The types of hybrid orbitals of nitrogen in $N O_{2}^{+}$ , $N O_{3}^{-}$ and $N H_{4}^{+}$ respectively are expected to be:

s p, s p^{3}

and

s p^{2}

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s p, s p^{2}

and

s p^{3}

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s p^{2}, s p

and

s p^{3}

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s p^{2}, s p^{3}

and

s p

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Solution

The correct option is B $s p, s p^{2}$ and $s p^{3}$
The hybridisation of each molecule gives us the idea about the hybrid orbitals,
$N O_{2}^{+}$ is $S P$ hybridised
$N O_{3}^{-}$ is $S P^{2}$ hybridised
$N H_{4}^{+}$ is $S P^{3}$ hybridised
So the correct answer is [B].

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The types of hybrid orbitals of nitrogen in $N O_{2}^{+}, N O_{3}^{-} a n d N H_{4}^{+}$ respectively are expected to be

(a) $s p, s p^{3} a n d s p^{2}$

(b) $s p, s p^{2} a n d s p^{3}$

(d) $s p^{2}, s p^{3} a n d s p$

The hybridisation of atomic orbitals of nitrogen in ${N O_{2}}^{+}$ , ${N O_{3}}^{-}$ and ${N H_{4}}^{+}$ are:

N O_{2}^{+}, N O_{3}^{-}

N H_{4}^{+}

N O_{3}^{-}, N O_{2}^{+} a n d N H_{4}^{+}

C H_{4}, C_{2} H_{6}, a n d C_{2} H_{4}

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