By Team Aakash Byju's | 23rd January 2023

IIT JEE Last Year's Questions on Hybridization

Among the following species which two have a trigonal bipyramidal shape?

A

B

C

D

NI

I

SO

NO

3

3

-

3

3

2-

-

The hybridisation of orbitals of N atom in NO , NO , NH  are respectively:

A

B

C

D

sp , sp , sp

sp, sp , sp

sp, sp , sp

sp , sp, sp

3

4

2

+

+

-

2

3

2

3

2

3

2

3

The structure of IF7 is :

A

B

C

D

octahedral

pentagonal bipyramid

square pyramid

trigonal bipyramid

Which of the following has the square planar structure :

A

B

C

D

NH

CCl

XeF

BF

-

4

+

4

4

4

The formation of molecular complex BF3 – NH3 results in a change in the hybridisation of boron

A

B

C

D

From sp  to sp d

From sp  to dsp

From sp  to sp

From sp  to sp

2

3

3

3

3

2

2

3

In which of the following species is the underlined carbon having sp3 hybridisation?

A

B

C

D

CH COOH

CH CH OH

CH COCH

CH =CH–CH

3

3

3

2

3

3

2

The states of hybridization of boron and oxygen atoms in boric acid (H3B03) are respectively

A

B

C

D

sp  and sp

sp  and sp

sp  and sp

sp  and sp

2

2

3

3

3

2

2

3

The maximum number of 90° angles between bond pair of electrons is observed in

A

B

C

D

dsp  hybridization

sp d  hybridization

dsp  hybridization

sp d hybridization

3

2

3

2

2