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The molecular orbital configuration of a diatomic molecule is                 \[\sigma \,\,1{{s}^{2}}\,\,{{\sigma }^{*}}\,\,1{{s}^{2}}\,\sigma \,\,2{{s}^{2}}\,{{\sigma }^{*}}\,2{{s}^{2}}\,\,\sigma \,2p_{x}^{2}\,\left\{ {}_{\pi \,2p_{z}^{2}}^{\pi \,2p_{y}^{2}} \right.\]                 Its bond order is

A)                 3

B)                 2.5

C)                 2             

D)                 1