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This file was last updated on 5th January, 2010. For the latest updates, visithttp://www.adichemistry.comSOLID STATE CHEMISTRYTYPES OF SOLIDS

1)The characteristics of crystalline solids1) Definite shape2) Long range orders3) Anisotropic4) All2)Choose the incorrect statement1) Amorphous solids are isotropic and have only short range orders.2) Crystalline solids have sharp melting points.3) Amorphous solids have sharp melting points.4) Amorphous solids are also called as super cooled liquids.3)Match the following.A) Ionic crystals1) Diamond, Silicon etc.,B) Molecular crystals2) Cu, Zn, Na etc.,C) Covalent crystals3) Solid CO

2

, I

2

etc.,D) Metallic crystals4) KCl, Na

2

SO

4

etc.,

The correct match isABCD

1)12432)43213)43124)34124)The substance which exhibits electrical conductivity in the solid state is1) NaCl2) Diamond3) Silver4) Both 1 & 35)The molecular crystal which shows electrical conductivity is1) Diamond2) Silica3) Silver4) Graphite6)Conversion of amorphous substances into crystalline state by slow cooling of liquids of amorphous substances is called1) Crystallization2) Annealing3) Racemization4) None7)Low melting points, bad electrical conductivity and softness are the characteristics of 1) Ionic crystals2) Covalent crystals3) Metallic crystals4) Molecular crystals8)The type of attractions present between molecules in ice are1) vander Waal’s attractions2) Covalent bonds3) Hydrogen bonds4) Both vander Waal’s attractions and Hydrogen bonds9)Ionic solids are generally1) Good conductors of electricity2) Quite hard 3) Quite brittle4) Volatile10)The units which occupy lattice points in covalent solids are1) Molecules2) Ions3) Atoms4) covalent bonds

CRYSTAL SYSTEMS

1)The number of basic crystal systems based on their symmetry elements and crystallographicparameters is1) 142) 73) 2304) 32

Note : In the seven basic or primitive crystal systems, the lattice points are present only at the corners of unit cell.But in case of fourteen Bravais lattices, the lattice points are also present at the centre or at the edges or at the centre of faces of unit cell.

2)Match the following

Crystal systemParallelopiped dimensions

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A) Cubic1) a



b



c;

0

90

  

  

B) Tetragonal2) a = b = c;

0

90

  

  

C) Orthorhombic3) a = b



c;

0

90

  

  

D) Triclinic4) a



b



c;

0

90

  

  

Correct Matching is

ABCD

1)23142)23413)24314)42133)Which of the following crystal system has not been correctly characterized ?1) Rhombohedral ; a = b = c ;

0

90

  

  

2) Monoclinic ; a



b



c ;

00

90;90

  

  

3) Hexagonal ; a = b



c ;

0

==90

 

,

0

120



4) Orthorhombic ; a = b = c;

  

 

4)Match the followingA) Triclinic1) NaCl, diamond & ZnSB) Cubic2) KNO

3

,



- S & MgSO

4

.7H

2

OC) Orthorhombic3) CuSO

4

. 5H

2

O, K

2

Cr

2

O

7

& H

3

BO

3

D) Monoclinic4)



-S, NaHCO

3

& FeSO

4

.7H

2

OCorrect matching is

ABCD

1)31422)23413)12344)43215)Rhombohedral crystal system is present in1) KMnO

4

2) Calcite3) Bi4) Calcite

Note: Other examples are KMnO

4

,Bi, As, Sb, NaNO

3

etc.,

6)Choose the incorrect statement (s)1) Ice and quartz can crystallise in either hexagonal or trigonal forms2) Cinnabar has hexagonal crystal system3) Tetragonal crystal system is present in CaF

2

4) 1 & 2 only.7)The substance with monoclinic crystal system is1) Glauber’s salt2)



- sulfur3) K

2

Cr

2

O

7

4) All

Note:



- sulfur, Monoclinic gypsum, NaHCO

3

, FeSO

4

.7H

2

O etc.,

8,)The parameters of crystal system in graphite are1) a = b



c ;

0

90

 

 

;

0

120



2) a = b = c ;

  

 

3)

a b c

 

;

  

 

4) All

Note : Other examples with hexagonal arrangement are Mg, SiO

2

and ZnO

9)The crystal system present in white tin is1) Hexagonal2) Tetragonal3) Triclinic4) Cubic

Note : Other examples with tetragonal arrangement are TiO

2

, NiSO

4

, SnO

2

and K

4

[Fe(CN)

6

]

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10)The crystal system without any rotational axis of symmetry is1) Triclinic2) Cubic3) Hexagonal4) None11)The relation between crystallographic angles in monoclinic crystal system is1)

0

90

 

 

;

0

90





2)

0

90

  

  

3)

  

 

4)

00

90;120

  

  

12)The correct parallelopiped dimensions for the crystal system in baryta (BaSO

4

) are1)

0

;90

a b c

  

    

2)

0

;90

a b c

  

    

3)

0

;90

a b c

  

    

4)

;

a b c

  

   

13)The crystal system with the crystallographic angles

0

90

  

  

is1) Cubic2) Tetragonal3) Orthorhombic4) All14)The relation between crystallographic axes in Na

2

B

4

O

7

.10H

2

O and H

3

BO

3

is1)

a b c

 

2) a = b = c3) a



b = c4) a = b



c

Hint :

Na

2

B

4

O

7

.10H

2

O

- Monoclinic

H

3

BO

3

- Triclinic

15)The changes in the crystallographic parameters in the following conversion are

αβ

SS



1) a



b



c



a = b = c2)

0

90

    

    

;

0

90





3)

     

    

4)

a b c a b c

    

16)The unit cell present in the crystal lattice of diamond is1) Cubic2) Tetragonal3) Hexagonal4) Trigonal17)CuSO

4

.5H

2

O belongs to1) Triclinic system2) Cubic system3) Tetragonal system4) Hexagonal system18)The number of bravais lattices possible in a cubic crystal system is equal to1) 12) 23) 34) 4

Note : Simple cube (P), fcc (F) and bcc ( I ) are possible for cubic system.

19)In which of the following bravais systems, only the primitive arrangement of lattice points in the unitcell is possible ?1) Hexagonal2) Trigonal3) Triclinic4) All

Note : In the primitive unit cell, the lattice points are present only at the corners.

20)The types of bravais lattices possible for orthorhombic system are1) P only2) P & I3) P, I & F4) P, I, F & C

Note :P - PrimitiveI - Body - centredF - Face - centredC - End - centred

21)The number of C

3

axes (three fold axes) of symmetry present in a cubic system1) 22) 33) 44) No C

3

axis of symmetry

Note : C

3

axis of symmetry passes through the diagonally opposite corners

22)Which of the following crystal system possesses C

6

axis of symmetry ?1) Trigonal2) Hexagonal3) Cubic4) All

PACKING OF ATOMS & TYPES OF UNIT CELLS

1)The type of unit cell obtained when two dimensional square close packed layers are arranged overeach other such that the spheres in the second layer are present exactly over the spheres of firstlayer is1) Body centred cubic2) Primitive cubic3) Face centred cubic4) Hexagonal