Chemical Bonding — NEET Chemistry MCQs with Solutions

Free NEET Chemistry Chemical Bonding MCQs with step-by-step solutions. Practise online on Prepizo — no login needed.

Sample questions with solutions

Q1 — easy

Which among the following shows the limitation of Lewis octet rule ?

A. CH₄

B. NO ✓ Correct

C. CO₂

D. NH₄⁺

Q2 — easy

Which of the following is an example of expanded octet ?

A. SF₆

B. PF₅

C. H₂SO₄

D. All of these ✓ Correct

Q3 — easy

π bond is formed :-

A. By overlapping of hybridised orbitals

B. Overlapping of s - s orbitals

C. Head on overlapping of p -p orbitals

D. By p - p collateral overlapping ✓ Correct

Q4 — easy

p–p overlapping will be observed in the molecules of:

A. Hydrogen

B. Hydrogen bromide

C. Hydrogen chloride

D. Chlorine ✓ Correct

Q5 — easy

Which of the following has pyramidal shape ?

A. BF₃

B. H₃O⁺ ✓ Correct

C. NO₃⁻

D. CO₃²⁻

Q6 — easy

A sigma bond is formed by the overlapping of :–

A. s-s orbital alone

B. s and p orbitals alone

C. s–s, s–p or p–p orbitals along internuclear axis ✓ Correct

D. p–p orbital along the sides

Q7 — easy

The molecule does not have bent shape :-

A. SO₂

B. O₃

C. H₂O

D. NH₄⁺ ✓ Correct

Q8 — easy

Which overlapping is involved in HCl molecule :–

A. s–s overlap

B. p–p overlap

C. s–d overlap

D. s–p overlap ✓ Correct

Q9 — easy

BeF₂ has zero dipole moment where as H₂O has a dipole moment because :-

A. Water is linear

B. H₂O is bent ✓ Correct

C. F is more electronegative than O

D. Hydrogen bonding is present in H₂O

Q10 — easy

Which of the following molecule have zero dipole moment:-

A. BF₃ ✓ Correct

B. CH₂Cl₂

C. NF₃

D. SO₂

Q11 — easy

Which of the following has zero dipole moment :

A. PCl₃

B. CH₂Cl₂

C. CHCl₃

D. CCl₄ ✓ Correct

Q12 — easy

Dipole moment of CO₂ is zero which implies that :

A. Carbon and oxygen have equal electronegativities

B. Carbon has no polar bond

C. CO₂ is a linear molecule ✓ Correct

D. Carbon has bond moments of zero value

Q13 — easy

The molecule does not have zero dipole moment :-

A. CO₂

B. CCl₄

C. BF₃

D. HCl ✓ Correct

Q14 — easy

Which of the following compound possess dipole moment :-

A. Water ✓ Correct

B. Boron trifluoride

C. Benzene

D. Carbon tetra chloride

Q15 — easy

In Co-ordinate bond, the acceptor atoms must essentially contain in its valence shell an orbital:-

A. With paired electron

B. With single electron

C. With no electron ✓ Correct

D. With three electron

Q16 — easy

Intermolecular hydrogen bonds are not present in:-

A. CH₃CH₂OH

B. CH₃COOH

C. C₂H₅NH₂

D. CH₃OCH₃ ✓ Correct

Q17 — easy

Dative bond is present in

A. SO₃ ✓ Correct

B. NH₃

C. K₂CO₃

D. BF₃

Q18 — easy

NH₃ has abnormally high boiling point because it has :

A. Alkaline nature

B. Distorted shape

C. sp³ - Hybridisation

D. Hydrogen bonding ✓ Correct

Q19 — easy

Maximum no. of hydrogen bonds formed by a water molecule in ice is

A. 4 ✓ Correct

B. 3

C. 2

D. 1

Q20 — easy

Which of the following is soluble in water ?

A. CS₂

B. C₂H₅OH ✓ Correct

C. CCl₄

D. CHCl₃

Q21 — easy

The force responsible for dissolution of ionic compound in water is –

A. Dipole – dipole forces

B. Ion – dipole force ✓ Correct

C. Ion – ion force

D. Hydrogen bond

Q22 — easy

As compared to covalent compounds electrovalent compounds generally possess

A. High m.p. and high b.p. ✓ Correct

B. Low m.p. and low b.p.

C. Low m.p. and high b.p.

D. high m.p. and low b.p.

Q23 — easy

Which of the following does not show electrical conduction ?

A. diamond ✓ Correct

B. graphite

C. sodium chloride (fused)

D. potassium

Q24 — hard

Which of the following set is not correct:–

A. SO₃, O₃, NH₄⁺ all have coordinate bonds

B. H₂O, NO₂, ClO₂⁻, all are 'V' shape molecules

C. I₃⁻, ICl₂⁻, NO₂⁺ ; all are linear molecules

D. SF₄, SiF₄, XeF₄ are tetrahedral in shape ✓ Correct

Q25 — hard

The shape of IF₄⁺ will be :-

A. Square planar

B. Tetrahedral

C. Pentagonal bipyramidal

D. Distorted tetrahedral ✓ Correct

Q26 — hard

Amongst CO₃²⁻, AsO₃³⁻, XeO₃, ClO₃⁻, BO₃³⁻ and SO₃²⁻ the non-planar species are :-

A. XeO₃, ClO₃⁻, SO₃²⁻, AsO₃³⁻ ✓ Correct

B. AsO₃³⁻, XeO₃, CO₃²⁻

C. BO₃³⁻, CO₃²⁻, SO₃²⁻

D. AsO₃³⁻, BO₃³⁻, CO₃²⁻

Q27 — hard

The type of hybrid orbitals used by chlorine atom in ClO₂⁻, ClO₃⁻ and ClO₄⁻ is/are :-

A. sp, sp², sp³ and sp³d

B. sp and sp³

C. Only sp³ ✓ Correct

D. only sp

Q28 — hard

Among the following orbitals/bonds, the angle is minimum between :

A. sp³ bonds

B. pₓ and pᵧ orbitals ✓ Correct

C. H—O—H bond in water

D. sp bonds

Q29 — hard

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

A. dₓᵧ, dₓ₂₋ᵧ₂, s, pₓ, pᵧ

B. dₓᵧ, s, pₓ, pᵧ, pᵢ

C. s, pₓ, pᵧ, pᵢ, dᵤ ✓ Correct

D. s, pₓ, pᵧ, dₓ₂₋ᵧ₂

Q30 — hard

The hybridization states of the central atoms of the ions I₃⁻, ICl₂⁻ and ICl₄⁻ are respectively :

A. sp², sp³d, sp³

B. sp³d, sp³d² and sp³d ✓ Correct

C. sp³d, sp³d, sp

D. sp, sp, sp²