Given below are two statements : In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Both Statement I and Statement II are true
- Statement I is true but Statement II is false
- Statement I is false but Statement II is true
- Both Statement I and Statement II are false
Answer
(3) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
Solution
Statement I:
SF4, SeF4: 4 bp + 1 lp see-saw
NH4+: 4 bp tetrahedral ✓
[NiCl4]2-: sp3 tetrahedral ✓
XeF4: 4 bp + 2 lp square planar
[PtCl4]2-, [Ni(CN)4]2-: dsp2 square planar
Number of tetrahedral species = 2, not 3. Statement I is false.
Statement II: electrons around the central atom:
NO2: N has 7 (odd-electron molecule), BeH2: Be has 4, BF3: B has 6, AlCl3: Al has 6
the octet is incomplete in all of them. Statement II is true.
Answer: (3)