Chlorine requires ______ electron(s) to attain stable electronic configuration.

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Solution

The correct option is B 1
The atomic number of chlorine is 17. It has 7 electrons in its valence shell. It needs one more electron to attain the stable electronic configuration i.e. octet configuration.

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