1.

Bonding or Cohesive energy of a molecule is defined as

(a) The amount of energy liberated by a molecule
(b) The amount of energy absorbed when a chemical bond is formed between the atoms
(c) The amount of energy possessed by a molecule
(d) The amount of energy required to separate the atoms of a molecule to infinite distance

2. Covalent compounds are

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

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

4. Glass is an example of

(a) Polycrystalline solid

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

5. Tetragonal crystal system is represented by

(a) a 6= b 6= c, α 6= β 6= γ 6= 90o
(b) a 6= b 6= c, α = β = γ 6= 90o
(c) a = b = c, α = β = γ = 90o
(d) a = b 6= c, α= β = γ = 90o
6. One of the following crystal systems having the highest Bravais lattices, is
(a) cubic
(b) tetragonal
(c) orthorhombic
(d) trigonal
7. The crystal structure with the highest packing factor is
(a) BCC
(b) SC
(c) HCP
(d) Diamond
8. The coordination number of simple cubic structure 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 3 2
√
(b) a 2
(c) a
√
(d) a 2

10. Number of atoms present in FCC unit cell is

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

11. Diamond is an example of

(a) metallic bond

(b) covalent bond
(c) van der Waals bond
(d) ionic bond

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

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

13. The structure of solid NaCl is

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

14. The Bravais lattice of CsCl is

(a) body centered cubic

(b) simple cubic
(c) face centered cubic
(d) base centered cubic

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

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

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

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

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

(a) a
√
(b) a 3
√
(c) a 2
(d) a/2

18. The X-rays are part of

(a) Electromagnetic spectrum

(b) Infrared spectrum
(c) Visible spectrum
(d) Nuclear radiation

19. If monochromatic X-rays of wave length ‘λ’ incident at an angle ‘q’ on a parallel set of crystal planes of separation
‘d’, the Bragg’s law for constructive interference is

(a) d sinθ = nλ
(b) 2d sinθ = nλ
(c) 2λ sinθ = nd
(d) λ sinθ = nd

20. Laue X-ray diffraction needs crystal in the form of

(a) a Polycrystalline solid

(b) Powder
(c) a single crystal
(d) a thin film