Chloride ion and chlorine atom have:

same size

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same stability

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same nuclear charge

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same electron configuration

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Solution

The correct option is B same nuclear charge
Chloride ion and Chlorine atom have same number of protons and different number of electrons . As they have same number of protons they have equal nuclear charge.

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