CHEMICAL BONDING ASSIGNMENT
1. Isostructural species are those which have the same
shape and hybridisation. Among the given species
identify the isostructural pairs.
(i) [NF3 and BF3] (ii) [BF4 and NH4+]
(iii) [BCl3 and BrCl3] (iv) [NH3 and NO3]
2. Polarity in a molecule and hence the dipole moment
depends primarily on electronegativity of the
constituent atoms and shape of a molecule. Which of
the following has the highest dipole moment?
(i) CO2 (ii) HI (iii) H2O (iv) SO2
3. The types of hybrid orbitals of nitrogen in NO2+, NO3
and NH4+ respectively are expected to be
(i) sp, sp3 and sp2 (ii) sp, sp2 and sp3
(iii) sp2, sp and sp3 (iv) sp2, sp3 and sp
4. . Hydrogen bonds are formed in many compounds
e.g., H2O, HF, NH3 . The boiling point of such
compounds depends to a large extent on the strength
of hydrogen bond and the number of hydrogen bonds.
The correct decreasing order of the boiling points of
above compounds is :
(i) HF > H2O > NH3 (ii) H2O > HF > NH3
(iii) NH3 > HF > H2O (iv) NH3 > H2O > HF
5. In PO43 ion the formal charge on the oxygen atom of
PO bond is
(i) + 1 (ii) 1 (iii) 0.75 (iv) + 0.75
6. In NO3 ion, the number of bond pairs and lone pairs
of electrons on nitrogen atom are
(i) 2, 2 (ii) 3, 1 (iii) 1, 3 (iv) 4, 0
7. Which of the following species has tetrahedral
geometry?
(i) BH4 (ii) NH2 (iii) CO32 (iv) H3O+
8. Number of bonds and bonds in the following
structure is
(i) 6, 19 (ii) 4, 20 (iii) 5, 19(iv) 5, 20
9. Which molecule/ion out of the following does not
contain unpaired electrons?
(i) N2+ (ii) O2 (iii) O22(iv) B2
10. In which of the following molecule/ion all the bonds
are not equal?
(i) XeF4 (ii) BF4 (iii) C2H4 (iv) SiF4
11. . In which of the following substances will hydrogen
bond be strongest?
(i) HCl (ii) H2O (iii) HI (iv) H2S
12. If the electronic configuration of an element is
1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d2 4s2, the four electrons involved in
chemical bond formation will be_____.
(i) 3p6 (ii) 3p6, 4s2 (iii) 3p6, 3d2 (iv) 3d2, 4s2
13. Which of the following angle corresponds to
sp2 hybridisation? (i) 90(ii) 120(iii) 180(iv) 109
14. The electronic configurations of three elements, A, B
and C are given below. Answer the questions 14 to 17
on the basis of these configurations.
A 1s2 2s2 2p6 B 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p3 C 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p5
Stable form of A may be represented by the formula
(i) A (ii) A2 (iii) A3 (iv) A
15. Stable form of C may be represented by the formula
(i) C (ii) C2 (iii) C3 (iv) C4
16. The molecular formula of the compound formed from
B and C will be
(i) BC (ii) B2C (iii) BC2 (iv) BC3
17. The bond between B and C will be
(i) Ionic(ii) Covalent(iii) Hydrogen(iv) Coordinate
18. Which of the following order of energies of molecular
orbitals of N2 is correct?
(i) (2py ) < (2pz) < (*2px) (*2py)
(ii) (2py ) > (2pz) > (*2px) (*2py )
(iii) (2py ) < (2pz) > (*2px) (*2py )
(iv) (2py ) > (2pz) < (*2px) (*2py )
19. Which of the following statement is not correct from
the view point of molecular orbital theory?
(i) Be2 is not a stable molecule.
(ii) He2 is not stable but He2 + is expected to exist.
(iii) Bond strength of N2 is maximum amongst the
homonuclear diatomic molecules belonging to the
second period.
(iv) The order of energies of molecular orbitals in
N2 molecule is 2s < * 2s < 2pz < (2px = 2py ) <
(*2px = * 2py) < *2pz
20. Which of the following options represents the correct
bond order :
(i) O2 > O2 > O2+ (ii) O2 < O2 < O2+
(iii) O2 > O2 < O2 +
(iv) O2 < O2 > O2+
21. The electronic configuration of the outer most shell of
the most electronegative element is
(i) 2s22p5 (ii) 3s23p 5(iii) 4s24p5 (iv) 5s25p5
22. Amongst the following elements whose electronic
configurations are given below, the one having the
highest ionisation enthalpy is
(i) [Ne]3s23p1 (ii) [Ne]3s23p3
(iii) [Ne]3s23p2 (iv) [Ar]3d104s24p3
II. Multiple Choice Questions (Type-II)
In the following questions two or more options may
be correct.
23. Which of the following have identical bond order?
(i) CN (ii) NO+ (iii) O2 (iv) O22
24. Which of the following attain the linear structure:
(i) BeCl2 (ii) NCO+ (iii) NO2 (iv) CS2
25. CO is isoelectronic with
(i) NO+ (ii) N2 (iii) SnCl2 (iv) NO2
26. Which of the following species have the same shape?
(i) CO2 (ii) CCl4 (iii) O3 (iv) NO2
27. Which of the following statements are correct about
CO32 ?
(i) The hybridisation of central atom is sp3.
(ii) Its resonance structure has one CO single bond
and two C=O double bonds.
(iii) The average formal charge on each oxygen atom
is 0.67 units.
(iv) All CO bond lengths are equal.
28. Dimagnetic species are those which contain no
unpaired electrons. Which
among the following are dimagnetic?
(i) N2 (ii) N22 (iii) O2 (iv) O22
29. Species having same bond order are :
(i) N2 (ii) N2 (iii) F2+ (iv) O2
30. Which of the following statements are not correct?
(i) NaCl being an ionic compound is a good conductor
of electricity in the solid state.
(ii) In canonical structures there is a difference in the
arrangement of atoms.
(iii) Hybrid orbitals form stronger bonds than pure
orbitals.
(iv) VSEPR Theory can explain the square planar
geometry of XeF4.
31. Which of the following statements is correct?
(i) In the formation of dioxygen from oxygen atoms
10 molecular orbitals will be formed.
(ii) All the molecular orbitals in the dioxygen will be
completely filled.
(iii) Total number of bonding molecular orbitals will
not be same as total number of anti bonding orbitals in
dioxygen.
(iv) Number of filled bonding orbitals will be same as
number of filled anti bonding orbitals.
32. Which of the following molecular orbitals has
maximum number of nodal planes?
(i) *1s(ii) *2pz (iii) 2px (iv) *2py
33. Which of the following pair is expected to have the
same bond order?
(i) O2 , N2 (ii) O2+, N2- (iii) O2 , N2+(iv) O2, N2
34. In which of the following molecules, 2pz molecular
orbital is filled after 2px and 2pymolecular orbitals?
(i) O2(ii) Ne2(iii) N2(iv) F2
35. Which of the following combination of orbitals is correct
? (c)AlCl3 < CaCl2 < KCl < SnCl4
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
36. Which ion has the higher polarising power
(A) Mg2+ (B)Al3+ (C) Ca2+(D)Na+
37. Which reaction involves a change in the electron pair
geometry for the underlined atom?
(a) BF3 F BF4 (b) N H 3 H N H 4
(c) 2SO2 O2 2 SO3 (d) H 2 O H H3 O
38. Which molecule is T-shaped.
(A) BeF2 (B) BCl3 (C) NH3 (D)ClF3
39. The species which does not show paramagnetism is (A)
O2(B)O2+(C) O22(D)H2+
40. If Z-axis is taken as the molecular axis, then -orbitals
are formed by :
(a) 2px and 2pz (b) 2px and 2py
(c) 2s and 2py (d) 2s and 2pz
41. CO2 has the same geometry as
(A) HgCl2 (B) NO2(C) SnCl2 (D) C2H2
42. The correct order of decreasing polarisability of ion is
(A) Cl Br I F (B) F I Br Cl
(C) I Br Cl F (D) F Cl Br I
43. Which of the following compounds is (are) non - polar
(A) HCl (B) CH2Cl2 (C) CHCl3 (D) CCl4
44. o-Nitrophenol is more volatile than p-nitro phenol
because of (A) Resonance
(B) Presence of intermolecular hydrogen bonding in the
o-isomer
(C) Absence of intramolecular hydrogen bonding in the
o-isomer
(D) none of these
45. Which of the following is required for the formation
of an ionic bond?
(a)An electron from the more electronegative
element should be transferred to the less
electronegative element.
(b)The total energy of the resulting molecule should
be less than the total energy of the reactants.
(c)The lattice energy of the resultant molecule should
be as low as possible.
(d)The ionic potentials of the reactants should be
identical.
46. AlCl3 is covalent while AlF3 is ionic. This can be
justified
on the basis of
(a)the valence-bond theory (b) Fajans rules
(c)the molecular-orbital theory (d) hydration energy
47. Which of the following has been arranged in order
of increasing covalent character?
(a)KCl < CaCl2 < AlCl3 < SnCl4
(b) SnCl4 < AlCl3 < CaCl2 < KCl
(d) CaCl2 < SnCl4 < KCl < AlCl3
48. Polarization involves the distortion of the shape of
an anion by an adjacently placed cation. In this
context, which of the following statements is correct
?
I. Maximum polarization is brought about by a
cation of high charge.
II. Minimum polarization is brought about by a
cation of low radius
III. A large cation is likely to bring about a high
degree of polarization
IV. The polarizing power of a cation is less than
that of an anion.
49. Which one of the following molecules is planar?
(a) NF3 (b) NCl3(c) PH3 (d) BF3
50.
There are four species CO2, N 3 , N O2 and I 3 Which
 of the 61. The type of hybrid orbitals used by chlorine atom in
following statement is correct about these species?
ClO 2 is (A) sp3 (B) sp2 (C) sp (D) dsp2
(a)All are linear and having sp hybridization of central
62. The maximum number of hydrogen bonds a water
atoms
molecule can form is (A) 2 (B) 4(C) 3 (D) 1
(b)All are linear but only CO2 and N 3 and I 3 have
63. The property not attributed to ionic compound is:
sp hybridization on their central atom. (a) high melting points and low boiling points

(c)All are linear but only CO2, , N 3 , and N O2have (b) high melting points and non-directional bonds
sp hybridization on their central atom. (c) high solubilities in polar solvents and low
solubilities in non-polar solvents
(d)CO2, , N 3 , N O2 are linear but I 3 is not (d) two dimensional network structures, and are
51. The correct order of dipole moment is good conductors of electricity in the molten state
(a) CH4 < NF3 < NH3 < H2O 64. Which of the following statements is correct?
(b) NF3 < CH4 < NH3 < H2O (a) HCI is covalent both in aqueous solution and in
(c) NH3 < NF3 < CH4 < H2O the gaseous state
(d) H2O < NH3 < NF3 < CH4
(b) HCl is covalent in the gaseous state but ionic in
52. According to Fajans rules, ionic bonds are formed
aqueous solution
when cations have
(c) HCl is ionic both in the gaseous state and in
(a)low positive charge and large size.
(b)low positive charge and small size. aqueous solution
(c)high positive charge and large size, and anions have (d) None of the above
a small size. 65. Among the following identify the isostructural. pairs
(d)a low positive charge and large size, and anions NF3, N O3 BF3, H 3 O, HN3 :
have a small size (a) [ NF3, NO3] and [ BF3, H 3 O3]
53. The molecule which has T-shaped structure is
(b) [ NF3, HN3] and [ N O3 , BF3]
(A) BCl3 (B) NH3 (C) XeOF2 (D) PCl3
54. The pair having similar geometry is (c) [ NF3, H 3 O] and [ N O3 , BF3]
(A) BF3, NH3 (B) H2O, C2H2 (d) [ NF3, H 3 NO] and [ HN3, BF3]
(C) CO2, SO2 (D) NH3, PH3
55. The Structure of IF5 can be best described as 66. KF combines with HF to form KHF2- The compound
F contains the species:
F (a) K+, F- and H+ (b) K+, F- and HF
F 90 +
F 72o
(c) K and [ HF2] (d) [KHF]+ and F2
120
F
I F 67. Resonance does not occur due to the
I
F (A) delocalization of a lone pair of electrons
F
F (B) delocalization of sigma electrons
(A) (B) F
F (C) delocalization of pi electrons
F 90o
F
(D) None of these
90o
I
68. The element which does not show inert pair effect is:
F
(a) Bi (b) Sn (c) Pb (b) C
F
(C)

(D) None of these 69. Which type of bond is not present in HNO2 molecule?
56. Of the three molecules XeF4, SF4, SiF4 which have (a) Covalent (b) Co-ordinate
tetrahedral structures (c) Ionic (d) Ionic as well as co-ordinate (b) C
(A) all the three (B) only SiF4 70. The species which does not contain an odd number of
(C) both SF4 and XeF4(D) only SF4 and XeF4 valence electrons and paramagnetic are:
57. The compound in which C uses its sp3 hybrid (a) NO (b) NO2 (c) ClO2 (d) N2O4
orbitals in bonding is 71. The true statements from the following are:
1. PH5 and BiCl5 do not exist
(A) HCOOH (B) (H2N)2CO
2. p-d bond is present in SO2
(C) (CH3)3COH (D) CH3CHO
3. Electrons travel at the speed of light
58. Among HF, CH3OH, N2O4 and CH4 which would 4. SeF4 and CH4 have same shape
have inter molecular hydrogen bonding.
5. I 3 has bent geometry
(A)CH3OH, CH4 (B) HF, CH4, CH3OH
(C)N2O4, HF (D) HF, CH3OH (a) 1, 3 (b) 1, 2, 5 (c) 1, 3, 5 (d) 1, 2, 4
59. The bonds present in N2O5 are
(A) only ionic (B) covalent and coordinate
(C) only covalent (D) covalent and ionic 72.
60. Which has got the smallest bond angle
(A) NH3 (B) AsH3 (C) PH3 (D) SbH3 The dipole moment of is 1.5 D.
 83.

The dipole moment of is :

(a) 0 D (b) 1.5 D (c) 2.86 D (d) 2.25 D
73. Which of the following molecules will have a permanent
dipole moment ?(a) SiF4(b) XeF4 (c) SF4 (d) BF3 84.
74. Which of the following is false ?
(a) van der Waals forces are responsible for the
formation of molecular crystals
(b) Branching lowers the boiling pomts of isomenc
organic compounds due to van der Waals forces of 85.
attraction
(c) In graphite, van der Waals forces act between the
carbon layers
(d) In diamond, van der Waals forces act between the
carbon layers
75. Which bond angle 0 would result m the maximum 86.
dipole moment for the triatonuc molecule XY2 as
shown below ?

(a) 90 (b) 120 (c) 150 (d)180
76. When two ice cubes are pressed together, they join to
form one cube Which of the following forces helps
hold them together ?
(a) Hydrogen bond formation(b) van der Waals forces
(c) Covalent attraction (d) Dipole interaction
77. Anhydrous AlCl3 is covalent but A1CI3 H2O is ionic
because:
(a) AlCl3 has a planar triangular structure
(b) the ionization energy of Al is very low
(c) the hydration energy of AlCl3 is very high
(d) the hydration energy of AlCl3 compensates for the
high ionization energy of aluminium
78. Amongst N O3 , As O33 , C O32 , Cl O3 , S O32 and B
O33 the non-planar species are :
(a) CO32 , SO32 and BO 32 (b) AsO33 , ClO3 and SO32
(c) NO3 , CO32 and BO33 (d) SO32 , NO3 and BO33
79. A diatomic molecule has a dipole moment of 1.2 D If
the bond distance is 1 . What percentage of electronic
charge exists on each atom?
(a) 12% of e(b) 19% of e (c) 25% of e(d) 29% of e
80. When ice melts to form liquid water at 0C, there is a
contraction in volume. It is due to:
(a) the molecules contract in size
(b) a partial disripation of the hydrogen bonded network
of ice on melting
(c) the absorption of heat during the melting process
(d) the dissolving of air into the water during the melting
process
81. The types of bonds present in LiAIH4 are:
(a) covalent (b) ionic
(c) co-ordinate covalent (d) all of these
82. Choose least stable among the following:
(a) PbI4 (b) CC14 (c) GeI4 (d) Sn14
87. The strongest force among the following is
(A) London force
(B) Ion-dipole interaction
(C) Dipole-induced dipole interaction
(D) Dipole-dipole interaction
88. The compound MX4is tetrahderal. The number of bond
angle < XMX as=109028 in the compound is
(A) Three (B) Four (C) Five (D) Six
89. The electronegativity of O, F, N, Cl and H are 3.5, 4.0,
3.0, 3.0 and 2.1 respectively. The strongest bond will be
(A) F O (B) O Cl (C) N H (D) O H
90.
91. PCl5 exists but NCl5 does not because :(A) Nitrogen
has no vacant d-orbitals (B) NCl5 is unstable (C)
Nitrogen atom is much smaller (D) inert pair effect
92. The experimental value of the dipole moment of HCl is
1.03 D. The length of the H -Cl bond is 1.275A0 . The
percentage of ionic character in HCl is :
(A) 43 (B) 21 (C) 17 (D) 7
93. Which one is correct :- (A) POF3 exist but not NOF3
(B) NF3 is more polar than NH3
(C) the direction of dipole moment in CO is from 'O' to
C
(D) Super oxide ion is paramagnetic whereas peroxide
ion is diamagnetic.
94.
95. Lattice energy of an ionic compound depends upon: (A)
charge on the ion only (B) size of the ion only(C)
packing of the ion only (D) charge and size of the ion