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Q. Hybridisation states of $C$ in $CH_3^+$ and $CH_4$ are

Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Solution:

Number of sigma bonds in $\overset{+}{C}H _3$ are $3$ , thus, hybridisation is $s p^2$.
Number of sigma bonds in $CH _4$ are $4$ , thus, hybridisation is $s p^3$.