CHEMISTRY WORKSHEET - 2
Choose the best answer for the following questions.
1. Which one of the following is NOT a form of chemical bonding?
A. Covalent bonding C. Ionic bonding B. Metallic bonding D. London Dispersion Force
2. How many bonding pairs and lone pairs respectively does the ion ICl4- have?
A. 3, 2 B. 4, 2 C. 5, 1 D. 4, 1
3. Which of the following molecules does not have a tetrahedral central atom?
A. SF4 B. AlH4- C. CH4 C. SiCl4
4. How many atomic orbital are required for an SP3 hybridization? A. 2 B. 6 C. 4 D. 8
5. Formic acid, which is released by ants, has a molecular formula of HCOOH. What are the
possible hybridizations that exists in the molecule?
A. SP and SP3 B. SP, SP2 and SP3 C. SP2 and SP3 D. SP and SP2
6. A neutral molecule having the general formula AB3 has two lone pairs on A. what is the
hybridization of A? A. SP B. SP2 C. SP3 D. Sp3d
7. Which of the following molecules shows only one unshared pairs of valance electrons?
A. Cl2 B. N2 C. NH3 D. H2O2
8. What is the hybridization of sulfur atom in SF4? A. SP2 B. SP3d C. SP3 D. SP3d2
9. What is the bond order of O2? A. 2.5 B. 1.5 C. 2 D. 3
10. Which of the following compounds contain both ionic and covalent bonds?
A. CO2 B. Cl2O C. BaCl2 D. NaCN
11. If a molecule has a trigonal pyramidal shape, how many non- bonding pairs of electrons
present in the valence shell of the central atom?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
12. Which of the following species cannot adequately described by a single Lewis structure?
A. OH B. C2H2 C. NH4 D. CO3
13. Which one of the following is not correct geometric configuration?
A. BCl3- trigonal planar C. CCl4- tetrahedral
B. NH3- trigonal planar D. SO2- trigonal planar
14. Which one of the following contains a coordinate covalent bond
A.Na2SO4 B. NH4 + C. NH3 D. H2O
15. Which of the following is an ionic compound?
A. CaCl2 B. CO2 C. PCl3 D. H2O2
16. How many bonding pairs of electrons are present in the valance shells of the central atom
in ClF3
A. 1 B. 0 C. 3 D. 2
17. Which of the following molecule is more ionic compound
A. BeCl2 B. BeF2 C. CCl4 D. CO2
18. What is the hybridization of phosphorus atom in PCl5? A.sp3d B.sp3d2 C.sp3 D.sp2
19. Which of the following shows the hybridization scheme of the central atom in H2O?
20. One of the basic difference between metallic conduction and electrolytic conduction is:
A. The conduction of electricity is due to the movement of ions in an electrolytic
conduction while the flow of mobile electrons in metallic conduction
B. The charge carriers in metals are cations and anions while mobile electrons in
electrolytic conduction
C. The charge carriers in metals are localized electrons while strongly held ions are in
electrolytic conduction.
D. the conduction electricity is due to the movement of the ions in metallic conduction
while flow of mobile electrons in electrolytic conduction.
21. Which of the following would occur during the formation of ions?
A. Inner shell electrons are involved
B. Valence electrons are shared between atoms
C. the electronic configuration of an atom forming the ion remains unaffected
D. Valence electrons are transferred from one atom to another
22. In order to illustrate the structure and properties of solid, a student put hundred marble balls
in to a box that representing metal cations and the empty space between and around the
marble representing the electron sea. Which of the following bonding is represented by this
model?
A. Covalent Bond B. Ionic bonding C. Metallic bonding D. Dative bonding
23. Which statement describes valance shell electron pair repulsion (VSEPR) theory?
A. Each degenerate orbitals are occupied by single electron before the second electrons of
opposite spin enters the orbitals.
B. Electron pairs will be as far apart from each other in three dimensional spaces as
possible.
C. Atomic orbitals are capable of combining to produce new electron distribution.
D. A covalent bond is formed when orbitals of two atoms overlap and the overlap region
is occupied by a pair of electrons
24. Which of the following molecule has polar bond
A. H-C B. H-Cl C. CO2 D. O2
25. Which of the following is the main reason for the large difference in dipole-moment
between the triatomic molecules water (H2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2).
A. The presence of lone pairs of electron in water (H2O) partially reinforces bond polarities.
B. The higher electronegativity difference among atoms in water (H2O) than in carbon
dioxide (CO2)
C. The presence of multiple bonds in while single bonds in water (H2O)
D. The bonds in carbon dioxide (CO2) are directed 1800 and bond polarities reinforces each
other.
26. Which one of the following statement is correct?
A. Valance bond model simply shows the linkage between atoms and the presence of lone
pairs
B. Lewis model predicts the shapes of molecules based on lone pairs on electron repulsions
around central atom
C. In Lewis model, electrons repel one another and a pair of bonding electrons lies far apart
as possible
D. Valance bond model explain molecular shape from the interaction of atomic orbitals
27. The energy required to completely separate one mole of solid ionic compound into gaseous
ions is called .
A. Ionization energy B. Activation energy C. Lattice energy D. Bond energy
28. Which of the following species has the smallest H-X-H bond angle where X is the central
atom? A. A. H2O B. NH3 C. CH4 D. BH3
29. What is the hybridization of the carbon atom attached to nitrogen in acetonitrile shown
below?
[Link] B. sp2 C. sp3 D. sp4
30. Which oxygen molecule O22+, O2, O22-, O2- is more stable?
A. O22+ B. O22- C. O2- D. O2
31. Both BF3 and NF3 are covalent compounds. But BF3 is Non-polar while NF3 is polar. This
is because:
A. Atomic size of Boron is smaller than that of nitrogen
B. Nitrogen is more electronegative than Boron.
C. BF bonds have less polarity than NF bonds.
D. BF3 is planar but NF3 is pyramidal in shape.
32. The boiling points of HF, HCl, HBr and HI follow the order
A. HF > HCl > HBr > HI B. HF > HI > HBr > HCl
C. HI > HBr > HCl > HF D. HCl > HF > HBr > HI
33. What is the bond order of CH-?
A. 2 B.1.5 C. 3 D.2.5
34. The electronegativity difference between N and F is greater than N and H, the dipole
moment of NH3 (1.5 D) is larger than that of NF3 (0.2 D). This is because :
A. In NH3 the atomic dipole and bond dipole are in the same direction whereas in NF3,
these are in opposite directions.
B. In NH3 as well as NF3 the atomic dipole and bond dipole are in opposite directions.
C. In NH3 the atomic dipole and bond dipole are in the opposite directions whereas in NF3,
these are in the same direction
D. In NH3 as well as in NF3 the atomic dipole and bond dipole are in the same direction.
35. Which of the following molecules have the same electron arrangement?
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A. CH4, H2O, SO2, B. BF3, HCN, BH3 C. NH3, H2O, CH4 D. CO2, HCN, NO2