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Carbon tetrachloride has no net dipole moment because of

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Its planar structure

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Its regular tetrahedral structure

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Similar sizes of carbon and chlorine atoms

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D

Similar electron affinities of carbon and chlorine

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Solution

The correct option is B
Its regular tetrahedral structure

$C C l_{4}$ has no net dipole moment because of its regular tetrahedral structure.

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