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The increasing order of field strength of ligands is
 

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a

Cl< H2O<NH3 <CN<CO  

b

 NH3<H2O<Cl<CO<CN
 

c

Cl < CO < CN < H2O < NH3
 

d

 CN<CO<NH3<Cl<H2O

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

Cyanide is the strongest ligand. NH3 is a weak ligand.  

Carbonyl ligand is strong as it contains empty orbitals which bring in splitting in the d orbitals of the metal atom. 

Using the idea of a spectrochemical series, ligands are placed in a crystal field strength-increasing sequence is  NH3<H2O<Cl<CO<CN
Hence the correct answer is  NH3<H2O<Cl<CO<CN

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