1.

The kind of force between atoms in a solid

(a) both attractive and repulsive forces
(b) neutral forces
(c) repulsive forces only
(d) attractive forces only

2. The bond between positive ion and the negative ion is

(a) Co-ordinate Covalent Bond
(b) Covalent Bond
(c) Ionic Bond
(d) Metallic Bond

3. The potential energy at infinite internuclear separation of atoms is

(a) minimum
(b) infinity
(c) Zero
(d) maximum

4. The number of lattice points in a primitive cell is

(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 1
(d) 4

5. The number of lattice parameters required to define a crystal structure is

(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 6
(d) 12
6. Total number of Bravais lattices, is

(a) 14
(b) 8
(c) 7
(d) 21
7. Highest packing factor occurs in

(a) Body centre cubic crystal

(b) Face centre cubic crystal
(c) Diamond
(d) Simple cubic crystals
8. If one of the lattice parameters α = 90o for a cubic structure, β is equal to
(a) 90o
(b) 60o
(c) 45o
(d) 30o
9. If the lattice parameter a = 1.25 nm for a BCC structure, the nearest neighbour distance, is
(a) 1.08 nm
(b) 0.88 nm
(c) 0.44 nm
(d) 0.54 nm
10. Highly close packed structure is
(a) BCC
(b) Polinium
(c) FCC
(d) SC

11. The coordination number of diamond is

(a) four
(b) seven
(c) five
(d) six

12. The Bravais lattice of ZnS is

(a) simple cubic

(b) body centered cubic
(c) hexagonal close packed
(d) face centered cubic

13. If ro is the equilibrium spacing, the potential energy (V) of NaCl molecule is given by the relation

(a) V = −e/4πεo ro
(b) V = −e2 /4πεo ro
(c) V = e2 /4πεo ro2
(d) V = e/4πεo ro

14. CsCl structure is almost identical to

(a) KCl
(b) CuCl
(c) LiHg
(d) NaCl

15. The Miller indices of a plane parallel to Y-axis and having X and Z intercepts at 3 and 2 are

(a) (3 0 2)
(b) (2 0 3)
(c) (2 0 3 )
(d) ( 3 0 2 )

16. The direction opposite to [102] is

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

17. If (h k l) are the Miller indices of a plane in a cubic crystal of lattice constant “a”. The separation between the
parallel planes relating to (h k l) is

(a) a / h. k. l
(b) a/(h + k + 1)
(c) a/(h2 + k2 + 12 )
p
(d) a/ (h2 + k 2 + 12 )

18. Why crystal lattice is suitable for X-ray diffraction?

(a) Wavelength of the radiation is high

(b) Wavelength of the radiation is comparable to interplanar separation
(c) Wavelength of radiation is much larger than interplanar separation
(d) Wavelength of the radiation is very small

19. If X-rays with λ=1 A.U. be incident on a family of parallel planes with d=2.5 A.U., the maximum number of order
that can be observed is

(a) 5
(b) 10
(c) 2
(d) 4

20. In the powder pattern of X-ray diffraction of a cubic crystal

(a) the first order reflections of (200) planes and second order reflection of (100) planes coincide
(b) the third order reflections do not occur
(c) the second order reflections do not occur
(d) the first order reflection lines of (300) planes and first order of (110) planes coincide