Hydrogen peroxide molecules are:

Diatomic and form

H O_{2}^{-}

ions

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Diatomic and form

X^{-}

ions

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Monatomic and form

X^{2 -}

ions

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Monoatomic and form

X^{-}

ions

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Solution

The correct option is C Monatomic and form $X^{2 -}$ ions
Hydrogen peroxide is both acidic and the basic medium acts as an oxidizing as well as the reducing agent
$H_{2} O_{2}$ is a monatomic molecule as it contains only one atom. It can be simply represented as $H O - O H$ .
It forms $(O H)_{2}^{2 -}$ ions on breakage.
That is, it forms $X^{2 -}$ ions.
$H O - O H ⇌ (O H)_{2}^{2 -}$
Hence, the correct option is option A

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