11 November, 2010

Test- Solid State(Objective)

Note : Select the most suitable answer.

1. 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 respectively crystal is:

(a) 4 and 2 (b) 9 and 14

(c) 14 and 9 (d) 2 and 4

2. How many unit cells are present in a cubic shaped ideal crystal of NaCl of mass 0.1g:

(a) 1.28 × 1021 unit cells

(b) 1.71 × 1021 unit cells
(c) 2.57 × 1021 unit cells
(d) 5.14 × 1021 unit cells

3. What type of crystal defect is indicated in the diagram given below:

Na + Cl− Na + Cl− Na + Cl−

Cl−  Cl− Na +  CI −
Na + Cl−  Cl− Na + Na +
Cl− Na + Cl− Na +  Na +

(a) Frenkel and Schottky defects

(b) Schottky defect
(c) Interstitial defect
(d) Frenkel defect
4. An ionic compound has unit cell consisting of A icons at the corners of a cube and B ions on the
centres of the faces of cube. The empirical formula of this compound is :

(a) AB (b) A 2 B
(c) A 3 B (d) AB3

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5. The volume of atoms present in a face centred cubic cell of a metal(r is atomic radius) is :

20 3 24 3
(a) πr (b) πr
3 3
12 3 16 3
(c) πr (d) πr
3 3

6. In a solid AB having the NaCl structure, A atoms occupy the corners of the cubic unit cell. If all
the face centred atoms along one of the axis are removed, then the resultant stoichiometry of
the solid is:

(a) AB2 (b) A 2 B

(c) A 4 B3 (d) A 3 B4

7. A substance A x B y crystallizes in face centred cubic (fcc) lattice in which atoms A occupy each
corner of the cube and atoms A occupy each corner of the cube and atoms B occupy the centre
of each face of the cube. The composition of A x B y is:

(a) AB3 (b) A 4 B3

(c) A 3 B
(d) Can not be specified

8. In which of the following crystals alternate tetrahedral voids are occupied :

(a) NaCl (b) ZnS
(c) CaF2 (d) Na 2 O

9. Match the column-I with column-II

Column-I

(a) Simple cubic and face centred cubic

(b) Cubic and rhombohedral
(c) Cubic and tetragonal
(d) Hexagonal and monoclinic
Column-II

(p) have these cell parameters a = b = c and α = β = γ

(q) are two crystal system
(r) have only two crystallography angles of 90°
(s) belong to same crystal system

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