The shape of Ammonium ion is:

tetrahedron

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pyramid

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square planar

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square pyramid

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Solution

The correct option is A tetrahedron
Ammonium ion is tetrahedron in shape. Ammonium ( $N H_{4}^{+}$ ) contains eight electrons and $4$ hydrogen occupy the $4$ corners of tetrahedron. It has $4$ bond pairs and $0$ lone pair.

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