Nanotechnology MCQ’s

1. What’s the procedure in Top-down fabrication method?

a) Nano-particles -> Powder -> Bulk
b) Powder -> Bulk – > Nano-particles
c) Bulk -> Powder – > Nano-particles
d) Nano-particle – > Bulk -> Powder

2. Which of the following is an example of Bottom Up approach?

a) Attrition
b) Colloidal dispersion
c) Milling
d) Etching

3. For milling operations, what kind of environment is preferred?

a) Acidic
b) Basic
c) Active
d) Inert

4. What kind of metals are used for milling operations?

a) Soft and brittle
b) Soft and elastic
c) Hard and brittle
d) Hard and elastic
5. The following flow chart is for which method .

a) Milling
b) Attrition
c) Pattering
d) Microfabrication

6. CVD stands for ____________

a) Carbon vapour density
b) Chemical vapour density
c) Chemical vapour deposition
d) Carbon vapour deposition

7. Photolithography is a type of patterning technique.

a) True
b) False
8. Chemical solution deposition is also known as ____________
a) Sol-gel
b) CVD
c) Plasma spraying
d) Laser pyrolysis

9. Typical precursor used in sol-gel are ____________

a) Metal oxides
b) Metal dioxides
c) Metal alkoxides

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d) Metal fluorides
.The following is a bottom-up process .10

a) True
b) False
11. Particles of ZrO2, Y2O2 and Nano whiskers have been produced by __________
a) Sol-gel
b) CVC
c) Plasma spraying
d) Laser pyrolysis

12. Which gas serves as buffer gas in Laser ablation?

a) Nitrogen
b) Oxygen
c) Helium
d) Neon
13. Nanomaterials are the materials with at least one dimension measuring less than ___________
a) 1 nm
b) 10 nm
c) 100 nm
d) 1000 nm
14. A material with one dimension in Nano range and the other two dimensions are large is called ___________
a) Micro-material
b) Quantum wire
c) Quantum well
d) Quantum dot
15. The colour of the nano gold particles is ___________
a) Yellow
b) Orange
c) Red
d) Variable
16. The melting point of particles in nano form ___________
a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Remains same
d) Increases then decreases
17. The first talk about nano-technology was given by ___________
a) Albert Einstein
b) Newton
c) Gordon E. Moore
d) Richard Feynman
18. Which of the processes of materials was not described as Nanotechnology?
a) Separation
b) Creation
c) Processing
d) Consolidation
19. The initial tools used to help launch the nanoscience revolution were ___________
a) Binoculars
b) Microscope
c) Scanning probe instruments
d) Interferometer

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20. When semiconductors are reduced to nanometres they become pure conductors.
a) True
b) False
21. The major difference between the nano materials compared to the bulk form is the big fraction of the total
number of atoms on the surface.
a) True
b) False
22. The size of atoms is nearly ____________
a) 0.01 nm
b) 0.1 nm
c) 1 nm
d) 10 nm

23. The configuration of Buckminsterfullerene is ____________

a) 12 Hexagons and 22 Pentagons
b) 18 Hexagons and 15 Pentagon
c) 20 Hexagon and 12 Pentagon
d) 15 Hexagon and 15 Pentagon

24. C60 is soluble in ____________

a) Water
b) Ammonia
c) HCl
d) Benzene

25. CNTs stands for ____________

a) Carbon Nanotubes
b) Carbon Nanotechnology
c) Carbon Nanoscience and technology
d) Carbon Nine Technology

26. CNTs are capped on both ends with which carbon nanostructure?
a) Graphite
b) Diamond
c) C60
d) Benzene
27. For the synthesis of CNTs, the quartz tube is heated up to ____________
a) 1000℃
b) 1200℃
c) 1400℃
d) 1600℃
28. The metallic tubes have which kind of structure?
a) Armchair
b) Chiral
c) Boat
d) Achiral
29. The carbon tubes have high conductivity.
a) True
b) False
30. Carbon nanotubes display magnetoresistance at low temperature.
a) True
b) False

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31. Identify the process

a) Synthesis of C60
b) Synthesis of CNTs
c) Chemical vapour deposition
d) Carbon discharge

32. The main purpose of CNTs in fuel cells is ___________

a) Production of energy
b) Active medium
c) Catalyst
d) Storage
33. Carbon nanotubes are poor transmitters of electromagnetic radiations due to their ____________
a) High conductivity
b) Large surface area
c) High porosity
d) Chemical Stability

34. The four types of artificial nanomaterials are __________

a) Carbon-based, non-metallic, composites and ceramics
b) Carbon-based, metallic, composites and ceramics
c) Carbon-based, non-metallic, composites and dendrimers
d) Carbon-based, metallic, composites and dendrimers

35. Solution of pure buckminsterfullerene has a colour of ___________

a) Green
b) Purple
c) Pink
d) Yellow

36. Nano sized polymers built from branched units are called __________
a) Dendrimers
b) Composites
c) Carbon-based materials
d) Metal-based materials

37. Which property of nanoparticles provides a driving force for diffusion?

a) Optical Properties
b) High surface area to volume ratio
c) Sintering
d) There is no such property

38. The colour of the nano gold particles is __________

a) Yellow
b) Orange
c) Red
d) Variable

39. On both ends of the CNTs, which carbon nanostructure is placed?

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a) Graphite
b) Diamond
c) C60
d) Benzene

40. When semiconductors are reduced to nanometers they become pure conductors.
a) True
b) False

41. Quantum dots can be used in _________

a) Crystallography
b) Optoelectronics
c) Mechanics
d) Quantum physics

42. Vesicle is a type of __________

a) Nanostructure
b) Nanoparticle
c) Nanocrystal
d) Supramolecular system

43. In which of the following the atoms do not move from each other?
a) Shape memory alloys
b) Nano materials
c) Dielectrics
d) Static materials

44. Which of the following uses radio frequency to produce nano-particles?

a) Plasma arching
b) Chemical vapour deposition
c) Sol-gel technique
d) Electro deposition

45. Which of the following methods can be used to produce nano-powders of oxides?
a) Plasma arching
b) Sol-gel technique
c) Chemical vapour deposition
d) Mechanical crushing

46. Which of the following is used to make both nano-particles and nano-powders?
a) Chemical vapour deposition
b) Sol-gel technique
c) Plasma arching
d) Electro deposition

47. Which method can be used to prepare iron nitriles nano-crystals using ammonia gas?
a) Pulsed laser deposition
b) Sol-gel technique
c) Electro-deposition
d) Mechanical crushing

48. Nano-particles exhibit super plastic behaviour.

a) True
b) False
49. Which of the following is used to modify the optical properties of a material system?
a) Electricity
b) Magnetic field
c) Pressure
d) Light

50. Find the odd one out.

a) Frequency mixing
b) Second-harmonic generation
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c) Optical mixing
d) Raman and Rayleigh scattering

51. Which property of Nanomaterials make them suitable to be used for elimination of pollutants?
a) High purity
b) Better thermal conductivity
c) Enhanced chemical activity
d) Small size

52. Nano crystalline materials synthesised by sol-gel technique results in a foam like structures called ___________
a) Gel
b) Aerosol
c) Foam
d) Aerogel

53. Which nanomaterial is used for cutting tools?

a) Fullerene
b) Aerogel
c) Tungsten Carbide
d) Gold

54. Aerogels can hold more energy than the separators in batteries.
a) True
b) False
55. A Carbon monoxide sensor made of zirconia uses which characteristic to detect any change?
a) Capacitance
b) Resistivity
c) Activity
d) Permeability

56. Which components of an automobile are envisioned to be coated with zirconia?

a) Spark plugs
b) Liners
c) Tyres
d) Brakes

57. The main purpose of CNTs in fuel cells is __________

a) Production of energy
b) Active medium
c) Catalyst
d) Storage

58. Zirconia is a hard, brittle ___________

a) Metal
b) Non-metal
c) Composite
d) Ceramics

59. Nanoscale aluminium oxide increases the _________

a) Conductivity
b) Resistance
c) Ductility
d) Stability

60. Which one of the following is an example for semiconducting nanowires?

a) Nickel
b) Platinum
c) Silicon
d) All of the above
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61. The absorption and adsorption of molecules are fast and high in _________________ materials?
a) Nano materials
b) Bulk materials
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above
62. Which one of the following is an example for thermal properties of nanostructure?
a) Melting temperature
b) Absorption and scattering of light
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above
63. In which year does the scanning tunneling microscopy was invented?
a) 1999
b) 2003
c) 1934
d) 1981
64. Who discovered nanotubes?
a) Gerd Binning
b) Alex Zettl
c) PM Ajayan
d) Sumio Iijima
65. Who is the co-discover of the buckminsterfullerence?
a) Gerd Binning
b) Hary Kroto
c) PM Ajayan
d) Sumio Iijima
66. Who built the first molecular motor based on CNT?
a) Gerd Binning
b) Hary Kroto
c) PM Ajayan
d) Alex Zettl
67. Which one of the following is an example for electrical properties of nanostructure?
a) Melting temperature
b) Tunnelling current
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above
68. Which one of the following used in solar cells?
a) Carbon nanotubes
b) Nanorods
c) Nanobots
69. Which one of the following is an example for insulating nanowires?
a) Sio2
b) InP
c) Si
d) All of the above
70. The NEMS/MEMS, respirocytes, and microarrays are types of ___________ ?
a) Nano devices
b) Nanocrystalline nanoparticle
c) Nanostructured nanoparticle
d) None of the above
71. The nanostructures are categorized into ______________ types according to their dimensions?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
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 d) Four
72. Which one of the following is an example of zero-dimensional nanostructure?
a) Nanoparticles
b) Nanorods
c) Nanotubes
d) All of the above
73. Which one of the following is an advantage of nanotechnology?
a) Increased stability
b) Leakage of drug
c) Low solubility
d) All of the above
74. What is the standard form of TEM?
a) Transmission Electron Microscope
b) Transformer Electrode Microscope
c) Transceiver Electrical Microscope
d) None of the above
75. Which one of the following is an optical type nanosensor?
a) Proximity and ambient light
b) DNA interaction
c) Enzymatic interaction
d) All of the above
76. Who first produced nanostructured materials?
a) Gerd Binning
b) Alex Zettl
c) PM Ajayan
d) H. Gleiter
77. What is the standard form of AFM?
a) Automatic Force Microscope
b) Atomic Force Microscope
c) Atomic Force Micrometer
d) None of the above
78. Which one of the following is a characterization technique in carbon nanotubes?
a) TEM
b) SEM
c) AFM
d) All of the above
79. Which one of the following nanosensors measures the flux density?
a) Mechanical
b) Thermal
c) Magnetic
d) Chemical
80. Which one of the following nanosensors measures the wavelength?
a) Mechanical
b) Thermal
c) Magnetic
d) Optical
81. The range of double layer electrostatic (liquid) is around __________________ meters?
a) 10 mm
b) 100 cm
c) 100 nm
d) None of the above
82. Which one of the following is used in cancer therapeutics?
a) Carbon nanotubes
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 b) Nanorods
c) Nanobots
d) All of the above
83. Which one of the following is a method to synthesize nanomaterial?
a) AFM
b) SEM
c) TEM
d) Solgel
84. Which one of the following is a biological type nanosensor?
a) Proximity and ambient light
b) DNA interaction
c) Enzymatic interaction
d) Both b and c
85. Which one of the following is a tool for the characterization of nanoparticles?
a) AFM
b) Vapour deposition
c) Ball milling
d) Solgel
86. The nanoparticles are categorized into ________________ types?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four
87. The size of nanocrystals quantum dots is around _________________ ?
a) 1-5 nm
b) 5-50 nm
c) 50-100 nm
d) None of the above
88. Which one of the following is an example of a two-dimensional nanomaterial?
a) Colloids
b) Nanowires
c) Thin films
d) All of the above
89. The thermal conductivity of the carbon nanotube is ___________ W/(m-k)?
a) <100 W/(m-k)
b) >3000 W/(m-k)
c) 450 W/(m-k)
d) 500 W/(m-k)
90. Which one of the following is a type of nanotube-based?
a) CNT
b) Graphene oxide
c) Zno
d) None of the above
91. Which one of the following is a three-dimensional nanomaterial?
a) Embedded clusters
b) Nano discs
c) Nano layers
d) All of the above
92. Which one of the following is a chemical type nanosensor?
a) Proximity and ambient light
b) Molecular concentration
c) DNA interaction
d) Both b and c

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93. What is the standard form of PESTM?
a) Photon Emission Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy
b) Polymeric Emission Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy
c) Photon Emission Simple Tunnelling Microscopy
d) None of the above
94. Which one of the following methods is used to produce particles of silicon nanoparticles?
a) Laser ablation method
b) Sputtering method
c) Scratching method
d) All of the above
95. Size of the dendrimer nanosystem is around ____________ ?
a) 1-2 nm
b) 2-5 nm
c) 1 – 15 nm
d) None of the above
96. Which one of the following methods is used to make a thin film?
a) Laser ablation method
b) Sputtering method
c) Milling method
d) All of the above
97. Which one of the following methods is also known as the etching method?
a) Laser ablation method
b) Sputtering method
c) Scratching method
d) All of the above
98. What are the advantages of using nano-carbon tubes?
a) Consumes less energy
b) High speed
c) High capacity memory
d) All of the above
99. Which one of the following is an organic nanoparticle?
a) CNTs
b) Silica
c) Gold
d) All of the above
100. What is the standard form of VLS?
a) Vaccum Liquid Solid
b) Vapour Liquid Surface
c) Vapour Liquid Solid
d) None of the above

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