The Solid State

31 topics, ranked by how often each is asked.

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  • 45 questions
  • 30 papers
  • 2.56% of Chemistry

Topics

The squares are the last ten exam years: filled means it was asked that year.

Topics

31 topics · 45 questions
  1. 1Close Packed Structures and Voids2.2%1 questionPractise Close Packed Structures and Voids
  2. 2Octahedral Voids in fcc Structure2.2%1 questionPractise Octahedral Voids in fcc Structure
  3. 3Imperfections in Solids – Point Defects4.4%2 questionsPractise Imperfections in Solids – Point Defects
  4. 4Density of a Unit Cell2.2%1 questionPractise Density of a Unit Cell
  5. 5Close Packed Structures – Voids4.4%2 questionsPractise Close Packed Structures – Voids
  6. 6Bravais Lattices2.2%1 questionPractise Bravais Lattices
  7. 7Calculations Involving Unit Cell Dimensions2.2%1 questionPractise Calculations Involving Unit Cell Dimensions
  8. 8Crystal defects - Frenkel and Schottky defects2.2%1 questionPractise Crystal defects - Frenkel and Schottky defects
  9. 9Number of tetrahedral voids in ccp structure2.2%1 questionPractise Number of tetrahedral voids in ccp structure
  10. 10ccp (fcc) structure - relation between edge length and atomic radius2.2%1 questionPractise ccp (fcc) structure - relation between edge length and atomic radius
  11. 11Point defects in solids2.2%1 questionPractise Point defects in solids
  12. 12Non-stoichiometric defects6.7%3 questionsPractise Non-stoichiometric defects
  13. 13Density of cubic unit cells – bcc and fcc2.2%1 questionPractise Density of cubic unit cells – bcc and fcc
  14. 14Density of unit cell – edge length2.2%1 questionPractise Density of unit cell – edge length
  15. 15Radius ratio and coordination number2.2%1 questionPractise Radius ratio and coordination number
  16. 16Ionic crystal structures – fluorite2.2%1 questionPractise Ionic crystal structures – fluorite
  17. 17Cubic unit cells6.7%3 questionsPractise Cubic unit cells
  18. 18Packing efficiency8.9%4 questionsPractise Packing efficiency
  19. 19Imperfections in solids2.2%1 questionPractise Imperfections in solids
  20. 20Unit cells2.2%1 questionPractise Unit cells
  21. 21Density of unit cell4.4%2 questionsPractise Density of unit cell
  22. 22Voids in close packing4.4%2 questionsPractise Voids in close packing
  23. 23Radius ratio2.2%1 questionPractise Radius ratio
  24. 24Unit cell dimensions6.7%3 questionsPractise Unit cell dimensions
  25. 25Semiconductors and Doping2.2%1 questionPractise Semiconductors and Doping
  26. 26Atomic Radius in Cubic Unit Cells2.2%1 questionPractise Atomic Radius in Cubic Unit Cells
  27. 27Impurity Defects2.2%1 questionPractise Impurity Defects
  28. 28Unit Cells and Lattices2.2%1 questionPractise Unit Cells and Lattices
  29. 29Number of Atoms in a Unit Cell4.4%2 questionsPractise Number of Atoms in a Unit Cell
  30. 30Imperfections in Solids: Schottky Defect2.2%1 questionPractise Imperfections in Solids: Schottky Defect
  31. 31Close Packing: Coordination Number2.2%1 questionPractise Close Packing: Coordination Number

Questions per paper

Asked in 11 of the last 16 papers (2017–2026).

  1. 2026: not asked
  2. 2026 Re-NEET: not asked
  3. 2025: not asked
  4. 2024: not asked
  5. 2024 Re-NEET: not asked
  6. 2023: 2 questions
  7. 2023 Manipur: 2 questions
  8. 2022: 2 questions
  9. 2022 Phase 2: 2 questions
  10. 2021: 2 questions
  11. 2020: 1 question
  12. 2020 Phase-2: 1 question
  13. 2019: 1 question
  14. 2019 Odisha: 1 question
  15. 2018: 1 question
  16. 2017: 1 question

Concepts tested

  • FCC radius-edge relation 2
  • Non-stoichiometric defects 2
  • Packing fraction of a simple cubic cell 2
  • atomic mass from density and edge length
  • atomic radius in a bcc lattice
  • BCC packing efficiency
  • bcc-lithium-edge-length
  • body centred Bravais lattices
  • Body diagonal of a cube
  • Body-centred cubic structure
  • Cation vacancies created by aliovalent doping
  • ccp (fcc) structure - relation between edge length and atomic radius
  • contribution of edge-centre void
  • Coordination number in hcp
  • Crystal defects - Frenkel and Schottky defects
  • Density from unit cell dimensions
  • density-bcc-fcc-ratio
  • Diamond cubic structure