The correct statements among the following are:
| a. | Fullerenes have dangling bonds. |
| b. | Fullerenes are cage-like molecules. |
| c. | Graphite is, thermodynamically, the most stable allotrope of carbon. |
| d. | Graphite is slippery and hard and therefore used as a dry lubricant in machines. |
1. a and b
2. b and c
3. c and d
4. a and d
Match the species in Column-I with their corresponding hybridisation in Column-II:
| Column-I (Species) | Column-II (Hybridisation) | ||
| A. | Boron in | i. | sp2 |
| B. | Aluminium in | ii. | sp3 |
| C. | Carbon in Buckminsterfullerene | iii. | sp3d2 |
| D. | Germanium in |
Codes:
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1. | ii | iii | i | iii |
| 2. | i | i | iii | ii |
| 3. | iii | ii | ii | i |
| 4. | i | iii | ii | iii |