Question:
Which atom has the property of catenation?
Which atom has the property of catenation?
Show Hint
Catenation is the ability of an element to form long chains or rings, and carbon is the most well-known element with this property.
Updated On: Nov 5, 2025
- C
- N
- O
- F
Hide Solution
Verified By Collegedunia
The Correct Option is A
Solution and Explanation
Carbon (C) is the element that has the property of catenation, which means it can form long chains or rings by bonding with other carbon atoms.
Was this answer helpful?
0
0
Top Questions on Atoms and Nuclei
- Calculate the mass of an $\alpha$-particle in atomic mass unit (u).
Given: Mass of a normal helium atom = \( 4.002603 \ \text{u} \)
Mass of carbon atom = \( 1.9926 \times 10^{-26} \ \text{kg} \)
- CBSE CLASS XII - 2025
- Physics
- Atoms and Nuclei
- Two nuclei with lower binding energy per nucleon form a nucleus with more binding energy per nucleon. (i) What type of nuclear reaction is it?
- CBSE CLASS XII - 2025
- Physics
- Atoms and Nuclei
- Show the variation of binding energy per nucleon with mass number. Write the significance of the binding energy curve.
- CBSE CLASS XII - 2025
- Physics
- Atoms and Nuclei
Assertion : In Bohr model of hydrogen atom, the angular momentum of an electron in \( n \)th orbit is proportional to the square root of its orbit radius \( r_n \)
Reason (R): According to Bohr model, electron can jump to its nearest orbits only.
- CBSE CLASS XII - 2025
- Physics
- Atoms and Nuclei
- The energy of an electron in a hydrogen atom in ground state is -13.6 eV. Its energy in an orbit corresponding to quantum number \( n \) is -0.544 eV. The value of \( n \) is:
- CBSE CLASS XII - 2025
- Physics
- Atoms and Nuclei
View More Questions
Questions Asked in UP Board X exam
- When did Mahatma Gandhi come back to India?
- UP Board X - 2025
- Nationalism in India
- The altitude of a right-angled triangle is 7 cm less than its base. If the hypotenuse is 13 cm, find the other two sides.
- UP Board X - 2025
- Right-Angled Triangles And Pythagoras Property
- If the sum of first 7 terms of an A.P. is 49 and the sum of first 17 terms is 289, find the sum of first $n$ terms.
- UP Board X - 2025
- Sum of First n Terms of an AP
Find the unknown frequency if 24 is the median of the following frequency distribution:
\[\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline \text{Class-interval} & 0-10 & 10-20 & 20-30 & 30-40 & 40-50 \\ \hline \text{Frequency} & 5 & 25 & 25 & \text{$p$} & 7 \\ \hline \end{array}\]- UP Board X - 2025
- Median of Grouped Data
- If the roots of the equation $x^2+2(m-1)x+(m+5)=0$ are real and equal, find the value of $m$.
- UP Board X - 2025
- Quadratic Equations
View More Questions