Among the alkaline earth metals, the element forming predominantly covalent compounds is:

Barium

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Beryllium

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Strontium

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Calcium

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Solution

The correct option is B Beryllium
$B e^{2 +}$ ion has smallest size among all. Hence, it has high polarising power. It can't be ionize easily. It will predominantly form covalent compounds.

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