JEE Main Chemistry question

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A crystal may have one or more planes and one or more axes of symmetry but it possesses:

(A)Two centres of symmetry
(B)One centre of symmetryCorrect
(C)No centre of symmetry
(D)None of the above

Answer: (B)

Solution

While a crystal can have multiple planes of symmetry and multiple axes of symmetry, it is a general crystallographic rule that a crystal possesses only one centre of

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Question ID VK-141653