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1. Nature of the bond formed between two elements (d) Covalent bond is stronger than ionic bond
depends on the 10. Which one of the following molecules has a
(a) Oxidation potential (b) Electronegativity coordinate bond [CPMT 1988, 94]
(c) Ionization potential (d) Electron affinity (a) NH 4 Cl (b) AlCl 3
2. Two elements X and Y have following electronic (c) NaCl (d) Cl 2
configurations X  1s 2 , 2 s 2 2 p 6 , 3 s 2 3 p 6 , 4 s 2 and 11. Co-ordinate bond is absent in [RPMT 2002]
Y  1s 2 , 2 s 2 2 p 6 , 3 s 2 3 p 5 . The expected compound (a) BH 4 (b) CO 32
formed by combination of X and Y is [BHU 1990]
(c) H 3 O  (d) NH 4 
(a) XY 2 (b) X 5 Y 2
12. The dipole moment of chlorobenzene is 1.73 D.
(c) X 2 Y 5 (d) XY 5
The dipole moment of p -dichlorobenzene is
3. Electricity do not pass through ionic compounds expected to be
(a) In solution (b) In solid state [CPMT 1991]
(c) In melted state (d) None of these (a) 3.46 D (b) 0.00 D
4. From the following which compound on heating (c) 1.73 D (d) 1.00 D
readily sublimes 13. Polarization of electrons in acrolein may be
(a) NaCl (b) MgCl 2 written as
(c) BaCl 2 (d) AlCl 3 [IIT 1988]
  
   
5. Which one in the following contains ionic as well (a) C H 2  CH  C H  O (b) C H 2  CH  CH  O
as covalent bond [IIT 1979; CPMT 1983; DPMT 1983]
   
(a) CH 4 (b) H 2 (c) C H 2  C H  CH  O (d) C H 2  CH  CH  O
(c) KCN (d) KCl 14. The order of dipole moments of the following
6. The solution of sugar in water contains molecules is
[NCERT 1972; MP PET 2000] [Roorkee 2000]

(a) Free atoms (a) CHCl 3  CH 2 Cl 2  CH 3 Cl  CCl 4

(b) Free molecules (b) CH 2 Cl 2  CH 3 Cl  CHCl 3  CCl 4
(c) Free ions (c) CH 3 Cl  CH 2 Cl 2  CHCl 3  CCl 4
(d) Free atoms and free molecules (d) CH 2 Cl 2  CHCl 3  CH 3 Cl  CCl 4
7. In which of the following reactions, there is no
15. The electronegativity of C, H, O, N and S are 2.5,
change in the valency [NCERT 1974; CPMT 1971, 78]
(a) 4 KClO 3  3 KClO 4  KCl 2.1, 3.5, 3.0 and 2.5 respectively. Which of the
following bond is most polar [
(b) SO 2  2H 2 S  2H 2 O  3S
(a) O  H (b) S  H
(c) BaO 2  H 2 SO 4  BaSO 4  H 2 O2
(c) N  H (d) C  H
(d) 2BaO  O2  2BaO 2 16. Which of the following bond has the most polar
8. The octet rule is not followed in [BHU 1981] character
(a) F2 (b) NaF [DPMT 1982; CBSE PMT 1992; CPMT 1999]
(a) C  O (b) C  Br
(c) CaF2 (d) BF3
(c) C  S (d) C  F
9. Sodium chloride is an ionic compound whereas
17. The geometry of H 2 S and its dipole moment are[IIT 1999]
hydrogen chloride is a gas because [KCET 2002]
(a) Sodium is reactive (a) Angular and non-zero (b) Angular and zero
(b) Covalent bond is weaker than ionic bond (c) Linear and non-zero (d) Linear and zero
(c) Hydrogen chloride is a gas
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18. How many  and  bonds are there in the (a) Planar triangle (b) Pyramidal
molecule of tetracyanoethylene (c) Tetrahedral (d) Square planar
N C CN 26. Which of the following halogens has the highest
CC
N C CN bond energy [CPMT 1988]
[NCERT 1980; MP PMT 1986, 95;Orissa JEE 1997] (a) F2 (b) Cl 2
(a) Nine  and nine  (b) Five  and nine  (c) Br 2 (d) I 2
(c) Nine  and seven  (d) Five  and eight  O 22 
27. What bond order does have [Pb. PMT 2001]
19. The shape of H 3 O  ion is [EAMCET 1993; CPMT
(a) 3 (b) 2
2001]
(c) 1 (d) 1/2
(a) Linear (b) Angular
28. In the process, O 2  O 22  e the electron lost is
(c) Trigonal planar (d) Triangular pyramidal
from
20. The hybridization in sulphur dioxide is[IIT 1986;
DPMT 1990] [Orissa JEE 2002]

(a) sp (b) sp 3 (a) Bonding -orbital (b) Antibonding -orbital

2 (c) 2 p z orbital (d) 2 p x orbital
(c) sp (d) dsp 2
29. The maximum number of hydrogen bonds formed
21. The number and type of bonds between two
by a water molecule in ice is
carbon atoms in CaC 2 are [IIT 1996]
[MP PET 1993; AFMC 2002;UPSEAT 1999, 2001, 02]
(a) One sigma ( ) and one pi ( ) bonds
(a) 4 (b) 3
(b) One sigma ( ) and two pi ( ) bonds (c) 2 (d) 1
(c) One sigma ( ) and one and a half pi ( ) bonds 30. Hydrogen bonding is not present in
(d) One sigma ( ) bond [AIIMS 1998; MP PET/PMT 1998]
22. Which of the following resonating structures of (a) Glycerine
N 2 O is the most contributing [Roorkee Qualifying 1998] (b) Water
(a) N  N  O (b) N  N  O (c) Hydrogen sulphide
(c) N  N  O (d) N  N  O (d) Hydrogen fluoride
23. The hybridization of atomic orbitals of nitrogen in 31. The bonds in K 4 [Fe (CN )6 ] are [
NO 2 , NO 3 , and NH 
4 are [IIT Screening
(a) All ionic2000]
(a) sp, sp 3 and sp 2 respectively (b) All covalent
(c) Ionic and covalent
(b) sp, sp 2 and sp 3 respectively
(d) Ionic, covalent and coordinate covalent
(c) sp 2 , sp and sp 3 respectively 32. In which of the following ionic, covalent and
(d) sp , sp 2 3
and sp respectively coordinate bonds are present
(a) Water
24. The molecule having one unpaired electron is
[IIT 1985; MP PMT 1989] (b) Ammonia
(a) NO (b) CO (c) Sodium cyanide
 (d) Potassium bromide
(c) CN (d) O 2
25. The geometry of ClO 3 , according to valence shell
electron pair repulsion (VSEPR) theory will be
[KCET 1996; MP PET 1997]
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1. (b) If the two elements have similar 16. (d) C  F bond has the most polar character due
electronegativities,the bond between them to difference of their electronegativity.
will be covalent, while a large difference in 17. (a) H 2 S has angular geometry and have some
electronegativities leads to an ionic bond. value of dipole moment.
2. (a) From electronic configuration valencies of X  
N   C C 

N
and Y are + 2 and –1 respectively so formula  

of compound is XY 2 . 18. (a) C 

C

  
3. (b) Ionic compounds can’t pass electricity in solid N 

C C 

N
state because they don’t have mobile ion in
solid state. 9 and 9 bonds.
4. (d) AlCl 3 sublimes readily on heating. 19. (d) H 3 O  has sp 3 hybridization and its shape is
.. triangular pyramidal due to lone pair on
5. (c) Structure of KCN is [K  (C   N )] . oxygen.
6. (b) Sugar is an organic compound which is 20. (c) SO 2 molecule has sp 2 hybridisation.
covalently bonded so in water it remains as C
free molecules.
21. (b) In Ca two carbons are joined with 1 and 2
***
2 6 2  6
7. (c) In the reaction BaO 2  H 2 SO 4  BaSO 4  H 2 O C
valency is not changing. bonds.
8. (d) BF3 does not have octet, it has only six 22. (a) In N 2 O molecule N  N  O structure is most
electrons so it is electron deficient compound. contributed.
9. (b) NaCl is a ionic compound because it consists 23. (b) The shape of NO 2 , NO 3 and NH 4 are linear
of more elelctronegativity difference compare trigonal planar and tetrahedral respectively.
to HCl. Thus the hybridization of atomic orbitals of
10. (a) NH 4 Cl has a coordinate bond besides covalent nitrogen in these species are sp, sp 2 and sp 3

 H  respectively.
 |  24. (a) NO has one unpaired electron with Nitrogen.
and ionic bonds  H  N  H  Cl 
..
 |

 H  : N :: O :
. ..
O ..


| 25. (b) O  Cl  O
11. (b) O  C  O has covalent bonds only. |

12. (b) Due to symmetry dipole moment of p-dichloro O

benzene is zero. 26. (b) Bond energy of Cl 2 is highest among all
13. (d) halogen molecule. Bond energies of
14. (d) CCl 4 has zero dipole moment because of F2 , Cl2 , Br2 , I2 are 37, 58, 46 and 36 Kcal mol 1
symmetric tetrahedral structure. CH 3 Cl has respectively.
slightly higher dipole moment which is equal 27. (c) O 22  have bond order one
to 1.86D. Now CH 3 Cl has less 1 2
B.O. [10  8 ]   1 .
electronegativity then CH 2 Cl 2 . But CH 2 Cl 2 2 2
has greater dipole moment than CHCl 3 . 28. (b) Electron lost from antibonding  orbital.
15. (a) More the difference in electronegativity of 29. (a) In ice each water molecule forms four
atoms. Bond between them will be more polar. hydrogen bond through which each water
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molecule is tetrahedrally attached with other
water molecule.
H
O
H H H
O O
H H H H
O O
H H H H
O O
H H H H
O O
H H

30. (c) Hydrogen bonding is present in molecules

which have F, O, or N atoms.
31. (d) Structure of K 4 [Fe(CN )6 ] is
4
 
 CN 
 C  N 
  C  N
4K  Fe 
 
 C  N C  N 
CN
 
32. (c) Sodium cyanide contain ionic, covalent and
coordinate bond.