Q.

Consider the molecules  CH4,NH3 and H2OWhich of the given statements is false? 

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a

 The HCH bond angle in CH4, the HNH bond   angle in NH3, and the HOH bond angle in H2O are  all greater than 90

b

 The HOH bond angle in H2O is larger than the HCH bond angle in CH4

c

 The HOH bond angle in H2O is smaller than the HNH bond angle in NH3

d

 The HCH bond angle in CH4 is larger than the HNH bond angle in NH3

answer is B.

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Note: The geometry of H2O should have been tetrahedral if there are all bond pairs. But due to presence of two lone pairs the shape is distorted tetrahedral. Hence bond angle reduced to 104.5° from 109.5°. 

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