Read the passage given below and answer the following

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Read the passage given below and answer the following question The shape of a molecule depends upon the number of valence shell electron pai lp and bp around the central atom and magnitude of repulsive forces between them Sidgwick and Powell in 1940 proposed a theory which was later develope and redefined by Nyholm and Gillespie for predicting the shape of a molecule Th theory came to be known as VSEPR Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion theo According to it the valence shell is taken as a sphere with the electron pairs localizing on the spherical surface at maximum distance from one another The molecules are classified into the following two categories to predict the geometrical shapes of molecules using VSEPR theory Molecules in which the central atom has no lone pair Molecules in which the central atom has one or more lone pairs Which of the following statements is correct about PCI 5 molecule A All the bonds are equal B The geometry is octahedral C Five lone pairs are present on the central phosphorus atom It hee to