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SUBJECT: IIT-Chemistry ASSIGNMENT: Solid State

Part – A

Single Correct Type Questions

1. A compound MpXq has cubic close packing (ccp) arrangement of X. Its unit cell structure is
shown below. The empirical formula of the compound is:

(A) MX (B) MX2 (C) M2X (D) M5X14

2. In a solid “AB” having NaCl structure “A” atoms occupy the corners of the cubic unit cell. If all
the face-centred atoms along one of the axes are removed, then the resultant stoichiometry of
the solid is
(A) AB2 (B) A2B (C) A4B3 (D) A3B4

3. The packing effeciency of the two-dimensional square unit cell shown below is

(A) 39.27% (B) 68.02% (C) 74.05% (D) 78.54%

4. If the unit cell of a mineral has cubic close packed (ccp) array of oxygen atoms with m fraction
of octahedral holes occupied by aluminum ions and n fraction of tetrahedral holes occupied by
magnesium ions m and n respectively, are –
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(A) , (B) 1, (C) , (D) ,
2 8 4 2 2 4 8

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5. For the given close packed structure of a salt made of cation X and anion Y shown below (ions
of only one face are shown for clarity), the packing fraction is approximately
Packing efficiency
(packing fraction = )
100

(A) 0.74 (B) 0.63 (C) 0.52 (D) 0.48

Paragraph for Question 6 to 7

Spinel is an important class of oxide having two types of metal ions. A type of spinal have ccp
arrangement to O2– ions in which Fe2+ cation occupy 1/8th of tetrahedral voids and Fe3+ cation
occupies half of the octahedral voids. If 'a' be the edge of unit cell then.
6. What is formula of spinel -
(A) FeO (B) Fe2O3 (C) Fe3O4 (D) Fe4O5

7 What is the minimum internuclear distance between Fe2+ ion & Fe3+ ion in spinel –
a 3a a
(A) (B) (C) a (D)
2 4 2

One or More than one Correct Type Questions

8. The CORRECT statement(s) for cubic close packed (ccp) three dimensional structure is (are)
(A) The number of the nearest neighbours of an atom present in the topmost layer is 12
(B) The efficiency of atom packing is 74%
(C) The number of octahedral and tetrahedral voids per atom are 1 and 2, respectively
(D) The unit cell edge length is 2 2 times the radius of the atom

9. The cubic unit cell structure of a compound containing cation M and anion X is shown below.
When compared to the anion, the cation has smaller ionic radius. Choose the correct
statement(s).

(A) The empirical formula of the compound is MX.

(B) The cation M and anion X have different coordination geometries.
(C) The ratio of M-X bond length to the cubic unit cell edge length is 0.866.
(D) The ratio of the ionic radii of cation M to anion X is 0.414.

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10. The correct statement(s) regarding defects in solid is (are)
(A) Frenkel defect is usually favoured by a very small difference in the sizes of cation and anion.
(B) Frenkel defect is a dislocation defect
(C) Trapping of an electron in the lattice leads to the formation of F-center.
(D) Schottky defects have no effect on the physical properties of solids.

Integer Type Questions

11. Consider an ionic solid MX with NaCl structure. Construct a new structure (Z) whose unit cell
is constructed from the unit cell of MX following the sequential instructions given below.
Neglect the charge balance.
(i) Remove all the anions (X) except the central one
(ii) Replace all the face centered cations (M) by anions (X)
(iii) Remove all the corner cations (M)
(iv) Replace the central anion (X) with cation (M)
 number of anions 
The value of 
 number of cations  in Z is _____.
 

12. A metal cryatallises into two cubic phases, FCC and BCC whose unit cell lengths are 3.5 Å and
3.0 Å respectively. Calculate the ratio of densities of FCC and BCC.

13. An element crystallises in FCC lattice having edge length 400 pm. Calculate the maximum
diameter which can be placed in interstital sites without disturbing the structure.

14. The edge length of unit cell of a metal having atomic weight 75 g/mol is 5 Å which crystallizes
in cubic lattice. If the density is 2 g/cc then find the radius of metal atom. (NA = 6 × 1023). Give
the answer in pm.

Match the Column Type

15. Match the crystal system / unit cells mentioned in Column I with their characteristic features
mentioned in Column II. Indicate your answer by darkening the appropriate bubbles of the
4 × 4 matrix given in the OMR.
Column – I Column – II
(A) simple cubic and face-centred cubic (P) have these cell parameters a = b = c
and α = β = γ
(B) cubic and rhombohedral (Q) are two crystal systems
(C) cubic and tetragonal (R) have only two crystallographic angles of 90°
(D) hexagonal and monoclinic (S) belong to same crystal system.

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 Part – B

Single Correct Type Questions

16. A metal crystallises in such a lattice that only 70% of the total space crystal is occupied by the
atoms. If the atomic mass of metal is 32π gm mol–1 and atomic radius is 0.2 nm, the density of
the metal is :
(A) 3.5 gm/cm3 (B) 7.0 gm/cm3 (C) 14.0 gm/cm3 (D) 10.5 gm/cm3

17. The ZnS (zinc blende) structure is cubic. The unit cell may be described as a face-centered
sulphide ion sublattice with zinc ions in the centers of alternating minicubes made by
partitioning the main cube into 8 equal parts. How many nearest neighbors does each Zn2+ have
and what angle is made by the lines connecting any Zn2+ to any two of its nearest neighbors?
(A) 6, 90º (B) 4, 90º (C) 6, 109.5º (D) 4, 109.5º

18. Cesium iodide consists of a simple cubic lattice of I– ions with Cs+ ions in the cubic holes. If the
cell edge length is 0.445 nm, what is the Cs–I interatomic distance ?
(A) 0.314 nm (B) 0.223 nm (C) 0.770 nm (D) 0.385 nm

19. A compound has cubical unit cell in which X atoms are found at 6 corners and Y atoms are
present at remaining corners and at face center which are not opposite to each other and Z-
atoms are present at body center and remaining face center. Calculate density in amu/(Aº)3 , if
atomic mass of X, Y and Z are 20, 40 and 60 amu respectively and side of unit cell (2Å).
940 235 470 235
(A) (B) (C) (D)
8 8 8 16

20. Which of the following oxides behaves as conductor or insulator depending upon temperature?
(A) TiO3 (B) TiO (C) MgO (D) SiO2

21. A solid element (monoatomic) exist as cubic crystal. If its atomic radius is 1.0 Å and the ratio of
packing fraction and density is 0.1 cm3/gm, then the atomic mass of the element is
(NA = 6 × 1023)
(A) 16π (B) 80π (C) 8π (D) 4π

22. Which of the following oxides shows electrical properties like metals?
(A) CrO2 (B) MgO (C) SiO2 (D) SO2

One or More than one Correct Type Questions

23. The co-ordination number of FCC structure for metals is 12, since
(A) each atom touches 4 others in same layer, 3 in layer above and 3 in layer below.
(B) each atom touches 3 others in same layer, 6 in layer above and 6 in layer below.
(C) each atom touches 4 others in same layer, 4 in layer above and 4 in layer below.
(D) each atom touches 6 others in same layer, 3 in layer above and 3 in layer below.

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24. If observed density of crystal is less than ideal density, then the defect may be -
(A) Frenkel defect (B) Schottky defect
(C) metal deficiency defect (D) substitutional impurity

25. Select the correct information(s) regarding truncated tetrahedron

(A) 8 faces (B) 12 vertices (C) 3 hexagonal faces (D) 18 edges

26. Which of the following statements are correct?

(A) Ferrimagnetic substances do not lose ferrimagnetism on heating and remain ferrimagnetic.
(B) Ferrimagnetic substances lose ferrimagnetism on heating and become paramagnetic.
(C) In ferromagnetic substances all the domains get oriented in the direction of magnetic field
and remain as such even after removing magnetic field.
(D) Antiferromagnetic substances have domain structures similar to ferromagnetic substances
and their magnetic moments are not cancelled by each other.

Integer Type Questions

27. If NaCl is dopped with 10–3 mol % SrCl2, and the numbers of cation vacancies per mole of NaCl
is x × 1018, the value of ‘x’ is (NA = 6 × 1023)

z−x
28. If truncated octahedron has x corners y square faces & z hexagon then =?
y

29. A metal 'M' having atomic mass 31.25 crystallizes in cubic close packing and it shows " Schottky
defects". If the edge length of the cubic lattice is 500 pm and density of the metal is
1.6075 gm/ml then calculate number of moles of metal atom 'M' missing per litre of the crystal.
[Given : 1 amu = 1.67 × 10–24 gm]

Match the Column Type

Column-I Column-II Column-III

(A) Hexagonal (P) a = b ≠ c (I) Primitive
(B) Orthorhombic (Q) a ≠ b ≠ c (II) Body centred
(C) Monoclinic (R) α = β ≠ γ (III) Face centered
(D) Triclinic (S) α ≠ b ≠ γ (IV) End centered
30. Which of the following is only incorrect match :
(A) C, R, I (B) A, P, I (C) D, S, I (D) B, P, IV

31. Which of the following is only correct match :

(A) C, Q, III (B) B, Q, I (C) D, S, IV (D) A, P, II

Answer Key
1. (B) 2. (D) 3. (D) 4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (C) 7. (B)
8. (BCD) 9. (AC) 10. (BC) 11. (3) 12. 1.259 13. 117.1 pm
14. 216.5 pm 15. (A) P, S ; (B) -P,Q ; (C) - Q ; (D) - Q,R 16. (A)
17. (D) 18. (D) 19. (B) 20. (A) 21. (C) 22. (A) 23. (CD)
24. (BCD) 25. (ABD) 26. (BC) 27. (6) 28. (4) 29. (2) 30. (D)
31. (B)