Solid State MCQs Questions: Paper - 1

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(C) The number of octahedral void(s) per atom present in a cubic Answer: close-packed structure is [CBSE AIPMT 2012] (A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 1 (D) 3 A metal crystallizes ith a face-centered cubic lattice! The ed"e of Answer: the unit cell is 4#$ pm! The diameter of the metal atom is [CBSE AIPMT 2012] (A) 144 pm (B) 2#4 pm (C) 2$$ pm (D) 4#$ pm A% crystallizes in a body centred cubic lattice ith ed"e len"th &a& Answer: e'ual to 3$( pm! The distance bet een t o oppositively char"ed ions in the lattice is [CBSE AIPMT 2010] (A) 3## pm (B) 33) pm (C) 2)# pm (D) 2## pm *f &a& stands for the ed"e len"th of the cubic systems+ simple cubic, Answer: body centred cubic and face centred cubic, then the ratio of the radii of the spheres in these systems ill be respectively+ [CBSE AIPMT 2008] (A) (B) (C) 5. (D) -ercenta"e of free space in a body centred cubic unit cell is [CBSE Answer: (A) AIPMT 2008] (A) 32. (B) 34. (C) 2$. (D) 2#. The fraction of total volume occupied by the atoms present in a Answer: (D) simple cube is [CBSE AIPMT 2007] (A) (B) (C) (D) *f /a0l is doped ith 1#4 mol . of 1r 0l2, the concentration of cation vacancies ill be (/A 2 3!#2 1#23 mol1) [CBSE AIPMT

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2007] (A) 3!#2 1#13 mol1 (B) 3!#2 1#1( mol1 (C) 3!#2 1#14 mol1 (D) 3!#2 1#1) mol1 The appearance of colour in solid alkali metal halides is "enerally Answer: due to [CBSE AIPMT 2006] (A) 1chottky defect (B) 4renkel defect (C) *nterstitial position (D) 4-centres *n a face-centered cubic lattice, a unit cell is shared e'ually by Answer: ho many unit cells5 [CBSE AIPMT 2005] (A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) $ A compound formed by elements 6 and 7 crystallizes in a cubic Answer: structure in hich atoms 6 are at the corners of the cube and atoms 7 are at the face-centers! The formula of the compound is [CBSE AIPMT 2004] (A) 637 (B) 67 (C) 672 (D) 673 The pyknometric density of sodium chloride crystal is Answer: 2!13) 1#3 k" m3 hile its 6-ray density is 2!1($ 1#3 k" m3! The fraction of the unoccupied sites in sodium chloride crystal is [CBSE AIPMT 2003] (A) )!83 (B) )!83 1#2 (C) )!83 1#1 (D) )!83 1#3 *n a compound, atoms of element 7 form ccp lattice and those of Answer: element 6 occupy 293 rd of tetrahedral voids! The formula of the compound ill be [AIEEE 2008] (A) 6374 (B) 6473 (C) 6273 (D) 627 Total volume of atoms present in face-centred cubic unit cell of metal is (r is atomic radius) [AIEEE 2006] (A) (B) (C) r3 r3 r3

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(D) r3 An ionic compound has a unit cell consistin" of A ions at the corners of a cube and % ions on the centres of faces of the cube! The empirical formula of the compound ould be [AIEEE 2005] (A) A%

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(B) A2% (C) A%3 (D) A3% :o many unit cells are present in a cube-shaped ideal crystal of Answer: (D) /a0l of mass 1!# "5 [AIEEE 2003] (A) )!14 1#21 unit cells (B) 1!2$ 1#21 unit cells (C) 1!(1 1#21 unit cells (D) 2!)( 1#21 unit cells

Solid State MCQs Questions: Paper 2

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;hich of the follo in" is a molecular crystal5 [!A"#ATA!A CET 2010] (A) <ry ice (B) =uartz (C) >ock salt (D) <iamond The ed"e len"th of a face centred cubic cell of an ionic substance is )#$ pm! *f the radius of the cation is 11# pm, the radius of the anion is[AIEEE 2010] (A) 2$$ pm (B) 144 pm (C) 31$ pm (D) 38$ pm 1odium chloride, /a0l usually crystallizes in a face centred cubic lattice! :o many ions are in contact ith any sin"le /a? ion5 [DE$%I PMT 2010] (A) $ (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 1 -ercenta"e of free space in cubic close packed structure and in body centred packed structure are respectively [AIEEE 2010] (A) 3#. and 23. (B) 4$. and 23. (C) 32. and 4$. (D) 23. and 32. The packin" efficiency of the t o dimensional s'uare unit cell sho n is[IIT&'EE 2010]

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(A) 38!2(. (B) 3$!#2. (C) (4!#). (D) ($!)4. A% crystallizes in a body centred cubic lattice

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e'ual to 3$( pm! The distance bet een t o oppositively char"ed ions in the lattice is [CBSE AIPMT 2010] (A) 2## pm (B) 3## pm (C) 33) pm (D) 2)# pm A compound contains t o types of atoms 6 and 7! *t crystallizes in Answer: a cubic lattice ith atoms 6 at the corners of the unit cell and atoms 7 at the body centre! The simplest possible formula of this compound is+[DE$%I PMT 200 ] (A) 6$7 (B) 627 (C) 67 (D) 67$ A compound of &A& and &%& crystallizes in a cubic lattice in hich the Answer: &A& atoms occupy the lattice points at the corners of the cube! The &%& atoms occupy the centre of each face of the cube! The probable empirical formula of the compound is [!A"#ATA!A CET 200 ] (A) A%3 (B) A% (C) A3% (D) A%2 Answer: @ithium metal crystallises in a body centred cubic crystal! *f the len"th of the side of the unit cell of lithium is 3)1 pm, the atomic radius of the lithium ill be+ [CBSE AIPMT 200 ] (A) 3##!) pm (B) ()!) pm (C) 1)1!$ pm (D) 24#!$ pm 0opper crystallises in a face-centred cubic lattice ith a unit cell Answer: len"th of 331 pm! ;hat is the radius of copper atom in pm5 [CBSE AIPMT 200 ] (A) 1#$ (B) 1$1 (C) 1)( (D) 12$ 0opper crystallizes in fcc ith a unit cell len"th of 331 pm! ;hat is Answer: the radius of copper atom5 [AIEEE 200 ] (A) 1)( pm (B) 12( pm (C) 1#$ pm (D) 1$1 pm A compound is formed by elements A and %! This crystallizes in Answer: the cubic structure here A atoms are at the corners of the cube and % atoms are at the body centres! The simplest formula of the compound is [!A"#ATA!A CET 2008] (A) A% (B) A%3 (C) A3% (D) A$%4 An ionic compound is eApected to have tetrahedral structure if Answer: ? r 9r lies in the ran"e of [!A"#ATA!A CET 2008] (A) #!414 to #!(32 (B) #!(32 to 1 (C) #!1)) to #!22) (D) #!22) to #!414 *n hich of the follo in" crystals alternate tetrahedral voids are Answer: occupied5 [IIT&'EE 2005]

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(A) /a0l (B) Bn1 (C) 0a42 (D) /a2C *n a solid &A%& havin" /a0l structure, &A& atoms occupy the corners Answer: (D) of the cubic unit cell! *f all the face-centred atoms alon" one of the aAes are removed, then the resultant stoichiometry of the solid is [IIT SC"EE#I#( 2001] (A) A%2 (B) A2% (C) A4%3 (D) A3%4