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Assertion : does not have a tetrahedral structure.Reason : in has two lone pairs.

  1. A
    (a)
  2. B
    (b)
  3. C
    (c)
  4. D
    (d)

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has a "see-saw" geometry, which is a distorted trigonal bipyramidal structure. This arises due to hybridization of the Selenium atom, which has 4 bond pairs and 1 lone pair of electrons (not two). The assertion is true, but the reason is false.

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Assertion : does not have a tetrahedral structure.Reason : in has two lone pairs.
A
(a)
B
(b)
C
(c)
D
(d)

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