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The number of covalent bonds in pentane (molecular formular $C_{5} H_{12}$ ) is :
(a) 5 (b) 12 (c) 17 (d) 16

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(d) 16
The number of covalent bonds in pentane is 16.
This is clear from the structure of pentane shown below:

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