Fullerenes and their Properties MCQs

By: Prof. Dr. Fazal Rehman | Last updated: May 29, 2025

1. : _______ are the spherical particles and their base is multiple layers surrounding a buck ball core.
(A) Nano onions
(B) Nano particles
(C) Nano clusters
(D) Nano materials

2. : The naturally occurring element found in ______ is buckminster fullerene.
(A) Earth
(B) Soot
(C) Smoke
(D) Fog

3. : ______ is named because of structure of C60.
(A) Isohedron
(B) Truncated isohedron
(C) Trigonal
(D) Trigonal bipyramidal

4. : The graphene sheets are linked with _______ in fullerenes.
(A) Hexagonal rings
(B) Octagonal rings
(C) Trigonal rings
(D) Decagonal rings

5. : In ______ the first molecule was prepared.
(A) 1988
(B) 1985
(C) 1996
(D) 1982

6. : ______ is diameter of C60 van der Waals.
(A) 1.1 nm
(B) 1.2 nm
(C) 1.3 nm
(D) 1.4 nm

7. : _______ is a fullerene which is a molecule entirely composed of carbon not in form of a hollow.
(A) Sphere
(B) Tube
(C) Ellipsoid
(D) Cuboid

8. : _______ are called Spherical fullerenes.
(A) Bucky balls
(B) Soccer balls
(C) Cricket balls
(D) Tennis balls

9. : The fullerenes are made up with _______
(A) Graphene sheets
(B) Graphite
(C) Lead
(D) Other carbon materials

10. : _______ is the smallest bucky ball cluster.
(A) C6
(B) C8
(C) C10
(D) C20

11. : __________ are named due to their smaller dimensions in hollow tube types.
(A) Mega tubes
(B) Carbon nano tubes
(C) Bucky ball clusters
(D) Polymers

12. : _________ are the fullerenes that are larger in diameter than nano tubes and having walls of different thickness.
(A) Mega tubes
(B) Carbon nano tubes
(C) Bucky ball clusters
(D) Polymers

13. : The application area of Mega tubes is _______
(A) Transport
(B) Chemical industries
(C) Laboratories
(D) Preparation of compounds

14. : Under the _____ the chain, three dimensional and two dimensional polymers are formed.
(A) Vacuum
(B) High pressure
(C) Low pressure
(D) No pressure