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NDA 2 2024 GAT, question 58

Topic: Chemistry

Q58Not scored: no correct option as printed

Which one among the following elements is polyatomic ?

  1. (a) Phosphorus
  2. (b) Sulphur
  3. (c) Chlorine
  4. (d) Aluminium

Solution.

Not scored: no correct option as printed.

Answer: not scored. No option is correct as printed.

  1. Both phosphorus, commonly represented as P₄, and sulphur, commonly S₈, have polyatomic molecular forms.
  2. Chlorine is diatomic, Cl₂, and aluminium is a metallic lattice.
  3. Thus both (a) and (b) meet the printed condition; a unique answer cannot be selected without an extra restriction.