Use of the Data Booklet is relevant to this question. Carbon and nitrogen are adjacent in the Periodic Table. Which properties do they both have? 1. There is an empty 2p orbital in one atom of the element. 2. The principal quantum number of the highest occupied orbital is 2. 3. They form compounds in which their atoms form bonds with four other atoms.
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C: 2 and 3 only are correct
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