Amongst $S F_{4}, X e F_{4}, C F_{4} and H_{2} O$ , the number of species with two lone pair of electrons is _______

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Solution

$X e F_{4}$ and $H_{2} O$ both have 2 lone pairs.

Note: Since it is not mentioned in the question statement whether the no. of lone pairs are to be counted for the central atom or the whole molecule, hence there can be 2 answers to this question.
apart from from the one mentioned above the $2^{n d}$ answer should be "1" as $H_{2} O$ is the only molecule out of the given options which has 2 lone pairs in total.

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