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Why does bond angle in hydrides decrease on going down the group?

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On going down the group, electronegativity of central atom decreases, thus reducing its tendency to attract shared pair of electrons towards itself. So lone pair-bond pair repulsions become more efficient as against bond pair-bond pair repulsions thus reducing the bond angle.

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