MHT CET Chemistry question

ChemistryChemical Bonding and Molecular StructureMHT CET

What is the geometry of water molecule?

Answer: (A)

Solution

Water has 2 bond pairs and 2 lone pairs () and the lone-pair repulsion squeezes the H-O-H angle to , so the geometry is

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