Q4 · CSIR-NET Chemistry, December 2016

Paper: CSIR-NET December 2016 · Subject: Inorganic Chemistry · Chapter: Chemical Bonding · Topic: Chemical Bonding – General · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Hard

The numbers of triangular faces in square antiprism, icosahedron and tricapped trigonal prism (capped on square faces), respectively, are

(a)8, 20 and 14

(b)8, 20 and 12

(c)10, 12 and 14

(d)10, 12 and 12

Answer

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Explanation

Square antiprism: 8 triangular faces (+2 squares); icosahedron: 20; tricapped trigonal prism: 14 (a).

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