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The shape of ${N H}_{3}$ molecule is:

tetrahedral

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triagonal planar

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trigonal pyramidal

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linear

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Solution

The correct option is C trigonal pyramidal
In ${N H}_{3}$ , $N$ is ${s p}^{3}$ hybridised. $N$ of ${N H}_{3}$ has a lone pair of electrons. The lone pair distorts the normal tetrahedral geometry due to $l p - b p$ interaction to trigonal bipyramidal.

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