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The hybridisation of carbanion is:

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sp
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sp2
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sp3
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sp2d
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Solution

The correct option is C sp3
The geometry of carbanion is tetrahedral and hybridisation is sp3 because the steric number is 4. Total number of electrons around the C-atom is 8.

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