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Select and write the most appropriate answer from the given alternatives for each sub-question: The hybridisation of phosphorus in phosphorus pentachloride is :

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`DSP^(3)`
`SP^(3) d`
`d^(2)sp^(3)`
`sp^(3)d^(2)`

Solution :In `PCl_(5)`, PHOSPHORUS undergoes `sp^(3)d` hybridization and has trigonal bipyramidal geometry.


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