TRUE-FALSE TYPE QUESTION BANK

CLASS XII (CHEMISTRY)

UNIT 1: SOLID STATE
1.Glass is an example of a crystalline solid.

2.Crystalline solids are isotropic.

3.Crystalline and amorphous solids differ in the degree of order among their particles.

4.The molecules of substances like HCl, SO2, etc. are formed by polar covalent bonds. The
molecules in such solids are held together by relatively stronger dipole-dipole interactions.

5.The structures of quartz (crystalline) and quartz glass (amorphous) While the two structures
are almost identical, yet in the case of amorphous quartz glass there is no long-range order.

6.Amorphous solids are isotropic in nature. It is because there is no long-range order in them
and arrangement is irregular along all the directions.

7.Crystalline solids are anisotropic in nature, that is, some of their physical properties like
electrical resistance or refractive index show different values when measured along different
directions in the same crystals.

8 Solids are compressible.

9 Amorphous solids can be moulded and blown into various shapes.
10 Argon in solid state has London force between the particles.
11 The three dimensional structure of graphite has tetrahedral arrangement of carbon
atoms.
12 Molecular solids are generally soft and insulators.
13 Teflon is an example of amorphous solid.
14 The constituent particles in metallic solids are atoms.
15 The lattice site in a pure crystal cannot be occupied by electrons.
16 The percentage of empty space in a body centred cubic arrangement is 68.
17 The edge length of the unit cells in terms of the radius of spheres constituting fcc is 2r.
18 Kind of defect introduced by doping is dislocation defect.
19 The coordination number in a square close packed structure in two dimensions is 4.
20 In the crystal lattice, the size of the cation is larger in a tetrahedral hole than in an
octahedral hole.
21 NaCl crystal is sometimes yellow in colour due to an excess of sodium in the crystal as
some chloride ions are missing.

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22 Molecular crystals are have low melting and boiling point.
23 Non polar molecules are bonded by hydrogen bonding
24 Constituent particles of network solids are atoms
25 NaCl is soluble in benzene
26 Amorphous solids are anisotropic in nature
27 Electrical conductivity of metallic conductor increase with increase in temperature
28 Ionic solids are good conductors of electricity in molten state

29 A crystalline solid has short range order.

30 Non-polar molecular solids are non-conductors of electricity.
31 Plastic is a crystalline solid.
32 Ionic solids are held together by dipole-dipole interactions.
33 In graphite carbon atoms are sp3 hybridised.
34 Solid CO2 is a molecular solid.
35 Solid Nacl is a good conductor of electricity.
36 Diamond is an example of atomic solid.
37 Amorphous solids are anisotropic in nature.
38 Iron is an amorphous solid.
39 Solids are very rigid and cannot flow from one place to another
40 Diamond is a layered structure, the two layers joined by van der Waal’s forces
41 The refractive index of quartz glass is same in all direction
42 Ionic solids conduct electricity in molten state but not in solid state.

43 True solids have short range order in arrangement of constituent particles

44 Pseudo solids are super cooled liquids.
45 Amorphous solids soften over a range of temperature
46 In metallic solids, positive ions are surrounded by a sea of free electrons.
47 In Non-polar molecular solids, atoms or molecules are held by strong dipole-dipole
forces.
48 Ionic solids are hard and brittle.
49 When cut with a sharped edged tool, amorphous solids split into two pieces and the
newly generated surfaces are plain and smooth.
50 Crystalline solids are isotropic in nature.
51 Frenkel defect is a dislocation defect
52 Cl  ions has coordination number 6in NaCl structure
53 The coordination number of each type of ion in CsCl crystal is 8
54 F–centre produces colour to the crystals
55 Frenkel defect is due to an ion missing from the normal lattice site creating a vacancy
56 The unit cell having crystal parameters, a  b  c,     90 o.   120 o is hexagonal

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57 Which of the following statements is not true
about the hexagonal close packing?
(A) The coordination number is 12.
(B) It has 74% packing efficiency.
(C) Tetrahedral voids of the second layer are
covered by the spheres of the third layer.
(D) In this arrangement spheres of the fourth layer
are exactly aligned with those of the first layer
58 The correct statement regarding defect in solids is:
(A) Frenkel defect is usually favoured by a very small difference in the sizes of
cations and anions
(B) Frenkel defect is a dislocation defect
(C) Trapping of protons in the lattice leads to the formation of F-centers
(D) Schottky defect has no effect on the physical properties of solids

59 Which of the following statements is not true about NaCl structure

(A) Cl  ions are in fcc arrangement (B) Na  ions has coordination
number 4
(C) Cl  ions has coordination number 6 (D) Each unit cell contains 4 NaCl
molecules

60 Which of the following statement (s) is(are) correct

(A) The coordination number of each type of ion in CsCl crystal is 8
(B) A unit cell of an ionic crystal shares some of its ions with other unit cells.
(C) The adge length of the unit cell in NaCl is 552 pm ( rNa  = 95 pm; rCl  = 181 pm)
(D) All of the above.

61 The correct statement regarding F–centre is

(A) Electron are held in the voids of crystals (B) F–centre produces colour to
the crystals
(C) Conductivity of the crystal increases due to
F– centre
(D) All of these

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 62 Which of the following statement is true about Frenkel defect :
(A) An ion missing from the normal lattice site creating a vacancy
(B) An extra positive ion occupying an interstitial position in the lattice
(C) An extra negative ion occupying an interstitial position in the lattice
(D) The shift of a positive ion from its normal lattice site to an interstitial site

63 The correct statement in the following is:

(A) The ionic crystal of AgBr has Schottky defect
(B) The unit cell having crystal parameters, a  b  c,     90 o .   120 o is
hexagonal

(C) In ionic compounds having Frenkel defect the ratio is high

(D) The coordination number of Na  ion in NaCl is 4

64 Which of the following statements is not true about the voids:

A. Octahedral voids is formed at the centre of six spheres which lie at the apices of a
regular octahedron.
B. There is one octahedral sites for each sphere.
C. There are two tetrahedral sites for each sphere.
D. Octahedral voids are formed when the triangular voids in second layer exactly
overlap with similar voids in the first layer.
65 Which of the following statement is not correct (true) about hexagonal close packing ?
A. The co-ordination number is 12.
B. It has 74% packing efficiency.
C. Tetrahedral voids of the second layer are covered by the sphere of the third layer
D. In this arrangement spheres of fourth layer are exactly aligned with those of the first
layer.

66. Choose the correct statement :

In the cubic close packing , the unit cell has
A. 4 tetrahedral voids each of which is shared by four adjacent unit cells.
B. 4 tetrahedral voids within the unit cell.
C. 8 tetrahedral voids each of which is shared by four adjacent unit is cell.
D. 8 tetrahedral void within the unit cell.

67 Which statement is not correct about schottkydefect.

A. In Schottky defect equal number of cations and anions are missing from their

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 lattice sites .
B. In Schottky defect density of crystal decreases.
C. It is also called dislocation defect.
D. In Schottky defect entropy increases.

68 Which statement is not true about Frenkeldefect .

A. It is also called dislocation defect.
B. The density of crystal decreases.
C. Electrical neutrality is maintained.
D. Entropy increases.

69 Which of the following expression is correct in case of a sodium chloride unit cell (edge
length= a)
A. rc + ra = a/2
B. rc + ra =a
C. rc + ra = 2a
D. rc + ra = √2

State whether the following statements are true or false:

70.Triclinic crystal system is the most unsymmetrical crystal system.
1
71.Contribution of an atom at the edge centre in the unit cell is .
4

72. Square close packing in two dimension is more efficient than the hexagonal close packed
system in two dimension.

73.Number of octahedral voids in a crystal system is half of the number of tetrahedral voids.

74. SCC has only 26% vacant space.

75.F-centres are responsible for the colour in metal hallides.

76.Metal excess defect is a stoichiometric crystal defect.

77.Glass is called pseudo solid.

78.Water is an ionic solid.

79.SiC (Silicon Carbide) is a network solid.

80.Metallic & Ionic crystals both have electrostatic forces of attraction.

81.In ionic solids charge carriers are free electrons.

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 82.Polar molecular solids have weak London dispersion forces.

83.Crystalline solids are isotropic in nature.

84 F-centre is a type of Stoichiometric defect

85 In Rock salt structure the no. of formula units per unit cell is 4
86 In fcc unit cell , the packing efficiency is 74%
87 Orthorhombic unit cell has the least symmetry
88 Among the 3 types of arrangement hcp, ccp , bcc the most efficient packing arrangement is
bcc
89 In Fluorite structure 50% of the tetrahedral voids are occupied by anions
90 Interstitial defect in crystals increases the density of the solid

91 Vacancy defect results in a decrease in the density of the substance.

92 In 3 dimensional hexagonal close packed structure a tetrahedral void is formed when a sphere of
the second layer is present above triangular void in the first layer
93 In 3 dimensional hexagonal close packed structure all the triangular voids are not covered by the
spheres of the second layer
94 In 3 dimensional hexagonal close packed structure tetrahedral voids are formed when the
triangular voids in the second layer lie above the triangular voids in the first layer and the
triangular shapes of these voids do not overlap.
95 In 3 dimensional hexagonal close packed structure octahedral voids are formed when the
triangular voids in the second layer exactly overlap with similar voids in the first layer.
96 Frenkel defect results in an increase in the density of the substance.
97 Impurity defect has no effect on the density of the substance.

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 ANSWER-KEY

1 F 15 T 29 F 43 F 57 D 71 T 85 T
2 F 16 F 30 T 44 T 58 B 72 F 86 T
3 T 17 F 31 F 45 T 59 B 73 T 87 F
4 T 18 F 32 F 46 T 60 D 74 F 88 F
5 T 19 T 33 F 47 F 61 D 75 T 89 T
6 T 20 F 34 T 48 T 62 B 76 F 90 T
7 T 21 T 35 F 49 F 63 B 77 T 91 T
8 F 22 T 36 B 50 F 64 D 78 F 92 T
9 T 23 F 37 B 51 T 65 D 79 T 93 T
10 T 24 T 38 B 52 T 66 C 80 T 94 F
11 F 25 F 39 A 53 T 67 B 81 F 95 F
12 T 26 F 40 B 54 T 68 A 82 F 96 F
13 T 27 F 41 A 55 F 69 D 83 F 97 F
14 F 28 T 42 A 56 T 70 T 84 F

The questions submitted by the PGTs (Chemistry) of KVs of Bhubaneswar, Guwahati,

Kolkata, Silchar and Tinsukia Regions.

Vetted by: Guwahati Region

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