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Q. Which is a pair of paramagnetic species?

Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Solution:

In $KO _{2}, O _{2}^{-} \rightarrow$ (superoxide) has one unpaired electron and $NO _{2}$ also has one unpaired electron.
Thus, $KO _{2}$ and $NO _{2}$ are paramagnetic