The stability of dihalides of Si, Ge, Sn and Pbincreases steadily in t

1.	The stability of dihalides of Si, Ge, Sn and Pbincreases steadily in the sequence
Answer» `PbX_(2) LT lt SnX_(2)lt lt GeX_(2) lt lt SiX_(2)` `GeX_(2) lt lt SiX_(2) lt lt SnX_(2) lt lt PbX_(2)` `SiX_(2) lt lt GeX_(2)lt lt PbX_(2) lt lt SnX_(2)` `SiX_(2) lt lt GeX_(2) lt lt SaX_(2) lt lt PbX_(2)` SOLUTION :INERT paireffect becomesmore predominant downthe groupand hencethe stabilityof dihalidesincreasesdown the group, i.e,option (d) is correct.

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