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Q. The hybridization of oxygen atom in $H _{2} O _{2}$ is

Hydrogen

Solution:

The oxygen atom in hydrogen peroxide contains 2 lone pairs and 2 bond pairs. Due to this, the oxygen atom undergoes $sp ^{3}$ hybridization which results in open book structure.