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CUET · CHEMISTRY · PYQ PAPER 2025

Which of the following postulates of Werner theory is incorrect?

  1. A In coordination compounds metals show two types of linkages (valences) - primary and secondary.
  2. B The primary valences are normally ionisable and are satisfied by negative ions.
  3. C The secondary valence is equal to the oxidation number of metal and is fixed for a metal.
  4. D The ions/groups bound by the secondary linkages to the metal have characteristic spatial arrangements corresponding to different coordination numbers.
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(C) The secondary valence is equal to the oxidation number of metal and is fixed for a metal.

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The secondary valence is equal to the oxidation number of metal and is fixed for a metal.
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