1.

The kind of force between atoms in a solid

(a) neutral forces
(b) repulsive forces only
(c) attractive forces only
(d) both attractive and repulsive forces

2. Ionic compounds are

(a) ductile
(b) weak
(c) soft
(d) strong

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) = arm - brn

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

4. The structure of unit cell for most of the crystals is

(a) Parallelopiped
(b) Elliptical
(c) Spherical
(d) Cylindrical

5. The lattice parameters of Rhombohedral system are

(a) a = b = c, α = β = γ 6= 900
(b) a = b = c, α = β 6= γ = 900
(c) a 6= b = c, α = β = γ 6= 900
(d) a = b 6= c, α = β = γ = 900
6. The relation between density ρ, lattice parameter a, molecular weight M, number of atoms per unit cell n and
Avogadro number N is
(a) M/N = ρa3
(b) ρa3 = nM/N
(c) MN = na
(d) ρa3 = nN/M

7. The atomic packing factor of FCC crystal is

(a) 0.68
(b) 0.52
(c) 0.74
(d) 0.34

8. The coordination number of polonium is

(a) 12
(b) 6
(c) 8
(d) 4

9. If ‘a’ is the side of a BCC cell, then the nearest neighbour distance is
(a) a
√
(b) a 2
√
(c) a 2
√ 
(d) a 3 2
10. Highly close packed structure is

(a) Polinium
(b) SC
(c) BCC
(d) FCC

11. The coordination number of diamond is

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

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

(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 8
(d) 1

13. Madelung constant of NaCl is

(a) 1.75
(b) 1.58
(c) 1.85
(d) 5.17

14. The crystal structure of CsCl

(a) Base centered

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

15. The plane in a crystalline solid intercepts the crystal axes at (2a, b, c) then what are it’s Miller indices?

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

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

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

17. In a simple cubic lattice d100 : d110 : d111 is

√ √
(a) 1 : 1 2 : 1 3
(b) 3 : 2 : 1
(c) 6 : 3 : 2
(d) 1 : √12 : √2
3

18. The velocity of X-rays is equal to

(a) The velocity of sound at 0o C in air

(b) The velocity of sound at 100o C in air
(c) The velocity of light
(d) The velocity of sound at 30o C in air

19. In 2d Sin θ = nλ, n is the

(a) number of lines on grating

(b) Order of the diffraction pattern
(c) Grating element
(d) Line of the spectrum

20. The wrong statement among the following is

(a) in Laue method monochromatic X-ray beam is used

(b) in rotating crystal method monochromatic X-ray beam is used
(c) in powder method monochromatic X-ray beam is used
(d) in Laue method white X-radiation is used