1.

Hydrogen bond is an example for

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

2. The metals possess high thermal and electrical conductivities because of

(a) charged particles
(b) free electron movement in lattice
(c) interaction between electrons and lattice ions
(d) repulsion between electrons

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

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

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

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

5. The lattice parameters of orthorhombic crystal system, are

(a) a = b = c, α = β = γ = 90o
6 b=
(b) a = 6 c, α = β = γ = 90o
(c) a 6= b 6= c, α 6= β 6= γ 6= 90o
(d) a 6= b 6= c, α = β = γ 6= 90o
6. A substance with face centered cubic lattice has density 3.25 Kg/m3 and molecular weight 30.1. Its lattice constant
is (Avogadro’s number = 6.02 × 1023 per mol)
(a) 6 AU
(b) 2 AU
(c) 8 AU
(d) 4 AU
7. Atomic packing factor of diamond structure is
(a) 0.34
(b) 0.52
(c) 0.74
(d) 0.68
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. If the lattice parameter a = 1.50 nm for a BCC structure, the atomic radius is
(a) 1.06 nm
(b) 0.65 nm
(c) 1.30 nm
(d) 0.53 nm

10. If the nearest neighbour distance of an FCC structure is 2.00 nm, then the lattice parameter is
(a) 0.71 nm
(b) 2.13 nm
(c) 2.83 nm
(d) 1.42 nm

11. The total number of atoms per unit cell in diamond structure is

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

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

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

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

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

14. The basis of CsCl has one Cl− ion at ( 21 , 12 , 12 ) and Cs+ ion at

(a) (1/4,1/4,1/4)
(b) (O,O,O)
(c) (1/3,1/3,1/3)
(d) (1/2,1/2,1/2)

15. The plane (100) is parallel to

(a) X and Y axis

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

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

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

17. The interplanar separation for a set of planes (100) of a cubic crystal with lattice parameter ‘a’, is

(a) a/2
√
(b) a 3
(c) a
√
(d) a 2
18. The crystal structure can be determine by

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

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) 2
(c) 4
(d) 10

20. In the Laue method

(a) Radioactive rays are used

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