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The decreasing values of bond angles from NH3 to SbH3 down the group 15 of the periodic table is due to 

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a

increasing bp–bp repulsion 

b

increasing p-orbital character in sp3 

c

decreasing lp-bp repulsion 

d

decreasing electronegativity of central atom 

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

The decreasing value of bond angles from NH3​ (106) to SbH3 (91) down group-15 of the periodic table is due to decreasing electronegativity.
 

Element                          
 
  N
 
      P 
 
       As
 
   Sb
 
Electronegativity
 
  3.0
 
    2.1
 
        2.0  
 
    1.9
 
Bond angle H−M−H
 
   106o45′
 
    94o
 
   91o30′
 
   91o
 

As the electronegativity decreases, the bond pair of electrons becomes farther away from the central atom and the repulsion between the bond pair of electrons decreases. 

Due to this, H−M−H bond angle decreases.

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