A bridging ligand possesses:

poly dentate nature

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two or more doner centres

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the tendecy to get itself attached to two metal ions

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one donor centre

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Solution

The correct options are
A poly dentate nature
C the tendecy to get itself attached to two metal ions
The role of a bridging ligand is to connect two metal central atoms in a coordination compound.
Hence, it should be at least bidentate, two donor site is not necessary and should be able to attach to 2 metal ions.

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