Question

The tendency to react and form molecules with atoms of the same elements or different elements is an attempt to attain _________.

• A. Stability
• B. Fully filled outermost shell
• C. An octet
• D. All of these

Answer 1

The correct option is D

All of these

The atoms react to fill their outermost shell,attain octet and thus become stable.An octet configuration is considered to be stable (configuration of nobel gases are stable that is octet).