Give reason ;
i) Flourine exhibits only one oxidation state wheres other halogens exhibit multiple oxidation states.

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Solution

(i) Fluorine is most electronegative atom and Fluorine atom has $1$ unpaired electron and so its oxidation state is $- 1$ . Fluorine does not exhibit positive oxidation state because it cannot expand its octets due to non-availability of d-orbitals.

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