QUESTION BANK
1. A solid has a structure in which W atoms are located at the corners of a cubic lattice, O atom at the centre
of the edges and Na atom at centre of the cubic. The formula for the compound is
(A) NaWO2 (B) NaWO3 (C) Na2WO3 (D) NaWO4
2. The density of CaF2 (fluorite structure) is 3.18 g/cm3. The length of the side of the unit cell is
(A) 253 pm (B) 344 pm (C) 546 pm (D) 273 pm
3. An element has FCC structure with edge length 200 pm. Calculate density if 200 g of this element contains
24 × 1023 atoms.
(A) 4.16 g cm–3 (B) 41.6 g cm–3 (C) 4.16 kg m–3 (D) 41.6 kg m–3
4. The coordination number of cation and anion in Fluorite CaF2 and CsCl are respectively
(A) 8:4 and 6:3 (B) 6:3 and 4:4 (C) 8:4 and 8:8 (D) 4:2 and 2:4
5. The interstitial hole is called tetrahedral because
(A) It is formed by four spheres.
(B) Partly same and partly different.
(C) It is formed by four spheres the centres of which form a regular tetrahedron.
(D) None of the above
6. The tetrahedral voids formed by ccp arrangement of Cl– ions in rock salt structure are
(A) Occupied by Na+ ions (B) Occupied by Cl– ions
+ –
(C) Occupied by either Na or Cl ions (D) Vacant
7. The number of nearest neighbours around each particle in a face-centred cubic lattice is
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 12
8. In FCC unit cell, what fraction of edge is not covered by atoms?
(A) 0.134 (B) 0.293 (C) 0.26 (D) 0.32
9. If the anions (A) form hexagonal closest packing and cations (C) occupy only 2/3 octahedral voids in it, then
the general formula of the compound is
(A) CA (B) CA2 (C) C2A3 (D) C3A2
10. A solid is formed and it has three types of atoms X, Y, Z. X forms a FCC lattice with Y atoms occupying all
the tetrahedral voids and Z atoms occupying half the octrahedral voids. The formula of the solid is:
(A) X2Y4Z (B) XY2Z4 (C) X4Y2Z (D) X4YZ2
11. The intermetallic compound LiAg crystallizes in cubic lattice in which both lithium and silver have coordination
number of eight. The crystal class is
(A) Simple cubic (B) Body centred cubic
(C) Face centred cubic (D) None
12. A compound XY crystallizes in BCC lattice with unit cell edge lenght 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
13. In a solid “AB” having NaCl structure “A” atoms occupy the corners of the cubic unit cell. If all the
face-centred atoms along one of the axes are removed, then the resultant stoichiometry of the solid is
(A) AB2 (B) A2B (C) A4B3 (D) A3B4
14. 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
15. Which one of the following schemes of ordering closed packed sheets of equal sized spheres do not generate
closeset packed lattice.
(A) ABCABC (B) ABACABAC (C) ABBAABBA (D) ABCBCABCBC
16. In the closest packing of atoms,
(A) the size of tetrahedral void is greater than that of octahedral void
(B) the size of tetrahedral void is smaller than that of octahedral void
(C) the size of tetrahedral void is equal to that of octahedral void
(D) the size of tetrahedral void may be greater or smaller or equal to that of octahedral void depending upon
the size of atoms.
17. The coordination number of hexagonal closest packed (hcp) structure is
(A) 12 (B) 10 (C) 8 (D) 6
18. The number of nearest neighbours around each particle in a face-centred cubic lattice is
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 12
19. 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
20. NH4Cl crystallizes in a body-centered cubic type lattice with a unit cell edge length of 387 pm. The distance
between the oppositively charged ions in the lattice is
(A) 335.1 pm (B) 83.77 pm (C) 274.46 pm (D) 137.23 pm
21. Which of the following is incorrect about NaCl structure?
(A) Nearest neighbours of Na+ ion is six Cl¯ ion
(B) Na+ ion make fcc lattice
(C) Cl¯ ion pack in cubic close packed arrangement
(D) There are eight next nearest neighbours of Na+ ion
22. Which of the following will show schottky defect
(A) CaF2 (B) ZnS (C) AgCl (D) CsCl
23. Give the correct order of initials T (true) or F (false) for following statements.
I. In an anti-fluorite structure anions form FCC lattice and cations occupy all tetrahedral voids.
II. If the radius of cations and anions are 0.2Å and 0.95Å then coordinate number of cation in the crystal is 4.
III. An atom/ion is transferred from a lattice site to an interstitial position in Frenkel defect.
IV. Density of crystal always increases due to substitutinal impurity defect.
(A) TFFF (B) FTTF (C) TFFT (D) TFTF
24. If the positions of Na+ and Cl– are interchanged in NaCl, the crystal lattice with respect to Na+ and Cl– is :
(A) unchanged (B) changes to 8:8 coordination from 6:6
(C) additivity of ionic radii for “a” is lost (D) none
25. The effective number of Na+ ions fitting all octahedral voids in NaCl structures are
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 13
26. How many nearest neighbours Cs+ are present in CsCl structure
(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 4
27. For an ionic crystal of the general formula AX and the coordination number 6, the values of radius ratio will be
(A) Greater than 0.73 (B) In between 0.73 and 0.41
(C) In between 0.41 and 0.22 (D) Less than 0.22
28. A mineral having the formula AB2 crystallises in the cubic close-packed lattice, with the A atoms occupying
the lattice points. The co-ordination number of the A atoms, that of B atoms and the fraction of the tetrahedral
sites occupied by B atoms are
(A) 8, 4, 100% (B) 2, 6, 75% (C) 3, 1, 25% (D) 6, 6, 50%
Question Number 29 to 33 (5 questions)
In haxagonal close packing second row of spheres are placed in depressions of first row whereas third row is
vertically aligned with first, 2nd with fourth forming a pattern AB.AB...... The number of nearest atoms is called
the coordination number. It has six fold axis of symmetry.
29. What is the coordination number of a central sphere in hcp
(A) 8 (B) 12 (C) 6 (D) 4
r
30. If lies between 0.225 to 0.414, cation occupies
r–
(A) tetrahedral void (B) octahedral void (C) trigonal void (D) cubic void
31. The coordination number of octahedral void is
(A) 8 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 3
32. Which of the following packing are most efficient
(A) hcp (B) fccp (C) A & B both (D) bccp
33. ABC.ABC....... is called
(A) hcp (B) fccp (C) bccp (D) simple cubic
One or More than One
34. Select write statement(s)
(A) 8 Cs+ ions occupy the second nearest neighbour locations of a Cs+ ion
(B) Each sphere is surrounded by six voids in two dimensional hexagonal close packed layer
(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, the silver ion is displaced from its lattice position to an interstitial position such a defect is
called a frenkel defect
35. Which of the following statements 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 12.
(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. [ rNa = 95 pm ; rCl = 181 pm ]
36. Which of the following system have two Bravais Lattice
(A) Cubic (B) Orthorhombic (C) Tetragonal (D) Monoclinic
37. Which of the following system have a = b = c and = =
(A) Cubic (B) Orthorhombic (C) Rhobohedral (D) Monoclinic
38. Which of the following system have more than two Bravais Lattice
(A) Cubic (B) Orthorhombic (C) Tetragonal (D) Monoclinic
39. In a AB unit crystal of NaCl types assuming Na+ forming FCC
(A) The nearest neighbour of A+ is 6 B– ion (B) The nearest neighbour of B– is 6 A+ ion
3
(C) The second neighbour of A+ is 12 A+ (D) The packing fraction of AB crystal is
8
Match the Column
40. 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
Integer Type :
41. In zinc blende structure, if Zn+2 is introduced in all vacent tetrahedral void. Calculate the co-ordination number
of S–2 in new structure.
42. Calculate distance (in Å) between A+2 and B– having Fluorite structure. Given edge length of unit cell is
4.62Å.
43. Comp. AB2 have antifluorite structure. Calculate sum of minimum distance and maximum distance between
cation (in Å). Given edge length of unit cell = 2.93 Å.
44. A molecule X2Y (molecular weight = 166.4) occupies orthorhombic lattice with a = 5Å, b = 8Å and c = 4Å. If
density of X2Y is 5.2 gm cm–3. Calculate number of molecules present in one unit cell (NA = 6 × 1023).
45. In Inverse spinel structure (Fe3O4 type) O–2 form FCC lattice, Fe2+ ions occupy 1/8 of the tetrahedral voids
and trivalent cation occupies 1/8 of the tetrahedral voids and 1/4 of the octahedral voids. Calculate the value
of Z.
Packing fraction
Where Z = . Given : rFe 2 0.225 rO – 2 ; rFe 3 0.414 rO – 2
0.384
