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Topic Wise Test

Topic: Condensed Matter Physics (Crystal Structure)
(Full Marks: 80)
Time: 1:00 Hour
There will be negative marking of 25% for each wrong answer.
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Q1. The Miller indices of a plane that makes intercept of 2 A,3A, 4 A on the coordinate axes
of an orthorhombic crystal with a : b : c = 4: 3: 2 is
(a) ( 241) (b) ( 421) (c) (124 ) (d) ( 234 )

Q2. A plane makes intercept of 1A0 and 1A0 along the x and y axes of cubic crystal while

1 1 1
coordinates of its third vertex is  , ,  A0 . The miler indices of the plane is
2 2 2
(a) 101 (b) 210 (c) 212 (d) 110
Q 3. The lengths of the intercepts made by the plane (123) x -axis in BaCl2 crystal with
0 0 0
a = 6.69 A, b = 10.86 A and if the plane cut an intercept of 7.15A along the z - axis is
0 0 0 0
(a) 20.1A (b) 16.29 A (c) 7.15 A (d) 6.24 A
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Q4. A plane makes intercept of 5 A, 4 A and 3A on the crystallographic axes of orthorhombic
crystal whose lattice parameter are in ratio of a : b : c = 1: 2: 3 . The Miller indices of this plane is
(a) ( 5 2 1) (b) ( 2 5 10 ) (c) (1 2 5) (d) ( 5 4 3)

Q 5. In crystallographic notation the OP in the cubic cell in the figure is [JAM material]
z
(a)  221 a P

(b) 12 2  a
2
(c) 12 1  O
y
(d)  2 21
x

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Q6. The lattice constant of Cu ( FCC ) is 2.5 A . Then the volume of its primitive cell is
3 3
0 0
(a) 6.2  A  (b) 3.9  A 
   
3 3
0 0
(c) 7.5  A  (d) 5.0  A 
   
Q7. A simple cubic with lattice parameter ‘ a ’ undergoes transition into a tetragonal structure
with lattice parameters at = bt = 3a and ct = 3a , below a certain temperature. The ratio

of the interplanar spacing of (1 1 1) planes for the cubic and the tetragonal structure is

7 3 1 7 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 7 3 3 8

Q 8: Metallic Copper is known to form crystal and the lattice constant is measured from X-ray
diffraction studies to be about 0.36nm. If the specific gravity of the copper is 8.96 and the
atomic weight is 63.5 amu, one can conclude that
(a) the crystal are of simple cubic type
(b) the crystal are of body centered cubic type
(c) the crystal are of face centered cubic type
(d) the crystal are a mixture of FCC and BCC types
Q9. The density of  -Iron is 7860 kg / m3 and atomic weight is 55.85 amu . The radius of
atoms in  -iron, which has a BCC structure is
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(a) 2.87 A (b) 1.24 A (c) 2.48 A (d) 4.9 A
Q 10. The ratio of the atomic density of plane (111) to plane (100 ) in BCC crystal is

(a) 0.35 (b) 0.43 (c) 0.58 (d) 0.74

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Q 11. Atoms are arranged in a three-dimensional simple hexagonal structure. If atomic radius is
r , then packing fraction of this structure is
 
(a) (b)
3 2 3 3
3 2
(c) (d)
16 3 3
Q 12. Consider a box of volume 1.0 m3 filled with balls of diameter 1.0 mm . If we pack the
balls in a FCC , lattice, the number of balls that can get into the box are
(a) 1.0 109 (b) 1.2  109 (c) 1.4  109 (d) 2.0 109
Q 13. Circular disks of radius r are arranged in closely packed manner in infinitely extended
two dimension space in such a way that distance between centers of disks is 2r . The
packing fraction of such arrangement is
   
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 3 2 3 2 3
Q14. Which of the following statements is correct for CsCl crystal structure?
(a) It is base centered cubic lattice with one atom basis
(b) It is a simple cubic lattice with two atom basis
(c) It is a body centered cubic lattice with two atom basis
(d) It is a body-centered cubic lattice with one atom basis
Q 15. The crystal structure of Zinc Sulphide (ZnS) is:
a  
(a) HCP with two atoms basis of (0 0 0) and i + j + k 
4 
a  
(b) HCP with two atom basis of (0 0 0) and i + j + k 
2 
a  
(c) FCC with two atoms basis of (0 0 0) and i + j + k 
2 
a   
(d) FCC with two atom basis of (0 0 0) and i + j + k 
4 

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Q16. The ratio of the third-neighbour distance to the fourth-neighbour distance in an FCC
lattice is

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

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