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JEE Main 29 July 2022, Shift 1, Chemistry Q68

Question 68 of 90 in this shift, Chemistry question 8 of 30, Section A.

Number of lone pairs of electrons in the central atom of

\mathrm{SCl_2}

\mathrm{O_3}

\mathrm{ClF_3}

and

\mathrm{SF_6}

, respectively, are :

(1)0, 1, 2 and 2
(2)2, 1, 2 and 0Official answer
(3)1, 2, 2 and 0
(4)2, 1, 0 and 2

Official answer

Option 2

NTA final key.

Chapter: Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
Topic: VSEPR Theory
Idea tested: Steric Number Calculation

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