Question

Statement 1 : Molecules having different hybridisation can have same shape.
Statement 2 : The shape of a molecule does not depend on the hybridisation but it depends on the energy factor.

• A. If both Statement $1$ and Statement $2$ are true and the statement $2$ is the correct explanation of the statement $1$
• B. If both Statement $1$ and Statement $2$ are true but statement $2$ is not the correct explanation of the statement $1$
• C. If Statement $1$ is true but Statement $2$ is false
• D. If Statement $1$ is false but Statement $2$ is true

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Statement $1$ and Statement $2$ both are correct and statement $2$ is the correct explanation of statement $1$, e.g., $NO_2^+$ and $I^-_3$ have different hybridisation but on account of stability they have linear shape as given below.