2023 CHEMISTRY 2ND PUC MODEL QUESTIONS BY YRK MOHAN

(Race Academy)
SOLID STATE (8 Marks)
QUESTION-1 (1 Mark)
1. Which of the following will show anisotropy?
a) Glass b) NaBr c) Plastic d) Rubber
2. The crystals which possess very high melting point and boiling points are
a) Ionic b) Covalent c) Molecular d) Metallic
3, Which of the following is an amorphous solid?
a) Graphite b) Quartz glass c) Chrome alum d) Silicon carbide
4. Graphite cannot be classified as --------------
a) Conducting solid b) Network solid c) Covalent solid d) Ionic solid
5. Graphite is a good conductor of electricity due to the presence of
a) lone pair of electrons b) Free valence electrons c) Cations d) Anions
6. Which of the following forms a molecular solid when solidified?
a) Calcium fluoride b) Silicon dioxide c) Carbon dioxide d) NaCl
7. The major binding force in diamond, silicon and quartz is
a) Electrostatic force b) Electrical attraction c) Covalent bond d) Van der waals force
8. Iodine molecules are held in crystals lattice by ---------
a) London forces b) dipole-dipole interaction c) covalent bonds d) coulombic forces
9. Which of the following primitive cells show the given parameters? a # b # c, α=β=γ=900

a) Cubic b) Tetragonal c) Orthorhombic d) Hexagonal

10. Which of the following solids is the structure of CsCl crystal?

a) Body centred cubic b) Simple cubic c) Face centred cubic d) Edge centred cubic

11. A unit cell contains 8 particles at 8 corners is called

a) Body centred unit cell b) Primitive cubic unit cell

c) Hexagonal cubic unit cell d) Edge centred cubic unit cell

12. Which type of crystals contain more than one Bravais lattice?

a) hexagonal b) Triclinic c) Rhombohedral d) Monoclinic

13. What is the co-ordination number of hexagonal close packing of spheres in

Dimension is?

a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8

14. Let the no. of close packed sphere is N The no. of tetrahedral voids formed is

a) N b) N/2 c) 2N d) N/4

15. The axial and angular characteristics of a crystal are a = b # c, α = β = 900, γ = 1200. It is

a) Tetragonal b) Hexagonal c) Triclinic d) Orthorhombic

16. Total number of atoms per unit cell in primitive unit cell is

a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) 6

17. In hcp, ccp, fcc structure packing efficiency is

a) 53% b) 68% c) 74% d) 26%

18. Relation between radius of the sphere(r) and edge length (a) of simple cubic cell is

a) r =4r b) r= a (1/2) c) r = 2a d) r = a (1/2√2)

19. Solid ‘A’ is a very hard electrical insulator in solid as well as in molten state and melts
at extremely high temperature. What type of solid is it?

a) Ionic b) Covalent c) Molecular d) Metallic

20. In face centred cubic cell, an atom at the face centre is shared by

a) 4-unit cells b) 2-unit cells c) one unit cell d) 6-unit cells

21. The most unsymmetrical crystal system is

a) Cubic b) Hexagonal c) Triclinic d) Orthorhombic

22. In a metallic face centred cubic lattice, the number of nearest neighbours for a given
lattice point is

a) 6 b) 8 c) 12 d) 14
23. Silicon doped with arsenic is

a) p-type semiconductor b) n-type semiconductor

c) metallic conductor d) an insulator

24. Which one of the following defects in the crystals lowers its density?

a) Frenkel defect b) Schottky defect c) F-centres d) Interstitial defect

25. Which one of the following shows antiferromagnetic?

a) MnO b) CrO2 c) O2 d) Fe3 O4

26. The anionic sites occupied by unpaired electrons in metal excess defect are called

a) G-centres b) F-centres c) C-centres d) X-centres

QUESTION -21 & 37(b) (2 Marks)
1. Give any two differences between crystalline and amorphous solids.
2. How crystalline solids differ from amorphous solids in their melting point?
3. What is meant by anisotropy? What type of solids show this nature?
4. What are the nature of particles and the force of attractions between
the particles in non-polar molecular solids?
5. What are the nature of particles and the force of attractions between
the particles in polar molecular solids?
6. What are the nature of particles and the force of attractions between
the particles in hydrogen bonded molecular solids.
7. What are point defects? Mention the types
8. What are the differences between Schottky and Frenkel defect?
9. Classify the following into polar and non-polar molecular solids: Ar, HCl, I2 and SO2
10. Calculate the number of particles present per unit cell in an FCC unit cell.
11. Calculate the number of particles present per unit cell in a BCC unit cell.
12. Calculate the number of particles present per unit cell in a simple cubic unit cell.
13. Mention the two characteristics of a unit cell.
14. What is the relation between edge length (a) and radius of the sphere (r) in FCC unit cell?
What is its packing efficiency?
15. What is the relation between edge length (a) and radius of the sphere (r) in BCC unit cell?
What is its packing efficiency?
16. How many tetrahedral and octahedral voids is present, if the number of sphere is N?
17. Explain Schottky defect. Give an example.
18. Explain Frenkel defect. Give an example.
19. How Schottky defect and Frenkel defect affect the density of the crystal?
20. Mention the two types of non-stoichiometric defects in solids?
21. What is F- centre? What colour is imparted to the NaCl crystal, due to the presence of
excess sodium?
22. Write the formula to calculate the density of the unit cell and explain the terms.
23. What are n-type and p-type semiconductors?
24. An ionic compound is formed by two elements A and B. The cat ions A are in ccp
arrangement and those of anions B occupy all the tetrahedral voids. What is the simplest
formula of the compound?
25. A compound is formed by two elements X and Y. The element X forms ccp and atoms of Y
occupy 1/3 rd of tetrahedral voids. What is the formula of the compound?
26. Gold (atomic radius=0.144nm) crystallizes in a face centred unit cell. What is the length of
the side of the cell?
27. Silver forms ccp lattice and X- ray studies of its crystals show that the edge length of its unit
cell is 408.6pm. Calculate the density of silver (Atomic mass = 107.9 u)
28. X- ray diffraction studies show that copper crystallizes in an fcc unit cell with cell edge of 3.6
x10-8 cm. In a separate experiment, copper is determined to have a density of 8.92g/cm3,
calculate the atomic mass of copper.
29. A unit cell of sodium chloride has four formula units. The edge length of the unit cell is 0.564
nm. What is the density of sodium chloride?
30. body centred cubic element having density 10.3 g/cm3, has a edge length of 314pm. Calculate
the atomic mass of the element (Avogadro’s number= 6.023x1023 /mol)
31. Calcium metal crystallizes in a face centred cubic lattice with edge length of 0.556nm.
Calculate the density of the metal. (Atomic mass of calcium = 40g/mol and Avogadro number=
6.022 x1023 mol-1)
32. Copper crystallizes into a fcc lattice with edge length 3.61 x10-8 cm. Calculate the density of
the of the crystal (Atomic mass of copper =63.5g/mol and Avogadro number= 6.022 x1023 mol-1)
33. Silver crystallizes in a face centred cubic structure. If the edge length is 4.077 x10-8 cm and
density is 10.5 g/cm3, calculate the atomic mass of silver.
34. The density of Li atoms is 0.53g/cm3.The edge length of Li is 3.5 A0. Find out
the number of Li atoms in a unit cell (N0= 6.022 x1023 /mol & M= 6.94)

QUESTION - 37(a) (3 Marks)

1. Calculate the packing efficiency in simple cubic unit cell
2. Calculate the packing efficiency in face centred cubic unit cell
3. Calculate the packing efficiency in body centred cubic unit cell
4. An element with molar mass 2.7 x 10-2 kg/mol forms a cubic unit cell with edge
length 405pm. If its density is 2.7 x 103 kg/m 3, what is the nature of the cubic unit cell
5. Niobium crystallises in body-centred cubic structure. If density is 8.55g/cm3,
calculate atomic radius of niobium, given that its atomic mass is 93 u.
6. An element has a body-centred cubic (bcc) structure with cell edge of 288pm.
The density of the element is 7.2 g/cm3. How many atoms are present in 208g of the element?