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The hybrid orbitals used by central atoms in \[BeC{{l}_{2}},\,\,BC{{l}_{3}}\] and \[CC{{l}_{4}}\] molecules are respectively                [MP PMT 1999]

A)                 \[s{{p}^{2}},\,\,s{{p}^{3}}\] and \[sp\]

B)                 \[s{{p}^{{}}},\,\,s{{p}^{2}}\] and \[s{{p}^{3}}\]

C)                 \[s{{p}^{2}},\,\,s{{p}^{3}}\] and \[s{{p}^{2}}\]    

D)                 \[s{{p}^{2}},\,\,sp\] and \[s{{p}^{3}}\]