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JEE Main 2020 — p Block Elements (Group 13 & 14) Question with Solution

JEE Main 2020 (09 Jan Shift 1)

Question

‘ X ’ melts at low temperature and is a bad conductor of electricity in both liquid and solid state. X is:

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Correct answer
DCarbon tetrachloride

Step-by-step explanation

Carbon tetrachloride boils at low temperatures and is a non-conductor in both solid and liquid phases. Carbon tetrachloride is made up of individual covalently bonded molecules, CCl4. Therefore, the electrons cannot flow and there are no ions. So it does not conduct in any state.

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