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Explain why: Water shows unusual beheaviour among the hydrides of groups `16^(th)` elements.

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  2. Account for the following: Fluorine does not form oxoacids.

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  3. Account for the following: PCl3 acts as an oxidizing agent.

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  4. Explain the following: Electron gain enthalpy for oxygen is less negat...

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  5. Answer the following: Bismuth is a strong oxidizing agent in the penta...

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  6. Explain the following: The HNH bond angle is higher than HPH, HAsH and...

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  7. Explain why: Water shows unusual beheaviour among the hydrides of grou...

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  8. How will you account for the following: NCl3 is readily hydrolysed whi...

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  9. How will you account for the following: Bleaching of flowers by chlori...

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  10. Explain why NO2 dimerises.

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  11. Explain: BiCl3 is more stable than BiCl5

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  12. In going down the group in nitrogen family classify the elements into ...

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  13. Arrange HClO4, HClO3, HCIO2 and HClO in increasing orders of their Aci...

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  15. Explain the following: SF6 is kineticaly inert.

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  16. How will you account for the following: NF3 is an exothermic compound ...

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  17. Explain the following: HCI is strogner aicd than HF.

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  18. Arrange the following groups of substances in the order of the propert...

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