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Q.1 When two atoms of chlorine combine to form one molecule of chlorine gas, the energy of the
molecule
(A) Greater than that of separate atoms
(B) Equal to that of separate atoms
(C) Lower than that of separate atoms
(D) None of the above statement is correct
Q.2 The paramagnetic nature of oxygen molecule is best explained on the basis of
(A) Valence bond theory (B) Resonance
(C) Molecular orbital theory (D) Hybridization
Q.3 When two atomic orbitals combine, they form
(A) One molecular orbital (B) Two molecular orbital
(C) Three molecular orbital (D) Four molecular orbital
Q.4 Which of the following statements is not correct regarding bonding molecular orbitals:
(A) Bonding molecular orbitals possess less energy than the atomic orbitals from which they
are formed.
(B) Bonding molecular orbitals have low electron density between the two nuclei.
(C) Every electron in bonding molecular orbitals contributes to the attraction between
atoms
(D) They are formed when the lobes of the combining atomic orbitals have the same
sign i.e.proper symmetry of electron waves.
Q.5 In an antibonding molecular orbital, electron density is minimum -
(A) Around one atom of the molecule
(B) Between the two nuclei of the molecule
(C) At the region away from the nuclei of the molecule
(D) at no place
Q.6 Which of the following molecular orbital has two nodal planes -
(A) σ2s (B) π*2py (C) σ2pz (D) σ*2px
Q.7 In a homonuclear molecule, which of the following set of orbitals are degenerate:
(A) σ2s and σ1s (B) π2px and π2py (C) π2px and σ2pz (D) σ2pz and σ*2pz
Q.8 How many nodal planes is/are present in σ1s bonding molecular orbital:
(A) zero (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
Q.9 The energy of σ2s is greater, than σ1s* orbital because -
(A) σ2s orbital is bigger than σ1s* orbital
(B) σ2s orbital is a bonding orbital where as σ1s* is an antibonding orbital
(C) σ2s orbital has a greater value of n than σ1s* orbital
(D) None
Q.10 The molecular electronic configuration of H2- ion is
(A) (σ1s)2 (B) (σ1s)2(σ x1s)2 (C) (σ1s)2(σ x1s)1 (D) (σ1s)3
Q.11 From elementary molecular orbital theory we can give the electronic configuration of the singly
positive nitrogen molecular ion N2+ as
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
Q.12 The filled molecular orbital with highest energy in a nitrogen molecule is
(A) σ2p (B) π2p (C) σ*2p (D) π*2p
Q.13 Which of the following species have more number of electrons in bonding MO's as
compared to antibonding MO’s: -
(A) O2– (B) N2+ (C) C2 (D) All of these
Q.14 During change of O2 to O2– ion, the electron adds in which one of the following orbitals?
(A) σ* 2pz orbital (B) σ 2pz orbital
(C) π* 2px / π* 2py orbital (D) π 2px /π 2py orbital
Q.15 According to Molecular orbital theory, HOMO in O2 is:
(A) π 2px = π 2py (B) π* 2px = π *2py (C) σ 2pz (D) σ* 2pz
Q.16 N2 accept electron and convert into, where this electron goes
(A) Antibonding π molecular orbital (B) Bonding π molecular orbital
(C) σ bonding molecular orbital (D) σ – anti-bonding molecular orbital
Q.17 The no. of antibonding electron pair in O2– is
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 8 (D) 10
Q.18 In O2- O2 and O2-2 molecular species, the total number of antibonding electrons
respectively are
(A) 7, 6, 8 (B) 1, 0, 2 (C) 6, 6, 6 (D) 8, 6, 8
Q.19 According to Molecular orbital theory which of the following is correct?
(A) LUMO level for C2 molecule is σ2px orbital
(B) In C2 molecules both the bonds are π bonds
(C) In C22–ion there is one σ and two π bonds
(D) All the above are correct
Q.20 On the basis of molecular orbital theory which molecules does not exist
(A) H2 (B) He2 (C) HeH (D) Li2
Q.21 The diamagnetic molecule is
(A) Super oxide ion (B) di-Oxygen molecule
(C) di-Carbon molecule (D) Unipositive ion of di-nitrogen molecule
Q.22 Which of the following ion is diamagnetic: -
(A) O2+1 (B) O2-2 (C) O2 (D) O2-1
Q.23 Which of the following species have maximum number of unpaired electrons
(A) O2 (B) O2+ (C) O2- (D) O22-
Q.24 Which of the following is diamagnetic
(A) di-Oxygen molecule (B) di-Boron molecule
(C) N2- (D) None
Q.25 According to molecular orbital theory, the paramagnetism of O2 molecule is due to
presence of
(A) Unpaired electrons in the bonding σ molecular orbital
(B) Unpaired electrons in the antibonding σ molecular orbital
(C) Unpaired electron in the bonding π molecular orbital
(D) Unpaired electrons in the antibonding π molecular orbital
Q.26 Which of the following pairs of species would you expect to have largest difference in spin
magnetic moment:
(A) O2, O2- (B) O2, O2+1 (C) O22-, O2 (D) O2+2, O22-
Q.27 Paramagnetism is observed in:
(A) N2 (B) O2 (C) He (D) O2–
Q.28 Which one of the following species is diamagnetic in nature
(A) He2+ (B) H2 (C) H2+ (D)H2-
Q.29 The paramagnetic property of the oxygen molecule is due to the presence of unpaired electrons
present in
(A) (σ 2px)1 and (σ* 2px)1 (B) (σ 2px)1 and (π 2py)1
1 * 1
(C) (π* 2py) and (π 2pz) (D) (π* 2py)1 and (π 2py)1
Q.30 Which of the following is paramagnetic?
(A) B2 (B) C2 (C) N2 (D) F2
Q.31 According to Molecular orbital theory, which of the following statement about the
magnetic character and bond order of O2+ is correct:
(A)Paramagnetic and bond order less than that of O2
(B) Paramagnetic and bond order greater than that of O2.
(C) Diamagnetic and bond order less than that of O2
(D) Diamagnetic and bond order greater than that of O2.
Q.32 Which one is paramagnetic from the following
(A) O2- (B) NO (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) CN-
Q.33 Which of the following diatomic molecule is paramagnetic
(A) Chlorine (B) Nitrogen (C) Oxygen (D) Hydrogen
Q.34 Which one of the following oxides is expected exhibit paramagnetic behaviour
(A) CO2 (B) SO2 (C) ClO2 (D) SiO2
Q.35 Which one is paramagnetic and has the bond order 1/2
(A) O2 (B) N2 (C) F2 (D) H2+
Q.36 Of the following statements which one is correct
(A) di-Oxygen and nitric oxide molecules are both paramagnetic because both contain
unpaired electrons
(B) di-Oxygen and nitric oxide molecules are both diamagnetic because both contain no
unpaired
electrons
(C) di-Oxygen is paramagnetic because it contains unpaired electrons, while nitric oxide is
diamagnetic because it contains no unpaired electrons
(D) di-Oxygen is diamagnetic because it contains no unpaired electrons, while nitric oxide is
paramagnetic because it contains an unpaired electron
Q.37 Which of the following is paramagnetic
(A) O2 (B) CN- (C) CO (D) NO-
Q.38 Which is not paramagnetic
(A) O2 (B) O2+ (C) O22- (D) O2-
Q.39 Which one does not exhibit Para magnetism
(A) ClO2 (B) ClO2- (C) NO2 (D) NO
Q.40 According to molecular orbital theory which of the following statement about the
magnetic character and bond order is correct regarding O2-
(A) Paramagnetic and bond order< O2
(B) Paramagnetic and bond order> O2
(C) Diamagnetic and bond order< O2
(D) Diamagnetic and bond order> O2
Q.41 The paramagnetic molecule at ground state among the following is
(A) H2 (B) O2 (C) N2 (D) CO
Q.42 Which of the following is paramagnetic
(A) N2 (B) C2 (C) N2+ (D) O22-
Q.43 The molecule having one unpaired electron is
(A) NO (B) CO (C) CN- (D) O2
Q.44 Which of the following species is diamagnetic?
(A) O2+ (B) NO+ (C) NO (D) O2
Q.45 Which of the following molecules have unpaired electron: -
(A) H2 (B) H3O+ (C) H2O (D) HeH
Q.46 In the following which of the two are paramagnetic
(a) N2 (b) CO (c) B2 (d) NO2
Correct answer is: -
(A) a and c (B) b and c (C) c and d (D) b and d
Q.47 O2 and N2 are respectively
(A) Diamagnetic, Paramagnetic (B) Paramagnetic, Diamagnetic
(C) Both the paramagnetic (D) Both are diamagnetic
Q.48 The bond order of O2+ is the same as in
(A) N2+ (B) CN- (C) CO (D) NO+
Q.49 Bond order of O2is
(A) 2 (B) 1.5 (C) 3 (D) 3.5
Q.50 The bond order in O2+ is
(A) 2 (B) 2.5 (C) 1.5 (D) 3
Q.51 What is correct sequence of bond order
(A) O2+ >O2- >O2 (B) O2+ > O2 > O2-
(C) O2 > O2- >O2+ (D) O2- > O2+ > O2
Q.52 With increasing bond order, stability of a bond
(A) Remains unaltered (B) Decreases
(C) Increases (D) None of these
+
Q.53 The bond order of He2 molecule ion is
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(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) " (D) #
Q.54 Which of the following forms only π-bond using Molecular orbital theory:
(A) Li2 (B) C2 (C) N2 (D) O2
Q.55 In which of the following pairs the two molecules have identical bond order
(A) N2, O22+ (B) N2, O2- (C) N2- , O2 (D)O2+, N2
Q.56 The bond order is not three for
(A) N2+ (B) O22+ (C)N2 (D) NO+
Q.57 In which of the following pairs molecules have bond order three and are isoelectronic
(A) CN-, CO (B) NO+, CO+ (C) CN-, O2+ (D)CO,O2+
2-
Q.58 What bond order does O2 have
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) ½
Q.59 In the process, O2 ® O2 +e the electron lost is from
+ +2

(A) p-Bonding orbital (B) p-Antibonding orbital

(C) 2pz orbital (D) 2px orbital
Q.60 The bond order of N2– anion is:
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 2.5 (D) 3
Q.61 Out of the following compounds which has zero bond order:
(A) N2 (B) O2 (C) F2 (D) Ne2
Q.62 The ion that is isoelectronic with CO and having same bond order is: -
(A*) CN– (B) O2+ (C) O2– (D) N2+
Q.63 Which has the bond order in fraction: -
(A) O2 (B) HeH+ (C) CO (D) CN
Q.64 In which of the species, bond order increases on removing one electron: -
(a) NO (b) CN– (c) O2 (d) CO
Correct answer is -
(A) b and d (B) a and c (C) b, d and c (D) b and c
Q.65 Bond order of Li2 is: -
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
Q.66 In which of the following set, the value of bond order will be 2.5: -
(A) O2+ NO, NO+2, CN (B) CN, NO+2, CN–, F2
(C) NO+2, O2+, CN– (D) O2+, O22+, O2
Q.67 Of the following species which has the highest bond order and shortest bond length:
NO, NO+, NO2+, NO–
(A) NO only
(B) Bond order of NO is highest and bond length of NO2+ is shortest
(C) NO+ only (D) NO2+ only
Q.68 The bond order of CO molecule on the basis of molecular orbital theory is
(A) Zero (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 1
Q.69 Valence shell electronic configuration of ion of N2 molecule is written as (σ 2s)2 (σ* 2s)2
(π2p)4 (σ 2p)2 (π* 2p)1. Hence the bond order of Nitrogen molecular ion is: -
(A) 3 (B) 2.0 (C) 1.5 (D) 2.5
Q.70 Which of the following group of molecules have 2½ bond order: -
(A) N2–2, O2–2, CO (B) N2+, O2+, NO (C) C2–2, BN, O2 (D) CN–, NO+, O2+2
Q.71 Which of the following ion has not bond order of 2.5?
(A) O2– (B) O2+ (C) N2+ (D) N2–
Q.72 The bond-orders of the given species are such that -
(A) O2– > O2+ > O22– > O2 (B) O2+ > O2 > O2– > O22–
+ 2– –
(C) O2 > O2 > O2 > O2 (D) O22– > O2 > O2+ > O2–
Q.73 Which of the following has fractional bond order?
(A) H2- (B) F22- (C) O22- (D) O22-
Q.74 Bond order increases in which of the given transitions?
(A) CO → CO+ (B) N2 → N2+ (C) O2 → O2+ (D) O2 → O22–
Q.75 Which of the following option w.r.t. increasing bond order is correct?
(A) NO < C2 < O2– < He2+ (B) C2 < NO < He2+ < O2–
+ –
(C) He2 < O2 < NO < C2 (D) He2+ < O2– < C2 < NO
Q.76 The species having bond order different from that in CO is
(A) NO– (B) NO+ (C) CN– (D) N2
Q.77 Which of the following has 1.5 bond order:
(A) CN– (B) NO (C) NO+ (D) CN⊕
Q.78 Which has non-integral bond order -
(A) O2+ (B) O2- (C) NO (D) All of these
Q.79 Number of anti-bonding electrons in N2 is -
(A) 4 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 14
Q.80 In the formation of N2+ from N2, the electron is removed from -
(A) A σ-orbital (B) A π-orbital
(C) A σ*-orbital (D) A π*-orbital
Q.81 The bond order of NO molecule is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 2.5 (D) 3
Q.82 The bond order is maximum in
(A) O2 (B) O2-1 (C) O2+1 (D) O2-2
Q.83 The bond order of a molecule is given by
(A)The difference between the number of electrons in bonding and antibonding orbitals
(B)Total number of electrons in bonding and antibonding orbitals
(C)Twice the difference between the number of electrons in bonding and antibonding electrons
(D*) Half the difference between the number of electrons in bonding and antibonding electrons
Q.84 The bond order in N2- ion is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 2.5 (D) 3
Q.85 Which molecule has the highest bond order
(A) N2 (B) Li2 (C) He2 (D) O2
Q.86 The bond order in N2 molecule is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
Q.87 Which of the following does not exist on the basis of molecular orbital theory
(A) H2+ (B) He2+ (C) He2 (D) Li2+
Q.88 According to the molecular orbital theory, the bond order in C2 molecule is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
Q.89 The molecular orbital configuration of a diatomic molecule is

Its bond order is

(A) 3 (B) 2.5 (C) 2 (D) 1
Q.90 If Nx is the number of bonding orbitals of an atom and Ny is the number of antibonding
orbitals, then the molecule/atom will be stable if
(A) Nx > Ny (B) Nx = Ny (C) Nx < Ny (D) Nx < Ny
Q.91 The number of antibonding electron pairs in O22+ molecular ion on the basis of
molecular orbital theory is
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 5
Q.92 Bond order in C2+ is: -
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(A) " (B) $ (C) " (D) 1
+ +
Q.93 N2 and O2 are converted to monocations N2 and O2 respectively, which is wrong statement:
(A) In N2+, the N—N bond weakens
(B) In O2+, the O—O bond order increases
(C) In O2+, the paramagnetism decrease
(D) N2+ becomes diamagnetic
Q.94 Which of the following statements is not correct from the point of view of molecular
orbital theory:
(A) Be2 is not a stable molecule.
(B) He2 is not stable, but He2+ is expected to exist.
(C) Bond strength of N2 is maximum amongst the homonuclear diatomic molecules.
(D) The order of energies of molecular orbitals in F2 molecule is:
E(σ2s) < E(σ*2s) < E(π2px) = E(π2py) < E(σ2pz) < E(π*2px) = E(π*2py) < E(σ*2pz)
Q.95 Which of the following species is the least stable
(A) O2 (B) O2-2 (C) O2+1 (D) O2-1
Q.96 Which of the following species will have the minimum bond energy
(A) N2 (B) N2– (C) N2+ (D) N2–2
Q.97 Higher is the bond order, greater is -
(A) Bond dissociation energy (B) Covalent character
(C) Bond length (D) Paramagnetism
Q.98 Among the following species, which has the minimum bond length?
(A) B2 (B) C2 (C) F2 (D) O2–
Q.99 Out of the following which has smallest bond length
(A) O2 (B) O2+ (C) O2- (D) O22-
+ -
Q.100 The bond length the species O2,O2 and O2 are in the order of
(A)O2+>O2>O2- (B)O2- >O2+ >O2 (C)O2>O2+ >O2- (D)O2- >O2>O2+\
Q.101 Increasing order of bond length in NO, NO+ and NO– is: -
(A) NO > NO– > NO+ (B) NO+ < NO < NO– (C) NO < NO+ < NO– (D) NO < NO+ = NO
Q.102 Which of the following species absorb maximum energy in its HOMO-LUMO electronic
transition?
(A) O2 (B) N2– (C) C2 (D) N2
+
Q.103 The bond order in NO is 2.5 while that in NO is 3. Which of the following statements is true
for these two species:
(A) Bond length comparison is unpredictable.
(B) Bond length in NO is greater than in NO+.
(C) Bond length in NO+ is equal to that in NO.
(D) Bond length in NO+ is greater than in NO.
Q.104 Paramagnetism is exhibited by molecules
(A) Not attracted into a magnetic field
(B) Containing only paired electrons
(C) Carrying a positive charge
(D) Containing unpaired electrons
Q.105 The difference in energy between the molecular orbital formed and the combining atomic
orbitals is called
(A) Bond energy (B) Activation energy
(C) Stabilization energy (D) Destabilization energy
Q.106 Which one of the following molecules is paramagnetic
(A) CO2 (B) SO2 (C) NO (D) H2O
2-
Q.107 The number of antibonding electron pairs in O2 molecular ion on the basis of molecular orbital
theory is
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 5
Q.108 Molecular orbital electronic configuration of Be2, will be -
(a) K K, σ 2s2 (b) K K, σ2s2, σ*2s2
2 2 2 2
(c) σ 1s , σ* 1s , σ2s , σ*2s (d) σ 1s2, σ* 1s2, σ2s2, 2p2
Correct answer is -
(A) a, b (B) b, c (C) c, d (D) a, c
Q.109 The molecular orbital configuration of CN+ is: -
(A) KK σ (2s)2, σ* (2s)2, π (2px)2, π (2py)2
(B) KK σ (2s)2, σ* (2s)2, σ (2pz)2, π (2px)1, π (2py)1
(C) KK σ (2s)2, σ* (2s)2, σ (2pz)2, π (2px)2, π (2py)1
(D) KK σ (2s)2, σ* (2s)2, σ (2pz)2, π (2px)2, π (2py)2

ANSWER KEY
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
(C) (C) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (A) (C) (C)
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
(A) (A) (D) (C) (B) (A) (B) (A) (D) (B)
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
(C) (B) (A) (D) (D) (C) (B) (B) (C) (A)
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
(B) (C) (C) (C) (D) (A) (A) (C) (B) (A)
41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
(B) (C) (A) (B) (D) (C) (B) (A) (A) (B)
51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
(B) (C) (C) (B) (A) (A) (A) (C) (B) (C)
61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70.
(D) (A) (D) (C) (B) (A) (C) (C) (D) (B)
71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80.
(A) (B) (A) (A,C) (D) (A) (D) (D) (A) (A)
81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90.
(C) (C) (D) (C) (A) (C) (C) (C) (A) (A)
91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100.
(A) (A) (D) (D) (C) (A) (A) (B) (B) (D)
101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109.
(B) (D) (B) (D) (C) (C) (A) (B) (A)