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Q.

PCl5 has a shape of trigonal bipyramid whereas IF5 has the shape of a square pyramid' It is due to

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a

presence of lone pair on I which is oriented so as to minimise repulsion, while P in PCI5 has no unshared Pair

b

octet of P is complete while that of I is incomplete

c

P and I are of different groups

d

F and cl have different extent of repulsion

answer is A.

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P and I both the central atoms do not belong to same group.
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