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The shape of chloroform molecule is

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a

 Tetrahedral

b

 Pyramidal

c

 Planar trigonal

d

Distorted tetrahedral

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

The CHCl3 contains sp3 hybridization and exhibits a tetrahedral structure.

When a molecule's core atom has four bonds and no lone pairs, the molecule is said to be tetrahedral. 

The four corners of a tetrahedron contain the atoms bound to the center atom, and there are 109.5° angles between them.

The strucutre of chloroform is as follows.

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Hence, the correct option (A). Tetrahedral.

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