1.

The energy required to remove an electron from Na atom is

(a) 5.1 ergs
(b) 5.1 MeV
(c) 5.1 eV
(d) 5.1 Joules

2. The nature of bonding in NH3 is

(a) Ionic
(b) Covalent
(c) van der Waals
(d) Metallic

3. The potential energy of a diatom is negative, because

(a) the charges are negative
(b) atoms do work
(c) work is done on the atoms
(d) kinetic energy is zero

4. The crystal system, which exhibits all the four types of structures, is

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

5. If a = b 6= c, α = β = γ = 90o the crystal is

(a) Orthorhombic
(b) Tetragonal
(c) Triclinic
(d) Cubic
6. There is only one Bravias lattice for the crystal system of

(a) Tetragonal
(b) Cubic
(c) Monoclinic
(d) Triclinic
7. Highest packing factor occurs in

(a) Simple cubic crystals

(b) Diamond
(c) Face centre cubic crystal
(d) Body centre cubic crystal
8. The number of atoms per unit cell of polonium, is
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 6
9. An example for BCC structure, is
(a) Polonium
(b) Aluminium
(c) Zinc
(d) Sodium
10. The number of atoms per unit cell in the case of FCC, is
(a) 2
(b) 1
(c) 3
(d) 4

11. Diamond is an example of

(a) metallic bond

(b) covalent bond
(c) ionic bond
(d) van der Waals bond

12. Coordination number is the

(a) Number of atoms per unit cell

(b) Number unit cells per unit volume
(c) Number of nearest neighbours in a unit cell
(d) Number of distant atoms in a unit cell

13. The lattice parameters of NaCl crystal system are

(a) a = b = c; α = β = γ 6= 90o
(b) a 6= b 6= c; α = β = γ = 90o
(c) a = b = c; α = β = γ = 90o
(d) a = b = c; α 6= β 6= γ 6= 90o

14. The lattice of CsCl is

(a) Interpenetration of two simple cubic lattices

(b) FCC lattice
(c) Interpenertration of two FCC lattices
(d) BCC lattice

15. Miller indices represent a set of planes.

(a) bisecting
(b) perpendicular
(c) intersecting
(d) Parallel

16. [2 1 1] is the direction that connects the origin (0 0 0) and the point

(a) (1 1 2)
(b) (1 1/2 1/2 )
(c) (1/2 1 1)
(d) (1 2 2)

17. The interplanar separation for a set of planes (221) of a cubic crystal with lattice parameter of 6 A.U. is

(a) 3 A.U.
(b) 1 A.U.
(c) 6 A.U.
(d) 2 A.U.

18. Wavelength of radiation is comparable to the lattice constant of the crystal in

(a) Fraunhofar diffraction

(b) Fresnel diffraction
(c) Any diffraction
(d) X-ray diffraction

19. The longest wavelength of X-rays which produce diffraction, when incident on crystal planes of spacing 1 A.U. is

(a) 3 A.U
(b) 2 A.U
(c) 1 A.U
(d) 4 A.U

20. Debye-Scherren method of X-ray diffraction is a

(a) Laue method

(b) Three-dimensional diffraction method
(c) Rotating crystal method
(d) Powder crystal method