JEE Main 2018 — Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure Question with Solution
JEE Main 2018 (15 Apr)
Question
The decreasing order of bond angles in and is:
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Bond angle 
Bond angle (1 lone pair)
Bond angle ≈ 92oWhen central atom size increases, bond angle decreases
Bond angle Practice this on the real CBT interface
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