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The shape of s-orbital is ______ and the shape of p-orbital is _______.

A
spherical, dumb-bell
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dumb-dell, spherical
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spherical, double dumb-bell
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D
spherical, spherical
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Solution

Correct option: (A)

  • Since s-orbital have only one lobe. So, the shape of the s-orbital is spherical.

  • ​The shape of the p-orbital is a dumb-bell shape.

Hence, the correct option is A


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