AIEEE 2011 Solved Paper

Charge of cation/Size of cation is called polarising power.
∴ (i) Polarising power ∝ charge of cation
(ii) Polarising power ∝‌

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‌ size of cation ‌

Here the AICl3 is satisfying the above two conditions i.e., Al is in +3 oxidation state and also has small size. So it has more covalent character.