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Solved 2025 Specimen Paper ICSE Class 10 Chemistry — Question 7

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Question 1(vii)

Element 'P' has electronic configuration 2,8,8,1. The number of chlorine atoms present in the chloride of 'P' is:

  1. 2
  2. 1
  3. 3
  4. 4
Answer

1

Reason — P has 1 electron in its outermost shell. Since each chlorine atom can accept one electron, the chloride of P will have one chlorine atom for one electron lost by P. Therefore, the number of chlorine atoms in the chloride of 'P' will be 1.

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