Chemical Bonding 149

NH 4 
1. Nature of the bond formed between two elements depends on the
(c) H3O (d)
(a) Oxidation potential (b) Electronegativity
(c) Ionization potential (d) Electron affinity 12. The dipole moment of chlorobenzene is 1.73 D. The dipole moment
of p -dichlorobenzene is expected to be
2. Two elements X and Y have following electronic configurations
[CPMT 1991]
X  1s 2 , 2 s 2 2 p 6 , 3 s 2 3 p 6 , 4 s 2 and (a) 3.46 D (b) 0.00 D
Y  1s 2 , 2 s 2 2 p 6 , 3 s 2 3 p 5 . The expected compound formed by (c) 1.73 D (d) 1.00 D
13. Polarization of electrons in acrolein may be written as
combination of X and Y is [BHU 1990]
[IIT 1988]
(a) XY 2 (b) X 5Y2    
(c) X 2 Y5 (d) XY 5 (a) C H 2  CH  C H  O (b) C H 2  CH  CH  O

3. Electricity do not pass through ionic compounds    

(c) C H 2  C H  CH  O (d) C H 2  CH  CH  O
(a) In solution (b) In solid state
(c) In melted state (d) None of these 14. The order of dipole moments of the following molecules is
[Roorkee 2000]
4. From the following which compound on heating readily sublimes
(a) CHCl 3  CH 2 Cl 2  CH 3 Cl  CCl 4
(a) NaCl (b) MgCl2
(b) CH 2 Cl 2  CH 3 Cl  CHCl 3  CCl 4
(c) BaCl2 (d) AlCl3
(c) CH 3 Cl  CH 2 Cl 2  CHCl 3  CCl 4
5. Which one in the following contains ionic as well as covalent bond [IIT 1979; CPMT 1983; DPMT 1983]
(a) CH (b) H (d) CH 2 Cl 2  CHCl 3  CH 3 Cl  CCl 4
4 2

(c) KCN (d) KCl 15. The electronegativity of C, H , O, N and S are 2.5, 2.1, 3.5, 3.0
6. The solution of sugar in water contains and 2.5 respectively. Which of the following bond is most polar
[NCERT 1972; MP PET 2000] (a) O  H (b) S  H
(a) Free atoms (c) N  H (d) C  H
(b) Free molecules 16. Which of the following bond has the most polar character
(c) Free ions [DPMT 1982; CBSE PMT 1992; CPMT 1999]
(d) Free atoms and free molecules (a) C O (b) C  Br
7. In which of the following reactions, there is no change in the valency (c) CS (d) C  F
[NCERT 1974; CPMT 1971, 78]
17. The geometry of H 2 S and its dipole moment are [IIT 1999]
(a) 4 KClO3  3 KClO4  KCl
(a) Angular and non-zero (b) Angular and zero
(b) SO 2  2 H 2 S  2 H 2 O  3 S (c) Linear and non-zero (d) Linear and zero
(c) BaO2  H 2 SO 4  BaSO 4  H 2 O 2 18. How many  and  bonds are there in the molecule of
tetracyanoethylene
(d) 2 BaO  O 2  2 BaO2
N C CN
8. The octet rule is not followed in [BHU 1981] CC
N C CN
(a) F2 (b) NaF [NCERT 1980; MP PMT 1986, 95;Orissa JEE 1997]
(c) CaF2 (d) BF3 (a) Nine  and nine  (b) Five  and nine 
9. Sodium chloride is an ionic compound whereas hydrogen chloride is (c) Nine  and seven  (d) Five  and eight 
a gas because [KCET 2002] 
19. The shape of H 3 O ion is [EAMCET 1993; CPMT 2001]
(a) Sodium is reactive
(b) Covalent bond is weaker than ionic bond (a) Linear (b) Angular
(c) Hydrogen chloride is a gas (c) Trigonal planar (d) Triangular pyramidal
(d) Covalent bond is stronger than ionic bond 20. The hybridization in sulphur dioxide is[IIT 1986; DPMT 1990]
10. Which one of the following molecules has a coordinate bond (a) sp[CPMT 1988, 94] (b) sp 3
(a) NH 4 Cl (b) AlCl3
(c) sp 2 (d) dsp 2
(c) NaCl (d) Cl 2 21. The number and type of bonds between two carbon atoms in
11. Co-ordinate bond is absent in [RPMT 2002] CaC 2 are [IIT 1996]
(a) BH 4 (b) CO 32 (a) One sigma ( ) and one pi ( ) bonds
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(b) One sigma ( ) and two pi ( ) bonds (a) 3 (b) 2
(c) 1 (d) 1/2
(c) One sigma ( ) and one and a half pi ( ) bonds
(d) One sigma ( ) bond 28. In the process, O 2  O 22  e the electron lost is from
[Orissa JEE 2002]
22. Which of the following resonating structures of N 2 O is the most
(a) Bonding -orbital (b) Antibonding -orbital
contributing [Roorkee Qualifying 1998]
(a) N  N  O (b) N  N  O (c) 2 p z orbital (d) 2 p x orbital
(c) N  N O (d) NN O 29. The maximum number of hydrogen bonds formed by a water
molecule in ice is
23. The hybridization of atomic orbitals of nitrogen in NO 2 , NO 3 , [MP PET 1993; AFMC 2002;UPSEAT 1999, 2001, 02]
and NH 4 are [IIT Screening 2000] (a) 4 (b) 3
(c) 2 (d) 1
(a) sp, sp 3 and sp 2 respectively
30. Hydrogen bonding is not present in
2 3 [AIIMS 1998; MP PET/PMT 1998]
(b) sp, sp and sp respectively
(a) Glycerine
(c) sp 2 , sp and sp 3 respectively (b) Water
(d) sp 2 , sp 3 and sp respectively (c) Hydrogen sulphide
24. The molecule having one unpaired electron is (d) Hydrogen fluoride
[IIT 1985; MP PMT 1989] 31. The bonds in K 4 [Fe (CN )6 ] are [EAMCET 1991]
(a) NO (b) CO (a) All ionic
(c) CN  (d) O 2 (b) All covalent
(c) Ionic and covalent
25. The geometry of ClO3 , according to valence shell electron pair
(d) Ionic, covalent and coordinate covalent
repulsion (VSEPR) theory will be
32. In which of the following ionic, covalent and coordinate bonds are
[KCET 1996; MP PET 1997]
present [UPSEAT 2002]
(a) Planar triangle (b) Pyramidal
(a) Water
(c) Tetrahedral (d) Square planar
(b) Ammonia
26. Which of the following halogens has the highest bond energy [CPMT 1988]
(c) Sodium cyanide
(a) F2 (b) Cl 2
(d) Potassium bromide
(c) Br2 (d) I2

27. What bond order does O 22  have [Pb. PMT 2001]

(SET -3)
1. (b) If the two elements have similar electronegativities,the bond 3. (b) Ionic compounds can’t pass electricity in solid state because
between them will be covalent, while a large difference in they don’t have mobile ion in solid state.
electronegativities leads to an ionic bond. 4. (d) AlCl3 sublimes readily on heating.
2. (a) From electronic configuration valencies of X and Y are + 2 and
..
–1 respectively so formula of compound is XY 2 . 5. (c) Structure of KCN is [K  (C   N )] .
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6. (b) Sugar is an organic compound which is covalently bonded so in 27. (c) O 22  have bond order one
water it remains as free molecules.
2 6 2 6 1 2
B.O.  [10  8 ]   1 .
7. (c) In the reaction BaO2  H 2 SO 4  BaSO 4  H 2 O valency 2 2
is not changing. 28. (b) Electron lost from antibonding  orbital.
8. (d) BF3 does not have octet, it has only six electrons so it is 29. (a) In ice each water molecule forms four hydrogen bond through
which each water molecule is tetrahedrally attached with other
electron deficient compound.
water molecule.
9. (b) NaCl is a ionic compound because it consists of more
elelctronegativity difference compare to HCl. H
10. (a) NH 4 Cl has a coordinate bond besides covalent and ionic O
 H H H
 H 
 |  O O
bonds  H  N  H  Cl 
 |
 H H H H
 H 
O O
O
| H H H H
11. (b)  O  C  O has covalent bonds only.
12. (b) Due to symmetry dipole moment of p-dichloro benzene is zero. O O
13. (d) H H H H
14. (d) CCl 4 has zero dipole moment because of symmetric O O
tetrahedral structure. CH 3 Cl has slightly higher dipole 30. (c) Hydrogen bonding H which have F, O, or
H is present in molecules
moment which is equal to 1.86D. Now CH 3 Cl has less N atoms.
31. (d) Structure of K 4 [Fe(CN )6 ] is
electronegativity then CH 2 Cl 2 . But CH 2 Cl 2 has greater
4
dipole moment than CHCl 3 .  
 CN 
15. (a) More the difference in electronegativity of atoms. Bond C  N 
between them will be more polar.  C  N 
4K  Fe 
16. (d) C  F bond has the most polar character due to difference of
 
their electronegativity.  C  N C  N 
CN
17. (a) H 2 S has angular geometry and have some value of dipole  
moment. 32. (c) Sodium cyanide contain ionic, covalent and coordinate bond.

N   C C 

N
 

18. (a) C 

C

  
N 

C C 

N

9 and 9 bonds.
19. (d) H 3 O  has sp 3 hybridization and its shape is triangular
pyramidal due to lone pair on oxygen.
20. (c) SO 2 molecule has sp 2 hybridisation.
C
***
21. (b) In Ca two carbons are joined with 1 and 2 bonds.
C
22. (a) In N 2 O molecule N  N  O structure is most contributed.
23. (b) The shape of NO 2 , NO 3 and NH 4 are linear trigonal
planar and tetrahedral respectively. Thus the hybridization of
atomic orbitals of nitrogen in these species are sp, sp 2 and
sp 3 respectively.
24. (a) NO has one unpaired electron with Nitrogen.
..
: N :: O :
. ..
..

25. (b) O  Cl  O
|
O
26. (b) Bond energy of Cl 2 is highest among all halogen molecule.
Bond energies of F2 , Cl2 , Br2 , I2 are 37, 58, 46 and 36 Kcal
mol 1 respectively.