VSEPR Theory - Shapes of Molecules
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Number of Questions: 20 | |
Created by: Saurabh Mittal | |
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Which of the following has maximum number of lone pairs?
Which of the following pairs of ‘molecule/ion - its geometry’ is not correctly matched?
Which of the following molecules/ions have linear geometry?
- I3-
- XeF2
- HgCl2
- SO2
Which of the following statements is incorrect? P. NH3 and PCl3 molecules have identical lone pairs of electrons with trigonal planar geometry. Q. OF2 has bent geometry. R. SO3 has zero lone pairs of electrons with trigonal planar geometry. S. CO2 and XeCl2 have zero lone pairs of electrons with linear geometry.
The molecule/ion with capped square antiprismatic geometry is _________.
Which of the following molecules/ions has/have square planar shape on the basis of VSEPR theory?
- BrF4-
- XeF4
- TeCl4
Which of the following molecules/ions do not have linear geometry?
Match the entries in Group-I with those in Group-II.
Group-I (molecules/ions) | |
Group-II (shapes) | |
P. XeOF5- | 1. octahedral |
Q. PCl3 | 2. bent |
R. SF6 | 3. pentagonal pyramidal |
S. BrF3 | 4. trigonal pyramidal |
Which of the following statements is/are false? P. XeCl2 has three lone pairs of electrons with bent geometry. Q. The shape of XeF6 is distorted pentagonal bipyramidal. R. ICl4- and XeF4 both species have identical geometry.
Which of the following molecules/ions has/have sp3d hybridisation and seesaw geometry?
P. SF4
Q. XeO2F2
R. XeOF2
S. XeO3F2
Match the molecules/ions in Group - I with corresponding geometry given in Group - II.
Group - I | |
Group - II | |
A. ReF8- | 1. trigonal prismatic |
B. W(CH3)6 | 2. square antiprismatic |
C. Na[CoCl2(NH3)4] | 3. distorted trigonal bipyramidal |
D. SeF4 | 4. Octahedral |
Which of the following statements is/are false? P. The central atom in POCl3 has sp3 hybridisation tetrahedral geometry. Q. The number of F-Br-F bond angle equal to 90 degrees in BrF5 is one. R. XeF5+ and ICl4- have identical hybridisation, but do not have similar shape.
Which of the following ions have identical geometry? (i) NH4+, (ii) IF4+, (iii) ClO2-, (iv) ClO4
Which of the following pairs is likely to be of V-shaped geometry?
Match the List-A (molecule/ion), List-B (shape) and List-C (number of lone pair) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.
List - A | List - B | List - C |
P. SbCl5 | 1. square planar | i. 0 |
Q. SnCl2 | 2. trigonal bipyramidal | ii. 2 |
R. ICl | 3. V-shaped | iii. 3 |
S. ICl4- | 4. linear | iv. 1 |
Which of the following statements is/are false? (P) SeO32- has pyramidal geometry. (Q) Cl2O molecule has two lone pairs of electrons and bent shape. (R) XeF2 and [I(CN)2]- have sp3d and three lone pairs of electrons with linear and bent geometry.
Which of the following molecules bears one lone pair and possesses bent shape?
Which of the following statements is/are incorrect? (P) I3- is linear shaped and XeCl2 possesses V-shaped geometry. (Q) BF3 and SO3 have same number of bond pairs and lone pairs with identical geometry. (R) XeOF4 molecule has square pyramidal shape.
Match the Group - I with Group - II.
Group - I (molecules/ions) | Group - II (corresponding geometry) |
A. BH2+ | 1. V-shaped |
B. SnBr2 | 2. linear |
C. XeF3+ | 3. square pyramidal |
D. IF5 | 4. T-shaped |
Match the Column-I (molecules/ions) with Column-II (corresponding geometry).
Column - I | |
Column - II | |
A. XeOF5- | 1. octahedral |
B. WCl2F4 | 2. pentagonal pyramidal |
C. TeF4 | 3. seasaw |
D. XeO4 | 4. tetrahedral |
5. square planar |