Shape of methane is ________ with bond angle ${109.5}^{0}$

tetrahedral

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pyramidal

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bipyramidal

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none of these

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Solution

The correct option is D tetrahedral
Shape of methane is tetrahedral with bond angle ${109.5}^{0}$ .
The $C$ atom undergoes $s p^{3}$ hybridisation. The $C$ atom has $4$ bond pairs and zero lone pairs of electrons.

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