1.

The number of valence electrons in a chlorine atom is

(a) 5
(b) 8
(c) 6
(d) 7

2. Ionic compounds are

(a) soft
(b) weak
(c) ductile
(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) = (-a/rm ) + (b/rn )

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

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

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

5. For mono-clinic crystal system, the lattice parameters are

(a) a 6= b = c; α = β = γ = 90o
(b) a = b = c; α = β = γ 6= 90o
(c) a 6= b 6= c; α = β = 90o 6= g
(d) a = b = c; α = β = γ = 90o
6. One of the following crystal systems having the highest Bravais lattices, is
(a) cubic
(b) tetragonal
(c) trigonal
(d) orthorhombic
7. The packing factor of BCC structure is
(a) 68%
(b) 34%
(c) 52%
(d) 74%
8. If one of the lattice parameters α = 90o for a cubic structure, β is equal to
(a) 45o
(b) 30o
(c) 60o
(d) 90o

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

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

10. Co-ordination number is maximum for one of the following structures.

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

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

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

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

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

13. The structure of solid NaCl is

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

14. The coordination number of CsCl is

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

15. The Miller indices of the plane parallel to X-axis and Y-axis are

(a) (1 1 1)
(b) (0 0 1)
(c) (1 0 0)
(d) (0 1 0)

16. The direction of the body diagonal ( 1 1 1 ) of a cubic cell is given by

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

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

(a) 61/2 : 31/2 : 41/2

(b) 6: 3: 21/2
(c) 6: 3: 2
(d) 61/2 : 31/2 : 21/2

18. If the path difference between the X-rays reflectd by successive crystal planes is n λ where n=1,2,3 ............ then
the intensity of each diffracted ray is
(a) maximum
(b) negative
(c) zero
(d) minimum

19. In 2d Sin θ = nλ, n is the

(a) Line of the spectrum

(b) number of lines on grating
(c) Grating element
(d) Order of the diffraction pattern

20. In powder technique of X-ray diffraction, Bragg reflection takes place

(a) Only at perpendicular crystal planes

(b) Only at parallel crystal planes
(c) Only at certain crystal planes
(d) At all possible diffraction planes