(CN)4]2–
0
3. Molecule AB has a bond length of 1.617 A and a dipole moment of 0.38D. The fractional charge

on each atom( absolute magnitude) is 0  4.802 1010 esu 

1)0 2) 0.05 3) 0.5 4) 1.0

4. For which of the following molecules significant   0 ?

Cl CN OH SH

1) Cl 2) CN 3) OH 4) SH

1) 3 and 4 2) Only 1 3) 1 and 2 4) Only 3

5. The charge / size ratio of a cation determines its polarizing power. Which one of the following
sequences represents the increasing order of the polarizing power of the cationic species, K+,
Ca2+, Mg2+, Be2+?
1) Ca 2  Mg 2  Be  K  2) Mg 2  Be2  K   Ca 2

3) Be2  K   Ca 2  Mg 2 4) K   Ca 2  Mg 2  Be2
6. If AB4 molecule is a polar molecule, a possible geometry of AB4 is
1) square pyramidal 2)tetrahedral 3)square planar 4) None

7. BCl3 is trigonal planar where as NCl3 is pyramidal because

1) BCl3 has no lone pair but NCl3 has one lone pair of electrons on central atom
2) B - Cl bond is more polar than N - Cl bond
3) Nitrogen atom is smaller than boron atom
4) B-Cl bond is ionic but N-Cl bond is covalent
8. The compound that has the largest H-M-H bond angle (M=N, O,S,C) is
1) H2O 2) NH3 3)H2S 4)CH4
9. The decreasing order of bond angles in BF3, NH3, PF3 and I 3 is

1) I 3  BF3  NH 3  PF3 2) BF3  NH 3  PF3  I 3

3) I 3  NH 3  PF3  BF3 4) BF3  I 3  PF3  NH 3

10. Identify the pair in which the geometry of the species T-shape and square – pyramidal,
respectively
1) IO3 and IO2 F2 2) XeOF2 and XeOF4

3) ICl2 and ICl5 4) ClF3 and IO4

11. The hybridisation of orbitals of N atom in NO3 , NO2 and NH 4 are respectively

1) sp, sp 2 , sp3 2) sp 2 , sp, sp3 3) sp, sp3 , sp 2 4) sp 2 , sp 3 , sp

12. Which one of the following has the regular tetrrahedral structure?
2
1) XeF4 2) SF4 3) BF4 4)  Ni  CN 4 

13. The correct order of bond angles (smallest first) in H 2 S , NH3 , BF3 and SiH 4 is

1) H 2 S  SiH 4  NH3  BF3 2) NH3  H 2 S  SiH 4  BF3

3) H 2 S  NH3  SiH 4  BF3 4) H 2 S  NH3  BF3  SiH 4

14. A square planar complex is formed by hybridisation of which atomic orbitals?
1) s, px , p y , d yz 2) s, px , p y , d x2  y2 3) s, px , p y , d z 2 4) s, p y , pz , d xy

15. In which of the following species is the underlined carbon having sp 3 hybridisation?
1) CH 3COOH 2) CH 3CH 2OH 3) CH 3COCH 3 4) CH 2  CH  CH 3

16. In solid state of phosphorus pentachloride, the hybridsation of phosphorus is

1) sp3, sp2 2) sp3, sp3d 3) sp3, sp3d2 4) sp3d, sp3d2

17. The bond order and the magnetic characteristic of CN - are

1 1
1) 3, diamagnetic 2) 3, paramagnetic 3) 2 , paramagnetic 4) 2 , diamagnetic
2 2
18. If the magnetic moment of a dioxygen species is 1.73 B.M it may be
1) O2 , O2 or O2 2) O2 or O2 3) O2 or O2 4) O2 or O2

19. Number of lone pairs and bond pairs on central atom in  3 ion respectively
1) 2 and 3 2) 2 and 2 3) 3 and 2 4) 1 and 2

20. During the change of O2 to O2 , the incoming electron goes to the orbital

1)  * 2 pz 2)  2 p y 3)  * 2 px 4)  2 px
21. According to molecular orbital theory, which of the following is true with respect
to Li2 and Li2 ?
1) Both are stable 2) Both are unstable
3) Li2 is unstable and Li2 is stable 4) Li2 is stable and Li2 is unstable
22. In which of the following processes, the bond order has increased and paramagnetic character has
changed to diamagnetic?
1) O2  O2 2) O2  O22  3) N 2  N 2 4) NO  NO 
23. Which of the following best describes the diagram below of a molecular orbital?

1) An antibonding   orbital 2) An antibonding   orbital

3) A non-bonding orbital 4) A bonding   orbital
24. The strongest ionic bond is present in
1) LiF 2) NaF 3) RbF 4) CsF
25. Which among the following overlap will give strong bond?
1) p-p 2) sp3  sp3 3) sp 2  sp 2 4) sp-sp
26. The orientation of electron pairs and the shape of molecule are different in
1) BeCl2 2) H 2O 3) BCl3 4) CCl4
27. The molecular orbital shown in the diagram can be described as

- +

+ -

1)  2)  * 3)  4)  *
28. Intramolecular hydrogen bonding is present in
1)meta nitrophenol 2) salicylic acid 3) hydrogen chloride 4) benzophenone
29. The O-H bond length in H 2O is xA0 . The O-H bond length in H 2O2 is

1)  xA0 2) xA0 3)  xA0 4) 2xA0

30. Bond energy is highest in the overlaping
1) s-s 2) sp 2  s 3) sp  s 4) sp 3  s
31. Which of the following pairs is isostructural?(i.e having the same shape and hybridization)
1)  BCl3 & BrCl3  2)  NH 3 & NO3  3)  NF3 & BF3  4)  BF4 & NH 4 

32. If Na  ion is larger than Mg 2 ion and S 2 ion is larger than Cl  ion, which of the following
will be least soluble in water?
1) NaCl 2) Na2S 3) MgCl2 4) MgS
33. A,B and C are atoms of elements with atomic number Z,Z+1 and Z+2 respectively. IF ‘B’ has
octet configuration, the bond formed between ‘A’ and C predominently is
1)Covalent bond 2) Ionic bond 3) Dative bond 4) Hydrogen bond
34. If the electronegativity of two atoms is low, then expected bond between the elements is
1)Ionic bond 2) Covalent bond 3) Dative bond 4)Metallic bond
1
O

O O
2 3
35. In molecule, the formal charges of oxygen atoms 1,2,3 are respectively
1) -1, 0,+1 2) 0, -1, +1 3) 0,+1, -1 4) +1, 0,-1
36. The ratio of hybrid and unhybrid orbitals involved in the bonding of a benzene molecule is
1)3:2 2)1:1 3) 3:1 4) 1:3
37. Which of the following is an example of zero overlapping

1) 2)

3) 4) Both (1) and (3)

38. If Z-axis is the molecular axis, then  -molecular orbitals are formed by the overlap of
1) s  pz 2) p x  p y 3) pz  pz 4) px  px

39. has dipole moment ‘x’ Debye. Which of the following also has dipole moment ‘x’
Debye
1)1,3,5-tri fluoro benzene 2) 1,2,3,5-tetra fluorobenzene
 3)1,4-difluorobenzene 4) 1,2-difluorobenzene
40. Dipole moment of H 2 X is 1.0D. If the bond angle is 900, the approximate bond moment of H-X

bond is ( cos 450  0.7 )

1) 0.4D 2) 0.5D 3) 0.7D 4) 0.6D
41. The difference of electronegativity between X and Y is 2. If X and Y form covalent bond, the
percentage of ionic character in X-Y bond is
1) 40% 2) 42% 3) 25% 4) 46%
42. The decreasing order of bond dissociation energies of C-C, C-H and H-H bond is
1) H-H>-C-H>-C-C 2)-C-C->-C-H>H-H 3)-C-H->-C-C->H-H 4) –C-C->H-H>-C-H
43. In allene  C3 H 4  , the type (s) of hybridization of the carbon atoms is (are)

1) sp and sp3 2) sp and sp2 3) only sp2 4) sp2 and sp3

44. The magnetic moment of KO2 at room temperature is
1) 1.73BM 2) 1.41BM 3) 2.64BM 4) 2.23BM

45. Bond length of H2 is 0.074nm, bond length of Cl2 is 1.98A0. The bond length of HCl is
1) 2.72 A0 2) 136 pm 3) 1.027 nm 4) 0.136 A0
46. The group of molecules having identical shape is
1) SF4 , XeF4 , CCl4 2) ClF3 , XeOF2 , XeF3

3) BF3 , PCl3 , XeO3 4) PCl5 , IF5 , XeO2 F2

47. The molecule  SiH3 3 N is

1)Pyramidal and more basic than  CH3 3 N

2) Planar and less basic than  CH3 3 N

3) Pyramidal and less basic than  CH3 3 N

4) Planar and more basic than  CH3 3 N

48. The type of bonds present in CuSO4 .5H 2O are

1) electrovalent and covalent 2)electrovalent and coordinate
3) electrovalent, covalent, coordinate and hydrogen bond 4) covalent and coordinate
49. In the following electron-dot structure, calculate the formal charge on each nitrogen atom from

N  N  N 


left to right
1) -1, -1, +1 2) -1, +1, -1 3) +1, -1, -1 4) +1, -1, +1
50. The AsF5 molecule is trigonal bipyramidal,. The hybrid orbitals used by the As atoms for bonding
are
1) d x2  y2 , d z 2 , s, px , p y 2) d xy , s, px , p y , pz 3) d x2  y2 , s, px , p y 4) s, px , p y , pz , d z 2
 Chemical Bonding- Key
1) 3 2) 2 3) 2 4) 1 5) 4 6) 1 7) 1 8) 4 9) 1 10) 2

11) 2 12) 3 13) 3 14) 2 15) 2 16) 3 17) 1 18) 2 19) 3 20) 3

21) 1 22) 4 23) 1 24) 1 25) 4 26) 2 27) 4 28) 2 29) 2 30) 3

31) 4 32) 4 33) 2 34) 4 35) 4 36) 1 37) 4 38) 4 39) 2 40) 3

41) 4 42) 1 43) 2 44) 1 45) 2 46) 2 47) 2 48) 3 49) 2 50) 4

SOLUTIONS
1. KCl is an ionic compound. While all
other compounds contain covalent bond
2. Both have square planar structure
3. Dipole moment

  qd
0
D(distance) = 1.617 A = 1.617108 cm

  0.38D  0.38 108 esu cm

 0.38 1018
q 
d 1.617 108
Sim fractuibak charge =
Particlecharge q

Total charge Q

0.38 1018
  0.0489  0.05
1.617 108  4.802 1010
5. Higher charge and small size of the
4. cations increases polarisation
As the size of the given cations
decreases as

K   Ca 2  Mg 2  Be2
Hence, polarising power decreases as

K   Ca 2  Mg 2  Be2

6. If AB4 molecules is a polar molecule, a

possible geometry of AB4 is square
pyramidal having one lone pair of
electrons.
If AB4 molecule has tetrahedral or
square planar geometry, it is a non
polar molecule.
8. In CH 4 , there is sp3 hybridisation with
four bonding electron pairs, whereas
NH3, H2O and H2S despite being sp3
hybridised, have bonding electron pairs
and lone pairs. According to VSEPR
theory, lone pair bond pair repulsions
results in decrease of ideal bond angle
of tetrahedral geometry. Thus, CH4 has
the largest H-M-H bond angle
9. Species Bond angle 12.
0
BF3 120
NH3 1070
PF3 1000
I 3 1800

10. Geometries of the species are given as

a) 13. The correct order of bond angle

(smallest first) is
b)

c)
14. dsp2 hybridisation gives square planar
structure with s,px, py and d x2  y 2
orbitals with bond angles of 900.
15. In molecules

 
O

||
d)

a)  CH 3  C  OH  ,
 
 

 
O

||

c)  CH 3  C  CH 3  and
 
 

d)  CH 2  CH  CH3  , the carbon

atom has a multiple bond, only (b) has
11. The structures of NO3 , NO2 and NH 4
sp3 hybridization
are
16. PCl5 in solid state is ionic with PCl4 
 and PCl6  ; sp3 and sp3d 2 25. Among given sp-sp overlap will give
strong bond
26. In H2O number of electron pairs are 4
but than also it has bent shape as lp-lp
17. Molecular orbital configuration of
repulsion is greater than lp-bp and lp-
CN  (14) is bp repulsion is greater than bp-bp
KK 2s 2 ,  * 2s 2 , 2 px2   2 py2 ,  2 pz2
27.  * orbitals (molecular) has two nodal
As all electrons are paired, so CN- is planes
diamagnetic.
O
1
Bond order =   8  2   3
2 C O  H

18. Magnetic moment     n  n  2

1.73
2
 n  n  2  n  1 28. OH

Electronic configuration of Salicylic acid

29. The magnitude of the bond length
between the same atoms in different
O2   1s 2 *1s 2 2s 2 2 pz2 2 px2   2 p y2 * 2 p1x
molecules is the same
  * 2 p1y
30. Among the given bond energy is
O   1s  1s  2s  2 p  2 p   2 p  2 p

2
2 * 2 2 2
z
2
x
2
y
* 2
x highest in sp-s
  * 2 p1y 31. BF4 and NH 4 , both have sp3
O2   1s 2 *1s 2 2s 2 2 pz2 2 px2   2 py2 * 2 p1x hybridisation and tetrahedral shape
As O2 and O2 has one unpaired 32. MgS, Magnitude of charge is doubled.
electron, therefore these species have Therefore among given Lattice energy
magnetic moment = 1.73B.M of MgS is highest
19. sp3d2, 2 bond pairs and 3 lone pairs 33. Z VII  A , Z  1 (Noble gas),

20. O2 16  : KK  2s   *  2s    2 pz   2 px 

2 2 2 2 Z  2  I A  . Therefore Ionic bond is
formed between Z and Z+2
   2 p y   *  2 px  *  2 p y 
2 1 1
34. If electronegativity of both atoms are
less, then the bond formed between
O2 17  : KK  2s   *  2s    2 pz    2 px 
2 2 2 2
elements is metallic.

   2 p y   *  2 px    *  2 p y 
2 2 1 35. Conceptual
36. The number of hybridised orbitals in
21. Answer 1 C6H6 is 18 and un-hybridised orbitals is
12
22.
37. 1 and 3 are zero overlap due to
N2 N 2 NO NO  improper orientation
3 2.5 2.5 3
Diamagnetic Paramagnetic Paramagnetic Diamagnetic 38. Px  Px will form  molecular orbitals

23. Answer: 1

24. Higher is the lattice energy, stronger is

the ionic bond
 F

39. F F

Resultant bond moment of 3 and 5 is

equal in magnitude and opposite in
direction with 1

40. H 2X
 2   H  X .cos
2

1  2   H  X .cos
2
1
H  X   0.71D
2  0.7
41. % of Ionic character =

 16  X A  X B   3.5  X A  X B 
2

 16  2   3.5  2 
2

=46

43. H 2C  C  CH 2 ; sp 2 , sp and sp 2

44. Superoxide’s consists of one unpaired

electron. Therefore magnetic moment
is 1.73BM
45.

0.74  1.98
H  H  0.74 A0 , C  Cl  1.98 A0 ; HCl   1.36 A0  136 pm
2

50. sp3d hybridisation,

 dz2 is involved
FILL UP THE BLANKS
1. Linear
2. 20

3.  CO , H CO , HCO
2 2 3

3 , CO32 

4. ‘0’ (zero), All four planar bonds

 F  Br  F  will reduce from 900, All
four planar bonds  F  Br  F  will
reduce from 900 to 84.80 after lp-bp
repulsion

5. 4, XeF4, BrF4 ,
2
Cu  NH 3 4  ,  PtCl4 
2

6. Paramagnetic
7. 3, PF5, SF6, H2SO4
8. 3, isoelectronic molecules and ions
have identical bond orders
9. C-C>P-P>N-N
10. All correct, 4
11. All