Chemical Bonding & Molecular Structure JEE Main PYQs, 2020 to 2025

Which of the following molecule(s) show/s paramagnetic behavior?

A. $\mathrm{O}_2$

B. $\mathrm{N}_2$

C. $\mathrm{F}_2$

D. $\mathrm{S}_2$

E. $\mathrm{Cl}_2$

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Given below are two statements:

Statement I : Wet cotton clothes made of cellulose based carbohydrate takes comparatively longer time to get dried than wet nylon polymer based clothes.

Statement II : Intermolecular hydrogen bonding with water molecule is more in nylon-based clothes than in the case of cotton clothes.

In the light of above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

Among $\mathrm{SO}_2, \mathrm{NF}_3, \mathrm{NH}_3, \mathrm{XeF}_2, \mathrm{ClF}_3$ and $\mathrm{SF}_4$, the hybridization of the molecule with nonzero dipole moment and highest number of lone-pairs of electrons on the central atom is

An element ‘E’ has the ionisation enthalpy value of 374 kJ mol⁻¹. ‘E’ reacts with elements A, B, C and D with electron gain enthalpy values of −328, −349, −325 and −295 kJ mol⁻¹, respectively. The correct order of the products EA, EB, EC and ED in terms of ionic character is :

Arrange the following compounds in increasing order of their dipole moment :

$\mathrm{HBr}, \mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{~S}, \mathrm{NF}_3$ and $\mathrm{CHCl}_3$

Aluminium chloride in acidified aqueous solution forms an ion having geometry