1.

Hydrogen bond is an example for

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

2. Covalent compounds are

(a) insulators
(b) Hard and brittle
(c) soluble in polar solvents like water
(d) soft and transparent

3. At equilibrium condition a diatomic molecule possesses

(a) Maximum potential energy
(b) Minimum potential energy
(c) Maximum energy
(d) zero potential energy

4. An array of points in space such that the environment about each point is same, is called as

(a) Basis vector

(b) Lattice
(c) Super lattice
(d) Space lattice

5. One of the conditions for a crystal to be cubic is

6 90o
(a) α 6= β 6= γ =
(b) α =6 β and γ = 90o
(c) α =β = γ = 90o
(d) α = β and γ 6= 90o
6. Total number of Bravais lattices, is

(a) 21
(b) 8
(c) 7
(d) 14
7. The packing factor is defined as the ratio of

(a) the number of all atoms in the unit cell to the volume of the unit cell
(b) the volume of the unit cell to the number of atoms
(c) the volume of all atoms in the unit cell to the volume of the unit cell
(d) the volume of the unit cell to the volume of all the atoms
8. The number of atoms per unit cell of a simple cubic structure is
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 3
9. In BCC structure the total number of atoms per unit cell is
(a) 2
(b) 1
(c) 4
(d) 8
10. Co-ordination number is maximum for one of the following structures.
(a) BCC
(b) Diamond
(c) FCC
(d) SC

11. The bonding in diamond is

(a) metallic
(b) ionic
(c) covalent
(d) dipole

12. The number of sulphide atoms in the unit cell of zinc sulphide crystal is

(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 6

13. The structure of solid NaCl is

(a) BCC
(b) HCP
(c) FCC
(d) Simple Cubic

14. CsCl structure is almost identical to

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

15. If (3, 2, 6) are the Miller indices of a plane the intercepts made by the plane on the three crystallographic axes are

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

16. The body diagonal of a cubic cell is given as

(a) [1 1 1]
(b) [1 1 2]
(c) [1 1 0]
(d) [1 1 3]

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

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

(a) Wavelength of radiation is much larger than interplanar separation

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

19. The longest wavelength of X-rays which produce diffraction, when incident on crystal planes of spacing 1 A.U. is

(a) 1 A.U
(b) 4 A.U
(c) 3 A.U
(d) 2 A.U

20. In powder technique of X-ray diffraction, the specimen is taken

(a) On a metal foil of non-diffracting material

(b) In a beaker of non-diffracting material
(c) In a small capillary tube of non-diffracting material
(d) On a glass plate of non-diffracting material