1.

The energy required to remove an electron from Na atom is

(a) 5.1 ergs
(b) 5.1 eV
(c) 5.1 Joules
(d) 5.1 MeV

2. A covalently bonded crystal, among the following, is

(a) MgO
(b) SiO
(c) KBr
(d) NaCl

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

4. Glass is an example of

(a) Amorphous solid

(b) Polycrystalline solid
(c) Crystalline solid
(d) Semi-Solid

5. If a = b 6= c, α = β = γ = 90o the crystal is

(a) Tetragonal
(b) Triclinic
(c) Orthorhombic
(d) Cubic
6. There are four Bravais lattices for the crystal system of

(a) Orthorhombic
(b) Cubic
(c) Monoclinic
(d) Hexagonal
7. The crystal structure which has the highest packing factor is

(a) BCC
(b) FCC
(c) SC
(d) Diamond
8. The coordination number of simple cubic structure is
(a) 4
(b) 6
(c) 8
(d) 12
9. The number of atoms per unit cell of a BCC structure is
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 2
(d) 1
10. The number of atoms per unit cell in the case of FCC, is
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 3

11. Diamond is an example of

(a) van der Waals bond

(b) metallic bond
(c) ionic bond
(d) covalent bond

12. The unit cell of ZnS structure has

(a) 2 Zn atoms 2 S atoms

(b) 4 Zn atoms 2 S atoms
(c) 8 Zn atoms 2 S atoms
(d) 4 Zn atoms 4 S atoms

13. The lattice parameters of NaCl crystal system are

(a) a = b = c; α = β = γ = 90o
(b) a = b = c; α = β = γ 6= 90o
6 β 6= γ 6= 90o
(c) a = b = c; α =
6 b=
(d) a = 6 c; α = β = γ = 90o

14. The crystal structure of CsCl

(a) body centered

(b) simple cubic
(c) Base centered
(d) face centred

15. Crystal planes and directions can be represented by a set of small integers

(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 3
(d) 0

16. [2 1 1] is the direction that connects the origin (0 0 0) and the point

(a) (1 1/2 1/2 )

(b) (1 1 2)
(c) (1 2 2)
(d) (1/2 1 1)

17. The distance between a set of parallel planes of Miller Indices (1 1 1) is a tetragonal crystal having a=b=1.0 nm
and c=1.5nm, is
q
(a) 3/8 nm
√
(b) 3 nm
q
(c) 8/3
√
(d) 1 3

18. In X-ray diffraction the crystal is acting as a

(a) three dimensional grating

(b) prism
(c) glass plate
(d) two dimensional grating

19. The order of diffraction when X-rays of wavelength 1.08 A. U. diffracted at an angle 300 from the crystal planes of
spacing 3.24 A.U. is

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

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

(a) In a small capillary tube of non-diffracting material

(b) On a glass plate of non-diffracting material
(c) In a beaker of non-diffracting material
(d) On a metal foil of non-diffracting material