1.

The ionization energy of sodium atom is

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

2. Covalent compounds are

(a) Hard and brittle
(b) soft and transparent
(c) insulators
(d) soluble in polar solvents like water

3. The expression for cohesive energy is

−a
(a) Umin = rom
(m + n)
= r−a 1+ m


(b) Umin m n
o

= rm n1 − m1
a


(c) Umin
o
−a
= rm 1 − m


(d) Umin n
o

4. Glass is an example of

(a) Crystalline solid

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

5. Tetragonal crystal system is represented by

(a) a 6= b 6= c, α = β = γ 6= 90o
(b) a = b = 6 c, α= β = γ = 90o
(c) a 6= b 6= c, α 6= β 6= γ 6= 90o
(d) a = b = c, α = β = γ = 90o
6. One of the following crystal systems having the highest Bravais lattices, is

(a) cubic
(b) trigonal
(c) tetragonal
(d) orthorhombic
7. Highest packing factor occurs in
(a) Simple cubic crystals
(b) Body centre cubic crystal
(c) Face centre cubic crystal
(d) Diamond
8. An example for simple cubie structure, is
(a) Sodium
(b) Zinc
(c) Polonium
(d) Aluminium
9. The coordination number in BCC structure is
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 8
10. The coordination number in FCC structure is
(a) four
(b) nine
(c) twelve
(d) six

11. Diamond is an example of

(a) van der Waals bond

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

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

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

13. In a unit cell of NaCl, if ‘a’ is the lattice parameter the distance between the nearest like ions, is
a
(a) 2
(b) a
(c) √a
2
(d) √a
3

14. The coordination number of CsCl is

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

15. The planes (100) and (010) are

(a) Parallel
(b) Opposite
(c) intersecting at an angle 60o
(d) Perpendicular

16. The direction of the crystal plane ( 2 1 1 ) is indicated by

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

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

(a) a
√
(b) a 2
a
(c) /2
√
(d) a 3

18. Wavelength of radiation is comparable to the lattice constant of the crystal in

(a) Fraunhofar diffraction

(b) X-ray diffraction
(c) Fresnel diffraction
(d) Any diffraction

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) 4
(b) 5
(c) 10
(d) 2

20. The wrong statement among the following is

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

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