Chemical Bonding & Molecular Structure Tutorial - 1

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1. Lewis structures of MgCl2 and Al2 O3 are
(a) (b)
(c) Both (a) and (b) are correct (d) None of the above
2. Ionisation potential of sodium is (5.1 eV) and the electron affinity of chlorine is -3.36 eV. Energy
required to transfer one electron from an isolated gaseous sodium atom to an isolated gaseous chlorine
atom is:
(a) -1.5 eV (b) +1.5 eV (c) 8.7 eV (d) -8.7 eV
3. Consider the following types of bonds.
i. Ionic bond ii. Covalent σ-bond iii. Coordinate bond iv. Covalent π-bond
All these bonds are present in
(a) NH4Cl (b) NaNO3 (c) H2SO4 (d) NaN3
4. Expansion of octet cannot take place in
(a) N (b) S (c) Si (d) P
5. Following is the dot structure of XY4.
X and Y can be
(a) Cl, F (b) I, Br (c) Xe, F (d) Si, Cl
6. CO2 can be represented as
Formal charge on each oxygen atom is

(a) -2 (b) -1 (c) 0 (d) +1
7. Electron dot structure of SO2 is given below:
Formal charges on each atom are:

O(left) S O(right)
(a) -1 +1 0
(b) +1 0 0
(c) -1 0 -1
(d) 0 0 0
8. bond in between ( C2 − C3 ) vinyl acetylene is formed by ….. overlapping.
(a) sp-sp (b) sp2-sp2 (c) sp2-sp3 (d) sp2-sp
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9. Which of the following structures assume linear structure?
−
(a) Cl2 C = CCl2 (b) N ≡ C − C ≡ N (c) F3C − C ≡ N (d) [S − C ≡ N ]
10. Consider the following species:
I. CO 2 II. SO 2 III. NO 2 IV. C2 H 2
V. SO3 VI. NH3

The sets of species with same type of hybridization on underlined atom is/are
(a) I, II and III (b) IV, V and VI (c) II, III and V (d) I and IV
11. Out of the following NO3− , CO32 − , ClO3− and SO3 . Isostructural and isoelectronic species are
(a) NO3− , CO32− . (b) SO3 , NO3 (c) ClO3− ,CO32 − (d) CO32− , SO3
12. In BrF3 molecule, the lone pairs occupy equatorial positions to minimize
(a) 1.p. – 1.p repulsion (b) b.p. – b.p. repulsion
(c) 1.p. – b.p. and 1.p. – 1.p. repulsion (d) 1.p. – b.p. repulsion
13. Which is the correct order of the bond angle?
(a) NH 3 < NF3 (b) H 2 O > Cl2 O (c) PH3 < SbH3 (d) H 2 Te < H 2S
14. In which of the following molecules would you expect the nitrogen-to-nitrogen bond to be the shortest?
(a) N2H4 (b) N 2 (c) N 2O4 (d) N 2 O
15. Which of the following is non-polar?
(a) Cl3CCH 3 (b) PCl5 (c) CH 2 Cl2 (d) NH3
16. Consider the following molecule.
I. CH 2 Cl2 II. BF3 III. IV. CO 2
Species with zero dipole moment is/are

(a) I, III and IV (b) III and IV (c) I, II, III and IV (d) II, III and IV
17. Bond length of H–Cl is 1.2476 Å. Thus, its dipole moment is
(a) 6.0 D (b) 1.02 D (c) 1.25 D (d) None of the above
18. Which of the following correctly represents H-bonding?
CH3 − O − −CH3 − O − H CH3 − O − − H − O − CH3
(a) | (b) |
H H
CH3 − O − − H − CH 2 − O − H
(c) CH3 − O − H − −CH3 − O − H (d) |
H
19. Which among the following elements has the tendency to form covalent compounds?
(a) Ba (b) Be (c) Mg (d) Ca
20. A simple example of a coordinate covalent bond is exhibited by
(a) C 2 H 2 (b) H 2SO 4 (c) NH3 (d) HCl
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21. Which bond angle θ would result in the maximum dipole moment for the triatomic molecule YXY?
(a) θ = 90° (b) θ = 120° (c) θ = 150° (d) θ = 150°
22. If the electron pair forming a bond between two atoms A and B is not in the centre, then the bond is
(a) Single bond (b) Polar bond (c) Non-polar bond (d) π bond
23. In a double bond connecting two atoms, there is a sharing of
(a) 2 electrons (b) 1 electron (c) 4 electrons (d) All electrons
24. Which one of the following is a correct set?
(a) H 2 O, sp3 , angular (b) BCl3 , sp3 , angular
(c) NH +4 , dsp 2 , square planar (d) CH 4 , dsp 2 , tetrahedral
25. In the transition of Zn atoms to Zn ++ ions, there is a decrease in the

(a) Number of valency electrons (b) Atomic weight
(c) Atomic number (d) Equivalent weight
26. Dipole moment of HCl = 1.03 D, HI = 0.38 D. Bond length of HCI = 1.3 Å and HI = 1.6 Å. The ratio of
fraction of electric charge, δ, existing on each atom in HCl and HI is
(a) 12 : 1 (b) 2.7 : 1 (c) 3.3 : 1 (d) 1 : 3.3
27. The compound containing co-ordinate bond is
(a) O3 (b) SO3 (c) H 2SO 4 (d) All of the above
28. In which of the following, the central atom does not use sp3 hybrid orbitals in its bonding?
(a) BeF3− (b) H 2 O (c) NH +4 (d) NH3

29. Which of the following molecule contains one pair of non-bonding electrons?
(a) CH 4 (b) NH3 (c) H 2 O (d) BeCl2
30. Which of the following formula does not correctly represent the bonding capacity of the atom involved?
+
 H 
 | 
(a)  H − P − H  (b) (c) (d)
 | 
 H 
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
b b b a d a d d b,d c,d
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
a c d b b d a b b b
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
a b c a a c d a b d
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Chemical Bonding & Molecular Structure

1. Lewis structures of MgCl2 and Al2 O3 are

Formal charge on each oxygen atom is

Formal charges on each atom are:

(a) sp-sp (b) sp2-sp2 (c) sp2-sp3 (d) sp2-sp

V. SO3 VI. NH3

I. CH 2 Cl2 II. BF3 III. IV. CO 2

Species with zero dipole moment is/are

(a) H 2 O, sp3 , angular (b) BCl3 , sp3 , angular

(c) NH +4 , dsp 2 , square planar (d) CH 4 , dsp 2 , tetrahedral

25. In the transition of Zn atoms to Zn ++ ions, there is a decrease in the

(a) BeF3− (b) H 2 O (c) NH +4 (d) NH3

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