Correct statement among the following regarding the shape of  HgCl₂, SnCl₂ and F₂O is:

1.	All have a linear shape.
2.	SnCl2 are linear and HgCl2 is V-shaped.
3.	HgCl2 is linear while SnCl2 and F2O are V-shaped.
4.	None of the above.

Which is the least polarizable gas among the following?

Which of the following species has maximum number of lone-pair of electrons on the central atom ?

1. XeF₂

2. H₃O⁺

3. XeF₄

4. XeF₆

Which of the following compounds does not exhibit hydrogen bonding?

1.	\(\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{CH}_2 \mathrm{OH}\)	2.
3.		4.

Which of the following statement is not correct from the view point of molecular orbital theory ?

1. Be₂ is not a stable molecule

2. He₂ is not a stable but He_2⁺ is expected to exist.

3. Bond strength of N₂ is maximum amongst the homonuclear diatomic molecules belonging to the second period.

4. The order of energies of molecular orbitals in N₂ molecule is

 s2s < s*2s < s2p_z < (p2p_x=p2p_y) < (p*2p_x=p*2p_y) < s*2p_z  

Among LiCl, BeCl₂, BCl₃ and CCl₄,
the covalent bond character varies as:

1. LiCl < BeCl₂ > BCl₃ > CCl₄
2. LiCl > BeCl₂ < BCl₃ < CCl₄
3. LiCl < BeCl₂ < BCl₃ < CCl₄
4. LiCl > BeCl₂ > BCl₃ > CCl₄

The types of hybrid orbitals of nitrogen in NO₂⁺, NO₃^- and NH₄⁺ respectively are expected to be

1. sp, sp³ and sp²

2. sp, sp² and sp³

3. sp², sp and sp³

4. sp², sp³ and sp

AsF₅ molecule is trigonal bipyramidal. The hybrid orbitals used by As-atoms for bonding are

1. $d_{x^2-y^2}, d_{z^2}, s, p_x, p_y$

2. $d_{xy}, s,p_x, p_y, p_z$

3. $s, p_x, p_y, p_z, d_{xy}$

4. $d_{z^2}, s, p_x, p_y, p_z$

Equilateral shape has

1. sp hybridisation

2. sp² hybridisation

3. sp³ hybridisation

4. dsp² hybridisation

In an octahedral structure, the pair of d orbitals involved in d²sp³-hybridisation is:

1. $d_{x^2-y^2}, d_{z^2}$

2. $d_{xy}, d_{x^2\mathit{-}{y}^{\mathit{2}}}$

3. $d_{{\mathrm{z}}^2}, d_{xz}$

4. $d_{xy}, d_{yz}$