1.

Hydrogen bond is an example for

(a) Electrostatic bond
(b) Secondary bond
(c) Primary bond
(d) Dispersion bond

2. The element which has covalently bonded crystal structure is

(a) tin
(b) sodium chloride
(c) aluminum
(d) germanium

3. The condition for minimum potential energy between two atoms, is

(a) n > m
(b) n+m = 0
(c) m > n
(d) n = m

4. If the atoms or molecules in a solid are periodically at regular spacings in three dimensions then that solid is known
as

(a) metallic solid

(b) non-metallic solid
(c) Amorphous solid
(d) Crystalline solid

5. For mono-clinic crystal system, the lattice parameters are

(a) a = b = c; α = β = γ = 90o
(b) a 6= b 6= c; α = β = 90o 6= g
(c) a 6= b = c; α = β = γ = 90o
(d) a = b = c; α = β = γ 6= 90o
6. There is only one Bravias lattice for the crystal system of
(a) Monoclinic
(b) Cubic
(c) Tetragonal
(d) Triclinic
7. The crystal structure which has the highest packing factor is
(a) BCC
(b) Diamond
(c) SC
(d) FCC
8. The lattice parameter of a simple cubie structure is 3.6 nm. The radius of the atoms with which the crystal is
composed, is equal to
(a) 3.6 nm
(b) 1.8 nm
(c) 7.2 nm
(d) 0.9 nm

9. If the lattice parameter a = 1.25 nm for a BCC structure, the nearest neighbour distance, is
(a) 0.44 nm
(b) 0.88 nm
(c) 1.08 nm
(d) 0.54 nm
10. If the lattice parameter a = 3.2 nm, for an FCC structure, the atomic radius is

(a) 0.44 nm
(b) 4.53 nm
(c) 1.13 nm
(d) 2.26 nm

11. If ‘x’ is the lattice parameter of a diamond structure, the number of atoms per unit volume is

(a) 4/x3
(b) 2/x3
(c) 8/x3
(d) 1/x3

12. Zinc blende structure is almost identical to

(a) NaCl structure

(b) KCl structure
(c) diamond structure
(d) CsC1 structure

13. The bond energy of NaCl molecule is

(a) 6.5 eV
(b) 5.5 eV
(c) 3.5 eV
(d) 4.5 eV

14. The coordinates of chlorine ion in CsCl structure are

(a) 1/2, 1/2, 1/2

(b) 1, 1, 1
(c) 2, 2, 2
(d) 0, 0, 1

15. Miller indices of the plane parallel to Z axis is

(a) (001)
(b) (101)
(c) (111)
(d) (110)

16. The direction opposite to [102] is

(a) [2 0 1]
(b) [1 0 2]
(c) [2 0 1]
(d) [2 0 4]

17. In a simple cubic lattice d100 : d110 : d111 is

(a) 61/2 : 31/2 : 21/2

(b) 61/2 : 31/2 : 41/2
(c) 6: 3: 2
(d) 6: 3: 21/2

18. The velocity of X-rays is equal to

(a) The velocity of sound at 100o C in air

(b) The velocity of sound at 0o C in air
(c) The velocity of sound at 30o C in air
(d) The velocity of light

19. The Bragg’s law for constructive interference is

(a) nλ = 2d sin θ
(b) 2d = nλ sin θ
(c) d = 2λ
(d) nd = 2 λ sin θ

20. Using X-ray powder diffraction the can be determined

(a) Size of atom

(b) Size of crystal
(c) Interatomic distance
(d) Interplanar distance