In the question, we are given with electronic configuration of silicone are asked the number of bonds it can form without getting hybridisation.
without getting hybridised, silicone can make 2 bonds as it has two unpaired electrons in its p-orbital.
but on hybridisation it can undergo the formation of 4 bonds as hybridisation offers the mixing of s and p subshell in case of silicone to make 4 orbitals of equal energy
hybridised orbitals can make better bond than the unhybridised orbitals as they have lower energy than unhybridized p-orbitals and have more directionlity than the unhybridised s orbitals.
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