| 1. | Carbon has the tendency to form chains and rings with itself. |
| 2. | Silicon and Germanium are useful in semiconductor industry. |
| 3. | Boron trifluoride is a strong Lewis acid. |
| 4. | Common oxidation states of group 14 elements are +1 and +3. |
| 1. | Both diamond and graphite are used as dry lubricants. |
| 2. | Diamond and graphite have a two-dimensional network. |
| 3. | Diamond is covalent and graphite is ionic. |
| 4. | Diamond is sp³ hybridised and graphite is sp² hybridized. |