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(A) Carbon possesses a unique property known as catenation,which is the ability to form stable bonds with other carbon atoms to create long chains,bra

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Due to its tetravalency

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(A) Carbon possesses a unique property known as catenation,which is the ability to form stable bonds with other carbon atoms to create long chains,branched structures,or rings.Additionally,carbon is tetravalent,meaning it has $4$ valence electrons,allowing it to form $4$ covalent bonds with various other atoms like hydrogen,oxygen,nitrogen,and sulfur,as well as different functional groups.These two properties,catenation and tetravalency,are the primary reasons for the vast diversity of carbon compounds.

List $-I$ (Biological Molecules)	List $-II$ (Biological functions)
$(a)$ Glycogen	$(i)$ Hormone
$(b)$ Globulin	$(ii)$ Biocatalyst
$(c)$ Steroids	$(iii)$ Antibody
$(d)$ Thrombin	$(iv)$ Storage product

Why does carbon form a wide variety of compounds by combining with itself and other functional groups?

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