IBPS Clerk - State of Matter 1000+ MCQ [Solved] PDF Download

1. Volume occupied by 4.4 gift of carbon dioxide is
A. 4.4 litres
B. 2.24 litres
C. 22.4 litres
D. 4.48 litres
Answer : B

2. If all the octahedral sites in a cubic close packed arrangement ($B^{-}$) are completelyfilled with $A^{+}$ cations, the empirical formula of the compound could then be
A. $A{B}_2$
B. $A_{2}B$
C. AB
D. None of these
Answer : C

3. The ionic radii of $M{g}^{+2 }$ and $O^{-2}$ are 0.66 $\stackrel{°}{A}$ and 1.40 $\stackrel{°}{A}$ , respectively. The most probable type of gteometry exhibited by MgO on the basis of radius ratio rule is
A. NaCl type
B. CsCl type
C. ZnS type
D. Boron oxide type
Answer : A

4. Four 1 litre flasks are separately filled with the gases hydrogen, helium, oxygen and ozone at the same temperature and pressure, the ratio of total number of atoms of these gases present in the different flasks would be
A. 3:2:2:1
B. 2:1:2:3
C. 1:2:2:3
D. 1:1:1:1
Answer : C

5. Sodium chloride has fee structure. How many $N{a}^{+}$ and $C{l}^{-}$ ions are there in the unit cell?.
A. 6 and 6
B. 4 and 4
C. 1 and 1
D. 6 and 4
Answer : B

6. An open vessel at 37°C is heated until 3/5 of the air in it has been expelled. Assuming that the volume of the vessel remains constant the temperature to which the vessel is heated is
A. 502°C
B. 502 K
C. 243.67°C
D. 925C
Answer : A

7. The vol. of 20 gms of nitrogen at N.T.P.
A. 16 litres
B. 36 litres
C. 8 litre
D. 32 litres
Answer : C

8. All gases tend to show ideal behaviour
A. at low temperature and low pressure
B. at high temperature and high pressure
C. at high temperature and low pressure
D. at low temperature and high pressure
Answer : C

9. In what ratio by mass carbon monoxide and nitrogen should be mixed so that partial pressure exerted by each gas is same?
A. $m\left(N_2\right)=m\left(CO\right)$
B. $m\left(N_2\right)=2m\left(CO\right)$
C. $m\left(N_2\right)=0.5m\left(CO\right)$
D. None of these
Answer : A

10. Which of the following statement wrong?
A. In solid state molecules, atoms or ions are held with a strong force of attraction and are in a fixed position
B. In liquid state the molecules, atom or ions are held with a strong force and have a restricted motion
C. In gaseous states, the molecules are randomly arranged and are apart from each other
D. Solid, liquid and gaseous states have different movement is particles
Answer : B

11. From the Dulong and Petit's law atomic weight is given by which one of the following relations?
A. 6.41 sp. heat
B. 6.4/sp. heat
C. sp. heat/6.4
D. sp. heat/6.4 x 2
Answer : A

12. The vapour density of ozone would be
A. 72
B. 8
C. 48
D. 24
Answer : C

13. In a unit cell of cesium chloride the arrangement of cesium ions is
A. face centred cubic
B. hexagonal close packed
C. body centred cubic
D. simple cubic
Answer : C

14. Indicate the most viscous liquid of the following
A. propanol-2
B. 1.2, ethandiol
C. 1.2,3 propentriol
D. ethanol
Answer : C

15. Volume occupied by 1 gm equivalent of oxygen at NTP is
A. 22.4 litres
B. 2.24 litres
C. 5.6 litres
D. 11.2 litres
Answer : C

16. The number of atoms per unit cell in simple cubic, face centred cubic and body centred cubic arrangement are, respectively
A. 8,14,9
B. 1,2,4
C. 1,4,2
D. 8,4, 2
Answer : C

17. 6.If the reactants and products both are in gaseous phase they bear a simple ratio in their
A. volumes
B. molecules
C. atoms
D. temperature
Answer : A

18. A closed vessel contains equal number of molecules of a total pressure at 740 mm. If oxygen is removed from the system the pressure will
A. become half of 740 mm
B. remain unchanged
C. become 1/9 of 740 mm
D. become double of 740 mm
Answer : A

19. When an ideal gas undergoes unrestricted expansion, no cooling occurs because the molecules
A. are above inversion temperature
B. exert no attractive force on each other
C. do work equal to loss in kinetic energy
D. collide without loss of energy
Answer : B

20. Indicate the most volatile liquid of the following:
A. $C{H}_{3}OH$
B. $C{H}_{3}OC{H}_3$
C. $H_{2}O$
D. $C{H}_{3}C{H}_{2}OC{H}_{2}C{H}_3$
Answer : D

21. One mole of gas is defined as
A. The number of molecules in 22.4 litres of gas at S.T.P
B. The number of molecules contained | in 6 grams of 12 C isotope
C. The number of molecules in one formula weight of gas
D. The number of molecules in litre of gas
Answer : C

22. The mean free path of a gas molecule is the distance
A. between the two opposite walls of the container
B. through which the molecules travel in one second
C. through which molecules move between two consecutive collisions
D. travelled by all the molecules divided by the total number of molecules in a particular gas
Answer : C

23. The relation between molecular wt. and vapour density is
A. Molecular wt. = $\frac{2}{3}$ V.D.
B. Molecular wt. = $\frac{1}{3}$ V.D.
C. Molecular wt. = V.D.
D. Molecualr wt = 2 x V.D.
Answer : A

24. In a close packed arrangement of N spheres, the number of octahedral holes are
A. N
B. 2N
C. 4N
D. 8N
Answer : A

25. Four 1 litre flasks are separately filled with hydrogen, helium, oxygen and ozone gases at the same temperature and pressure. The ratio of total number of atoms of these gases present in the different flasks would be
A. 1:1:1:1
B. 1:2:2:3
C. 2:1:2:3
D. 3:2:2:1
Answer : C

26. An example of covalent solid is
A. diamond
B. NaCl
C. Copper
D. $C{O}_2$
Answer : A

27. A liquid of density 1.742 g $c{m}^{-3}$ is observed to show a capillary rise of 73 mm in a tube of radius 0.65 mm. Then the surface tension of the liquid is
A. 4.1 x ${}^{{10}^{-2}}$ dynes $c{m}^{-1}$
B. 4.1 x ${10}^3$ dynes $c{m}^{-1}$
C. 7.1 x ${10}^{-3}$ dynes $c{m}^{-1}$
D. None of these
Answer : B

28. Boltzmann constant is given by
A. R
B. R+N
C. R:N
D. R-N
Answer : C

29. The weight of 22.4 litres of any gas at N.T.P. represent its
A. gm atomic weight
B. gm molecular weight
C. gm equivalent weight
D. None of these
Answer : B

30. The molecular velocity of any gas is
A. proportional to absolute temperature
B. proportional to the square root of absolute temperature
C. independent of temperature
D. proportional to die square of absolute temperature
Answer : B

31. One gram molecule of a gas at N.T.P occupies 22.4 litres. This fact was derived from
A. Benjamin hypothesis
B. Avogadro's hypothesis
C. Dalton's theory
D. Law of atomic volume
Answer : C

32. The electrical conductivity of metals is of the order of
A. ${10}^{12}oh{m}^{-1}c{m}^{-1}$
B. ${10}^{8}oh{m}^{-1}c{m}^{-1}$
C. ${10}^{2}oh{m}^{-1}c{m}^{-1}$
D. ${10}^{-6}oh{m}^{-1}c{m}^{-1}$
Answer : B

33. The V.D. of a gas is 11.2 gm. The volume occupied by 11.2 gm. of this gas at N.T.P. is
A. 12 litre
B. 11.2 litres
C. 2.24 litres
D. 22.4 litres
Answer : A

34. The best electrical conductor of the following is
A. $C{O}_2$(s)
B. Si(s)
C. NaCl (fused)
D. $B{r}_2$(I)
Answer : C

35. Certain volume of a gas exerts on its walls some pressure at a particular temperature. It has been found that by reducing the volume of the gas to half its original value, the pressure becomes I twice that the initial value of constant temperature. This happens because
A. More number of a gas molecules strike the surface per second
B. Velocity of the gas molecules increases
C. Gas molecules attract each other
D. Weight of the gas increase with volume
Answer : C

36. Match box has the symmetry of which of the following systems?
A. Cubic
B. Orthorhombic
C. Tetragonal
D. Monoclinic
Answer : A

37. The molecular weight of a volatile liquid can be determined by
A. Dumas' method
B. Victor Meyer's method
C. Cryoscopic method
D. Osmotic pressure
Answer : B

38. A balloon filled with ethane is pricked up with sharp point and quickly plunged into a tank of hydrogen at the same pressure. After some time balloon will
A. be enlarged
B. be collapse
C. remain unchanged in size
D. have half its volume of the gas
Answer : A

39. A vessel containing 10 litre of air at atmospheric pressure is connected to an evacuated 9 litre vessel The resulting pressure will be
A. 2 atm
B. 31 atm
C. 0.526 atm
D. 52.6 atm
Answer : C

40. In the wurtzite structure sulphur atoms have
A. cubic arrangement
B. hexagonal dose packed arrangement
C. body centred arrangement
D. None of these
Answer : B

41. The critical temperature of a substance is defined as
A. the temperature above which the substance decomposes
B. the temperature above which the substance can exist only as a gas
C. melting point of the substance
D. boiling point of the substanc
Answer : B

42. Of the following properties, the magnitude of one must always increase with temperature. The property is
A. vapour pressure
B. density
C. $∆H_{vap}$
D. surface tension
Answer : A

43. The number of molecules of $C{O}_2$ present in 44 gms. of $C{O}_2$ is
A. 6 x ${}^{{10}^{23}}$ approx
B. ${10}^{30}$ approx
C. 3 x ${}^{{10}^{10}}$ approx
D. 12 x ${ }^{{10}^{23}}$ approx
Answer : B

44. Which of the following contains the same number of atoms as 12 gms: of Magnesium (Atomic weights : Mg = 24, C = 12, Ca = 40)
A. 10 gms of calcium
B. 20 gms of carbon
C. 20 gms of calcium
D. 12 gms of carbon
Answer : C

45. The ionic radii of $R{b}^{+}$ and $B{r}^{-}$ ions are 1.47 $\stackrel{°}{A}$ and 1.95 $\stackrel{°}{A}$, respectively. The most probable type of geometry exhibited by RbBr on the radius ratio rule is
A. NaCl type
B. CsCl type
C. Zinc blende structure
D. Wurtzite structure
Answer : B

46. Which of the following is an amorphous solid?
A. NaCl
B. $Ca{F}_2$
C. Diamond
D. Glass
Answer : D

47. The number of atoms per unit cell in bcc arrangement is
A. 1
B. 4
C. 3
D. 2
Answer : D

48. The number of molecules in 32 gms of oxygen in
A. 6.02 x ${}^{{10}^{10}}$
B. 3.2 x ${}^{{10}^{23}}$
C. 6.02 x ${}^{{10}^{22}}$
D. 32 x ${}^{{10}^{10}}$
Answer : A

49. 1.The correct relationship representing the volume occupied by 44 gm of $C{O}_2$ and 64 gm of $S{O}_2$ at constant temperahire and pressure:
A. V($C{O}_{2 }$) > V($S{O}_2$)
B. V($C{O}_{2 }$) = V($S{O}_2$)
C. V($S{O}_2$) > V($C{O}_{2 }$)
D. cannot be predicted
Answer : B

50. The limiting radii ratio for the tetrahedral geometry is
A. 0.155
B. 0.444
C. 0.732
D. 0.225
Answer : D