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Advanced Level Problem Solving-2331

JEE 2023 | Chemistry
Solid state
*Mark questions are more than one options correct type

1. A compound XY crystallizes in BCC lattice with unit cell edge length of 480 pm. If the radius of Y– is
225 pm, then the radius of X+ is: []
(A) 127.5 pm (B) 190.68 pm (C) 225 pm (D) 255 pm
2. The mass of a unit cell of CsCl corresponds to: []
(A) 1 Cs+ and 1 Cl– (B) 1 Cs+ and 6 Cl–
(C) 4 Cs+ and 4 Cl– (D) 8 Cs+ and 1 Cl–
3. In the closest packing of atoms A (radius: ra), the radius of atom B that can be fitted into tetrahedral
voids is: []
(A) 0.155 ra (B) 0.225 ra (C) 0.414 ra (D) 0.732 ra

*4. Which one of the following schemes of ordering closed packed sheets of equal sized spheres generate
close packed lattice. []
(A) ABCABC (B) ABACABAC (C) ABBAABBA (D) ABCBCABCBC

5. An ionic compound AB has ZnS type structure. If the radius A+ is 22.5 pm, then the ideal radius of B–
would be: []
(A) 54.35 pm (B) 100 pm (C) 145.16 pm (D) None of these
6. NH4Cl crystallizes in a body-centered cubic type lattice with a unit cell edge length of 387 pm. The
distance between the oppositely charged ions in the lattice is: []
(A) 335.1 pm (B) 83.77 pm (C) 274.46 pm (D) 137.23 pm
7. In diamond, carbon atom occupy FCC lattice points as well as alternate tetrahedral voids. If edge length
of the unit cell is 356 pm, then radius of carbon atom is: []
(A) 77.07 pm (B) 154.14 pm (C) 251.7 pm (D) 89 pm
*8. Which of the following will show Schottky defect? []
(A) NaCl (B) ZnS (C) AgBr (D) CsCl
9. Copper metal crystallizes in FCC lattice. Edge length of unit cell is 362 pm. The radius of largest atom
that can fit into the voids of copper lattice without disturbing it is __________ pm. []

10. In FCC unit cell, what fraction of edge is not covered by atoms? []
(A) 0.134 (B) 0.24 (C) 0.293 (D) None of these

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*11. Which of the following statements is/are correct: []

(A) The coordination number of each type of ion in CsCl is 8
(B) A metal that crystallises in BCC structure has a coordination number 8
(C) A unit cell of an ionic crystal shares some of its ions with other unit cells
(D) The length of the unit cell in NaCl is 552 pm
[r = 95 pm ; r = 181 pm ]
Na  Cl
Assertion & Reason For 12 to 15
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.
12. Statement-1 : KCl is more likely to show schottky defect, while LiI is more likely to show Frenkel
defect. []
Statement-2 : Schottky defect is more likely in ionic solids in which cations and anions are of
comparable size while Frenkel defect is more likely in which cations and anions have large differences
in their ionic sizes.
13. Statement-1 : Increasing temperature increases the density of point defects []
Statement-2 : The process of formation of point defects in solids is endothermic and has S > 0.
14. Statement-1 : Increase in dielectric constant is observed in Frenkel defect. []
Statement-2 : Anions present in interstitial space in case of Frenkel defect.
15. Statement-1 : Distance between nearest lattice points in BCC is greater than the same in FCC for the
atoms of comparable size. []
Statement-2 : FCC has greater packing efficiency than BCC.
*16. Which of the following statements is/are correct : []
(A) In an anti-fluorite structure anions form FCC lattice and cations occupy all tetrahedral voids.
(B) If the radius of cations and anions are 0.2 Å and 0.95 Å then coordination number of cation in
the crystal is 4.
(C) An atom/ion is transferred from a lattice site to an interstitial position in Frenkel defect.
(D) Density of crystal increases due to substitutinal impurity defect.
*17. 80.0 gm salt of weak base & strong acid XY is dissolved in water and formed 2 litre of aqueous solution.
The pH of the resultant solution was found to be 5 at 298 K. If XY forms CsCl type crystal having
r (radius of X+) = 1.6 Å & r (radius of Y¯) = 1.864 Å then select correct statement(s). []
X Y–

(Given : Kb (XOH) = 4 × 10–5 ; NA = 6 × 1023)

(A) Molar mass of salt is 100 g/mol (B) % Degree of dissociation of salt is 0.25 × 10–2
(C) Edge length of AB is 4Å (D) Density of solid salt XY is 2 gm/cc
*18. Which of the following is/are correct for ionic solid? []
(A) 8 Cs+ ions occupy the second nearest neighbour locations of a Cs+ ion in CsCl structure
(B) In zinc blende structure only alternate tetrahedral voids are occupied by cations
(C) If the radius of cations and anions are 0.3 Å and 0.4 Å then coordination number of cation in the
crystal is 6.
(D) In AgCl, there are equal number of cationic and anionic vacancies

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19. Match the column: []

Column I Column II
[Distance in terms of edge length of cube (a)]
(A) 0.866 a (P) Shortest distance between cation & anion
in CsCl structure.
(B) 0.707 a (Q) Shortest distance between two cation in
CaF2 structure.
(C) 0.433 a (R) Shortest distance between carbon atoms in
diamond.
(S) Shortest distance between two cations in
rock salt structure.

20. Match the column: []

Column I Column II
(A) Rock salt structure (P) Co-ordination number of cation is 4

(B) Zinc Blend structure (Q) 3a

 r+ + r–
4

(C) Flourite structure (R) Co-ordination number of cation and anion

are same
(S) a
Distance between two nearest anion is
2

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Paragraph for Q. No. : 21 to 24 []

Calcium crystallizes in a cubic unit cell with density 3.2 g/cc. Edge-length of the unit cell is 437 picometre (pm)
21. Find the effective number of Ca atoms per unit cell.
22. The nearest neighbour distance is ___________ pm. (nearest integer)
23. The number of nearest neighbours of a Ca atom are __________ .
24. If the metal is melted, density of the molten metal was found to be 3 g/cc. What will be the percentage of
empty space in the melt?
Paragraph for Q. No. 25 – 26 []
Silicon carbide (SiC) and diamond are covalent solids which crystallize in cubic structures. In SiC, carbon atoms
occupy points of the face centred cubic lattice (FCC positions) and silicon atoms occupy half of the tetrahedral
voids available. In diamonds, same position of the tetrahedral voids are occupied by other carbon atoms.
Also the density of SiC and diamond are 3.2 and 3.6 g/cc respectively. Answer the following four questions
based on the above information: (M : Si = 28)
25. The radius of silicon atom is
(A) 0.76 Å (B) 1.12 Å (C) 3.54 Å (D) 4.75 Å
26. Which of the following will not change the density of SiC solid?
(A) Substitution of some Si atoms by some carbon atoms
(B) Schottky defects
(C) Interchange of some Si atom by some C atom
(D) Decreasing the temperature of solid.
27. Among solids the highest melting point is established by : []
(A) Covalent solids (B) Ionic solids (C) Pseudo solids (D) Molecular solids
*28. Which of the following is/are correct for given figure? []

(A) The defect is known as Schottky defect

(B) Density of compound in the defect decreases
(C) NaCl(s) is example which generally shows this defect
(D) Stoichiometry of compound will not change
*29. The density of KBr is 2.75 gm/cc, length of the unit cell is 654 pm (atomic masses of K = 38, Br = 80)
then what is true about the predicted nature of the solid. []
(A) Solid has CCP structure with co-ordination number of cation = 6
(B) Solid has CCP structure with co-ordination number of anion = 6
(C) Solid has two interpenetrating CCP structures of cation and anion.
(D) Solid has four formula units per unit cell
30. A hypothetical ionic compound AB (mol. wt. = 240 g/mole), having co-ordination number of anion
o
equal to 6, has a closest anion-anion distance of 4 2 A . The density of ionic compound AB is
_________ (gm/cc). (Nearest integer) []

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31. A metal crystallizes in two cubic phases i.e., FCC and BCC whose unit cell lengths are 3.5Å and 3.0 Å
respectively. The ratio of their densities is: []
(A) 3.12 (B) 2.04 (C) 1.26 (D) 0.72
32. KCl has NaCl type face centred cubic crystal structure and CsF has CsCl type cubic crystal structure.
Calculate the ratio of densities of CsF and KCl. It is given that the molar mass of CsF is twice that of
KCl and edge length of KCl unit cell is 1.5 times that of CsF. []
(A) 1.68 (B) 2.72 (C) 3.12 (D) 4.62
33. A compound alloy of gold and copper crystallizes in a cubic lattice in which the gold atoms occupy the
lattice points at the corners of a cube and the copper atoms occupy the centers of each of the cube faces.
What is the formula of this compound? []
(A) AuCu (B) Au 3Cu (C) AuCu 3 (D) AuCu 2

34. The following diagram shows arrangement of lattice point with a  b  c and       90º . []
Choose the correct options.
(A) The arrangement is SC with each lattice point surrounded by 6
nearest neighbours.
(B) The arrangement is SC with each lattice point surrounded by 8
nearest neighbours.
(C) The arrangement is FCC with each lattice point surrounded by 12
nearest neighbours,
(D) The arrangement in BCC with each lattice point surrounded by 8
nearest neighbours
35. The silver perchlorate benzene complex, AgClO4 .C6 H6 is face centered orthorhombic with unit cell
dimensions a  7.96Å, b  8.34Å and C  11.7 Å . If formula weight is 285 then the density of the
3
crystal is ____________ g/cm . []
o
36. CsBr has b.c.c. structure with edge length 4.3A . The shortest inter ionic distance in between
Cs and Br  is: []
(A) 3.72 (B) 1.86 (C) 7.44 (D) 4.3

37. A solid has a b.c.c. structure. If the distance of closest approach between the two atoms is 1.73Å . The
edge length of the cell is: []
(A) 2 pm (B) (3 / 2) pm (C) 200 pm (D) 142.2 pm
*38. The radius of metal atom can be expressed in terms of the length of a unit cell is: []
(A) a/2 for simple cube lattice (B) ( 3a / 4) for b.c.c. lattice
3c
(C) (a 2 / 4) for F.C.C. lattice (D) for h.c.p lattice
4 2
39. In a face centred cubic arrangement of metallic atoms, what is the relative ratio of the sizes of tetrahedral
and octahedral voids? []
(A) 0.543 (B) 0.732 (C) 0.414 (D) 0.637
40. An element X (At. wt. = 80 g/mol) having fcc structure, calculate no. of unit cells in 8 gm of X : []
(A) 0.4  N A (B) 0.1 N A (C) 4  NA (D) 0.025N A
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41. The atomic radius of strontium (Sr) is 215 pm and it crystallizes with a cubic closed packing. Edge
length of the cube is: []
(A) 430 pm (B) 608.2 pm
(C) 496.53 pm (D) None of these
42. In the spinel structure, oxides ions are cubical-closest packed whereas 1/8th of tetrahedral voids are
occupied by A2+ cation and 1/2 of octahedral voids are occupied by B3+ cations. The general formula of
the compound having spinel structure is: []
(A) A2B2O4 (B) AB2O4 (C) A2B4O2 (D) A4B2O2
*43. Select the correct statement: []
(A) Stoichiometry of crystal remains unaffected due to Schottky defect.
(B) Frenkel defect usually shown by ionic compounds having low coordination number.
(C) F-centres generation is responsible factor for imparting the colour to the crystal.
(D) Non-stoichiometric Cu 2 O in which ratio of copper to oxygen is less than 2 acts as p-type
semiconductor.
44. Lithium forms a b.c.c. lattice. If the lattice constant is 3.50 1010 m and the experimental density is
5.30 102 kg m3 , calculate the percentage occupancy of Li metal, (Li = 7) []
(A) 25.78 % (B) 79.78 % (C) 75.78 % (D) 97.78 %

45. Copper has a face-centred cubic structure with a unit-cell edge length of 3.61Å . What is the size of the
largest atom which could fit into the interstices of the copper lattice without distorting it? []
(Hint.: Calculate the radius of the smallest circle in the figure)

(A) 0.53Å (B) 0.33Å (C) 0.58Å (D) 0.13Å

46. Consider the plane shown in the figure: A rock salt (NaCl) lattice is cut across this plane in which
anions occupy fcc positions. It passes through centers of how many cations? []

47. Sodium (Na = 23) crystallizes in bcc arrangement with the interfacial separation between the atoms at
the edge 53.6 pm. The density of sodium crystal is: []
(A) 2.07 g/cc (B) 2.46 g/cc (C) 1.19 g/cc (D) None of these

48. In F.C.C. arrangement of identical spheres, distance between two nearest octahedral void is 8.51Å . The
distance between two nearest tetrahedral voids would be__________ Å . (Nearest integer) []

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49. List-I and List-II contains four entries each. Entries of List-I are to be matched with some entries of
List-II, one or more than one entries of List-I may have the matching with the same entries of List-II. []
List-I List-II
(a) Rock salt structure (p) General formula is AB
(b) Zinc blende structure (q) General formula is AB3
(c) Fluorite structure (r) General formula is A2B
(d) Anti fluorite structure (s) General formula is AB2

50. An fcc lattice has lattice parameter a = 400 pm. Calculate the molar volume of the lattice including all
the empty space: []
(A) 10.8 mL (B) 96 mL (C) 8.6 mL (D) 9.6 mL

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