1.

The ionization energy of sodium atom is

(a) 6.0 eV
(b) 4.5 eV
(c) 3.6 eV
(d) 5.1 eV

2. One of the examples for covalent bond is

(a) NaCl
(b) H2 O
(c) HCl
(d) LiF

3. The relation for the potential energy U(r) of a diatom is

(where ‘r’ is the inter nuclear separation, n, m are positive numbers, and a, b are positive constants.)

(a) U(r) = (-a/rm ) + (b/rn )

(b) U(r) = (-a/rm ) - (b/rn )
(c) U(r) = arm - brn
(d) U(r) = -arm + brn

4. The group of atoms associated with a lattice point, is called

(a) lattice
(b) space lattice
(c) crystal
(d) basis

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

(a) Tetragonal
(b) Triclinic
(c) Cubic
(d) Orthorhombic
6. The total number of Bravais lattices possible in all seven crystal systems, is
(a) 7
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 14
7. The packing factor of BCC structure is
(a) 74%
(b) 68%
(c) 52%
(d) 34%
8. An example for simple cubie structure, is
(a) Sodium
(b) Aluminium
(c) Polonium
(d) Zinc

9. The number of atoms per unit cell of a BCC structure is

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

10. The number of atoms per unit cell in the case of FCC, is
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 1
(d) 2

11. The coordination number of diamond is

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

12. The Bravais lattice of ZnS is

(a) face centered cubic

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

13. The Bravais lattice of NaCl is

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

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

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

15. A plane intercepts at (a, b/2, 3c) in a simple cubic unit cell. The Miller indices of the plane are

(a) (3 6 1)
(b) (1 2 3)
(c) (2 6 1)
(d) (1 3 2)

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

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

17. The interplanar separation for a set of planes (221) of a cubic crystal with lattice parameter of 6 A.U. is

(a) 3 A.U.
(b) 2 A.U.
(c) 1 A.U.
(d) 6 A.U.

18. The crystal acts as a three-dimensional grating in

(a) Fraunhofar diffraction

(b) X-ray diffraction
(c) Fresnel diffraction
(d) Thomson’s experiment

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) 2 A.U
(d) 3 A.U

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

(a) the second order reflections do not occur

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