1.

At equilibrium interatomic spacing, the binding force is

(a) Minimum
(b) Infinity
(c) Maximum
(d) Zero

2. The material which has covalent bond is

(a) NaCl
(b) Na
(c) Ge
(d) Al

3. 4.4 eV of energy is required to break one H-Cl bond. This is equal to

(a) 7.04 × 10−19 ergs
(b) 3.52 × 10−19 J
(c) 3.52 × 10−19 ergs
(d) 7.04 × 10−19 J

4. The total number of crystal systems which are possible in solids, is

(a) 4
(b) 7
(c) 8
(d) 6

5. The lattice parameters of orthorhombic crystal system, are

6 90o
(a) a 6= b 6= c, α = β = γ =
(b) a =6 b= 6 c, α = β = γ = 90o
(c) a = b = c, α = β = γ = 90o
(d) a 6= b 6= c, α 6= β 6= γ 6= 90o
6. One of the following crystal systems having the highest Bravais lattices, is

(a) tetragonal
(b) trigonal
(c) cubic
(d) orthorhombic
7. The atomic packing factor of FCC crystal is

(a) 0.68
(b) 0.74
(c) 0.52
(d) 0.34
8. The length of a body diagonal of a cubic structure having 6 AU lattice parameter is
(a) 6 AU
√
(b) 6 3 AU
(c) 9AU
√
(d) 6 2 AU
9. If the lattice parameter a = 1.25 nm for a BCC structure, the nearest neighbour distance, is
(a) 0.54 nm
(b) 1.08 nm
(c) 0.88 nm
(d) 0.44 nm
10. If the nearest neighbour distance of an FCC structure is 2.00 nm, then the lattice parameter is
(a) 2.83 nm
(b) 0.71 nm
(c) 1.42 nm
(d) 2.13 nm

11. Diamond is an example of

(a) metallic bond

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

12. Coordination number is the

(a) Number of atoms per unit cell

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

13. The number of molecules in a unit cell of NaCl crystal is

(a) 4
(b) 8
(c) 2
(d) 6

14. The crystal structure of CsCl

(a) simple cubic

(b) Base centered
(c) body centered
(d) face centred

15. Crystal planes and directions can be represented by a set of small integers

(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 5
(d) 0

16. The direction that connects the origin and (1/3, 1/3, 2/3) point is

(a) [3 2 2]
(b) [1 1 2]
(c) [2 1 1]
(d) [3 3 3]

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

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

18. The crystal structure can be determine by

(a) Optical diffraction

(b) X-ray diffraction
(c) Interference
(d) Polarization

19. In 2d Sin θ = nλ, n is the

(a) Grating element

(b) Line of the spectrum
(c) Order of the diffraction pattern
(d) number of lines on grating

20. X-ray powder method is usually carried for

(a) any material

(b) polycrystalline materials
(c) crystalline materials
(d) amorphous materials