The Solid State

,Arriorphous ~nd Crystalline Solids - Crystal Lattice and Unit Cells

~ e pure crystalline subst~ce _on being heated 7· The correct option for the number of body centred
1. 1h duallY first forms a turbid hquid at constant unit cells in all 14 types of Bravais lattice unit cells is
gra
teillPe
rature and still at higher tempe tu
di ra re (a) 3 (b) 7
bidity completely sappears. The behaviour is a (c) 5 (d) 2 (NEET 2021)
turaracteristic of substance forming
ch) allotropic crystals (b) liquid crystals · 8. For orthorhombic system axial ratios are
~:) isomeric crystals . (d) isomorphous crystals. a * b ;t c and the axial angles are
(1993)
*
(a) a.= 13 =y 90° . (b) ex= 13 = y = 90°
(c) a.= y = 900, 13 # 90° (d) ex# 13 ;t y # 90° (1991)
Glass is a -
z. (a) liquid - Number of Atoms in a Unit Cell
(b) solid ' 9. The nu~ber of carbon atoms per unit cell of
(c) supercooled liqui~
diamond unit cell is
(d) transparent organic polymer. (1 991 )
(a) 6 (b) 1
Most crystals show good cleavage ·because · their (c) 4 (d) 8 (NEET2013)
3· atoms, ions or molecules are
(a) weakly bonded together
. . .
a
10. In face-centred cubic lattice, a unit cell is shared
equally by how many unit cells?
(b) strongly bonded to~ether
(a) 2 , (b) 4
(c) spherically symmetrical , (c) 6 · . (d) 8 . , (2005)
(d) arranged in planes.
· (1991) 11. When Zn converts from melted state to its solid
state, it has hep structure, then find the number of
4. lhe ability of a substance to assume two or more
nearest atoi;,ns.· · ·•
crystalline structures is called
(a) 6 -- (b) 8
(a) isomerism (b) polymorphism
(c) 12 (d) 4 (2001)
(c) isomorphism (d) amorphism. . (1990)
12. ·The fee crystal contains how many atoms in each
ID Classification of Crystalline Solids unit cell?
5. Cation and anion combines in a crystal to form (a) 6 (b) 8
following type of compound (c) 4 (d) 5 (1996)
(a) ionic (b) metallic . a
13. The number of atoms contained in fee unit cell of a
(c) covalent (d) dipole-dipole. monatomic substance is
(2000) (a) 1 (b) 2
6. For two ionic solids CaO and KI, identify the wrong (c) 4 (d) 6 (1993)
statement among the following.
(a) CaO has high melting point. . - Closed Packed Structures
(b) Lattice energy of CaO is much larger than that 14. Right option for the number of tetrahedral and
~n I octahedral voids in hexagonal primitive unit cell are
(c) KI has high melting point. (a) 12, 6 (b) 8, 4
(d) KI is soluble in benzene. (1997) (c) 6, 12 (d) 2, 1 (NEET 2021)
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15. A compound is formed by cation C and anion A. 24 The secon d r
· _ A ° I . " th .
from a set of parallel p anes m a rne,,,
X- I. 00
The anions form hexagonal dose packed (hep) angle 600. Th e d'istance between th"II
lattice and the cations occupy 75% of octahedral
occurs at an . e
. planes in the crystal 1s
voids. The formula of the compound is scattering (b) I.OD A
(a) C,A 3 (a) 2.ooA A
(d) 1.1 5
(b) C2A3
(c) 0.575 A (1998)
(c) C02 (d) C3A4 (NEET 2019)
Th intermetallic compound LiAg crystallizes i
16. In calcium fluoride, having the fluorite structure, 25
' ,u;ic lattice in which both lithium and silver hav~
the coordination numbers for calcium ion (Ca2•) coordination number of eight._ The crystal class is
and fluoride ion (F-) are
(a) face-centred cube (b) simple cube
(a) 4and2 (b) 6and6 (c) body-centred cube (d) none_ofthese. (1997)
(c) 8 and 4 (d) 4 and 8 (NEET-Il 2016)
17.. The ionic radii of A+ and I, ions are 0.98 x 10- 10 m 26 . In the fluorite structure, the coordinati~n nurnber
of Ca2• ion is
and 1.81 X 10- 10 m. The coordination number of (b) 6
each ion in AB is (a) 4
(d) 3 · (1993)
(a) 8 (b) 2
(c) 8
(c) 6 (d)4 (NEET-12016) ID Packing Efficiency
18. The number of octahedral void(s) per atom present 27. An element has a body centered cubit (bee) structure
in a cubic dose-packed structure is with a cell edge of 288 pm. The atomic radius is
(a) 1 (b) 3
(c) 2 (d) 4 (2012) (a) -x288pm (b) -x288pm
4 4 ·
19. Structure of a mixed oxide is cubic dose packed 4 ,, '
4 (d) r.:-X288pm
(cep). The cubic unit cell of mixed oxide is composed (c) x 288 pm
-v2 '
of oxide ions. One fourth of the tetrahedral voids . (NEET 2020)
are occupied by divalent metal A and the o~tahedral
voids are occupied by a monovalent metal B. The 28. The vacant space i; bee lattice unit cell is
formula of the oxide is (a) 48% · (b) 23%
(a) ABO2 (b) A2BO2 (c) 32% (d) 26% (2015, 2008)
(c) A2BP, (d) AB20 2 (Mains 2012) 29. If a is the length of the side of a cube, the distance
20. A so)id compound XYhas NaCl structure. If the radius
between the body-centred atom and one corner
of the cation is 100 pm, the radius of the anion (Y-) atom in the cube will be
will be 2 4
(a) 275.1 pm (b) 322.5 pm
(a) Jja (b) f/
(c) 241.5 pm (d) 165.7 pm(Mains 2011)
(c) -a (d) a (2014)
2 1. A compound formed by elementsX and Y crystallises 4 2
in a cubic structure in which the X atoms are at the
corners of a cube and the Y atoms are at the face- 30. A metal crystallises with a face-centred cubic lattice.
centres. The formula of the compound is The edge of the unit cell is 408 pm. The diameter of
the metal atom is
(a) XY3 (b) X3Y
(c) XY (d) XY2 (2004) (a) 288 pm (b) 408 pm
(c) 144 pm (d) 204 pm (2012)
22. In cube of any crystal A-atom placed at every
corners and B-atom placed at every centre of face. 31. A~ crystallizes in a body-centred cubic lattict
The formula of compound is with edge length 'a' equal to 387 pm. The distaJICC
(a) AB (b) AB3 between two oppositely charged ions in the lattice is
(a) 335 pm (b) 250 pm
(c) A2B2 (d) A2B3 (2000)
(c) 200 pm (d) 300 pm (2010)
23. In crystals of which one of the following ionic
32. Lithium metal er ystallises m
. a body-centred ~...,..
-·'"'
compounds would you expect maximum distance
th
~ry~tal. _If e length of the side of the unit cell ii
between centres of cations and anions?
( ~tum is 351 pm, the atomic radius oflithium will be
(a) Cs!
(c) LiF
(b) CsF
(d) Lil (1998) (~) !~~-: pm
· pm
(b) 75.5 pm
(d) 240.8 pm (2(J}9)
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'(118 er crystallises in a face-centred cubic lattice Calculate the edge length of a um•t cell of lithium
33. \\~th
C?PP unit cell length of 361 pm. What is the radius
a . ? metal. (NA= 6.02 x 1023 mol-1)
er atom in pm. (a) 527 pm (b} 264 pm
of coP P (b) 181 ,,,,
157 (c) 154 pm (d) 352 pm (NEET-12016) I
(a) (d) 128 (2009) ,,
(c) J08 ii
. h of the following statements is not correct? '
34, wh1'The number of carbon atoms .in a unit cell of
41. A metal has a/cc lattice. The edge leng_th of lhe u~~t
cell is 404 pm. The density of the metal is 2·72 g cm ·
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(a) diamond is 8.
The molar mass of the metal is
The number of Bravais lattices in which a crystal (N,., Avogadro's constant= 6.02 x 1023 mo I-•)
(b) ,an be categorized is 14. (a) 27 g mol- 1 (b) 20 g mol-t
(c) The fraction ~f total ~olum e occupied by the (c) 40 g mo1-1 (d) 30 g mol-1
atoms in a pmmtive ce11 1s 0.48 . . (NEET 2013)
(d) Molecular solids are generally volatile. (2008)
42. CsBr crystallises in a body-centred cubic lattice.
If a stands for the edge length o~ the cubic systems: The unit cell length is 436.6 pm. Given lhat th e
5
3 · . le cubic, body-centred cubic and face-centred
sunP·c then the ratio
· of ra dii' ofth e spheres m
· these atomic mass of Cs= 133 and that of Br= 80 amu
CUbI ' and Avogadro number being 6.02 x 1023 mol-t' th e
systems will be respectively
density of CsBr is
I ,Ji r: ·r: (a) 4.25 g/cm3 (b) 42.5 g/cm3 :l
(a) -a2
: -a : -a (b) la : v3a : v2a
2 2 (c) 0.425 g/cm3 (d) 8.25 g/cm3 · (200 6) ( i
I!
J 1 1 r: l 43. An element (atomic mass ~-100 g/mol) having bee .I •'
(c) a: a: ,fia (d) a: v3a: .Ji.a
2 4 2 2 ' structure has unit cell edge 400 pm. The density of
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(2008) element is '
1he fraction of total volume occupied by the atoms (a) 7.289 g/cm 3 (b} 2.144 g/cm 3
36, . 1 b . . {c) 10.376 g/cm3 (d) 5.188 g/cm3 (1996)
resent in a sunp e cu e JS
p 11'
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(a) 3,fz (b) 4,fi (c) 4 (d) -
6
(2007)
44. Formula of nickel oxide with metal deficiency defect
37. 1he pyknometric density of sodium chloride crystal · ' in its crystal is Nio, 980. The crystal contains Ni2+ and
is 2.165 x 10 kgm~3 while_its X-ray density is
3
Ni3+ ions. The fraction of nickel existing as Ni2+ ions
3
2,178 x 10 kg m- • The fraction of unoccupied sites
3
. in the crystal is
in sodium chloride crystal is .· · ·, ' · (a) 0.96 (bf 0.04
(a) 5.96 (b) 5.96 X 10-2 · . J (c) 0.50 (d) 0.3
(c) 5.96 x 10-1. • 1 (d) 5.96 x 10- ·
3
(2003) · (Odisha NEET 2019)
38. The edge length of face-centred unit cubic cells is 45. The correct statement regarding defects in crystalline I
I
508 pm. If the radius of the ~tion is 110 pm, the solids is ' I

radius of the anion is · .(a) Frenkel defects decrease ·the density of

(a)l44pm (b)398pm · crystalline solids
(c) 288 pm (d) 618 pm (1998) (b) Frenkel defect is a dislocation defect
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(c) Frenkel defect is found in halides of alkaline
. . metals ' . .
39. Iron exhibits bee structure at room tmiperature. (d) Schottky defects have no effect on the density of
Above 900°C, it transforms to fee structure, 1he crystalline solids. (2015)
ratio of density of iron at room temperature to that
46, 1he appearance of colour in solid alkali metal
at 900°c (assuming molar mass~ d atomic~ of
halides is generally due to
iron remains constant w i t h ~
(a) interstitial positions (b) F-centres .
(a) (b) · · (c) ( (c) Schottky d~fect (d) Frenkel defect. (2006)
47, Schottky defect in crystals is observed when
(a) density of the crystal is increased
ithium has a bee il:rw:tll6:
30 kg m-3 and its atomic:
"4,..,, 11-(b) unequal numbff of cations and anions are
mass missing from the lattice

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'chne of the following el
(c) an ion J •
interstitieaal:v~ its nonnal site and occupies an so. W'th
1 wh1 °
h uld be doped so as to give P•h,,.._ .
silicon s o .,t'C
(d) site
number 0 f ·
equal th . semicond_u~or? (b) Boron
frorn • cations and anions are missing
48 . e 1attice. (I 998) (a) Selemu . (d) Arsenic ,
. Ioruc solids, . (c) Germanium <2oaaJ
structure wtth Schottky defects, contain in their Cl . doped with 10-4 mol % of S
51. If Na is t ation of cation vacancies ,.,;1~
(a) cation vacancies onl the concen r 1-1) "QI he
(b) cation va • y - 6 02 x 1023mo
(c) equal canoes and interstitial cations (NA - · 101 6 moI-1 (b) 6.02 x 1017 rnoI·•
(d) an· number of cation and anion vacancies (a) 6·02 x 4 moI-1 (d) 6.02 ?< 1015 rnoI-•
ion vacancies and interstitial anions. (c) 6.02 x 101 .
. . (~
(1994)
If we mix a pentavalent impun~ m a crystal lattice Of
52·
DI!) Electrical Properties .
germanium,
what type of semiconductor formMi.
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49 · Which is th · will occur? · ·
e incorrect statement?
(a ) D ensity d . (a) n-type semiconductor
· ecreases m case of crystals with
Schottky defect (b) p-type semiconductor
(b) NaCL) (c) Both (a) and (b)
• '<• is insulator, sili'con 1s
• semiconductor,
(d) None of these · (1996)
silver is co nductor, quartz is piezoelectric
crystal. _ On doping Ge met.tl with a little of In or Ga, one
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(c) Frenkel de"leet 1s · f:avoured m. those 1omc
. . gets
' compounds in which sizes of cation and anions (a) p-type semiconductor
are almost equal. (b) n-type semiconductor
(d) Fe0o.9s has non-stoichiometric metai deficiency (c) insulator
defect (NE_ET 2017) (d) rectifier. (1993)

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