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State true or false:
The tendency of atom to attract shared pair of electrons is known as electron affinity.

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True
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False
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Solution

The correct option is B False
The tendency of atom to attract a shared pair of electrons is called as electronegativity. This is definition of electronegativity.
Thus the given statement is false.

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