Unit 1
Unit 1
Unit 1
(a) Crystal
(b) Lattice
(c) Unit cell
(d) Miller indices
8 The angle between [111] and [11⎯2] directions in a cubic crystal is (in degrees)
(a) 0
(b) 45
(c) 90
(d) 180
9 How do crystals and amorphous solids differ?
(a) Crystals have poorly formed patterns and amorphous solids do not.
(b) Crystals produce regular shaped fragments when shattered and amorphous solids do
not.
(c) Crystals have particles that are separated by irregular distances and amorphous solids do
(d) Crystals have broad melting point ranges and amorphous solids do not.
10 Which unit cell has eight atoms located in the corners, has sides that are all the same length,
and has angles of only 90 degree ?
(a) Body-centered cubic unit cell
(b) Triclinic unit cell
(c) Face-centered cubic unit cell
(d) Simple cubic unit cell
11 Copper has a face-centered cubic unit cell. How many copper atoms are in each unit cell?
(a) 6
(b) 4
(c) 8
(d) 2
15 Intercepts of a plane in crystal is given by a, b/2, 2c in a simple cubic unit cell, Miller indices
are,
(a) (1 3 2)
(b) (2 14)
(c) (1 2 3)
(d) (3 6 1)
16 The miller indices of plane parallel to x and y axes are
(a) (1 0 0)
(b) (0 1 0)
(c) (1 1 1)
(d) (0 0 1)
23 What is the second nearest neighbour distance in FCC whose conventional unit cell parameter is
“a”
(a) a
(b) 2a
(c) a/2
(d) a/4
24 Lattice constant of a BCC crystal is 0.36nm.Its atomic radius is
(a) 0.08nm
(b) 0.16nm
(c) 0.14nm
(d) 0.10nm
26 (3 2 6) is the miller indices of a plane,the intercept made by the plane on the crystallographic
axis are
(a) (a, b,c)
(b) (2a,3b,c)
(c) (a,3b,2c)
(d) None of the above
28 For a NaCl crystal, the cell edge a=0.563nm.The smallest angle at which bragg reflection can
occur corresponds to a set of planes whose indices are
(a) [200]
(b) [110]
(c) [100]
(d) [111]
(a) √6 : √3 : √2
(b) √6 : √3 : √4
(c) 6:3: √2
(d) 6:3:2
36 Assembly of atoms is
(a) Basis
(b) Motif
(c) Both (a)and (b)
(d) None of the above
39 Which of the following statements is not true about Hexagonal close packing?
(a) The coordination number is 12
(b) It has 74% packing efficiency
(c) Tetrahedral voids of the second layer are covered by the spheres of the third layer
(d) In this arrangement spheres of the fourth layer are exactly aligned with those of the first
layer
40 In the process of the Czochralski method, which of the following relations is appropriate
between the melt and the growing crystals?
(a) Melt and the growing crystals are usually not related to each other
(b) Melt and the growing crystals are usually rotated counterclockwise
(c) Melt and the growing crystals are usually rotated clockwise
43 What is the disadvantage of using a solution growth method for the growth of the crystals?
(a) Rapid growth rates
(b) Simple apparatus
(c) Slow growth rates
(d) Isothermal conditions
47
Which of the following statements about allotropes of carbon is incorrect?
(a) Diamond is more dense than graphite
(b) Diamond is metastable.
(c) Graphite is an electrical conductor but the conductivity is direction-dependent.
(d) None of the above
48 Principle behind the working of X-ray diffraction technique is
(a) Scattering
(b) Interference
(c) Diffraction
(d) Reflection