The bond lengths and bond angles in the molecules of methane, ammonia and water are given belowThe variation in bond angle is a result ofi) The increasing repulsion between H atoms as the bond length decreasesii) The number of non bonding electron pairs in the moleculeiii) A non bonding electron pair having a greater repulsive force than a bonding electron pair
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a
i, ii & iii are correct
b
i &ii are only correct
c
ii & iii are only correct
d
only i is correct
answer is C.
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As the no.of lone pairs increases repulsive forces between L.P-B.P & L.P increasesi.e.. L.P causes more repulsions on the B.P's and hence B.P electrons moving closer to each other, therefore B.A decreases order ofRepulsion between different electron pairsB.P-B.P < B.P-L.P < L.P-L.P Since lone pair occupies more space as compared to B.P