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The structure of H2O  is                 

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a

V – shape

b

Linear

c

Tetrahedral

d

Trigonal planar

answer is C.

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In H2O , oxygen undergoes sp3  hybridisation and geometry should be Tetrahedral but due to the presence of two lone pairs of electrons on oxygen the resulting geometry is V – shape.

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