Solid State Revision Sheet

Solid state revision sheet : lesson 1
1. Graphite is an example of:

(a) Ionic solid (b) Covalent solid
(c) Vander waal solid (d) metallic solid
2. The appearance of colour in solid alkali metal halide
is generally due to :
(a) Frenkel defect (b) Interstitial position
(c) F- centres (d) Schottky defect
3. In a crystal some ions are missing from normal sites.
This is an example of:-
(a) F-centres (b) Interstial defects
(c) Frenkel defect (d) Schottky defect
4. . Silicon dioxide is an example of:
(a) Metallic crystal (b) Ionic crystal
(c) Covalent crystal (d) None of these
5. The structure of CsCl crystal is :
(a) Body centred cubic (b) Face centred cubic
(c) Octahedral (d) None of these
6.. Frankel defect is noticed in:
(a) AgBr (b) ZnS (c) AgI (d) all of these
7. In a simple cubic cell, each atom on a corner is

Shared by:
(a) 2 unit cells (b) 1 unit cell
(c) 8 unit cells (d) 4 unit cell
8. Which of the following statement is not correct?
(a) Co-ordination number of each type of ion in
CsCl is 8
(b) A metal that crystallises in bcc structure has
Coordination number 12
(c) A unit cell of an ionic crystal shares some of its
ions with other unit cells.
(d) The length of unit cell in NaCl is 552 pm
9. If the position of Na+ and Cl-1 are interchanged in
NaCl,the crystal lattice with respect to Na + and Cl-1 is:
(a) Both fcc (b) Both bcc
(c) Fcc and Bcc (d) Bcc and Fcc
10. Which is amorphous solid :
(a) Rubber (b) Plastic
(c) Glass (d) All of these
11. Solid CO2 is an example of :
(a) Molecular solid (b) Covalent Solid
(c) Metallic solid (d) Ionic crystal
12. The crystal system of a compound with unit cell
dimensions. a= 0.387, b= 0.387 and c=0.504nm
and α=β=900 , γ= 1200
(a) Cubic (b) Hexagonal
(c)Orthorhombic (d) Rhombohedral
13. The co-ordination number of Ca2+ ion in fluorite

crystal is:
(a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
14. How many Bravias lattices are possible in a crystal?
(a) 23 (b) 7 (c) 230 (d)14
15. The yellow colour of ZnO and conducting nature
Produced in heating due to :
(a) Metal excess defects due to interstitial cation
(b) Extra positive ion present in Interstial site
(c) Trapped electrons
(d) All of them
16. Which of these called pseudo solids:

(a) CaF2 (b) Glass (c) NaCl (d) All of these
17. The unit cell with cell dimensions a = b ≠ c and
α = β = γ = 900 is
(a) cubic (b) Tetragonal
(c) monoclinic (d) hexagonal
18. Ionic solids with Schottky defects contain _ _ _ _ _
In their structure:
(a) Equal number of cations and anions vacancies
(b) Interstitial anions and anions vacancies.
(c) Cation vacancies only.
(d) Cations vacancies and Interstial cations
19. The number of Carbon atoms per unit cell of

diamond unit cell is :
(a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 1 (d) 4
20. A substance AxBY crystallises in a fcc lattice in
which atoms ‘A’ occupy each corner of cube and
atoms ‘B’ occupy the centres of each face of the
cubic. Identify the correct composition of the
substance AxBY.
(a) AB3 (b) A4B3 (c) A3B (d) none of these
21. When molten zinc is cooled to solid state it assumes
HCP structure. Then the number of nearest neighbour
of zinc atom will be :
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
22. AB crystallises in a bcc lattice with edge length ‘a’
Equal to 387 pm. The distance between two
charged ions in lattice is:
(a) 335pm (b) 250pm (c) 200pm (d) 300pm
23. In a compound, atoms of element Y form ccp

lattice and those of element X occupy 2/3 of
tetrahedral voids.The formula of compound will be:
(a) X3Y4 (b) X4Y3 (c) X2Y3 (d) X2Y
24. Crystals can be classified into __________ basic

Crystal lattice :
(a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 7 (d) 3
25. When NaCl crystal is doped with MgCl 2. The
Nature of defect produced is :
(a) Interstial defect (b) Schottky defect
(c) Frenkel defect (d) None of these
26. The inter ionic distance for Caesium chloride crystals
will be:
(a) a (b) a/2 (c) √3a/2 (d) 2a/√3
27. Which of the following contains rock salt structure
(a) SrF 2 (b) MgO
(c) Al 2 O3 (d) All
28. The interionic distance for cesium chloride crystal will be
a
(a) a (b) 2
√3a 2a
(c) 2 (d) √3
29. Assertion :Diamond is a precious stone.
Reason: Carbon atoms are tetrahedrally arranged in diamond.
a) Assertion is false but reason is true

b) Assertion is true but reason is false
c) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
d) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
30. Assertion :In any ionic solid (MX) with Schottky defects, the number of positive and negative ions
are same.
Reason :Equal number of cation and anion vacancies are present.
a) Assertion is false but reason is true
b) Assertion is true but reason is false
c) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
d) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
31. An element (atomic mass 100 g/mol ) having bcc structure has unit cell edge 400 pm. Then
density of the element is
3 3
(a) 10.376 g/cm (b) 5.188 g/cm
3 3
(c) 7.289 g/cm (d) 2.144 g/cm
32. The edge length of face centred unit cubic cell is 508 pm. If the radius of the cation is 110 pm ,
the radius of the anion is
(a) 285 pm (b) 398 pm

(c) 144 pm (d) 618 pm
33. The edge length of the unit cell of a body-centered cubic (bcc) crystal is 352pm. The radius of the atom is
a) 152.4 pm b) 145.6 pm c)154.2 pm d) 152.4 cm
34. Lead sulphide has face centered cubic crystal structure. If the edge length of the unit cell of lead sulphide is 500
pm, calculate the density of the crystal. (atomic weight Pb=207,S=32)
a) 12.71 g cm3 b) 12.17 kg/cm3 c) 12.71 g/m3 d) 12.71g/cm3
35. A compound AB has simple cubic structure and has molecular mass 99. Its density is 3.4 gcm−3. What will be
the edge length of the unit cell?
a) 578.2 cm2 b) 578.2pm c) 572.8pm d) 578.2 Angstrom
+ −
36. In AgBr crystal, the ion size lies in the order Ag <<Br . The AgBr crystal should have the
following characteristics
(a) Defectless (perfect) crystal
(b) Schottky defect only
(c) Frenkel defect only
(d) Both Schottky and Frenkel defects
37. The vacant space in the bcc unit cell is
(a) 36% (b) 23%
(c) 26% (d) 32%
38.The edge of unit cell of FCC Xe crystal is 620 pm . The radius of Xe atom is
(a) 219.25 Pm (b) 235.16 Pm
(c) 189.37 Pm (d) 209.87 Pm
39. Monoclinic crystal has dimension
(a) a≠b≠c, α=γ=90° , β≠90°
(b) a=b=c, α=β =γ=90°
(c) a=b≠c, α=β =γ=90°
(d) a≠b≠c, α≠β≠γ≠90°
40. Structure similar to zinc blende is found in
(a) AgCl (b) NaCl
(c) CuCl (d) TlCl
41. Potassium crystallizes with a
(a) Face-centred cubic lattice
(b) Body-centred cubic lattice
(c) Simple cubic lattice
(d) Orthorhombic lattice
42. An example of a non-stoichiometric compound is
(a) Al 2 O3 (b) Fe3 O4
(c) NiO 2 (d) PbO

43. . Which of the species is paramagnetic :
(a) NO (b) Fe3+ (c) Fe2+ (d) All
44. Percentage of free space in fcc unit cell is :
(a) 32% (b) 34% (c) 26% (d) 30%
45. In face centred cubic unit cell edge length is

4 4
r r
(a) √ 3 (b) √2
√3 r
(c) 2r (d) 2
46. The ratio to the cationic radius to anionic radius in an
ionic crystal is greater than 0.732. Its co-ordination
number is :
(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
47. How many molecules are there in the unit cell of sodium chloride
(a) 2 (b) 4
(c) 6 (d) 8
48. In a face centred cubic cell, an atom at the face contributes to the unit cell
(a) 1/4 part (b) 1/8 part

(c) 1 part (d) 1/2 part
49. Which of the following crystal does not exhibit frenkel
defect :
(a) AgBr (b) AgCl (c) KBr (d) ZnS
50. 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
(e) Softens slowly

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Solid state revision sheet : lesson 1

1. Graphite is an example of:

7. In a simple cubic cell, each atom on a corner is

13. The co-ordination number of Ca2+ ion in fluorite

16. Which of these called pseudo solids:

19. The number of Carbon atoms per unit cell of

23. In a compound, atoms of element Y form ccp

24. Crystals can be classified into __________ basic

a) Assertion is false but reason is true

(a) 285 pm (b) 398 pm

(a) Al 2 O3 (b) Fe3 O4

(c) NiO 2 (d) PbO

45. In face centred cubic unit cell edge length is

(a) 1/4 part (b) 1/8 part

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