DPP NO.

# 11
1. Which one is called pseudo solid -
(A) CaF2 (B) Glass (C) NaCl (D) All

2. Graphite is an example of -
(A) Ionic solid (B) Covalent solid
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(C) Vander waal's crystal
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(D) Metallic crystal

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3. Amorphous solids -
(A) Possess sharp melting points
(B) Undergo clean cleavage when cut with knife
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(C) Do not undergo clean cleavage when cut with knife
(D) Possess orderly arrangement over long distances

4. Wax is an example of -
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5.
(A) Ionic crystal

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(B) Covalent crystal (C) Molecular crystal

Crystals which are good conductor of electricity and heat are known as -
(D) Metallic crystal

(A) Ionic crystals (B) Covalence crystals (C) Metallic crystals (D) Molecular crystals

6. Iodine crystals are -

(A) Metallic solid (B) Ionic solid (C) Molecular solid (D) Covalent solid

7. Which among the following will show anisotropy-

(A) Glass (B) Barium chloride (C) Wood (D) Paper

8. Which is covalent solid-

(A) Fe2O3 (B) Diamond (C) Graphite (D) All

DPP NO. # 12

1. 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

2. A body centred cubic arrangement is show :

O is the body centre ; A, B, C, D......, H are the corners. What is the magnitude of the angle AOD?
(A) 120º (B) 109º28’ (C) 104º31’ (D) 70º32’
3. A metallic element has cubic lattice. Each edge of the unit cell is 3.0Å. The density of the metal is
8.5 g/cc. How many unit cells will be present in 50 g of the metal?

5. At 1425ºC Fe crystallised in a body-centred cubit lattice whose edge length is 2.93Å. Assuming the
atoms to be packed spheres, calculate :
(a) the radius of the spheres
(b) the distance between centre of neighbouring spheres
(c) the number of atoms of Fe per unti lattice
(d) the total volume occuped by an atom of Fe

6. Metallic gold crystallizes in the face, centered cubit lattice. The length of cubic unit cell is a = 4.07Å
(a) What is closest distance between gold atoms
(b) What is the distance between next nearest neighbours.
(c) How many nearest neighbours does each gold atom have
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(d) How many next nearest neighbours does each gold have
(e) What is calculated density of crystalline gold
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(e) What is packing effciency of gold?
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7. Column-I

A MColumn-II

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(A) 74% occupancy of space (p) cubic close packing of identical spheres.

(B) Coordination number = 6

(C) 68% occupancy of space A N (q) hexagonal close packing of identical spheres.

(r) body centred cubit packing of identical spheres.

(D) Coordination number = 12 (s) simple cubic packing of identical spheres.

(t) AB AB AB ... type of close packign of identical spheres.

8. The coordination number of each atom in the crstalline structure of Na is :

DPP NO. # 13

1. The density of KBr is 2.75 gm/cc length of the unit cell is 665 pm. K = 38, Br = 80, then what is
true about the predicted nature of the solid.
(A) Soldi has F.C.C. structure with co-ordination number = 6
(B) Solid has simple cubit structure with co-ordination number = 4
(C) Solid has F.C.C. strcuture with co-ordination numbers-1
(D) None of these

4. 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

5. Fraction of the total volume occupied by atoms in a simple cube is :
(A) /6 (B) 3 / 8 (C) 2 / 6 (D) /3

6. Lithium borohydride crystallizes in an orthorhombic system with 4 molecules per unit cell. The unit cell
dimensins are a = 6.8 Å, b = 4.4 Å and c = 7.2 Å. If the molar mass is 21.76, then the density of
crystals is :
(A) 0.6708 g cm –2 (B) 1.6708 g cm –3 (C) 2.6708 g cm –3 (D) None of these

8. A simple cubic consists of eight identical spheres of radius R in contact, placed at the corners of a
cube. What is the volume of the cubical box that will just enclose these eight spheres and what fraction
of this volume is actually occupied by the spheres?

9.
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Krypton crystallizes with four atoms per unit cell and unit cell is a cube. If the density of krypton is

nearest neighbours?
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3.19 g/ml, what is the edge length fo the unit cell? What is the minimum distane between the two

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Potassium crystallizes in body centred cubic lattice with a unit cell length a = 5.2 Å

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(a) What is the distance between nearest neighbours.
(b) What is the distance between next nearest neighbours.

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(c) How many nearest neighbours does each K atom have
(d) How many next neaest neighbours does each K have

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(e) What is calculated density of crystalline K.

A ANSWER KEY

DPP NO. # 11

1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (C) 7. (B)

8. (D)

DPP NO. # 12

1. (D) 2. (D) 3. 2.178 × 1023

5. (a) 1.268Å (b) 2.537Å (c) 2 (d) 4/3 (1.268)3Å3.

6. (a) 2.878Å (b) 4.07 (c) 12 (d) 6 (e) 19.4 (f) 0.74

7. (A) p, q, t (B) s (C) r (D) p, q, t 8. 8

DPP NO. # 13

1. (A) 4. (C) 5. (A) 6. (A) 8. 8R3, 52.38% 9. 5.6 Å, 3.95 Å

10. (a) 4.5 Å (b) 5.2 (c) 8 (d) 6 (e) 0.92 g/mL
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DPP NO. # 14

1. The maximum percentage of available volume that can be filled in a face centred cubic system by
an atom is -
(A) 74% (B) 68% (C) 34% (D) 26%
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2.
(A) Body centred (B) Face centred (C) Primitive P
The rank (effective atoms per unit cell) of a cubic unit cell is 4. The type of cell as-

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3. G
An element occurring in the BCC structure has 12.08 x 1023 unit cells. The total number of atoms
of the element in these cell will be-
(A) 24.16 x 1023 (B) 36.18 x 1023 M
(C) 6.04 x 1023
A (D) 12.08 x 1023

4.
(A) 50% (B) 68% P
The space occupied by B.C.C. arrangement is approx -

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5.
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If a is the length of unit cell, then which one is correct relationship-
a
(A) For simple cubic lattice, Radius of metal atom =
2
3a
(B) For bcc lattice, Radius of metal atom =
4
a
(C) For fcc lattice,Radius of metal atom =
2 2
(D) All

6. The number of atoms present in a simple cubic unit cell are-

(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 1

7. The number of atoms/molecules contained in one face centred cubic unit cell of a monoatomic
substance is-
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 12

8. In a body centred cubic arrangement, the number of atoms per unit cell is -
(A) 8 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 4

9. The fraction of total volume occupied by the atoms in a simple cube is -

   
(A) (B) 2 (C) 2 (D)
4 8 6 6

10. How many number of atoms are there in a cube based unit cell having one atom on each corner and
two atoms on each body diagonal of cube -
(A) 8 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D) 9
 DPP NO. # 15

1. In a face centred cubic arrangement of A & B atoms whose A atoms are at the corner of the unit cell
& B atoms at the face centres. One of the A atom is missing from one corner in unit cell. The simplest
formula of compound is-
(A) A7B3 (B) AB3 (C) A7B24 (D) A7/8 B3

2. A solid has a B.C.C. structure. If the distance of closest approach between the two atoms is
1.73 Å. The edge length of the cell is-

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(A) 200 pm (B) pm (C) 142.2 pm (D) 2 pm
2

3. In a face centred cubic cell, an atom at the face centre is shared by-
(A) 4 unit cells (B) 2 unit cells (C) 1 unit cell
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(D) 6 unit cells

4. Close packing is maximum in the crystal-

(A) Simple cubic (B) Face centred
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(C) Body centred P (D) None of these

5. The vacant space in B.C.C. unit cell is - G

6.
(A) 32% (B) 10%

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(C) 23% (D) 46%

At room temperature, sodium crystallizes in a body centred cubic lattice with a = 4.24 Å. The

(A) 1.002 g cm –3 P
theoretical density of sodium (At. wt. of Na = 23) is -

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(B) 2.002 g cm –3 (C) 3.002 g cm –3 (D) None of these

7.
(A) 1 unit cell A N
In a body centred cubic cell an atom at the body of centre is shared by-
(B) 4 unit cells (C) 3 unit cells (D) 2 unit cells

8. In a face centred cubic lattice the number of nearest neighbour for a given lattice point are-
(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 14

9. A certain metal crystallises in a simple cubic structure. At a certain temperature, it arranges to give
a body centred structure. In this transition, the density of the metal-
(A) Decreases (B) Increases
(C) Remain unchanged (D) Changes without a definite pattern

ANSWER KEY

DPP NO. # 14

1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (D) 6. (D) 7. (A)

8. (B) 9. (D) 10. (D)

DPP NO. # 15

1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (A) 6. (A) 7. (A)

8. (C) 9. (B)
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DPP NO. # 16

1. A crystal is made of particles A and B. A forms FCC packign and B occupes all the octahedral voids.
If all the particles along the plane as shown in figure are removed, then, the formula of the crystal would
be :

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(A) AB (B) A5B7
A M(C) A7B5 (D) None of these

2.
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A crystal is made of particle X, Y & Z forms FCC packing. Y occupies all octahedral voids of X and

(A) XYZ2 A
formula of the crystal would be :
(B) X2YZ2
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Z occupies all tetrahedral voids of X, if all the particles along one body diagonal are removed then the

(C) X8Y4Z5 (D) X5Y4Z8

3. In hyexagonal close packing of sphere in three dimensions.

(A) In one unit cell there are 12 octahedral voids and all are completely inside the unit cell.
(B) In one unit cell there are six octadedral voids and all are completely inside the unit cell.
(C) In one unit cell there ae six octahedral void and of which three are completely inside the unit cell
and other three are partially inside the unit cell.
(D) In one unit cell there are 12 tetraederal voids, all are completely inside the unit cell.

4. 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 8 nearest neighbours.

5. An alloy of copper, silver and gold is found to have copper constituting the C.C.P. lattice. If silver
atoms occupy the edge centres and gold is present at body centre, the alloy has a formula-
(A) Cu4Ag2Au (B) Cu4Ag4Au (C) Cu4Ag3Au (D) CuAgAu
6. In a close packed array of N spheres, the number of tetrahedral holes are-
N
(A) (B) 4N (C) 2N (D) N
2

7. A solid XY has NaCl structure. If radius of X+ is 100 pm. What is the radius of Y – ion-
(A) 120 pm (B) 136.6 to 241.6 pm
(C) 280 pm (D) Unpredictable

8. Close packing is maximum in the crystal-

(A) Simple cubic (B) Face centred (C) Body centred (D) None of these

9. The unit cell cube length for LiCl (just like NaCl structure) is 5.14 Å. Assuming anion-anion contact,
the ionic radius for chloride ion is-
(A) 1.815 Å (B) 2.8 Å (C) 3.8 Å (D) 4.815 Å

10.
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In a solid, oxide ions are arranged in CCP. Cations A occupy one-sixth of the tetrahedral voids and

(B) AB2O3 (C) A2BO3

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cations B occupy one-third of the octahedral voids. The formula of the compound is-
(A) ABO3 (D) A2B2O3

11.
(A) 1.86 Å (B) 6.81 Å (C) 8.61 Å G
Sodium crysrallizes in cubic lattice with cell edge a=4.29Å. What is the radius of Na atom -
(D) 2.94 Å

12.
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A binary solid x+ y– crystallizes in rock structure. If the edge lenght is 400pm and radius of cation 75pm, the
radius of anion will be -
(A) 325 pm (B) 250 pm

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1. A N DPP NO. # 17

A solid AB has rock salt structure. If the edge length is 520 pm and radius of A+ is 80 pm, the radius
of anion B– would be -
(A) 440 pm (B) 220 pm (C) 360 pm (D) 180 pm

2. A binary solid (A+ B –) has a zinc blende structure with B¯ ions constituting the lattice and A+ ions
occupying 25% tetrahedral holes. The formula of solid is -
(A) AB (B) A2B (C) AB2 (D) AB4

3. For the structure given below the site marked as S is a-

(A) Tetrahedral void (B) Cubic void (C) Octahedral void (D) None of these

4. In Corundum, oxide ions are arranged in hcp arrangement and aluminium ion occupy two third of the octahedral
holes. Its formula is -
(A) Al2O3 (B) Al2O4 (C) Al3O4 (D) AlO2.

5. NH4Cl crystallizes in bcc lattice with edge length of unit cell equal to 387 pm. If radius of Cl– is 181 pm, the
radius of NH4 will be -
(A) 174 pm (B) 154 pm (C) 116 pm (D) 206 pm
6. 8 : 8 coordination number of CsCl change into 6 : 6 on -
(A) Applying high P (B) Increasing temperature
(C) Both A and B (D) Can't be changed

7. A mineral having the formula AB2 crystallize in cubic close packed lattice with the A atoms occupying the
lattice points. The coordination number of atoms of A, atoms of B and the fraction of the tetrahedral sites
occupied by B are respectively -
(A) 2, 6, 75% (B) 8, 4, 100% (C) 3, 1,25% (D) 6, 6, 50%

Passage
In two dimension, there are square close packing & Hexagonal close packing. In three dimension,
however threre are HCP, BCC and CCP arrangement. Unoccupied space in packing is known as void
which may be octahedral, tetrahedral or cubic void and formation of void depends on atomic or ionic
arrangment in crystal.

8. Empty space left in HCP in three dimension is -

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(A) 76% (B) 74% (C) 68%

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9. In ccp, ratio of no. of atoms to no. of tetrahedral void is -

(A)
1
(B)
2
(C)
0 .5 G (D)
3
1 1

A M 1 1

10.

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Size order of octahedral, tetrahedral & cubic void is -
(A) cubic < tetrahedral void < octahedral void (B) cubic > tetrahedral void > octahedral void

11. A N
(C) cubic = tetrahedral void = octahedral void (D) cubic > octahedral void > tetrahedral void

In certain metallic oxide, metal M occupy HCP lattice & O–2 occupy
2
rd of octahedral void, formula of
3

crystal is -
(A) M2O3 (B) MO2 (C) M2O1 (D) M3O2

DPP NO. # 18

1. The C.N. of a M2+ in MX2 is 8. Hence, C.N. of X– is -

(A) 8 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D) 2

2. The melting point of RbBr is 682ºC, while that of NaF is 988ºC. The principal reason that melting point
of NaF is much higher than that of RbBr is that-
(A) The two crystals are not isomorphous
(B) The molar mass of NaF is smaller than that of RbBr
(C) The internuclear distance, rc + ra is greater for RbBr than for NaF
(D) The bond in RbBr has more covalent character than the bond in NaF

3. A binary solid (A+ B¯) has a rock salt structure. If the edge length is 400 pm and radius of cation
is 75 pm the radius of anion is -
(A) 100 pm (B) 125 pm (C) 250 pm (D) 325 pm

4. Each unit cell of NaCl consists of 4 chloride ions and -

(A) 13 Na atoms (B) 4 Na ions (C) 6 Na atoms (D) 8 Na atoms

5. In the unit cell of NaCl lattice there are –

(A) 3Na+ ions (B) 6Na+ ions (C) 6Cl – ions (D) 4 NaCl units
6. TiCl has structure similar to CsCl, the co-ordination number of Ti+ is -
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 10 (D) 8

7. For tetrahedral co-ordination the radius ratio (r+ /r¯) should be -

(A) 0.414 - 0.732 (B) > 0.732 (C) 0.156 - 0.225 (D) 0.225 - 0.414

8. The ratio of cations to anion in a closed pack tetrahedral is -

(A) 0.414 (B) 0.225 (C) 0.02 (D) None

9. The radius of the Na+ is 95 pm and that of Cl – ion is 181 pm. Predict the co-ordination number of
Na+
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) Unpredictable

10. The ionic radii of Rb+ and I¯ are 1.46 and 2.16 Å. The most probable type of structure exhibited by
it is -
(A) CsCl type (B) NaCl type (C) ZnS type
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(D) CaF2 type

Match the following columns :

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11. Column I
G
Column II

A.

B.
Rock salt

Fluorite
p.

q. A M
Face centred cubic, anion in tetrahedral void

Face centred cubic, cation in octahedral void

C. AgI, ZnS
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r.
P Face centred cubic, cation in alternate tetrahedral void

D. Na2O
A Ns. Face centred cubic, cation in tetrahedral void

t. 6 {all the digits in ( ) show co-ordination number}

u. Cation (8), anion (4)

v. Cation (4), anion (8)

w. Cation (4), anion (4)

ANSWER KEY
DPP NO. # 16
1. (A) 2. (D) 3. (B) 4. (A) 5. (C) 6. (C) 7. (B)
8. (B) 9. (A) 10. (A) 11. (A) 12. (C)

DPP NO. # 17

1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (C) 4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (B) 7. (B)

8. (D) 9. (C) 10. (D) 11. (D)

DPP NO. # 18

1. (C) 2. (C) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (D) 6. (D) 7. (D)

8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (B)
11. (A) q, t (B) p, u (C) r, w (D) s, v
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DPP NO. # 19

1. When anion leaves the normal lattice site and electron occupies interstitial sites in its crystal lattice,
it is called :
(A) Schottky defect
(C) Metal excess defect
(B) Frenkel defect
(D) Stoichiometric defect
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2.
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The composition of a sample of Wustite is Fe0.93O. What is the percentage of iron present as Fe3+
in total iron?
(A) 15.05% (B) 25% (C) 35%
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3.
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A certain sample of cuprous sulphide is found to have composition Cu1.8S, because of incorporation

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of Cu2+ ions in the lattice. What is the mole % of Cu2+ in total copper content in this crystal?
(A) 99.8% (B) 11.11%

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4.
(a) Crystal defect
(b) HCP
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Choose the correct matching sequence from the possibilities given

A (1) AB AB AB .... type crystal

(2) Covalent crystal
(c) CsCl (3) Frenkel
(d) Diamond (4) Face centered in cube
(e) NaCl (5) Simple cubical lattice
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
(A) 3 1 2 5 4 (B) 3 1 5 2 4
(C) 3 5 1 2 4 (D) 5 3 4 2 1

5. MgO crystallizes in a cubic type crystal system. The ionic radii for Mg2+ and O2– are 0.066 and 0.140
nm respectively. One can conclude that the Mg2+ ions occupy :
(A) a cubic hole in a simple cubic structure
(B) every tetrahedral hole in a close packed structure
(C) an octahedral hole in a cubic close packed structure
(D) every other tetrahedral hole in a close packed structure

6. Predict coordination number of the cation in crystals of the following compounds :

1. MgO rc = 0.65 Å; ra = 1.40 Å
2. MgS rc = 0.65 Å; ra = 1.84 Å
(A) 6, 4 (B) 4, 6 (C) 3, 4 (D) 6, 8

7. Which of the following statements for crystals having Schottky defect is not correct?
(A) Schottky defect arises due to the absence of a cation or anion from the position which it is
expected to occupy.
(B) Schottky defect are more common in ionic compounds with high co-ordination numbers.
(C) The density of the crystals having Schottky defect is larger than that of the perfect crystal.
(D) The crystal having Schottky defect is electrical neutral as a whole.
8. Which of the following statements 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) In an ionic crystal having Frenkel defect may also contain Schottky defect.
(D) Usually alkali halides do not have Frenkel defect.

9. Which of the following defects does KBr show?

(A) Frenkel (B) Schottky (C) Metal excess (D) Metal deficiency

10. Doping of AgCl crystals with CdCl2 results in :

(A) Schottky defect (B) Frenkel defect
(C) Substitutional cation vacancy (D) Formation of F-centres

11. Which one of the following crystals does not exhibit Frenkel defect?
(A) AgBr (B) AgCl (C) CsCl (D) ZnS

12. Select the incorrect statement :

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(A) Stoichiometry of crystal remains uneffected 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.

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(D) Density of crystal always increases due to substitutional impurity defect.

13.

(A) 2.0 g/cc (B) 2.66 g/cc

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If an element (at wt = 50) crystallises in fcc lattice, with a = 0.50 nm. What is the density of unit cell
if it contains 0.25% Schottky defects (use NA = 6 × 1023)?
(C) 3.06 g/cc (D) none of these

14.
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If NaCl is doped with 10–3 mol % of SrCl2, what is the concentration of cation vacancies ?

A N DPP NO. # 20
1. In which of the following pairs of structures are tetrahedral as well as octahedral holes found ?
(A) bcc and fcc (B) hcp and simple cubic
(C) hcp and ccp (D) bcc and hcp

2. In the closest packing of atoms, there are :

(A) one tetrahedral void and two octahedral voids per atom.
(B) two tetrahedral void and one octahedral voids per atom.
(C) two of each tetrahedral and octahedral voids per atom.
(D) one of each tetrahedral and octahedral voids per atom.

3. Which statement is worng about HCP and CCP lattice :

(A) No of tetrahedral voids are twice of octahedral holes
(B) 12 tetrahedral and 6 octahedral voidsare present in one HCP unit cell
(C) C.N. of HCP unit cell is 12
(D) If atom of tetrahedral voids displace into octahedral voids then it is Schootky defect.

4. In fcc lattice, A, B, C, D atoms are arranged at corner, face center, octahedral void and tetrahedral
void respectively, then the body contains :
(A) 2A, C, 2D (B) 2A, 28, 2C (C) 2A, 28, D (D) 2A, 2D

5. A metal crystallizes in two cubic phases i.e., FCC and BCC whose unit cell lengths are 3.5Å and 3.0Å
respectively. The ratio of their densities is :
(A) 3.12 (B) 2.04 (C) 1.26 (D) 0.72

6. A metal has face centered cubic arrangement. If length of the edge of the cell is x cm and M is its
atomic mass, then density will be equal to (N0 is Avogadro number) :
(A) [(M)/(X3 × N0)] g cm –3 (B) [(M × N0) (X3)] g cm –3
3
(C) [(4M)/(X × N0)] g cm –3 (D) [(M)/(4X3 × N0)] gm cm –3
Passage
(Read the following passage and answer the questions numbered 1 to 2. They have only one
correct option)
In HCP or CCP, constituent particles occupy 74% of the available space. The remaining space (26%)
in between the spheres, remains unoccupied and is called interstitial voids or holes. Considering the
close packing arrangement, each sphere in the second layer rests on the hollow space ofd the first
layer, touching each oter. The void created is called tetrahedral void. If R is the radius of the sphere
in the close packed arrangement, then
r (radius of tetrahedral void) = 0.225 R
In a close packing arrangement, the interstitial void formed by the combination of two triangular voids
of the first and second layer is called octahedral void. Thus, double triangular void is surrounded by
six spheres. The centre of these sphere on joining, forms octahedron. If R is the radius of the sphere
in a close packed arrangement, then
r (radius of octahedral void) = 0.414 R

7.
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If the anoins (A) form hexagonal close packing and cations (B) occupy only 2/3rd octahedral voids in
it, then the general formula of the compound is :
(A) AB (B) A3B2 (C) A2B
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8.
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If the spinel structure, oxide ions are cubic close whereas 1/8th of tetrahedral voids are occupied by
A2+ cations 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
A M
(C) A2B4O2 (D) A4B2O2

9.
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Lithium iodide crystal has a face-centred cubic unit cell. If the edge length of the unit cell is 620 pm,

10.
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determine the lonic radius of l– ion.

A
A crystal is made up of particle X, Y and Z. X forms FCC packing. Y occupies all the octahedral void
and Z occupies all the tetrahedral voids. If all the atoms along two body diagonal are removed then
sum of effective number of particle of Y and Z in unit cell
value of is
Effectivenumber of particle of X in unit cell

Answer Key
DPP NO. # 19

1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (A) 7. (C)

8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (C) 11. (C) 12. (D) 13. (B)

14. 6.022 ×1018 vacancies

DPP NO. # 20

1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (D) 4. (A) 5. (C) 6. (C) 7. (B)

8. (B) 9. r1 = 219.17 pm 10. 2

* Marked Questions are having more than one correct option.
DPP NO. # 21

1. Determine the number of next nearest neighbours for an atom in a face-centred cubic and a
body-centred cubic systems.
(A) 12, 6 (B) 8, 6 (C) 6, 6 (D) 8, 12

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2.
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 P
The number of nearest neighbours around each atom in a f.c.c. lattice of a metal is :

U (D) 12

3.
G
The density of KBr is 2.75 gm/cc length of the unit cell is 654 pm. K = 38, Br = 80, then what is
true about the predicted nature of the solid.

A M
(A) Solid has f.c.c. structure with co-ordination number = 6
(B) Solid has smple cubic structure with co-ordination number = 4
(C) Solid has f.c.c. structure with co-ordination numbers-1
(D) None of these

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4.

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In the ionic compound AB the ratio rA+ : rB– is 0.414. Indicate the correct statement of the following:
(A) Cations form close packing and anions exactly fit into the octahedral voids
(B) Anions form close packing and cations occupy precisely half of the tetrahedral voids
(C) Anions form close packing and cations occupy precisely all the octahedral voids
(D) Anions form close packing and cations fit into the octahedral voids

5. In the unit cell of KCl (NaCl type), Cl– ions consititute ccp and K+ ions fall into the octahedral holes.
These holes are :
(A) one at the centre and 6 at the centres of the faces
(B) one at the centre and 12 at the centres of the edges
(C) 8 at the centres of 8 small cubes forming the unit cell
(D) none of these

6.* Lead metal has a density of 11.34 g/cm 3 and crystallizes in a face-centred lattice. Choose the correct
alternatives :
(A) The volume of one unit cell is 1.214 × 10–22 cm 3
(B) The volume of one unit cell is 1.214 × 10–19 cm 3
(C) The atomic radius of lead is 175 pm
(D) The atomic radius of lead is 155.1 pm

7. Metallic gold crystallizes in the face-centred cubic lattice. The length of the cubic unit cell is
a = 4.070 Å
(i) What is the closest distance between gold atoms?
(ii) How many "nearest neighbours" does each gold atom have at the distance calculate in (a)?
(iii) What is the density of gold ?
(iv) Prove that the packing factor for gold, the fraction of the total volume occupied by the atoms
themselves, is 0.74.
8. In a compound, A atoms are at FCC lattice postions, B atoms are in all tetrahedral voids and C atoms
are in all octahedral voids of this lattice. Assume B and C are of appropriate size so that there is no
distortion in FCC lattice.
(A) Find formula of the compound
(B) In this compound B atoms will be touching the C atoms or not. Explain
(C) Calculate the density of the solid if radius of A atoms is 200 pm and atomic masses of A, B and
C are 20, 30 and 40 respectively.

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9. In the spinal structure oxide ions forms CCP where as th of tetrahedral voids are occupied by A2+
8

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of octahedral voids by B3+ cations. If oxide ion is replaced by X 3 ions, the number

cation and
2
of atomic vacancy per unit cell is :

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ANSWER KEY U P
DPP NO. # 21 G
1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (A) 4.

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(C) 5. (B) 6.* (AC)

7. (i) 2.878 Å (ii) 12

U P (iii) 19.4 g/cm 3 (iv) 0.7405

8. (A) AB2C
(C) density
(B) rA  2rB  rc 
g / cc = 4.403 g / cc. A N
9.
3a
2
rA + 2rB + rC = rA + 0.225 2 rA + 0.414 rA
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