1.

Hydrogen bond is an example for

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

2. The type of bonding in Ge is

(a) Covalent
(b) Hydrozen bond
(c) Metallic
(d) Ionic

3. Two atoms are separated by an infinite distance. The potential energy between them is
(a) Zero
(b) Minimum
(c) Maximum
(d) Infinite

4. In NaCl and CsCl, the basis is

(a) Triatomic
(b) Diatomic
(c) Monoatomic
(d) a molecule

5. Triclinic crystal system is represented by

6 β 6= γ 6= 90o
(a) a 6= b 6= c; α =
(b) a = b = c; α = β = γ = 90o
(c) a = b = c; α = β = γ 6= 90o
(d) a 6= b 6= c; α = β = γ = 90o
6. The relation between density ρ, lattice parameter a, molecular weight M, number of atoms per unit cell n and
Avogadro number N is
(a) MN = na
(b) ρa3 = nM/N
(c) ρa3 = nN/M
(d) M/N = ρa3
7. Atomic packing factor of diamond structure is
(a) 0.74
(b) 0.34
(c) 0.52
(d) 0.68
8. The lattice constant of a simple cubic structure is 0.128 nm. The volume of the unit cell is
(a) 2.09 × 10−30 m3
(b) 2.08 × 10−29 m3
(c) 2.07 × 1029 m3
(d) 2.09 × 10−29 m3

9. If the lattice parameter a = 1.50 nm in the case of a BCC structure, the number of atoms per unit volume is
(a) 6.66 × 1026 per m3
(b) 5.93 × 1026 per m3
(c) 8.89 × 1026 per m3
(d) 13.33 × 1026 per m3

10. If the lattice parameter, a = 1.2 nm is the case of an FCC structure, the number of atoms per unit volume is
(a) 2.78 × 1027 per m3
(b) 2.32 × 1027 per m3
(c) 3.33 × 1027 per m3
(d) 1.93 × 1027 per m3

11. Diamond lattice is formed as

(a) FCC lattice

(b) Two SC lattices interpenetrate along body diagonal
(c) Two FCC lattices interpenetrate along body diagonal
(d) Two BCC lattices interpenetrate along body diagonal

12. The compound GaAs has the structure identical to that of

(a) NaCl
(b) KCl
(c) ZnS
(d) MgO

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

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

14. The coordination number of CsCl is

(a) 4
(b) 6
(c) 12
(d) 8

15. A plane parallel to one of the coordinate axes has an intercept at infinity, then the respective number of Miller
indices is
(a) Infinite
(b) two
(c) Zero
(d) One

16. The direction of the body diagonal ( 1 1 1 ) of a cubic cell is given by

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

17. The distance between a set of parallel planes of Miller indices (1 1 1) in a cubic crystal having edge ‘a’ is
a
(a) 3
√
(b) 3
√
(c) a 2
(d) √a
3

18. The wavelength of X-rays is

(a) Less than ultraviolet rays

(b) Within visible region
(c) Less than infrared rays
(d) Greater than ultraviolet rays

19. The relation 2d sinθ = nλ is known as

(a) Bragg’s law

(b) Curie’s law
(c) Snell’s law
(d) Coulomb’s law

20. In the Laue method

(a) Radioactive rays are used

(b) Monochromatic X-rays are used
(c) Continuous beam of X-rays is used
(d) Visible light is used