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The outer orbitals of C in ethene molecule can be considered to be hybridized to give three equivalent sp² orbitals. The total number of sigma (s) and pi (p) bonds in ethene molecule is

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  1. 1 sigma (s) and 2 pi (p) bonds

  2. 3 sigma (s) and 2 pi (p) bonds

  3. 4 sigma (s) and 1 pi (p) bonds

  4. 5 sigma (s) and 1 pi (p) bonds

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5 sigma (s) and 1 pi (p) bonds

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