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Constituents of Solid's and Crystallography

Basic Level

1. The characteristic features of solids are [AMU 1994]

(a) Definite shape (b) Definite size
(c) Definite shape and size (d) Definite shape, size and rigidity
2. Which is not a property of solids [MP PET 1995]
(a) Solids are always crystalline in nature (b) Solids have high density and low compressibility
(c) The diffusion of solids is very slow (d) Solids have definite volume
3. Quartz is a crystalline variety of [Pb. PMT 2000]
(a) Silica (b) Sodium silicate (c) Silicon carbide (d) Silicon
4. Which of the following is a pseudo solid
(a) (b) Glass (c) (d) All of these
5. Glass is
(a) Supercooled liquid (b) Crystalline solid (c) Amorphous solid (d) Liquid crystal
6. Which of the following is non-crystalline solid
(a) (b) (c) (d) Glass
7. Among solids the highest melting point is established by [Kerala CET (Med.) 2002]
(a) Covalent solids (b) Ionic solids (c) Pseudo solids (d) Molecular solids
8. Particles of quartz are packed by
(a) Electrical attraction forces (b) Vander Waal's forces
(c) Covalent bond forces (d) Strong electrostatic attraction forces
9. Which of the following is an example of covalent crystal solid
(a) Si (b) NaF (c) Al (d) Ar
10. Which of the following is an example of metallic crystal solid
(a) C (b) Si (c) W (d) AgCl
11. Which of the following is an example of ionic crystal solid
(a) Diamond (b) LiF (c) Li (d) Silicon
12. Which solid will have the weakest intermolecular forces
(a) Ice (b) Phosphorus (c) Naphthalene (d) Sodium fluoride
13. NaCl is an example of [MP PAT 1993]
(a) Covalent solid (b) Ionic solid (c) Molecular solid (d) Metallic solid
14. Diamond is an example of [MP PET/PMT 1998; CET Pune 1998]
(a) Solid with hydrogen bonding (b) Electrovalent solid
(c) Covalent solid (d) Glass
15. Amorphous substances show
(1) Short and long range order (2) Short range order
(3) Long range order (4) Have no sharp M.P.

(a) 1 and 3 are correct (b) 2 and 3 are correct (c) 3 and 4 are correct (d) 2 and 4 are correct
16. Amorphous solids are
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(a) Solid substance in real sense (b) Liquid in real sense
(c) Super cooled liquid (d) Substance with definite melting point
17. A crystalline solid have [DCE 2001]
(a) Long range order (b) Short range order (c) Disordered arrangement (d) None of these
18. Crystalline solids are [Pb. PMT 1999]
(a) Glass (b) Rubber (c) Plastic (d) Sugar
19. A crystalline solid [Kerala CET (Med.) 2003]
(a) Changes abruptly from solid to liquid when heated (b) Has no definite melting point
(c) Undergoes deformation of its geometry easily (d) Has an irregular 3-dimensional arrangements
(e) Softens slowly
20. Assertion (A) : Crystalline solids have short range order.
Reason (R) : Amorphous solids have long range order. [AIIMS 1999]
(a) Both A and R are true and the R is a correct explanation of the A
(b) Both A and R are true but the R is not a correct explanation of the A
(c) A is true but the R is false
(d) Both A and R are false
(e) A is false but the R is true
21. Wax is an example of
(a) Ionic crystal (b) Covalent crystal (c) Metallic crystal (d) Molecular crystal
22. Which of the following is a molecular crystal
(a) SiC (b) NaCl (c) Graphite (d) Ice
23. Which of the following does not represent a type of crystal system [CET Punjab 1999]
(a) Triclinic (b) Monoclinic (c) Rhombohedral (d) Isotropical
24. Which of the following is not correct for ionic crystals [Orissa JEE 2002]
(a) They possess high melting point and boiling point (b) All are electrolyte
(c) Exhibit the property of isomorphism (d) Exhibit directional properties of the bond
25. Crystals of covalent compounds always have [BHU 1984]
(a) Atoms as their structural units (b) Molecules as structural units
(c) Ions held together by electrostatic forces (d) High melting points
26. Solid is an example of
(a) Molecular crystal (b) Ionic crystal (c) Covalent crystal (d) Metallic crystal
27. Under which category iodine crystals are placed among the following
(a) Ionic crystal (b) Metallic crystal (c) Molecular crystal (d) Covalent crystal
28. Among the following which crystal will be soft and have low melting point
(a) Covalent (b) Ionic (c) Metallic (d) Molecular
29. A pure crystalline substance, on being heated gradually, first forms a turbid looking liquid and then the turbidity completely disappears. This
behavior is the characteristic of substances forming [BHU 2000]
(a) Isomeric crystals (b) Liquid crystals (c) Isomorphous crystals (d) Allotropic crystals
30. A crystal plane intercepts the three crystallographic axes at a, 1/2 b and 3/2 c where a, b and c are the unit lengths along x, y and z
respectively. The Miller indices of this plane will be
(a) 1 : 2 : 0.67 (b) 1 : 0.5 : 1.5 (c) 3 : 6 : 2 (d) 3 : 1.5 : 1

Advance Level
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31. Which among the following will show anisotropy
(a) Glass (b) Barium chloride (c) Wood (d) Paper
32. The interparticle forces in solid hydrogen are
(a) Hydrogen bonds (b) Covalent bonds (c) Co-ordinate bonds (d) Vander Waal''s forces
33. The existence of a substance in more than one solid modifications is known as or any compound having more than two crystal structures is
called [MP PMT 1993; MP PET 1999]
(a) Polymorphism (b) Isomorphism (c) Allotropy (d) Enantiomorphism
34. In graphite, carbon atoms are joined together due to [AFMC 2002]
(a) Ionic bonding (b) Vander Waal's forces (c) Metallic bonding (d) Covalent bonding
35. Mostly crystals show good cleavage because their atoms, ions or molecules are [CBSE 1991]
(a) Weakly bonded together (b) Strongly bonded together (c) Spherically symmetrical (d) Arranged in planes
36. A solid melts slightly above 273 K and is a poor conductor of heat and electricity. To which of the following categories does it belong.
(a) Ionic solid (b) Covalent solid (c) Metallic (d) Molecular
37. The Miller indices of a plane having intercepts are [CET Punjab 1997]
(a) 110 (b) 220 (c) 100 (d) 010

Study of Crystals

Basic Level

38. Example of unit cell with crystallographic dimensions is [AFMC 1998]

(a) Calcite (b) Graphite (c) Rhombic sulphur (d) Monoclinic sulphur
39. Rhombic sulphur has the following structure
(a) Open chain (b) Tetrahedral
(c) Puckered 6-membered ring (d) Puckered 8- membered ring
40. Crystals can be classified into ...............basic crystal habits [MP PMT 1994]
(a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 14 (d) 4
41. The total number of lattice arrangements in different crystal systems is [Karnataka CET (Engg.) 2001]
(a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 14
42. A match box exhibits [MP PET 1993, 95]
(a) Cubic geometry (b) Monoclinic geometry (c) Orthorhombic geometry (d) Tetragonal geometry
43. Tetragonal crystal system has the following unit cell dimensions [MP PMT 1993]

(a) and (b) and

(c) and (d) and

44. Monoclinic crystal has dimensions [DCE 2000]

(a) (b)

(c) (d)
45. Bravais lattices are of [MP PMT 1997]
(a) 8 types (b) 12 types (c) 14 types (d) 9 types

Advance Level

46. The following structure drawn is of

(a) Fluorite
(b) Caesium chloride
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(c) Wurtzite
(d) Zinc blende
47. For the structure given below the site marked as S is a
(a) Tetrahedral void S
(b) Cubic void
(c) Octahedral void
(d) None of these
48. For a solid with the following structure, the co-ordination number of the point B is
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6 A B
49. The unit cell with the structure below refer to ............crystal system
a b
(a) Cubic
(b) Orthorhombic c
90o 90o
(c) Tetragonal
90o

(d) Trigonal

Packing Constituents in Crystals and Mathematical Analysis

Basic Level
50. In CsCl lattice the coordination number of ion is
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
51. What is the coordination number of sodium in [AIIMS 2003]

(a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 2

52. The coordination number of a cation occupying a tetrahedral hole is
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
53. Potassium crystallizes in a bcc lattice, hence the coordination number of potassium in potassium metal is [Karnataka CET 1993]
(a) 0 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
54. In hcp arrangement, the number of nearest neighbours are
(a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
55. Hexagonal close packed arrangement of ions is describes as [MP PMT 1994]
(a) ABCABA.... (b) ABCABC.... (c) ABABA.... (d) ABBAB....
56. If one atom is present in a unit cell, the crystalline compound is
(a) sc (b) bcc (c) fcc (d) None of these
57. What type of lattice is found in potassium chloride crystal [MP PMT 1996]
(a) Face centred cubic (b) Body centred cubic (c) Simple cubic (d) Simple tetragonal
58. In zinc blende structure, zinc atoms fill up
(a) All octahedral holes (b) All tetrahedral holes
(c) Half number of octahedral holes(d) Half number of tetrahedral holes
59. The correct order of increasing radii of the ion and is as follows
(a) (b) (c)
(d)
60. Which one of the following is the biggest ion [MP PET 1993]
(a) (b) (c) (d)
61. The number of formula unit in unit cell of type is
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(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
62. In the rock salt structure, the number of formula units per unit cell is equal to
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
63. The number of spheres contained (i) in one body centred cubic unit cell and (ii) in one face centred cubic unit cell, is
(a) In (i) 2 and in (ii) 4 (b) In (i) 3 and in (ii) 2 (c) In (i) 4 and in (ii) 2 (d) In (i) 2 and in (ii) 3
64. The interionic distance for caesium chloride crystal will be [MP PET 2002]

(a) (b) (c) (d)

65. The formula for determination of density of unit cell is

(a) (b) (c) (d)

66. Which ion has the lowest radius [KCEE 1998]

(a) (b) (c) (d)
67. The number of atoms or molecules contained in one body centered cubic unit cell is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 6
68. Which ion has the largest radius from the following ions
(a) (b) (c) (d)
69. In lattice the coordination number of ion is
(a) 2 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
70. In the fluorite structure, the coordination number of ion is
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 3
71. Potassium crystallizes with a [MP PET/PMT 1998]
(a) Face-centred cubic lattice (b) Body-centred cubic lattice (c) Simple cubic lattice (d) Orthorhombic lattice
72. If the number of atoms per unit in a crystal is 2, the structure of crystal is
(a) Octahedral (b) Body centred cubic (c) Face centred cubic (d) Simple cubic
73. If the structure of is similar to the coordination number of Cu would be
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
74. If the pressure on a structure is increased, then its coordination number will [AFMC 2000]
(a) Increased (b) Decreased (c) Remain the same (d) Either (b) or (c)
75. An example of a non-stoichiometric compound is [NCERT 1983]

(a) (b) (c) (d)

76. The number of equidistant oppositely charged ions in a sodium chloride crystal is [MP PET 2001]
(a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 2
77. If the coordination number of in is then the coordination number of ion would be
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
78. The number of close neighbour in a body centred cubic lattice of identical sphere is [MP PET 2001]
(a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 2
79. In the closest packed structure of a metallic lattice, the number of nearest neighbours of a metallic atom is [JIPMER 2002]
(a) Twelve (b) Four (c) Eight (d) Six
80. In cubic closest packing (ccp) structure of NaCl. the coordination number of ion is [MP PET 1996]
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
81. How many chloride ions are there around sodium ion in sodium chloride crystal.
[NCERT 1979; CPMT 1988; BHU 1982, 87; MP PET 1995, 99]
(a) 3 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
82. The structure of MgO is similar to NaCl. What would be the coordination number of magnesium.
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
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83. The coordination number of a metal crystallizing in a hexagonal close packed structure is [NCERT 1978; IIT 1999]
(a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 6
84. Space lattice of is [MP PET 1993]

(a) Face centred cubic (b) Body centred cubic (c) Simple cubic (d) Hexagonal closed packing.
85. Hexagonal close packing is found in crystal lattice of [MH CET 2002]
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
86. The three dimensional graph of lattice points which sets the pattern for the whole lattice is called
(a) Space lattice (b) Simple lattice (c) Unit cell (d) Crystal lattice
87. In lattice the coordination number of ion is
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
88. The ratio of close-packed atoms to tetrahedral holes in cubic close packing is [Pb. PMT 1998]
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 1 : 2 (c) 1 : 3 (d) 2 : 1
89. If a non-metal is added to the interstitial sites of a metal then the metal becomes [DCE 2001]
(a) Softer (b) Less tensile (c) Less malleable (d) More ductile
90. The number of octahedral voids in a unit cell of a cubical closest packed structure is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 8
91. The number of octahedral sites per sphere in a structure is [MP PMT 2000, 01]
(a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
92. An example of a body cube is [AIIMS 1996]
(a) Sodium (b) Magnesium (c) Zinc (d) Copper
93. The vacant space in the bcc unit cell is
(a) 32% (b) 23% (c) 26% (d) None of these
94. In lattice, the neighbouring number of ions for any lattice point is
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 14
95. The arrangement ABC ABC ABC....... is referred as [MP PET 2001]
(a) Octahedral close packing (b) Hexagonal close packing. (c) Tetragonal close packing (d) Cubic close packing
96. In the crystals, which of the following ionic compounds would you expect maximum distance between centres of cations and anions
[CBSE 1998]
(a) (b) (c) (d)
97. In octahedral holes (voids)
(a) A simple triangular void surrounded by four spheres (b) A bi-triangular void surrounded by four spheres
(c) A bi-triangular void surrounded by six spheres (d) A bi-triangular void surrounded by eight spheres
98. Body centered cubic lattice has a coordination number of [AIIMS 1996; MP PMT 2002]
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 6
99. Which of the following statements is not true about structure [DCE 2001]

(a) ions are in arrangement (b) ions has coordination number 4

(c) ions has coordination number 6 (d) Each unit cell contains molecules
100. In a face centred cubic cell, an atom at the face contributes to the unit cell [Karnataka (Engg./Med.) 2000; AFMC 2001]
(a) 1/4 part (b) 1/8 part (c) 1 part (d) 1/2 part
101. The number of atoms or molecules contained in one primitive cubic unit cell is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 6
102. If an atom is present in the centre of the cube, the participation of that atom per unit cell is

(a) (b) 1 (c) (d)

103. If the radius ratio is in the range of 0.732 – 1, then the coordination number will be
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
104. Coordination number for is [AMU 1982]
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(a) 1 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
105. The number of atoms in a face- centred cubic unit cell are [AMU 2000]
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 2
106. The number of atoms or molecules contained in one face centred cubic unit cell of a monoatomic substance is
[CPMT 1989, 94; CBSE 1989, 96; NCERT 1990; MP PET 1993; KCET 1999]
]
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 6
107. How many formula units are there in the unit cell of sodium chloride. [MP PMT 1996; MP PET 1997]
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
108. The number of tetrahedral voids in a unit cell of cubical closest packed structure is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 8
109. Which of the following adopts normal spinal structure
(a) (b) (c) (d)
110. In zinc sulphide structure the coordination number of sulphide ion is
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
111. Which of the following contains zinc blende structure
(a) (b) (c) (d) All of these
112. An type structure is found in
[AIIMS 2002]
(a) (b) (c) (d)
113. In solid each is closely packed with how many [MP PET 2003]
(a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 10 (d) 2
114. In zinc blende structure of the coordination number of ion is
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
115. Which one possess a antifluorite structure
(a) (b) (c) (d)
116. In which compound 4 : 4 coordination is found
(a) (b) (c) (d) All of these
117. Which of the following contains rock salt structure
(a) (b) (c) (d) All of these
118. The unit cell of a lattice
(a) Is body centred cube (b) Has ions (c) Has units (d) Is electrically charged
119. Crystal structure of is
(a) (b) (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
120. Structure similar to zinc blende is found in [NCERT 1982; BHU 1999]

(a) (b) (c) (d)

121. In structure, the coordination number of is [MP PMT 2001]

(a) Equal to that of , that is 6 (b) Equal to that of , that is 8

(c) Not equal to that of , that is 6 (d) Not equal to that of , that is 8

122. The structure of crystal is

(a) type (b) type (c) type (d) Antifluorite

123. Which of the following statement (s) is(are) correct
(a) The coordination number of each type of ion in crystal is 8
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(b) A metal that crystallizes in structure has a coordination number of 12
(c) A unit cell of an ionic crystal shares some of its ions with other unit cells.

(d) The adge length of the unit cell in is 552 pm ( = 95 pm; = 181 pm)

124. In the crystal of , the nearest neighbours of each ion are [MP PET 1993]

(a) Six chloride ions (b) Eight chloride ions (c) Six cesium ions (d) Eight cesium ions
125. In which compound 8 : 8 coordination is found [EAMCET 1984]

(a) (b) (c) (d) All of these

126. Structure of is
(a) Body centred cubic (b) Face centred cubic (c) Simple cubic (d) Fluorite structure
127. Which of the following statements is correct for [NCERT 1996]

(a) It is a covalent compound (b) It contains and ions

(c) It contains and ions. (d) It contains , and lattice molecule

128. In which of the following substances the carbon atom is arranged in a regular tetrahedral structure. [NCERT 1978]
(a) Diamond (b) Benzene (c) Graphite (d) Carbon black
129. In a face centred cubic arrangement of A and B atoms when A atoms are at the corner of the unit cell and B atoms of the face centres. One of
the A atom is missing from one corner in unit cell. The simplest formula of compound is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
130. Bragg's law is given by the equation [MP PMT 1995, 2002]

(a) =2 sin (b) (c) (d)

Advance Level

131. A solid has the ions arranged as below. If the ions occupy half of the octahedral sites in the structure. The formula of
solid is
(a) AB
(b)

(c)

(d)

132. For the structure of solid given below if the lattice points represent ions and the ions occupy all the tetrahedral voids then
coordination number of is
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 6
(d) 8
133. In ionic compound, radii of and ions are 180 pm and 187 pm respectively. The crystal structure of this compound
will be
(a) type (b) type (c) type (d) Similar to diamond
134. For an ionic crystal of the type AB, the value of (limiting) radius ratio is 0.40. The value suggests that the crystal structure should be
(a) Octahedral (b) Tetrahedral (c) Square planar (d) Plane triangle
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135. If the value of ionic radius ratio is 0.52 in an ionic compound, the geometrical arrangement of ions in crystal is

(a) Tetrahedral (b) Planar (c) Octahedral (d) Pyramidal

136. Assertion (A) : In crystal lattice, the size of the cation is larger in a tetrahedral hole than in an octahedral hole
Reason (R) : The cations occupy more space than anions in crystal packing [AIIMS 1996]
(a) Both A and R are true statements and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true statements and R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is a false statement.
(d) Both A and R are false statements.
137. If the radius ratio is in the range of 0.414 – 0.732, then the coordination number will be
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
138. The maximum radius of sphere that can be fitted in the tetrahedral hole of cubical closed packing of sphere of radius r is.
(a) 0.732 r (b) 0.414 r (c) 0.225 r (d) 0.155 r

139. In lattice the radius ratio is

(a) 0.225 (b) 0.115 (c) 0.5414 (d) 0.471

140. An element occurring in the bcc structure has 12.08×1023 unit cells. The total number of atoms of the element in these cells will be
[MP PET 1994]
(a) (b) (c) (d)
141. For an ionic crystal of the general formula and coordination number 6, the value of radius ratio will be [MP PMT 1993]
(a) Greater than 0.73 (b) In between 0.73 and 0.41 (c) In between 0.41 and 0.22 (d) Less than 0.22
142. The number of unit cells in 58.5 g of NaCl is nearly [MP PMT 2000, 01]
(a) (b) (c) (d)
143. If the radius ratio is in the range of 0.225–0.414, then the coordination number will be
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
144. An alloy of and is found to have copper constituting the lattice. If silver atoms occupy the edge centre and gold is
present at body centre, the alloy has a formula
(a) (b) (c) (d)
145. For cubic coordination the value of radius ratio is
(a) 0.732–1000 (b) 0.225–0.414 (c) 0.000–0.225 (d) 0.414 – 0.732
146. The edge length of the unit cell of crystal lattice is 552 pm. If ionic radius of sodium ion is 95 pm, what is the ionic radius of
chloride ion [Karnataka CET 1998]
(a) (b) (c) (d)
147. The maximum radius of sphere that can be fitted in the octahedral hole of cubical closed packing of sphere of radius r is
(a) 0.732 r (b) 0.414 r (c) 0.225 r (d) 0.155 r
148. The number of atoms in 100 gm of an fcc crystal with density and cell edge equal to 100 pm, is equal to
[CBSE 1994; Karnataka CET 2002]

(a) (b) (c) (d)

149. Potassium fluoride has type structure. What is the distance between and ions if cell edge is a cm

(a) (b) (c) (d)

150. For some crystals, the radius ratio for cation and anion is 0.525. Its coordination number will be
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
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151. The pyknometric density of sodium chloride crystal is while its rays density is
. The fraction of unoccupied sites in sodium chloride crystal is
[CBSE PMT 2003]
(a) (b) (c) (d)
152. How many space lattices are obtainable from the different crystal systems [MP PMT 1996; MP PET/PMT 1998]
(a) 7 (b) 14 (c) 32 (d) 230
153. Sodium metal crystallizes as a body centred cubic lattice with the cell edge 4.29Å. What is the radius of sodium atom. [AIIMS 1999]
(a) (b) (c) (d)

154. For tetrahedral coordination number, the radius ratio is [KCET 2000]

(a) 0.732 – 1.000 (b) 0.414 – 0.732 (c) 0.225 – 0.414 (d) 0.155 – 0.225
155. An element (atomic mass = 100 g/mol) having bcc structure has unit cell edge 400 pm. Then density of the element is
[CBSE 1996; AIIMS 2002]
3
(a) 10.376 g/cm (b) 5.188 g/cm (c) 7.289 (d) 2.144
156. The structure of TlCl is similar to CsCl. What would be the radius ratio in TlCl
(a) 0.155 – 0.225 (b) 0.225 – 0.414 (c) 0.414 – 0.732 (d) 0.732 – 1.000
157. Na and Mg crystallize in bcc and fcc type crystals respectively, then the number of atoms of Na and Mg present in the unit cell of their
respective crystals is
(a) 4 and 12 (b) 9 and 14 (c) 14 and 9 (d) 2 and 4
158. Potassium has a structure with nearest neighbour distance 4.52 Å. Its atomic weight is 39. Its density (in kg ) will be
(a) 454 (b) 804 (c) 852 (d) 908
159. The intermetallic compound crystallizes in cubic lattice in which both lithium and silver have coordination number of eight. The
crystal class is [CBSE 1997]
(a) Simple cube (b) Body-centred cube (c) Face-centred cube (d) None of these
160. How many unit cells are present in a cube-shaped ideal crystal of of mass 1.00 g [Atomic masses : = 23, = 35.5]
[AIEEE 2003]
(a) 2.57 × unit cells (b) 5.14 × unit cells (c) 1.28 × unit cells (d) 1.71 × unit cells

161. crystal has structure. It has an edge length of 4.3 Å. The shortest interionic distance between and ions is
[IIT 1995]
(a) 1.86 Å (b) 3.72 Å (c) 7.3 Å (d) 7.44 Å
162. Ferrous oxide has a cubic structure and each edge of the unit cell is 5.0 Å. Assuming density of the oxide as 4.0 , then the
number of and ions present in each unit cell will be [MP PET 2000]

(a) Four and four (b) Two and four

(c) Four and two (d) Three and three

163. The edge length of face centred unit cubic cell is 508 pm. If the radius of the cation is 110 pm, the radius of the anion is
[CBSE 1998]
(a) 285 (b) 398 (c) 144 (d) 618
164. The ratio of cationic radius to anionic radius in an ionic crystal is greater than 0.732. Its coordination number is
[KCET 2003]
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 1 (d) 4
165. In a hexagonal close packed (hcp) structure of spheres, the fraction of the volume occupied by the sphere is A. In a cubic close packed
structure, the fraction is B. The relation for A and B is [Kerala MEE 2000]
(a) A = B (b) A < B
(c) A > B (d) A is equal to the fraction in a simple cubic lattice.
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(e) A = B = the fraction of a body centred cubic lattice.
166. A metallic element crystallizes in simple cubic lattice. Each edge length of the unit cell is 3 Å. The density of the element is 8
Number of unit cells in 108 g of the metal is
(a) 1.33 × (b) 2.7 × (c) 5 × (d) 2 ×

167. If the density of = 2.165 g and the distance between and = 281 pm, Avogadro's number is equal to

(a) 7 × (b) 8 × (c) 6 × (d) 4 ×

168. A solid has a body centred cubic structure. The distance of closest approach between the two ions is 0.767 Å. The edge
length of the unit cell is

(a) pm (b) 142 = 2 pm (c) pm (d) 81.63 pm.

169. A binary solid has a zinc blende structure with ions forming the lattice and ion occupying 25% tetrahedral sites.
The formula of the solid is

(a) (b) (c) (d)

170. A metallic element has a cubic lattice. Each edge of the unit cell is 2 Å. The density of the metal is 2.5 g . The unit cells in 200 g of
the metal are [MP PMT 1993]

(a) 1 × (b) 1 × (c) 1 × (d) 1 ×

171. A crystal lattice with alternate +ve and –ve ions has radius ratio of 0.524. Its coordination number is [Manipal PMT 2002]
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 12
172. In a cubic structure of compound which is made from X and Y, where X atoms are at the corners of the cube and Y at the face centres of the
cube. The molecular formula of the compound is [AIIMS 2000]

(a) (b) (c) (d)

173. In the laboratory, sodium chloride is made by burning the sodium in the atmosphere of chlorine which is yellow in colour. The cause of
yellow colour is
(a) Presence of ions in the crystal lattice (b) Presence of ions in the crystal lattice
(c) Presence of electron in the crystal lattice (d) Presence of face centered cubic crystal lattice
174. In a solid AB having the structure A atoms occupy the corners of the cubic unit cell. If all the face-centred atoms along one of the
axes are removed, then the resultant stoichiometry of the solid is [IIT Screeing 2001]

(a) (b) (c) (d)

175. A compound is formed by elements A and B. This crystallizes in the cubic structure when atoms A are the corners of the cube and atoms B
are at the centre of the body. The simplest formula of the compounds is
[KCET 1993; CBSE 2000; Kerala (Med.) 2003]

(a) (b) (c) (d)

176. A solid has a structure in which 'W' atoms are located at the corners of a cubic lattice 'O' atoms at the centre of edges and atoms at
the centre of the cube. The formula for the compound is [KCET 1996]

(a) (b) (c) (d)

177. In the Bragg's equation for diffraction of X-rays, n represents for [MP PMT 2000]
(a) Quantum number (b) An integer (c) Avogadro's numbers (d) Moles
178. The second order Bragg's diffraction of rays with from a set of parallel planes in a metal occurs at an angle of . The
distance between the scattering planes in the crystal is [CBSE 1998; AFMC 2001]
(a) 0.575 Å (b) 1.00 Å (c) 2.00 Å (d) 1.15 Å
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Imperfections in Solids

Basic Level

179. Which defect causes decrease in the density of crystal [KCET 2000]

(a) Frenkel (b) Schottky (c) Interstitial (d) F-centre

180. In a solid lattice the cation has left a lattice site and is located at an interstitial position, the lattice defect is [AIIMS 1982,91]
(a) Interstitial defect (b) Valency defect (c) Frenkel defect (d) Schottky defect
181. What type of point defect is found in crystal of sodium chloride
(a) Frenkel defect (b) Schottky defect (c) Linear defect (d) Impurity defect
182. The correct statement regarding F–centre is
(a) Electron are held in the voids of crystals (b) F–centre produces colour to the crystals
(c) Conductivity of the crystal increases due to F– centre (d) All of these
183. Schottky defect in crystals is observed when [CBSE 1998; KCET 2002]
(a) Density of crystal is increased
(b) Unequal number of cations and anions are missing from the lattice
(c) An ion leaves its normal site and occupies an interstitial site
(d) Equal number of cations and anions are missing from the lattice
184. Point defects are present in [MP PMT 1997]
(a) Ionic solids (b) Molecular solids (c) Amorphous solids (d) Liquids
185. Schottky defect is found in

(a) (b) KCl (c) (d)

186. If a electron is present in place of anion in a crystal lattice, then it is called

(a) Frenkel defect (b) Schottky defect (c) Interstitial defect (d) F–centre
187. Which one of the following has Frenkel defect [MP PMT 2000]
(a) Sodium chloride (b) Graphite (c) Silver bromide (d) Diamond
188. Absence of one cation and one anion in crystal lattice is
(a) Schottky defect (b) Frenkel defect (c) Crystal defect (d) Ionic defect
189. Frenkel defect is caused due to [MP PET 1994]
(a) An ion missing from the normal lattice site creating a vacancy
(b) An extra positive ion occupying an interstitial position in the lattice
(c) An extra negative ion occupying an interstitial position in the lattice
(d) The shift of a positive ion from its normal lattice site to an interstitial site
190. Ionic solids, with Schottky defects, contain in their structure [CBSE 1994]
(a) Equal number of cation and anion vacancies (b) Anion vacancies and interstitial anions
(c) Cation vacancies only (d) Cation vacancies and interstitial cations
191. Due to Frenkel defect, the density of ionic solids [MP PET 1996; MP PMT 2002]
(a) Increases (b) Decreases (c) Does not change (d) Changes
192. The flame colours of metal ions are due to [KCET 2003]
(a) Frenkel defect (b) Schottky defect (c) Metal deficiency defect (d) Metal excess defect
193. Frenkel and Schottky defects are [BHU 2003]
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(a) Nucleus defects (b) Non-crystal defects (c) Crystal defects (d) None of these
194. The following is not a function of an impurity present in a crystal [MP PET 1995]
(a) Establishing thermal equilibrium (b) Having tendency to diffuse
(c) Contributing to scattering (d) Introducing new electronic energy levels
195. Which one of the following crystals does not exhibit Frenkel defect [MP PET 2002]

(a) (b) (c) (d)

196. Schottky defect defines imperfection in the lattice structure of a [AIIMS 2002]
(a) Solid (b) Liquid (c) Gas (d) Plasma

Advance Level

197. In crystal, the ion size lies in the order The crystal should have the following characteristics
(a) Defectless (perfect) crystal (b) Schottky defect only
(c) Frenkel defect only (d) Both Schottky and Frenkel defects
198. Assertion (A) : In any ionic solid (MX) with Schottky defects, the number of positive and negative ions are same.
Reason (R) : Equal number of cation and anion vacancies are present [IIT Screening 2001]
(a) Both A and R are true and the R is a correct explanation of the A
(b) Both A and R are true but the R is not a correct explanation of the A
(c) A is true but the R is false
(d) Both A and R are false
(e) A is false but the R is true

Properties of Solids and Silicates

Basic Level

199. The solid is a bad conductor of electricity since [AIIMS 1980]

(a) In solid there are no ions (b) Solid is covalent

(c) In solid there is no velocity of ions (d) In solid there are no electrons
200. Which one of the following metal oxide is antiferromagnetic in nature
(a) (b) (c) (d)
201. Which substance will conduct the current in the solid state
(a) Diamond (b) Graphite (c) Iodine (d) Sodium chloride
202. Piezoelecteric crystals are used in
(a) TV (b) Radio (c) Record player (d) Freeze
203. Which type of solid crystals will conduct heat and electricity [RPET 2000]
(a) Ionic (b) Covalent (c) Metallic (d) Molecular
204. Which of the following shows electrical conduction [AFMC 2002]
(a) Sodium (b) Potassium (c) Diamond (d) Graphite
205. Which of the following is ferroelectric compound [AFMC 1997]

(a) (b) (c) (d)

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206. Which one of the following is a good conductor of electricity [MP PMT 1994]
(a) Diamond (b) Graphite (c) Silicon (d) Amorphous carbon
207. Certain crystals produce electric signals on application of pressure. This phenomenon is called
(a) Pyroelectricity (b) Ferroelectricity (c) Piezoelectricity (d) Ferrielectricity
208. One among the following is an example of ferroelectric compound
(a) Quartz (b) Lead chromate (c) Barium titanate (d) Tourmaline
209. The basic building unit of all silicates is [UPSEAT 2002]

(a) square planar (b) tetrahedron (c) octahedron (d) linear

210. Silicon is found in nature in the form of [MH CET 2002]

(a) Body centered cubic structure (b) Hexagonal close packed structure
(c) Network solid (d) Face centered cubic structure
211. The example of ortho silicates is

(a) (b) (c) (d)

Advance Level

212. To get a n- type semiconductor, the impurity to be added to silicon should have which of the following number of valence electrons
[KCET (Engg.) 2001]
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
213. Silicon doped with arsenic is an example of which type of semiconductor
(a) p-type (b) n-type (c) n,p-type (d) Intrinsic type
214. A semiconductor of can be made p-type by adding [MP PET 2002]

(a) Trivalent impurity (b) Tetravalent impurity (c) Pentavalent impurity (d) Divalent impurity
215. Superconductors are derived from compounds of [Kerala PMT 2002]
(a) p-Block elements (b) Lanthanides (c) Actinides (d) Transition elements
216. The three dimensional lattice of zeolites consists of [Kerala Med. 2000]

(a) (b) (c) (d) Only

(e)

Miscellaneous Questions

Basic Level

217. Value of heat of fusion of is

(a) Very low (b) Very high
(c) Not very low and not very high (d) None of these
218. Davy and Faraday proved that [Kerala CET (Med.) 2002]
(a) Diamond is a form of carbon
(b) The bond lengths of carbon containing compounds are always equal
(c) The strength of graphite is minimum compared to platinum
(d) Graphite is very hard
219. Which of the following is true for diamond [AFMC 1997]
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(a) Diamond is a good conductor of electricity (b) Diamond is soft
(c) Diamond is a bad conductor of heat (d) Diamond is made up of C, H and O

Advance Level

220. The lustre of a metal is due to [AFMC 1998]

(a) Its high density (b) Its high polishing (c) Its chemical inertness (d) Presence of free electrons

221. The low solubility of in water can be attributed to [CBSE 1991]

(a) High lattice energy (b) Dissociation energy (c) Low lattice energy (d) Ionic bond
222. Which one of the following is the most correct statement
(a) Brass is an interstitial alloy, while steel is a substitutional alloy (b) Brass is a substitutional alloy, while steel is an interstitial alloy
(c) Brass and steel are both substitutional alloys (d) Brass and steel are both interstitial alloys
223. The three states of matter are solid, liquid and gas. Which of the following statement is/are true about them [AIIMS 1991]
(a) Gases and liquids have viscosity as a common property
(b) The molecules in all the three states possess random translational motion
(c) Gases cannot be converted into solids without passing through the liquid phase
(d) Solids and liquids have vapour pressure as a common property
224. In a crystal, the atoms are located at the position of [AMU 1985]

(a) Maximum P.E. (b) Minimum P.E. (c) Zero P.E. (d) Infinite P.E.
225. In a close packed array of N spheres, the number of tetrahedral holes are
(a) (b) 4N (c) 2N (d) N
226. The correct statement in the following is [MP PET 1997]

(a) The ionic crystal of has Schottky defect

(b) The unit cell having crystal parameters, is hexagonal

(c) In ionic compounds having Frenkel defect the ratio is high

(d) The coordination number of ion in is

227. If NaCl is doped with , then the concentration of cation vacancies will be

(a) 1 × mol% (b) 2 × mol% (c) 3 × mol% (d) 4 × mol%

Answer Sheet

Basic and Advance Level

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

d a a b a,c d b c a c b a b c d c a d a d

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

d d d d a a c d b c b d a d d d a d d b

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

b c b a c d c d b c b d d d c a a d c b

61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80

a d a c b d b a c c b b b a b b b a a c

81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

d c b a b c c b c c d a a c d c c b b d

101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120

a b d d a c b d b b d c a b a d b c a c

121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140

b d a,c,d b a b c a c b b d b b c d c b c a

141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160

b c b c a c b a b c a b a c b d d d b a

161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180

b a c b a c c d c a c d c d a b b d b c

181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200

b d d a a,b d c a d a c d c a c a c a c a

201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220

b c c d a b c c b c b d b a d e b a c d

221 222 223 224 225 226 227

a b a b c b a
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