State of Matter 1000+ MCQ with answer for SSC CPO

1. 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

2. The pressure of the ideal gas is less than the real gas because of the
A. increase in the number of collisions
B. volume occupied by the molecules
C. inter-molecular attraction
D. finite size of molecules
Answer : C

3. 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

4. What types of forces are present in molecular solids?
A. electrovalent bonds
B. hydrogen bonds
C. metallic bonds
D. Van der Waal's forces
Answer : D

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Chloroform and benzene form a pair of miscible liquids. These can be separated by
A. a separating funnel
B. distillation
C. sublimation
D. filtration
Answer : B

9. A chalk box exhibits
A. cubic geometry
B. monoclinic geometry
C. orthorhombic geometry
D. tetragonal
Answer : A

10. 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

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

12. How many moles of water are present in 180 gm. of water ?
A. 11
B. 5
C. 90
D. 21
Answer : D

13. The radii of $A^{+}$ and $X^{-}$ are 95 pm and 181 pm respectively. Coordination number of $A^{+}$ is expected to be
A. 8
B. 6
C. 4
D. 3
Answer : B

14. An element has atomic weight 24 and equivalent weight 11.9. Its valency is
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer : B

15. The temperature at which a real gas obeys the ideal gas laws over a wide range of pressure:
A. critical temperature
B. Boyle's temperature
C. inversion temperature
D. reduced temperature
Answer : B

16. The space occupied by spheres in ccp arrangement is
A. 74.06%
B. 68.05%
C. 60.4%
D. 52.4%
Answer : A

17. What is the vapour pressure of benzoyl chloride at its boiling point (197°C)?
A. 760 torr
B. 380 torr
C. 197 torr
D. None of these
Answer : A

18. 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

19. Which of the following will have low heat of fusion?
A. a molecular solid
B. an ionic solid
C. a metallic solid
D. a network of covalent solid
Answer : A

20. How many nearest neighbours are there in an atom or ion in an octahedral hole of a close packed structure?
A. 4
B. 6
C. 8
D. 18
Answer : B

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

22. 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

23. 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

24. The wt. of 2.8 litres of a gas at N.T.P. is 3.50 gms. Its V.D. is
A. 20
B. 28
C. 32
D. 14
Answer : A

25. In zinc blende structure, the zinc atoms occupy
A. all tetrahedral sites
B. all octahedral sites
C. half of the octahedral sites
D. half of the tetrahedral sites
Answer : D

26. Kinetic gas equation is, PV =...
A. nRT
B. $\frac{3}{3}$RT
C. $m{n}^1{c}^2$
D. $\frac{1}{3}mn{c}^2$
Answer : D

27. In a closed packed structure the pattern ABAB...... represents which one of the following:
A. ccp
B. hcp
C. fccp
D. bcc
Answer : B

28. 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

29. 22.4 litre of any gas at N.T.P. will contain
A. One gram equivalent
B. One gram atomic weight
C. One gram atom
D. One gram molecule
Answer : D

30. Which one of the following contains same number of molecules as 4.4 gm of carbon dioxide (mol. wt. of $C{O}_2$ = 44, Mol, wt. of $S{O}_2$ = 64)?
A. 64 gm of sulphur dioxide
B. 4.4 gm of sulphur dioxide
C. 6.4 gm of sulphur dioxide
D. 3.2 gm of sulphur dioxide
Answer : C

31. The number of molecules is 4.25 g of ammonia are approximately
A. 3.5 x ${}^{{10}^{23}}$
B. 2.5 x ${}^{{10}^{23}}$
C. 1.5 x ${}^{{10}^{23}}$
D. 0.5 x ${}^{{10}^{23}}$
Answer : D

32. How many nearest neighbours are there in an octahedral hole of a close packed structure
A. 4
B. 6
C. 8
D. 12
Answer : B

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

34. The average kinetic energy of the molecule of $S{O}_2$ (moL wt. = 64) at 27°C is E. Then the average kinetic energy of $C{O}_2$ at 27°C is
A. $\frac{E\times 64}{44}$
B. $\frac{E\times 44}{64}$
C. E
D. 22E
Answer : C

35. The vol. of 20 gm. of hydrogen at N.T.P. is
A. 22.4 litres
B. 112 litres
C. 12 litres
D. 224 litres
Answer : A

36. 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

37. Vapour density of a gas is 35.5. The volume occupied by 3.55 gm of the gas at NTPis
A. 1.12 litres
B. 2.24 litres
C. 22.4 litres
D. 11.2 litres
Answer : A

38. Equal weights of methane and hydrogen are mixed in an empty container at 25°C. The fraction of the total pressure exerted by methane is
A. 1/2
B. 1/3
C. 1/9
D. 8/9
Answer : C

39. The vapour density of gas A is four times that of gas B. If the molecular weight of gas B is M, then the molecular weight of gas A is
A. 2M
B. 4M
C. 8M
D. M/4
Answer : B

40. At what temperature, the root mean square velocity of oxygen molecules is equal to that of $S{O}_2$ at 27°C?
A. 150°C
B. 150°K
C. 27°C
D. None of these
Answer : B

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

42. 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

43. Which compound possesses greatest lattice energy?
A. LiF
B. NaF
C. KF
D. CsF
Answer : A

44. In a solid atoms A are arranged in ccp array. Atoms B occupy all the octahedral voids and half the tetrahedral voids. The formula of the compound is expected to be
A. $A{B}_2$
B. $A{B}_3$
C. $A_2{B}_3$
D. $A_{2}B$
Answer : A

45. 5.At a given temperature and pressure 2 volumes of A combine with 5 volumes of B to form 2 volmes of C and 1 volume. A combine with one volume of B to form 2 volumes of D. The formula of C is
A. $A_3{B}_6$
B. $\sqrt{AB}$
C. $A_2{B}_5$
D. $A{B}_5$
Answer : B

46. Which of the following would you expect to affect the vapour pressure of a liquid?
A. Inter-molecular forces in the liquid
B. Volume of the liquid in the liquid-vapour equilibrium
C. Volume of the vapour in the liquid-vapour equilibrium
D. The size of the container in which liquid-vapour equilibrium is establishe
Answer : A

47. In the gas equation PV = xT, x is a constant. The value of the constant depends upon
A. the quantity of gas
B. the quality of gas
C. type values of T and P
D. None of these
Answer : A

48. 20 litres of hydrogen gas weighs about
A. 1.8 g
B. 3.6 g
C. 224 g
D. 12.2 g
Answer : A

49. Absolute zero is the temperature at which
A. water freezes
B. all gases become liquid
C. all substances are solid
D. molecular motion ceases
Answer : D

50. 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