Chapter 9

The Solid State

1. Copper crystallises in fcc with a unit cell length of 7. Experimentally it was found that a metal oxide has
361 pm. What is the radius of copper atom? formula M0.98O. Metal M, is present as M2+ and
[AIEEE-2009] M3+ in its oxide. Fraction of the metal which exists
as M3+ would be [JEE (Main)-2013]
(1) 127 pm (2) 157 pm
(1) 7.01% (2) 4.08%
(3) 181 pm (4) 108 pm
(3) 6.05% (4) 5.08%
2. The edge length of a face centered cubic cell of an
ionic substance is 508 pm. If the radius of the 8. CsCl crystallises in body centred cubic lattice. If ‘a’
cation is 110 pm, the radius of the anion is is its edge length then which of the following
expressions is correct? [JEE (Main)-2014]
[AIEEE-2010]
(1) 144 pm (2) 288 pm (1) rCs  rCl 3a

(3) 398 pm (4) 618 pm 3a

(2) rCs  rCl
3. Percentages of free space in cubic close packed 2
structure and in body centered packed structure
3
are respectively [AIEEE-2010] (3) rCs  rCl a
2
(1) 48% and 26%
(4) rCs  rCl 3a
(2) 30% and 26%
9. Sodium metal crystallizes in a body centred cubic
(3) 26% and 32%
lattice with a unit cell edge of 4.29 Å. The radius
(4) 32% and 48% of sodium atom is approximately
4. Copper crystallises in fcc lattice with a unit cell [JEE (Main)-2015]
edge of 361 pm. The radius of copper atom is (1) 1.86 Å (2) 3.22 Å
[AIEEE-2011] (3) 5.72 Å (4) 0.93 Å
(1) 157 pm (2) 181 pm 10. A metal crystallises in a face centred cubic
structure. If the edge length of its unit cell is 'a',
(3) 108 pm (4) 128 pm the closest approach between two atoms in
5. Lithium forms body centered cubic structure. The metallic crystal will be [JEE (Main)-2017]
length of the side of its unit cell is 351 pm. Atomic
radius of the lithium will be [AIEEE-2012] a
(1) 2a (2)
2
(1) 300 pm (2) 240 pm
(3) 150 pm (4) 75 pm (3) 2a (4) 2 2a
6. Which of the following exists as covalent crystals 11. Which type of ‘defect’ has the presence of cations
in the solid state ? [JEE (Main)-2013] in the interstitial sites? [JEE (Main)-2018]
(1) Iodine (1) Schottky defect
(2) Silicon (2) Vacancy defect

(3) Sulphur (3) Frenkel defect

(4) Phosphorus (4) Metal deficiency defect

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12. The one that is extensively used as a piezoelectric 17. The radius of the largest sphere which fits properly
material is [JEE (Main)-2019] at the centre of the edge of a body centred cubic
unit cell is (Edge length is represented by ‘a’)
(1) Tridymite
(2) Mica [JEE (Main)-2019]

(3) Quartz (1) 0.027 a (2) 0.047 a

(4) Amorphous silica (3) 0.067 a (4) 0.134 a

13. At 100°C, copper (Cu) has FCC unit cell structure 18. Element ‘B’ forms ccp structure and ‘A’ occupies
with cell edge length of x Å. W hat is the half of the octahedral voids, while oxygen atoms
approximate density of Cu (in g cm –3) at this occupy all the tetrahedral voids. The structure of
temperature? [Atomic Mass of Cu = 63.55 u] bimetallic oxide is [JEE (Main)-2019]

[JEE (Main)-2019] (1) A2B2O (2) AB2O4

(3) A4B2O (4) A2BO4
422 205
(1) (2) 19. Consider the bcc unit cells of the solids 1 and 2
x3 x3
with the position of atoms as shown below.
105 211 The radius of atom B is twice that of atom A. The
(3) (4) unit cell edge length is 50% more in solid 2 than
x3 x3
in 1. What is the approximate packing efficiency in
14. Which primitive unit cell has unequal edge lengths solid 2?
(a z b z c) and all axial angles different from 90°?
[JEE (Main)-2019] A A A A
A
(1) Hexagonal A A A

(2) Monoclinic B
A A
(3) Triclinic A A A
(4) Tetragonal A A A A
Solid 1 Solid 2
15. A compound of formula A2B3 has the hcp lattice.
Which atom forms the hcp lattice and what fraction [JEE (Main)-2019]
of tetrahedral voids is occupied by the other
atoms? [JEE (Main)-2019] (1) 45% (2) 65%
(3) 75% (4) 90%
1
(1) hcp lattice - B, Tetrahedral voids - A 20. The amorphous form of silica is [JEE (Main)-2019]
3

2 (1) Quartz (2) Tridymite

(2) hcp lattice - A, Tetrahedral voids - B
3 (3) Kieselguhr (4) Cristobalite

2 21. An element has a face-centred cubic (fcc) structure

(3) hcp lattice - B, Tetrahedral voids - A with a cell edge of a. The distance between the
3
centres of two nearest tetrahedral voids in the
1 lattice is : [JEE (Main)-2019]
(4) hcp lattice - A, Tetrahedral voids - B
3
3 a
16. A solid having density of 9 × 103 kg m –3 forms (1) a (2)
2 2
face centred cubic crystals of edge length
200 2 pm. What is the molar mass of the solid? (3) a (4) 2a

[Avogadro constant # 6 × 1023 mol–1, S # 3] 22. The ratio of number of atoms present in a simple
cubic, body centered cubic and face centered cubic
[JEE (Main)-2019] structure are, respectively [JEE (Main)-2019]
(1) 0.0305 kg mol–1 (2) 0.4320 kg mol–1 (1) 4 : 2 : 3 (2) 4 : 2 : 1
(3) 0.0432 kg mol–1 (4) 0.0216 kg mol–1 (3) 8 : 1 : 6 (4) 1 : 2 : 4
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23. Which of the following compounds is likely to 30. The unit cell of copper corresponds to a face centered
show both Frenkel and Schottky defects in its cube of edge length 3.596 Å with one copper atom
crystalline form? [JEE (Main)-2020] at each lattice point. The calculated density of
(1) ZnS (2) CsCI copper in kg/m3 is _____.

(3) AgBr (4) KBr [Molar mass of Cu : 63.54 g; Avogadro Number =

6.022 × 1023]
24. A diatomic molecule X2 has a body-centred cubic
(bcc) structure with a cell edge of 300 pm. The [JEE (Main)-2021]
density of the molecule is 6.17 g cm3. The number 31. The number of octahedral voids per lattice site in a
of molecules present in 200 g of X2 is : lattice is ________. (Rounded off to the nearest
integer) [JEE (Main)-2021]
(Avogadro constant (NA) = 6 × 1023 mol–1)
32. A certain element crystallises in a bcc lattice of unit
[JEE (Main)-2020]
cell edge length 27 Å. If the same element under the
(1) 40 NA (2) 4 NA same conditions crystallises in the fcc lattice, the
(3) 2 NA (4) 8 NA edge length of the unit cell in Å will be _____. (Round
off to the Nearest Integer.)
25. An element crystallises in a face-centred cubic (fcc)
unit cell with cell edge a. The distance between the [Assume each lattice point has a single atom]
centres of two nearest octahedral voids in the
crystal lattice is [JEE (Main)-2020] [Assume 3 1.73, 2 1.41]

(1) a (2) [JEE (Main)-2021]

2a
33. Ga (atomic mass 70 u) crystallizes in a hexagonal
a a close packed structure. The total number of voids in
(3) (4) 0.581 g of Ga is __________ × 1021.
2 2
(Round off to the Nearest Integer).
26. A crystal is made up of metal ions cM1cand cM2cand
oxide ions. Oxide ions form a ccp lattice structure. [Given : NA = 6.023 × 1023] [JEE (Main)-2021]
The cation cM1coccupies 50% of octahedral voids 34. KBr is doped with 10–5
mole percent of SrBr2. The
and the cation cM2coccupies 12.5% of tetrahedral number of cationic vacancies in 1 g of KBr crystal
voids of oxide lattice. The oxidation numbers of cM1c is _____1014. (Round off the Nearest Integer).
and cM2care, respectively. [JEE (Main)-2020]
[Atomic Mass : K : 39.1 u, Br : 79.9 u NA = 6.023
(1) + 3, + 1 (2) + 4, + 2
× 1023] [JEE (Main)-2021]
(3) + 1, + 3 (4) + 2, + 4
35. In a binary compound, atoms of element A form a
27. An element with molar mass 2.7 × 10–2 kg mol–1 hcp structure and those of element M occupy 2/3 of
forms a cubic unit cell with edge length 405 pm. the tetrahedral voids of the hcp structure. The
If its density is 2.7 × 103 kg m–3, the radius of the formula of the binary compound is
element is approximately _____ × 10–12 m (to the
[JEE (Main)-2021]
nearest integer). [JEE (Main)-2020]
(1) M2A3 (2) M4A3
28. ‘X’ melts at low temperature and is a bad
conductor of electricity in both liquid and solid (3) M4A (4) MA3
state. X is [JEE (Main)-2020] 36. A hard substance melts at high temperature and is
(1) Zinc sulphide an insulator in both solid and in molten state. This
(2) Carbon tetrachloride solid is most likely to be a/an:

(3) Mercury [JEE (Main)-2021]

(4) Silicon carbide (1) Metallic solid

29. The coordination number of an atom in a body- (2) Ionic solid
centered cubic structure is ______.
(3) Molecular solid
[Assume that the lattice is made up of atoms.]
[JEE (Main)-2021] (4) Covalent solid

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37. Diamond has a three dimensional structure of C
atoms formed by covalent bonds. The structure of
diamond has face centred cubic lattice where 50%
of the tetrahedral voids are also occupied by carbon
atoms. The number of carbon atoms present per
unit cell of diamond is ________.
[JEE (Main)-2021]
38. A copper complex crystallising in a CCP lattice with
a cell edge of 0.4518 nm has been revealed by
employing X-ray diffraction studies. The density of a
copper complex is found to be 7.62 g cm –3 .
The molar mass of copper complex is _______
g mol –1 . (Nearest integer) [Given :
NA = 6.022 × 1023 mol–1] [JEE (Main)-2021]
39. The parameters of the unit cell of a substance are
a = 2.5, b = 3.0, c = 4.0, D = 90°, E = 120°, J = 90°.
The crystal system of the substance is
[JEE (Main)-2021]
(1) Monoclinic (2) Hexagonal
(3) Orthorhombic (4) Triclinic
40. Select the correct statements
(A) Crystalline solids have long range order.
(B) Crystalline solids are isotropic.
(C) Amorphous solids are sometimes called
pseudo solids.
(D) Amorphous solids soften over a range of
temperatures
(E) Amorphous solids have a definite heat of fusion.
Choose the most appropriate answer from the
options given below [JEE (Main)-2021]
(1) (A), (C), (D) only (2) (C), (D) only
(3) (B), (D) only (4) (A), (B), (E) only
41. Given below are two statements :
Statement I : Frenkel defects are vacancy as well
as interstitial defects.
Statement II : Frenkel defect leads to colour in
ionic solids due to presence of F-centres.
Choose the most appropriate answer for the
statements from the options given below :
[JEE (Main)-2021]
(1) Statement I is true but Statement II is false
(2) Both Statement I and Statement II are true
(3) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
(4) Both Statement I and Statement II are false
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42. Match items of List - I with those of List - II :
List - I List - II
(Property) (Example)
(a) Diamagnetism (i) MnO
(b) Ferrimagnetism (ii) O2
(c) Paramagnetism (iii) NaCl
(d) Antiferromagnetism (iv) Fe3O4
Choose the most appropriate answer from the
options given below : [JEE (Main)-2021]
(1) (a)-(iv), (b)-(ii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iii)
(2) (a)-(i), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii)
(3) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
(4) (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv)
43. The empirical formula for a compound with a cubic
close packed arrangement of anions and with
cations occupying all the octahedral sites in AxB.
The value of x is _______. (Integer answer)
[JEE (Main)-2021]
44. Atoms of element X form hcp lattice and those of
2
element Y occupy of its tetrahedral voids. The
3
percentage of element X in the lattice is _______ .
(Nearest integer)
[JEE (Main)-2022]
45. The distance between Na+ and Cl– ions in solid NaCl
of density 43.1 g cm–3 is ____ × 10–10 m. (Nearest
Integer)
(Given : NA = 6.02 × 1023 mol–1)
[JEE (Main)-2022]
46. In a solid AB, A atoms are in ccp arrangement and
B atoms occupy all the octahedral sites. If two atoms
from the opposite faces are removed, then the
resultant stoichiometry of the compound is AxBy.
The value of x is _____. [nearest integer]
[JEE (Main)-2022]
47. Metal deficiency defect is shown by Fe0.93O. In the
crystal, some Fe2+ cations are missing and loss of
positive charge is compensated by the presence of
Fe3+ ions. The percentage of Fe2+ ions in the Fe0.93O
crystals is ______. (Nearest integer)
[JEE (Main)-2022]
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48. The incorrect statement about the imperfections in
solids is: [JEE (Main)-2022]
(1) Schottky defect decreases the density of the
substance.
(2) Interstitial defect increases the density of the
substance.
(3) Frenkel defect does not alter the density of the
substance.
(4) Vacancy defect increases the density of the
substance.
49. An element M crystallises in a body centred cubic
unit cell with a cell edge of 300 pm. The density
of the element is 6.0 g cm –3 . The number of
atom s present in 180 g of the element is
______×1023. (Nearest integer) [JEE (Main)-2022]
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50. Metal M crystallizes into a fcc lattice with the
edge length of 4.0 × 10–8 cm. The atomic mass of
the metal is _______ g/mol. (Nearest integer)
(Use : NA = 6.02 × 1023 mol–1, density of metal,
M = 9.03 g cm–3) [JEE (Main)-2022]
51. Ionic radii of cation A+ and anion B– are 102 and
181 pm respectively. These ions are allowed to
crystallize into an ionic solid. This crystal has
cubic close packing for B–. A+ is present in all
octahedral voids. The edge length of the unit cell
of the crystal AB is _____pm. (Nearest integer)
[JEE (Main)-2022]