Nitrogen does not form sulphides.

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is A True
Nitrogen have 2p orbital and because of higher electronegativity its size further decreases and sulphur have 3p orbital, the overlapping of orbitals is not effective because of greater size difference, hence, nitrogen does not form sulphides.

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