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The number of lone pairs of electrons present on the central atom of `CIF_3` is

A

one

B

two

C

four

D

three

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B
The central atom `Cl` (Group 17) has even seven valence electrons. Three of these are used up to form thrice covalent bonds with three `F` atoms. This leaves behind four electrons which constitute two lone pair
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