CHEMISTRY

CHEMICAL BONDING

Mandatory Exercise Exercise Set I

1. Which of the following sets of atoms can

combine to form ionic bonds?

A. C and H
 B. C and Cl

C. K and Br

D. H and O

Answer: C

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2. Among the following compounds which one

completely ionises in water?

A. Alcohol
 B. Sodium chloride

C. Cane sugar

D. Acetic acid

Answer: B

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3. Magnesium ion (M g
2+
) has the electronic

configuration:

A. 2,8,2
 B. 2,8,8

C. 2,8,1

D. 2,8

Answer: D

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4. Condition for the formation of chemical

bond is

A. Increase in stability
 B. Octet configuration

C. Both

D. unstable nucleus.

Answer: C

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5. Formation of a chemical bond is_____in

nature.

A. exothermic
 B. endothermic

C. Both

D. can't be predicted

Answer: A

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6. Formation of chemical bond between two

atoms take place, when net force______ in

nature.
 A. attractive

B. repulsive

C. both

D. None

Answer: A

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7. When two atoms have large difference in

electronegativity they form.

 A. Ionic bond

B. covalent bond

C. co-ordinate bond

D. All of the above

Answer: A

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8. When electron rich compound combines

with electron deficient compound formation

of _____ take place.

 A. Ionic bond

B. covalent bond

C. co-ordinate bond

D. H-bond

Answer: C

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9. When Group-1 element combine with Group-

17 element. Formation of _____ bond take place.

 A. Ionic bonds

B. covalent bond

C. co-ordinate bond

D. H-bond

Answer: A

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10. When element A having electric

configuration 2,8, 2 combine with element B

having electronic configuration 2, 7. Formula

of compound will be ______

A. AB

B. AB 2

C. A 2
B

D. A 2
B2

Answer: B

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11. Which of the following combination can

form a polar covalent bond?

A. H and H

B. H and Br

C. N and N

D. Na and Br

Answer: B

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12. When a metal atom combines with a non-

metal atom, the non-metal atom will

A. lose electrons and decrease in size

B. lose electrons and increase in size

C. gain electrons and decrease in size

D. gain electrons and increase in size

Answer: D

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 13. Why boiling point of H2 O is greater than

hydrides of other elements of group 16?

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14. KH F exist but KH Cl does not? Explain.

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Mandatory Exercise Exercise Set Ii

1. Which of the following substances is

covalent?

A. CaCl 2

B. MgO

C. Br 2

D. NaBr

Answer: C

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2. Ionic as well as covalent bonds are present

in

A. MgO

B. AlCl 3

C. H 2
O

D. NaOH

Answer: D

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3. Which of the following molecules contains a

double bond?

A. N 2

B. H 2

C. O 2

D. Cl 2

Answer: C

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4. The nature of bonds present in P H is
3

A. covalent

B. electrovalent

C. hydrogen

D. both ionic and covalent

Answer: A

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5. The number of electrons that take part in

forming the bond in N is

2

A. 2

B. 6

C. 10

D. 3

Answer: B

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6. Which of the following does not conduct

electricity in aqueous solution?

A. NaCl

B. M gCl 2

C. Sucrose

D. N H 4
Cl

Answer: C

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7. An element forms compounds of the type

M Cl3 , M2 O5 and Ca3 M2 but does not form

M F5 The element could be

A. Al

B. B

C. N

D. P

Answer: C

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8. For lonic compounds which of the following

statements are false

A. They consist of ions

B. They generally have high M.P. and B.P.

C. Soluble in polar solvent

D. conduct electricity in the solid state

Answer: D

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9. For covalent bond, which of the following

statements are incorrect?

A. The electrons are shared between

atoms.

B. The bond is non-directional.

C. The strength of both depends upon the

extent of overlapping.

D. The bond formed may be polar or non-

polar.

Answer: B
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10. HCl molecule contains

A. Ionic bond

B. covalent bond

C. H-bond

D. co-ordinate bond

Answer: B

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11. When H 2
O combine with H
⊕
formation of

H3 O
⊕
take place due to formation of

A. Ionic bond

B. polar covalent bond

C. non-polar covalent bond

D. co-ordinate bond

Answer: D

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12. N H 4
Cl contains

A. covalent bond

B. Ionic bond

C. co-ordinate bond

D. All

Answer: D

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13. Number of electron pair shared in a co-

ordinate bond is

A. 0

B. 1

C. 2

D. 1 / 2

Answer: B

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14. Which of the following statements is

correct?

A. All carbon to carbon bonds contains a δ

bond and one or more π bond

B. All carbon to hydrogen bonds are π

bond

C. All oxygen to hydrogen bonds are

hydrogen bond

D. All carbon to hydrogen bonds are π

bond
Answer: D

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15. In which of the following molecules the

central atom does not follow the octel rule?

A. H 2
O

B. N H 3

C. H 2

D. BH 3
Answer: D

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16. The number of electrons in the valence

shell of sulphur in SF is
6

A. 12

B. 10

C. 8

D. 11
Answer: A

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17. During the formation of a chemical bond

A. electron-electron repulsion because

more than the nucleus-electron

attraction

B. energy of the system does not change

C. energy of the system increases

 D. energy of the system decreases

Answer: D

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18. Explain all energy terms involved in

formation of

CaF2 (s) from Ca(s)&F 2

(g)

Ca(s) + F2 (s) → CaF2 (s)

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19. Which of the following is strongest bond?

A. Ionic bond

B. covalent bond

C. co-ordinate bond

D. H-bond

Answer: A

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20. Which of the following is intermolecular

force of attraction?

A. Ionic bond

B. covalent bond

C. metallic bonding

D. dipole-dipole

Answer: D

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Mandatory Exercise Exercise Set Iii

1. Which of the following descriptions of

metallic bonding is true?

A. Metallic bonding consists of a sea of

electrons floating around fixed cations.

B. Metallic bonding consists of a sea of

electrons floating around fixed anions.

C. Metallic bonding consists of thousands

of atoms held together by shared pairs

 of electrons.

D. Metallic bonding consists of sets of ions

held together in a lattice.

Answer: A

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2. Most polar bond is

A. C-H

B. N-H
 C. O-H

D. F-H

Answer: D

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3. Most polar bond is

A. H-F

B. H-Cl

C. H-Br
 D. H-I

Answer: D

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4. Which of the following involve breaking of

covalent bond

A. boiling of H 2
O

B. Melting of H 2
O

C. boiling of benzene
 D. melting of SiO 2

Answer: D

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5. Which statement is not correct?

A. A sigma bond is weaker than a π bond

B. A sigma bond is stronger than π bond

C. A double bond is stronger than a δ bond

 D. A double bond is shorter than a single

bond

Answer: A

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6. Ozone molecule consist of

A. 1σ and 2π bond

B. 2σ and 2π bond

C. 1σ and 1π bond
 D. 2σ and 1π bond

Answer: D

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7. The number of it bond in the following

compound

O2 N − C ≡ C − N O2 is

A. 2

B. 3
 C. 4

D. 1

Answer: C

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8. The nature of bond in diamond is

A. Ionic

B. metallic

C. σ bond
 D. π bond

Answer: C

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9. Metallic bond is

A. similar to ionic bond

B. similar to covalent bond

C. neither similar to ionic nor covalent

bond
 D. formed by movement of positive

charged spheres in a sea of electrons.

Answer: D

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10. Which of the following is least volatile?

A. H 2
O

B. H 2
S

C. H 2
Se
 D. H 2
Te

Answer: A

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11. Malleability and ductility of metals can be

accounted due to

A. the presence of electrostatic in force

B. the crystalline structure in metal

 C. the capacity of layers of metal ions to

slide over the other

D. the interaction of electrons with metal

ions in the lattice.

Answer: C

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12. Which of the following compound shows H-

bonding?
 A. RCH 2
N H CH3

B. RCH 2
CH O

C. C2
H6

D. HCl

Answer: A

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13. H-bond is present in

A. water
 B. glycerol

C. Ammonia

D. All

Answer: D

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14. Which of the following overlapping can

from σ bond?

A. s - s overlap
 B. s - p overlap

C. p - p over lap

D. All

Answer: D

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15. Which of the following overlap can form π

bond?

A. s - s overlap
 B. s - p overlap

C. p - p over lap

D. None

Answer: C

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16. If intermolecular axis is z-axis, then σ bond

formed by which overlapping.

A. P x
− Px
 B. P y
− Py

C. P z
− Pz

D. All

Answer: C

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17. According to valence bond theory, in

covalent bond formation, which type of atomic

orbital participate
 A. full filled

B. half filled

C. vacant

D. all

Answer: B

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18. π bond electron cloud is bisected by

A. σ bond
 B. x-axis

C. x-y axis

D. y-axis

Answer: A

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19. Which of the following molecule do not

follow octet rule

A. H N O 3
 B. H 2
S

C. P Cl 5

D. P H 3

Answer: C

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20. Carbon contain only 2 unpaired electrons

but form four σ bond explain?

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21. Why valency of nitrogen is 3?

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22. What is Hypervalency?

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23. Which of the following compound are

hypervalent?
 A. SO 3

B. H ClO 4

C. P Cl 5

D. all

Answer: D

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24. What is meant by equal and unequal

sharing of electron? Give example

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25. Water is more viscous than ethyl alcohol.

Why?

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26. Metallic bonding is present in

A. Na(s)

B. H 2
(g)

C. N 2
(g)
 D. O 2
(g)

Answer: A

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Consolidated Exercise Multiple Choice Questions

With One Or More Than One Correct Answer

1. Which of the following characteristics do

not represent ionic compounds?

 A. They have generally low melting points

and boiling points.

B. They are generally soluble in polar

solvents.

C. Aqueous solution is a bad conductor of

electricity.

D. They are generally crystalline.

Answer: A::C::D

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2. Which of the following forms an ion

containing the same number of electrons as

the noble gas neon?

A. 14
Si

B. 8
C

C. 11
Na

D. 9
F

Answer: A::C::D

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3. In which of the following molecules, octet

rule is not obeyed?

A. BF 3

B. SF 6

C. N F 3

D. H 2
O2

Answer: A::B::D

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4. Which of the following is/are correct about

pi bond?

A. Sideways overlap of atomic orbitals

occurs.

B. It is generally weaker than sigma bond.

C. It is stronger than sigma bond.

D. It is more reactive.

Answer: A::B::D

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5. Hydrogen bonding (intermolecular) is

expected to occur in

A. HF

B. C2
H5 OH

C. CH 4

D. H 2
S

Answer: A::B::D

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Challenging Exercise

1. Which of the following do not accurately

represent stable binary ionic compounds?

Why?

BaCl2 , SrS2 , Cr 2 O3 , N aBr 2 , Li2 S, Be2 O, SrS2

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2. Write the Lewis dot structure for the

following covalent molecules:

H2 S

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3. Write the Lewis dot structure for the

following covalent molecules:

P Cl3

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4. Write the Lewis dot structure for the

following covalent molecules:

SiH4

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5. Write the Lewis dot structure for the

following covalent molecules:

COCl2

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6. Write the Lewis dot structure for the

following covalent molecules:

 N Cl3

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Olympiad And Ntse Level Exercises Paragraph

1. Hydrogen bond is a weak bond formed

between hydrogen atoms and highly

electronegative elements. It is of two types -

intermolecular and intramolecular. It is a

weaker bond than ionic, covalent and metallic

bonds.

Which is a correct statement?

A. Keto form of acetoacetic ester involves

hydrogen bonding.

B. In water vapour, hydrogen bonding

exists.

C. For first ionisation, maleic acid is a

stronger acid than fumaric acid. This can

be explained on the basis of concept of

hydrogen bonding.
 D. Boiling point of HCl is higher than that

of HF.

Answer: C

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2. Hydrogen bond is a weak bond formed

between hydrogen atoms and highly

electronegative elements. It is of two types -

intermolecular and intramolecular. It is a

weaker bond than ionic, covalent and metallic

bonds.

In a suitable solvent such as benzene, benzoic

acid associates and exists as a

A. dimer

B. trimer

C. tetramer

D. hexamer

Answer: A

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3. Hydrogen bond is a weak bond formed

between hydrogen atoms and highly

electronegative elements. It is of two types -

intermolecular and intramolecular. It is a

weaker bond than ionic, covalent and metallic

bonds.

The number of hydrogen bonds in

⊕
H9 O
4

species is

A. 2

B. 3

C. 4
 D. 1

Answer: B

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4. Hydrogen bond is a weak bond formed

between hydrogen atoms and highly

electronegative elements. It is of two types -

intermolecular and intramolecular. It is a

weaker bond than ionic, covalent and metallic

bonds.

Which is a correct statement?

A. Paranitrophenol is steam volatile but

not orthonitrophenol.

B. Ethyl alcohol is more viscous than

glycerol.

C. If a dry paper is torn, sound is heard due

to breaking of hydrogen bonds one after

another in a rhythmatic manner.

 D. In fermic salt, bonds present are

covalent, metallic and hydrogen bond.

Answer: C

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Olympiad And Ntse Level Exercises

1. In P O bond order is
3−
, P − O
4

A. 1.25
 B. 2

C. − 0.75

D. − 3

Answer: A

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2. The types of bonds present in

CuSO4 ⋅ 5H2 O are only

A. Electrovalent and covalent

 B. Electrovalent and coordinate covalent

C. Electrovalent, covalent and coordinate

covalent

D. Covalent and coordinate covalent

Answer: C

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3. The correct order of dipole moment is

A. CH 4
< N F 3 < N H3 < H2 O
 B. N F 3
< CH4 < N H3 < H2 O

C. N H 3
< N F3 < CH4 < H2 O

D. H 2
O < N H3 < N F3 < CH4

Answer: A

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4. Which of the following compounds has the

least tendency to form H-bonds?

A. HF
 B. HCl

C. H 2
O

D. N H 3

Answer: B

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5. Most favourable conditions for ionic

bonding are
 A. Low charge on ions, large cations, small

anions

B. Low charge on ions, large cations, large

anions

C. High charge on ions, small cations, large

anions

D. High charge on ions, large cations, small

anions

Answer: A

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6. Which of the following statement regarding

valence bond theory (VBT) is not true?

A. A molecule is considered to be a

collection of atoms, and then

interactions between different atoms is

considered.

B. For a molecule to be stable, the

electrostatic attractions must

predominate over the repulsion.

 C. The potential energy of a diatomic

molecule is less than the sum of

potential energies of free atoms.

D. The net force of altration acting on the

atoms in a molecule is not zero.

Answer: D

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7. The strength of bonds formed by

overlapping of atomic orbitals is in the order:

A. s − s > s − p > p − p

B. s − s < p − p < s − p

C. s − p < s − s < p − p

D. p − p < s − s < s − p

Answer: A

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