chemistry MCQ questions with answer key

SOLID STATE

211. Particles of quartz are packed by

(a) Electrical attraction forces (b) Vander Waal's forces
(c) Covalent bond forces (d) Strong electrostatic attraction forces
212. Wax is an example of
(a) Ionic crystal (b) Covalent crystal
(c) Metallic crystal (d) Molecular crystal
213. In zinc blende structure, zinc atom fill up
(a) All octahedral holes (b) All tetrahedral holes
(c) Half number of octahedral holes (d) Half number of tetrahedral holes
214. Which one of the following schemes of ordering close packed sheets of equal sized spheres do
not generate close packed lattice?
(a) ABCABC …… (b) ABACABAC……
(c) ABBAABBA …… (d) ABCBCABCBC……
215. In cubic ZnS lattice, if the radii of Zn2+ and S2– ions are 0.83 Å and 1.74 Å, the lattice parameter
(edge length, a) of cubic ZnS is
(a) 11.87 Å (b) 5.94 Å (c) 5.14 Å (d) 2.97 Å
216. Which of the following statement for crystals having Frenkel defect is not correct?
(a) Frenkel defects are observed where the difference in sizes of cations and anions is large.
(b) The density of crystals having Frenkel defect is lesser than that of a pure perfect crystal.
(c) An ionic crystal may have Frenkel defect along with the Schottky defect.
(d) Pure alkali halides do not have Frenkel defect
217. Identify the correct statement
(a) Cubic packing has a coordination number of 8 whereas body centered cubic packing has a
coordination number of 12
(b) Body centered cubic is not a close-packed arrangement
(c) In the hexagonal close-packed type of packing there is ABCABC…. sequence of layers
(d) In the fcc type structure, there is ABAB….sequence of layers
218. The coordination number of a cation occupying a tetrahedral hole is
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
219. The intermetallic compound LiAg crystallizes in cubic lattice in which both Li and Ag have
coordination number 8. The crystal class is
(a) simple cubic (b) bcc like (c) fcc like (d) none of these
220. 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 defects (d) F - centre
221. Which one of the following is a good conductor of electricity
(a) Diamond (b) Graphite (c) Silicon (d) Amorphous
carbon
222. A crystalline solid
(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
223. The correct statement in the following is
(a) The ionic crystal of AgBr has Schottky defect
(b) The unit cell having crystal parameters, a = b ¹ c, a = b = 90 o , g = 120 o is hexagonal

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g+
(c) In ionic compounds having Frenkel defect the ratio is high
g-
(d) The coordination number of Na + ion in NaCl is 4
224. The low solubility of BaSO 4 in water can be attributed to
(a) High lattice energy (b) Dissociation energy
(c) Low lattice energy (d) Ionic bond
225. A solid has a structure in which tungsten (W) atoms are located at the corners of a cubic lattice,
O atoms at the center of edges and Na atom at the center of cube. The formula for the compound
is
(a) NaWO2 (b) NaWO3 (c) Na2WO3 (d) NaWO4
226. In octahedral void and tetrahedral void, radius ratio of cation to anion (in closed packing) is
0.414 0.225
(a) (b) (c) 0.225 ´ 0.414 (d) none
0.225 0.414
227. An AB 2 type structure is found in
(a) NaCl (b) Al 2 O 3 (c) CaF2 (d) N 2 O
228. An ionic compound has a unit cell consisting of A ions at the corners of a cube and B ions on
the centres of the faces of the cube. The empirical formula for this compound would be
(a) AB (b) A 2 B (c) AB 3 (d) A 3 B

229. For an ionic crystal of the general formula AX and coordination number 6, the value of radius
ratio will be
(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
230. In the crystals of which of the following ionic compounds would you expect maximum distance
between centres of cations and anions
(a) LiF (b) CsF (c) CsI (d) LiI
231. 6 : 6 co-ordination of NaCl changes to 8 : 8 co-ordination by
(a) applying high pressure (b) increasing temperature
(c) both (a) and (b) (d) no effect on co-ordination
232. Radius of cation and anion is 100 and 241.42 pm respectively. What is the edge length of the
unit cell formed when A and B pack together?
(a) 482.84 pm (b) 400 pm (c) 682.84 pm (d) 500 pm
233. The radius ratio (rcation | ranion) for a crystalline ionic compound lies between 0.414 - 0.732.
The geometrical arrangement in the crystal is
(a) tetrahedral (b) octahedral (c) triangular (d) cubic
234. A mineral having formula AB2 crystallises in a cubic close pack lattice with A atoms form
CCP. The coordination number of A atoms, that of B atoms and fraction of tetrahedral sites
occupied by B atoms are respectively.
(a) 8, 4, 100% (b) 2, 6, 75% (c) 3, 1, 25% (d) 6, 6, 50%
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235. The plots of vs (where XA and YA are the mole fraction of A in liquid and
X A YA
vapour phase respectively) is linear with slope and intercept respectively are given as
! ! ! !
! ! (p A - p B ) ! ! (p B - p A )
(a) p A / p B and !
(b) p A / p B and !
pB pB

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! ! ! !
! ! (p A - p B ) ! ! (p B - p A )
(c) p B / p A and !
(d) p B / p A and !
pB pB
236. The number of effective atoms per unit cell in a simple cubic, face centered cubic and body-
centred cubic are ….respectively
(a) 1, 4, 2 (b) 4, 1, 2 (c) 2, 4, 1 (d) 4, 8, 2
237. In a closed packed array of N spheres, the octahedral holes are
N
(a) (b) 2N (c) 4N (d) N
2
238. Which of the following statement is correct?
If E o 2 + = 0.337 V and E o 2 + = - 0.136 V.
Cu | Cu Sn | Sn
(a) Cu2+ ions can be reduced by H2(g) (b) Cu can be oxidized by H+
(c) Sn2+ ions can be reduced by H2 (d) Cu can reduce Sn2+
239. The state of hybridization of Xe in XeF4 is
(a) sp2 (b) sp3 (c) sp3d (d) sp3d2
240. Number of 3rd nearest neighbour in bcc lattice made up of identical atoms is
(a) 6 (b) 8
(c) 12 (d) 4

211. (c) 212. (d) 213. (d) 214. (c) 215. (b)
216. (b) 217. (b) 218. (d) 219. (b) 220. (d)
221. (b) 222. (a) 223. (b) 224. (a) 225. (b)
226. (a) 227. (c) 228. (c) 229. (b) 230. (d)
231. (a) 232. (c) 233. (b) 234. (a) 235. (b)
236. (a) 237. (d) 238. (a) 239. (d) 240. (b)