JEE Main Chemistry question

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Hydrogen molecule differs from chlorine molecule in the following respect

(A)Hydrogen molecule is non-polar but chlorine molecule is polar
(B)Hydrogen molecule is polar while chlorine molecule is non-polar
(C)Hydrogen molecule can form intermolecular hydrogen bonds but chlorine molecule does not
(D)Hydrogen molecule cannot participate in coordination bond formation but chlorine molecule canCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

Both H and Cl are non-polar homonuclear diatomic molecules, ruling out (A) and (B), and it is chlorine atoms (via hydrogen bonded to other electronegative atoms), not the chlorine molecule donating to hydrogen, that is relevant to hydrogen

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