MCQ
Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Statement-I and the other is labelled as Statement-II.
Statement-I:
$BCl _3$ is trigonal planer while $PCl _5$ is trigonal bipyramidal.
Statement-II
B in $BCl _3$ is $sp ^2$ hybridised while P in $PCl _5$ is $sp ^3 d$ hybridised.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Statement-I:
$BCl _3$ is trigonal planer while $PCl _5$ is trigonal bipyramidal.
Statement-II
B in $BCl _3$ is $sp ^2$ hybridised while P in $PCl _5$ is $sp ^3 d$ hybridised.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
- ABoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
- BStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
- CStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
- ✓Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.