Judging from their relative positions in the Periodic Table, which atom in each set is more electronegative? (a) Carbon or nitrogen (b) Chlorine or bromine (c) Oxygen or sulfur Solution a) carbon and nitrogen Ans - Nitrogen both carbon and nitrogen belong to II nd period of periodic table in same period trend of electronegattivity is from left to right electronegativity increases. nitrogen is one place right from carbon therefore nitrogen in more electronegative than carbon. b) Chlorine and bromine Ans - Chlorine Chlorine and bromine belong to same group of halogen familly trend for elecronegativity in same group is from up to down electronegativity decreases. bromine is down than chlorine in group therefore bromine have less electronegativity and chlorine have more electronegativity than bromine. c) Oxygen and sulfur Ans - Oxygen oxygen and sulfur belong to same group of 6A trend for elecronegativity in same group is from up to down electronegativity decreases. sufur is down than oxygen in group therefore sulfur have less electronegativity and oxygen have more electronegativity than sulfur. .