Chemical Kinetics
Chemical Kinetics
DHANKAWADI PUNE-43
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TOPIC WISE PRACTICE QUESTIONS
TOPIC 1: Rate of Reaction, Rate Laws and Rate Constant
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The rate of the reaction, 2NO + Cl2 → 2NOCl is given by the rate equation, rate = k [ NO ] [ Cl2 ]
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The value of the rate constant can be increased by
1) increasing the concentration of NO. 2) increasing the temperature.
3) increasing the concentration of the Cl 2 . 4) doing all of these.
TOPIC 2: Order of Reaction and Half Life Period
11. For the following homogeneous reaction, A + B k
→ C the unit of rate constant is
the unit of rate constant is
1) sec–1 2) sec–1 mol L–1 3) sec–1 mol–1 L 4) sec–1 mol–2 L2
12. Which one of the following statements for the order of a reaction is incorrect ?
1) Order can be determined only experimentally.
2) Order is not influenced by stoichiometric coefficient of the reactants.
3) Order of reaction is sum of power to the concentration terms of reactants to express the rate of
reaction.
4) Order of reaction is always whole number.
13. Units of rate constant of first and zero order reactions in terms of molarity M unit are respectively
1) sec–1, Msec–1 2) sec–1, M 3) Msec–1, sec–1 4) M, sec–1.
14. Which one of the following reactions is a true first order reaction?
1) Alkaline hydrolysis of ethyl acetate
2) Acid catalyst hydrolysis of ethyl acetate
3) Decomposition of N 2 O
4) Decomposition of gaseous ammonia on a hot platinum surface
15. The rate constant of a reaction is 0.0693 min– 1. Starting with 10 mol, the rate of the reaction after 10
min is
1) 0.0693 mol min– 1 2) 0.0693 × 2 mol min– 1 3) 0.0693 × 5 mol min– 1 4) 0.0693 × (5)2 mol min– 1
16. The hydrolysis of ester in alkaline medium is a
1) first order reaction with molecularity 1 2) second order reaction with molecularity > 2
3) first order reaction with molecularity 2 4) second order reaction with molecularity 1
17. For the zero order reaction A → B + C ; initial concentration of A is 0.1 M. If [A] = 0.08 M after 10
minutes, then its half-life and completion time are respectively :
1) 10 min; 20 min 2) 2 × 10–3 min; 4 × 10–3 min
3) 25 min, 50 min 4) 250 min, 500 min
18. The half-life of a reaction is inversely proportional to the square of the initial concentration of the
reactant. Then the order of the reaction is
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) 3
19. Diazonium salt decomposes as
C6 H 5 N +2 Cl− → C6 H 5Cl + N 2 At 0°C, the evolution of N 2 becomes two times faster when
the initial concentration of the salt is doubled. Therefore, it is
1) a first order reaction 2) a second order reaction
3) independent of the initial concentration of the salt 4) a zero order reaction
20. In the presence of an acid, the initial concentration of cane sugar was reduced from 0.20 to 0.10 M in 5
hours and from 0.2 to 0.05 M in 10 hours. The reaction is of
1) zero order 2) first order 3) second order 4) third order
21. For the reaction 3A ( g ) k
→ B ( g ) + C ( g ) , k is 10 L/mol min.
–4
d [A]
If [A] = 0.5 M then the value of −
dt
( in Ms ) is
−1
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24. In a 1st order reaction, reactant concentration C varies with time t as :
1) 1/C increases linearly with t 2) log C decreases linearly with t
3) C decreases with 1/t 4) log C decreases with 1/t
25. A reaction proceeds by first order, 75% of this reaction was completed in 32 min. The time required for
50% completion is
1) 8 min 2) 16 min 3) 20 min 4) 24 min
26. A substance 'A' decomposes by a first order reaction starting initially with [A] = 2.00 M and after 200
min, [A] becomes 0.15 M. For this reaction t1/2 is
1) 53.72 min 2) 50.49 min 3) 48.45 min 4) 46.45 min
27. Half life of a first order reaction is 4s and the initial concentration of the reactant is 0.12 M. The
concentration of the reactant left after 16 s is
1) 0.0075 M 2) 0.06 M 3) 0.03 M 4) 0.015 M
28. 3A → B + C , it would be a zero order reaction when
1) the rate of reaction is proportional to square of concentration of A.
2) the rate of reaction remains same at any concentration of A.
3) the rate remains unchanged at any concentration of B and C.
4) the rate of reaction doubles if concentration of B is increased to double.
29. The reaction A → B follows first order kinetics. The time taken for 0.8 mole of A to produce 0.6 mole
of B is 1 hour. What is the time taken for conversion of 0.9 mole of A to produce 0.675 mole of B?
1) 2 hours 2) 1 hour 3) 0.5 hour 4) 0.25 hour
30. For a first order reaction A → B the reaction rate at reactant concentration of 0.01 M is found to be
2.0 ×10−5 molL−1s −1 . The half life period of the reaction is
1) 30 s 2) 220 s 3) 300 s 4) 347 s
31. For the reaction A + 2B → C , rate is given by r = [A] [B] then the order of the reaction is
2
1) 3 2) 6 3) 5 4) 7
32. For a first order reaction, a plot of log (a – x) against time is a straight line with a negative slope equal to
−k 2.303 Ea
1) 2) −2.303k 3) 4) −
2.303 k 2.303R
33. In a reaction, when the concentration of reactant is increased two times, the increase in rate of reaction
was four times. Order of reaction is :
1) zero 2) 1 3) 2 4) 3
−3 −1
34. The rate constant of a first order reaction is 6.9 ×10 s . How much time will it take to reduce the
initial concentration to its 1/8th value?
1) 100 s 2) 200 s 3) 300 s 4) 400 s
35. The plot that represents the zero order reaction is :
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38. For a certain reaction, rate = k × [H+]n. If pH of reaction changes from two to one, the rate becomes 100
times of its value at pH = 2, the order of reaction is –
1) 1 2) 2 3) 0 4) 3
∆
39. Ethylene is produced by C4 H8 → 2C2 H 4
–4 –1
The rate constant is 2.3 × 10 sec . Approximately in what time will the molar ratio of ethylene to
cyclobutane in mixture attain the value equal to one ?
(log 2 = 0.3, log 3 = 0.47)
1) 1700 sec 2) 1600 sec 3) 2000 sec 4) 1200 sec
40. Which one of the following statements for the order of a reaction is incorrect ?
1) Order can be determined only experimentally.
2) Order is not influenced by stoichiometric coefficient of the reactants.
3) Order of reaction is sum of power to the concentration terms of reactants to express the rate of
reaction.
4) Order of reaction is always whole number.
41. For a given reaction t 1/2 = 1/ka. The order of this reaction is
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) 3
42. Half life of a reaction is found to be inversely proportional to the cube of its initial concentration. The
order of reaction is
1) 2 2) 5 3) 3 4) 4
43. Which one of the following reaction energy diagrams best represents a reaction in the reverse direction,
that it is the most endothermic?
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50. According to which theory activation energy and proper orientation of the molecules together determine
the criteria for an effective collision?
1) Arrhenius theory 2) Activated complex theory 3) Collision theory 4) Both 1) and 3)
51. For an exothermic reaction, the energy of activation of the reactants is
1) equal to the energy of activation of products
2) less than the energy of activation of products
3) greater than the energy of activation of products
4) sometimes greater and sometimes less than that of the products
52. The activation energy for a simple chemical reaction A → B is E a in forward direction. The activation
energy for reverse reaction
1) is always double of E a . 2) is negative of E a .
3) is always less than E a . 4) can be less than or more than E a .
53. For a reaction, activation energy (E a ) = 0 and rate constant (k ) = ( k= ) 3.2 ×106 s −1 at 300 K. What is the
value of the rate constant at 310 K?
1) 3.2 ×10−12 s −1 2) 3.2 ×106 s −1 3) 6.4 ×1012 s −1 4) 6.4 ×106 s −1
54. A graph plotted between log k vs 1/T for calculating activation energy is shown by
55. When a biochemical reaction is carried out in laboratory in the absence of enzyme then rate of reaction
obtained is 10–6 times, then activation energy of reaction in the presence of enzyme is
1)6/RT 2) different from E a obtained in laboratory 3) P is required 4) can't say anything
56. For an endothermic reaction, energy of activation is E a andenthalpy of reaction is ∆ H (both of these in
kJ/mol). Minimum value of E a will be
1) less than ∆ H 2) equal to ∆ H 3) more than ∆ H 4) equal to zero
57. In an exothermic reaction if ∆ H is the enthalpy then activation energy is
1) more than ∆ H 2) less than ∆ H 3) equal to ∆ H 4) none of the above
-Ea / RT
58. In respect of the equation k = Ae in chemical kinetics, which one of the following statements is
incorrect?
1) A is adsorption factor 2) E a is energy of activation 3) R is Rydberg’s constant 4) Both 1) and 3)
59. Match the columns.
Column-I Column-II
1) Catalyst alters the rate (p) cannot be fraction or zero
of reaction
2) Molecularity (q) proper orientation is not there always.
3) Second half life of first (r) by lowering the activation order reaction energy
4) Energetically favourable (s) is same as the first reactions are sometimes slow
1) A – (q), B – (r), C – (s), D – (p) 2) A – (r), B – (s), C – (p), D – (q)
3) A – (r), B – (p), C – (s), D – (q) 4) A – (p), B – (r), C – (s), D – (q)
60. In terms of the ‘Collision Theory of Chemical Kinetics’, the rate of a chemical reaction is proportional
to
1) the change in free energy per second. 2) the change in temperature per second.
3) the number of collisions per second. 4) the number of products molecules.
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