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Water also has four electron pairs on its central atom, but two of them are lone pairs. Its molecular shape is:
ABent shape
BTetrahedral
CLinear shape
DTrigonal flat
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Bent shape
1. The four pairs still arrange tetrahedrally around oxygen.
2. Shape is named from the atoms only, and lone pairs are invisible in it.
3. Two bonded atoms out of a tetrahedron give the bent shape.
_Source: OpenStax Chemistry 2e, Chapter 7, Chemical Bonding and Molecular Geometry._
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