SOLID STATE

Q.1 What fraction of the total volume in hexagonal closepacked structure is occupied by sphere?
(1) 54 % (2) 68 % (3) 72 % (4*) 74 %

Q.2 In a facecentred lattice with all positions occupied by A atoms, the bodycentred octahedral hole is
occupied by an atom B of an appropriate size. the formula of the compound is :
(1*) A4B (2) AB4 (3) A2B4 (4) A4B2

Q.3 Amorphous solids may be classified as :

(1*) Isotropic and supercooled liquids (2) Anisotropic and supercooled liquids
(3) Isotropic and superheated liquids (4) Isotropic and superheated solids

Q.4 In a b.c.c. structure, the minimum distance between any two atoms is :
3 a a
(1*) a (2) 2a (3) (4)
2 2 2

Q.5 Potassium metal crystallizes in the from of a bodycentred cubic structure. The number of nearest
neighbour atoms for each potassium atom in the solid is :
(1) Four (2) Six (3) Twelve (4*) Eight

Q.6 In a compound, oxide has hcp arrangement and the cations M occupy twothird octahedral voids. The
formula of the compound is :
(1) M3O (2) M3O2 (3*) M2O3 (4) M3O4

Q.7 In a compound XY2O4, oxide ions are arranged in ccp and cations X are present in octahedral voids.
Cations Y are equally distributed between octahedral viods. Cations Y are equally distributed between
octahedral and tetrahedral voids. The fraction of the octahedral voids occupied is :
(1*) 1/2 (2) 1/4 (3) 1/8 (4) 1/6

Q.8 Calculate the ionic radius of a Cs+ ion, assuming that the celledge length for CsCl is 0.4123 nm and that
the ionic radius of a Cl ion is 0.181 nm.
(1*) 0.176 nm (2) 0.231 nm (3) 0.352 nm (4) 0.116 nm

Q.9 In which of the following pairs of structure are tetrahedral as well as octahedral holes found?
(1) bcc and fcc (2) hcp and simple cubic
(3*) hcp and ccp (4) bcc and hcp

Q.10 For NaCl, r+Na / rCl = 0.525. The ratio of the coordination numbers of the ions is :
(1*) 6 : 6 (2) 4 : 4 (3) 8 : 4 (4) 6 : 12

Q.11 In a given cubic unit cell,

(1) Number of tetrahedral holes is equal to the number of octahedral holes
(2*) Number of tetrahedral holes is twice the number of octahedral holes
(3) Number of octahedral holes is equal to the number of tetrahedral holes
(4) Number of tetrahedral holes is equal to the half of the octahedral holes

Q.12 Edge length of a cube is 400 pm. Its body diagonal would be :
(1) 600 pm (2) 566 pm (3*) 693 pm (4) 500 pm
Q.1 The number of atoms inn 10 g of an FCC crystal with density d = 10 gm cm3 and cell edge as 200 pm
is equal to :
(1) 3 1025 (2*) 5 1024 (3) 1 1025 (4) 2 1025

Q.2 A substance Ax By crystallizes in a face centred cubic (fcc) lattice in which atoms 'A' occupy each corner
of the cube and atoms 'B' occupy the centres of each face of the cube. Identify the corrent composition
of the substance Ax By.
(1*) AB3 (2) A4B3
(3) A3B (4) Composition cannot be specified

Q.3 The 8 : 8 type packing is present in :

(1*) MgF2 (2) CsCl (3) KCl (4) NaCl

Q.4 The Ca2+ and F are located in CaF2 crystal respectively at facecentred cubic lattice points and in :
(1*) Tetrahedral voids (2) half of tetrahedral voids
(3) octahedral voids (4) half of octahedral voids

Q.5 If NaCl is doped with 104 mol % of SrCl2, the concentration of cation vacancies will be
(NA = 6.023 1023) :
(1) 6.02 1016 mol1 (2*) 6.02 1017 mol1
(3) 6.02 1014 mol1 (4) 6.02 1015 mol1

Q.6 Total volume of atoms present in a facecenterd cubic unit cell of a metal is (r is atomic radius) :
20 3 24 3 12 3 16 3
(1) r (2) r (3) r (4*) r
3 3 3 3

Q.7 How many unit cells are present in a cubeshaped ideal crystal of NaCl of mass 1.00 g?
(Atomic mas : Na = 23, Cl = 35.5)
(1*) 2.57 1021 unit cells (2) 5.14 1021 unit cells
21
(3) 1.28 10 unit cells (4) 1.71 1021 unit cells

Q.8 Na and Mg crystallize in BCC and FCC type crystals, then the number of Na and Mg atoms present in
the unit cell of their respective crystal is :
(1) 4 and 2 (2) 9 and 14 (3) 14 and 9 (4*) 2 and 4

Q.9 If in nickel oxide, 4 % Ni is present as Ni3+ and rest is Ni2+, what is the foemula?
(1) Ni0.96O (2*) Ni0.98O (3) Ni0.94O (4) Ni0.92O

Q.10 In a mixed oxide, oxide ions form CCP. A2+ are present in tetrahedral voids and B3+ are present in
octahedral voids. Formula of the oxide is AB2O4. What fraction of tetrahedral voids is occupied?
(1*) 1/2 (2) 1/4 (3) 1/8 (4) 1/16

Q.11 If in case of chromium (atomic mass = 51.99), edge length of unit cell = 287 pm and density = 7.3 g/cc,
find out what type of unit cell is this.
(1) Simple cubic (2) fcc (3*) bcc (4) efc