Question

According to Lewis theory, stability can be achieved by ________ of electrons.

• A. sharing
• B. losing
• C. gaining
• D. none of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is D none of the above

Lewis theory revolves around the importance of valence electrons in chemical bonding. These are the electrons that are in the outermost shell.The bonding of an element is based on how they fill their octets i.e. achieve a noble gas electron configurations.Two ways are explicitly defined how electrons are used to form bonds. These are ionic (complete transfer of electron) and covalent (sharing of electrons) bonding. So, depending on the number of valence electrons stability can be achieved by either sharing losing or gaining electrons.