Solid State — practice questions
74 curated practice questions from Solid State (Chemistry JEE Advanced, NTA Exams) — 60 hard, 14 medium. Every question includes the final answer free; step-by-step worked solutions with a free account.
- The correct statement(s) regarding defects in solids is (are)
- The coordination number of a metal crystallizing in a hexagonal close packed structure is
- Crystalline solids have an ordered internal arrangement of atoms due to which they exhibit symmetry. The atoms are…
- If Al 3+ ions replace Na + ions at the edge centres of NaCl lattice, then the number of vacancies in 1 mole of NaCl…
- Assertion : Antiferromagnetic substances become paramagnetic on heating to high temperature. Reason : Heating results…
- In hexagonal systems of crystals, a frequently encountered arrangement of atoms is described as a hexagonal prism…
- A metal crystallizes in a face-centered unti cell. Its edge length is 0.410 nm. The radius of the metal is
- X-ray studies show that the packing of atoms in a crystal of a metal is found to be in layer such that starting from…
- Density of a unit cell is the same as the density of the substances. So, if the density of the substance is known, we…
- Which one of the following defects does not affect the density of the crystal ?
- For the given close packed structure of a salt made of cation X and anion Y shown below (ions of only one face are…
- Assertion : Size of tetrahedral void is much larger than an octahedral void. Reason : The cations may occupy more space…
- Which of the following are not true about hexagonal close packing ?
- Assertion : Due to Frenkel defect there is no effect on density of a solid. Reason : Ions shift from lattice sites to…
- The number of tetrahedral voids in a unit cell of cubical closest packed structure is
- Density of a unit cell is the same as the density of the substances. So, if the density of the substance is known, we…
- Assertion : Zinc blende and wurtzite both have fcc arrangement of sulphide ions. Reason : There are four formula units…
- X-ray studies show that the packing of atoms in a crystal of a metal is found to be in layer such that starting from…
- Assertion : In ZnO, the excess Zn 2+ ions are present in interstitial sites. Reason : Metal excess crystals have either…
- In a solid AB having the NaCl structure, A atoms occupy the corners of the cubic unit cell. If all the face-centred…
- If the unit cell of a mineral has cubic close packed ( ccp ) array of oxygen atoms with m fraction of octahedral holes…
- The cubic unit cell structure of a compound containing cation M and anion X is shown below. When compared to the anion…
- If an atom is present in the centre of the cube, the participation of that atom per unit cell is
- A substance A x B y crystallizes in a face centred cubic fcc lattice in which atoms A occupy each corner of the cube…
- Potassium has a bcc structure with nearest neighbour distance 4.52 Å. Its atomic weight is 39. Its density (in kg m –3…
- Assertion : Graphite is an example of tetragonal crystal system. Reason : For a tetragonal system, a = b ≠ c, α = β = γ…
- Which of the following systems do not give correct description of axial lengths and axial angles ?
- The percentage of iron present as Fe(III) in Fe 0.93 O 1.0 is
- Assertion : Ionic crystals have the highest melting point. Reason : Covalent bonds are stronger than ionic bonds.
- In which of the following crystals alternate tetrahedral voids are occupied?
- Ionic solids, with Schottky defects, contain in their structure
- For the structure given below the site marked as S is a
- Which of the following fcc structure contains cations in alternate tetrahedral voids ? (2005)
- The following structure drawn is of
- The density of KBr is 2.75 g cm –3 . The length of the unit cell is 654 pm. Atomic mass of K = 39, Br = 80. Then the…
- CsBr has bcc structure with edge length 4.3. The shortest interionic distance in between Cs + and Br – is
- Potassium fluoride has NaCl type structure. What is the distance between K + and F – ions if cell edge is a cm
- Which of the following is an example of covalent crystal solid
- A sample of electrically neutral NaCl crystal is analysed for its density which has some unoccupied sites. Two readings…
- Atom X occupies the fcc lattice sites as well as alternate tetrahedral voids of the same lattice. The packing…
- In a solid ‘AB’ having the NaCl structure, ‘A’ atoms occupy the corners of the cubic unit cell. If all the face-centred…
- A compound M p X q has cubic close packing ( ccp ) arrangement of X . Its unit cell structure shown below. The…
- The structure of MgO is similar to NaCl. What would be the coordination number of magnesium.
- A solid A + B – has a body centred cubic structure. The distance of closest approach between the two ions is 0.767 Å…
- Crystals as such are never perfect and in general have some defect, which simply refers to a disruption in the periodic…
- 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 cm –3 …
- An oxide of transition metal that has conductivity as well as appearance like that of copper is
- Atoms of metals x, y, and z form face-centred cubic (fcc) unit cell of edge length L x , body-centred cubic (bcc) unit…
- Assertion : Crystalline solids are anisotropic. Reason : The constituent particles are very closely packed.
- If the unit cell of a mineral has cubic close packed (ccp) array of oxygen atoms with m fraction of octahedral holes…
- 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 g cm…
- The packing efficiency of the two-dimensional square unit cell shown is
- Atoms of metals x , y and z form face-centred cubic ( fcc ) unit cell of edge length L x , body-centred cubic ( bcc )…
- Assertion : Triclinic system is the most unsymmetrical system. Reason : All axial lengths are different in a triclinic…
- What is the coordination number of sodium in Na 2 O
- Crystalline solids have an ordered internal arrangement of atoms due to which they exhibit symmetry. The atoms are…
- In the crystals, which of the following ionic compounds would you expect maximum distance between centres of cations…
- The number of octahedral voids in a unit cell of a cubical closest packed structure is
- The arrangement of X – ions around A + ion in solid AX is given in the figure (not drawn to scale). If the radius of X…
- For the given close packed structure of a salt made of cation X and anion Y shown below (ions of only one face are…
- Statement-1 : In any ionic solid [ MX ] with Schottky defects, the number of positive and negative ions are same…
- Atom X occupies the fcc lattice sites as well as alternate tetrahedral voids of the same lattice. The packing…
- A binary solid x + y – has a zinc blende structure with y – ions forming the lattice and x + ion occupying 25%…
- X-ray studies show that the packing of atoms in a crystal of a metal is found to be in layer such that starting from…
- Density of a unit cell is the same as the density of the substances. So, if the density of the substance is known, we…
- Assertion : The number of tetrahedral voids is double the number of octahedral voids. Reason : The size of the…
- If the coordination number of Ca 2+ in CaF 2 is 8, then the coordination number of F – ion would be
- The interionic distance for caesium chloride crystal will be
- In hexagonal systems of crystals, a frequently encountered arragenement of atoms is described as a hexagonal prism…
- If ‘a’ stands for the edge length of the cubic systems: simple cubic, body centred cubic and face centred cubic, then…
- Assertion : In CaF 2 , F – ions occupy all the tetrahedral sites. Reason : The number of Ca 2+ is double the number of…
- For a solid with the following structure, the co-ordination number of the point B is
- Crystals as such are never perfect and in general have some defect, which simply refers to a disruption in the periodic…
- Which of the following is an example of metallic crystal solid