1.

Hydrogen bond is an example for

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

2. The material which has covalent bond is

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

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

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

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

(a) Amorphous solid

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

5. The lattice parameters of a certain crystal system are abc and abg . Identify the crystal system.

(a) tetragonal
(b) trigonal
(c) triclinic
(d) hexagonal
6. If n1 , n2 and n3 are integers and a , b and c are fundamental translation vectors, then the translation vector for
three dimensional lattice can be written as
(a) T = a − b−c
(b) T = n1 + n2 + n3
(c) T = a + b + c
(d) T = n1 a + n2 b + n3 c

7. The packing factor of diamond is

(a) 74%
(b) 52%
(c) 68%
(d) 34%

8. The length of a body diagonal of a cubic structure having 6 AU lattice parameter is

√
(a) 6 3 AU
(b) 6 AU
√
(c) 6 2 AU
(d) 9AU

9. In a body centered cubic structure the length of unit cell edge (a) in terms of the radius (r) of the atom is
√
(a) a = 4r 3
(b) a = 2r
√
(c) a = 8r 3
√
(d) a = 4r 2

10. If the nearest neighbour distance of an FCC structure is 2.00 nm, then the lattice parameter is

(a) 1.42 nm
(b) 2.13 nm
(c) 0.71 nm
(d) 2.83 nm

11. The relation between the lattice parameter (x) and the atomic radius (r) in the case of diamond structure is
√
(a) 8r = x 3
(b) 2r = x
√
(c) 4r =x 2
√
(d) 4r = x 3

12. The compound which has cubie ZnS structure is

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

13. If 0.64 nm is the inter-ionic distance of NaCl crystal the lattice parameter is

(a) 0.56 nm
(b) 0.14 nm
(c) 1.28 nm
(d) 2.62 nm

14. The Bravais lattice of CsCl is

(a) base centered cubic

(b) simple cubic
(c) body centered cubic
(d) face centered cubic

15. The plane (100) is parallel to

(a) Y and Z axis

(b) X axis
(c) X and Y axis
(d) X and Z axis

16. Crystal directions are indicated by

(a) [h, k, l]
(b) [h k l]
(c) h k l
(d) (h k l)

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 velocity of X-rays is equal to

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

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

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

(a) Bragg’s law

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

20. X-ray powder method is usually carried for

(a) amorphous materials

(b) crystalline materials
(c) polycrystalline materials
(d) any material