Statement 1: ${SeCl}_{4}$ , does not have a tetrahedral structure.
Statement 2: Se in ${SeCl}_{4}$ has two lone pairs.

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Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is incorrect

Statement 1 is incorrect and statement 2 is correct

Both statements 1 and 2 are correct

Both statements 1 and 2 are incorrect

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

${SeCl}_{4}$ possess see saw geometry, which can be regarded as a distorted trigonal bipyramidal structure having one lone pair (lp) of electrons in the basal position of the trigonal bipyramidal. See-saw geometry of ${SeCl}_{4}$ molecules arises due to the ${sp}^{3} d$ hybridization of the central atom. The distortion in shape is due to the presence of one lone pair of electrons.

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