Chemical Kinetics (Exercise) 1

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Section (A) : Rate of reaction

d[A] d[B] d[C]
1. xA + yB  zC. If =  =  1.5 = then x,y and z can be :
dt dt dt
(1) 1,1,1 (2) 3,2,3 (3) 3,3,2 (4) 2,2,3

2. The rate of a reaction is expressed in different ways as follows ;

+ 1/2(d[C]/dt) = – 1/3 (d[D]/dt) = + 1/4 (d[A]/dt) = – (d[B]/dt) The reaction can be :
(1) 4 A + B   2C + 3D (2) B + 3D   4A + 2C
(3) 4A + 2B   2C + 3D (4) B + (1/2) D   4A + 3 C

3. Consider the chemical reaction :

N2(g) + 3H2(g)   2NH3(g)
The rate of this reaction can be expressed ;in terms of time and of concentration of N2(g), H2(g) or
NH3(g). Identify the correct relationship amongest the rate expressions.
d[N2 ] 1 d[H2 ] 1 d[NH3 ] d[N2 ] 3d[H2 ] 2d[NH3 ]
(1) Rate = – = = (2) Rate = – =– =
dt 3 dt 2 dt dt dt dt
d[N2 ] 1 d[H2 ] d[NH3 ] d[N2 ] d[H2 ] d[NH3 ]
(3) Rate = – =– = (4) Rate = – = =
dt 3 dt dt dt dt dt

4. In a reaction N2(g) + 3H2(g)   2NH3(g) the rate of appearance of NH3 is 2.5  10–4 mol L–1 sec–1.
The rate of reaction & rate of disappearance of H2 will be (in mol L–1 sec–1)
(1) 3.75  10–4 , 1.25  10–4 (2) 1.25  10–4, 2.5  10–4
(3) 1.25  10 , 3.75  10
–4 –4 (4) 5.0  10–4, 3.75  10–4

 d[B]
5. 3A  2B, rate of reaction is equal to :
dt
3 d[A] 2 d[A] 1 d[A] d[A]
(1) – (2) – (3) – (4) +2
2 dt 3 dt 3 dt dt

6. ln the reaction; A + 2B   3C + D, which of the following expression does not describe changes in
the concentration of various species as a function of time :
(1) {d [C] / dt} = – {3d [A] / dt} (2) {3d [D] / dt} = {d [C] / dt}
(3) {3d [B] / dt} = – {2d [C] / dt} (4) {2d [B] / dt} = – {d [A] / dt}
7. In the following reaction : xA  yB
 d[A]   d[B] 
log    = log  dt  + log 2
 dt   
where –ve sign indicates rate of disappearance of the reactant. Thus, x : y is :
(1) 1 : 2 (2) 2 : 1 (3) 3 : 1 (4) 3 : 10

8. Which of the following statements is correct?

(1) The rate of a reaction decreases or remain constant with passage of time as the concentration of
reactants dereases.
(2) The rate of a reaction is same at any time during the reaction.
(3) The rate of a reaction is independent of temperature change.
(4) The rate of a reaction decreases with increase in concentration of reactant(s).
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9. Which of the following expressions is correct for the rate of reaction given below ?
5Br–(aq) + BrO3– (aq) + 6H+ (aq)   3Br2(aq) + 3H2O(l)
 [Br  ]  [H ]  [Br  ] 6  [H ]
(1) =5 (2) =
t t t 5 t

 [Br ] 5  [H ] 
 [Br ]  [H ]
(3) = (4) =6
t 6 t t t

10. Rate of formation of product at t = 20 seconds is [15JC120246]

(1) 0.5 MS–1 (2) 1 M S-1 (3) 1.5 M S–1 (4) 2MS–1

11. Rate of formation of SO3 in the following reaction 2SO2 + O2  2SO3 is 100 g min–1. Hence rate of
disappearance of O2 is :
(1) 50 g min-1 (2) 40 g min–1 (3) 200 g min–1 (4) 20 g min–1

12. If rate constant is numerically the same for the three reactions of first, second and third order
respectively. Assume all the reactions of the kind A  products. Which of the following is correct :
[15JC120251]
(1) if [A] = 1 then r1 = r2 = r3 (2) if [A] < 1 then r1 > r2 > r3
(3) if [A] > 1 then r3 > r2 > r1 (4) All

Section (B) : Rate law

1. aA + bB   Product, dx/dt = k [A]a [B]b . If conc of A is doubled, rate is four times. If conc. of B is
made four times, rate is doubled. What is relation between rate of disappearance of A and that of B ?
(1) {– d [A] / dt} = {– d [B] / dtK (2) – {d [A] / dt} = – 4 {d [B] / dt}
(3) – 4 {d [A] / dt) = {– d [B]/ dt} (4) None of these

2. For a reaction pA + qB  products, the rate law expression is r = k[A]1 [B]m , then :
(1) (p+1) < (1+ m) (2) (p + q) > (1 + m)
(3) (p + q) may or may not be equal to (1+ m) (4) (p + q) = (1 + m)

3. For the reaction H2 + Br2  2 HBr overall order is found to be 3/2. The rate of reaction can be
expressed as:
(1) [H2][Br2]1/2 (2) [H2]1/2 [Br2] (3) [H2]3/2 [Br2]0 (4) All of these
d[A]
4. The rate of certain hypothetical reaction A + B + C  products is given by r = = K
dt
[A]1/2[B]1/3[C]1/4 The order of the reaction :
1 13
(1) 1 (2) (3) 2 (4)
2 12

5. 2A  B + C it would be a zero order reaction when :

(1) The rate of reaction is proportional to square of conc. of A
(2) The rate of reaction remains same at any conc. of A
(3) The rate remains unchanged at any conc. of B and C
(4) The rate of reaction doubles if conc. of B is increased to double
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6. The rate equation for the reaction 2A + B  C is found to be : rate k[A][B]. The correct statement in
relation to this reaction is that the
(1) Rate of formation of C is twice the rate of disappearance of A.
(2) Half life is a constant
(3) Unit of k must be s–1
(4) Value of k is independent of the initial concentration of A and B

7. For the reaction, 2NO(g) + 2H2(g)   N2(g) + 2H2O(g) the rate expression can be written in the
following ways:
{dt [N2] / dt} = k1 [NO][H2] ; {d[H2O] / dt) = k[NO][H2] ; {– d[NO] / dt} = k1 [NO] [H2] ; {–d[H2] / dt} = k1
[NO][H2]
The relationship between k, k1 , k1 and k1. is :
(1) k = k1 = k1 = k1 (2) k = 2k1 = k1 = k1 (3) k = 2k1 = k1 = k1 (4) k = k1 = k1 = 2 k1

8. If a reaction gets completed in finite time then its order can be :

(1) 3 (2) 2 (3) 1 (4) Zero

9. For the reaction A + B  Products, it is found that the order of A is 2 and of B is 3 in the rate
expression. When concentration of both is doubled the rate will increase by a factor of :
(1) 10 (2) 6 (3) 32 (4) 16

10. For a reaction A + B  products, the rate of the reaction was doubled when the concentration of. A
was doubled, the rate was again doubled when the conc. of A & B were doubled the order of the
reaction with respect to A & B are :
(1) 1,1 (2) 2,0 (3) 1,0 (4) 0,1

Section (C) : The integrated rate laws

1. The rate constant of reaction 2 A + B   C is 2.57 × 10–5 It mole–1 sec–1 after 10 sec. 2.65 × 10–5 It.
mole sec after 20 sec. and 2.55 × 10 It. mole–1 sec–1 after 30 sec. The order of the reaction is:
–1 –1 –5

(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 3

2. For a first order reaction, the plot of ‘t’ against log C gives a straight line with slope equal to :
(1) (k / 2.303) (2) (– k / 2.303) (3) (ln k / 2.303) (4) – k.

3. In a first order reaction the amount of reactant decayed in three half lives (let a be is initial amount)
would be:
(1) 7a / 8 (2) a / 8 (3) a / 6 (4) 5a / 6

4. Graph between concentration of the product and time of the reaction A  B is of the type

Hence graph between – d[A]/dt and time will be of the type :

(–d[A]/dt)
(1) (2) (3) (4)
Time

5. The reaction N2O5 (in CCl4)  2NO2 + 1/2O2(g) is first order in N2O5 with rate constant 6.2  10–4 S–1.
What is the value of rate of reaction when [N2O5] = 1.25 mole L–1
(1) 7.75  10–4 mol L–1 S–1 (2) 6.35  10–3 mol L–1 S–1
(3) 5.15  10 mol L S
–5 –1 –1 (4) 3,85  10–4 mol L–1 S–1

6. K for a zero order reaction is 2 10–2 mol L–1 sec–1 . If the concentration of the reactant after 25 sec is
0.5 M, the initial concentration must have been.
(1) 0.5 M (2) 1.25 M (3) 12.5 M (4) 1.0 M

7. Plot of log(a–x) vs time t is straight line. This indicates that the reaction is of
(1) Second order (2) First order (3) Zero order (4) Third order
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8. In a certain reaction, 10% of the reactant decomposes in one hour, 20 % in two hours, 30% in three
hours and so on the dimensions of the rate constant is :
(1) hour–1 (2) mole litre–1 sec–1 (3) litre mole–1 sec–1 (4) mole sec–1

9. If a first order reaction is completed to the extent of 75% and 50% in time intervals, t1 and t2, what is
the ratio, t1 : t2 ?
ln(3 / 4)
(1) ln 2 (2) (3) 2 (4) 1/2
ln2

ln2
10. The rate constant for a reaction is min–1. What will be the order of reaction and time taken to
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change concentration from 1 M to 0.25 M.
(1) one, 10 min (2) zero, 10 min (3) one, 20 min (4) two, 20 min

11. In the case of zero order reaction, the ratio of time required for 75% completion to 50% completion is :
(1) ln 2 (2) 2 (3) 1.5 (4) None

12. For the irreversible process, A + B   products, the rate is first–order w.r.t. A and second–order
w.r.t. B. If 1.0 mol each of A and B introduced into a 1.0 L vessel, and the initial rate was 1.0 × 10 –2 mol
L–1 s–1 , rate when half reactants have been turned into products is :
(1) 1.25 × 10–3 mol L–1 s–1 (2) 1.0 × 10–2 mol L–1 s–1
–3
(3) 2.50 × 10 mol L s –1 –1 (4) 2.0 × 10–2 mol L–1 s–1

13. The rate constant of the reaction A  2B is 1.0 × 10–3 mol lit–1 min–1, if the initial concentration of A is
1.0 mole lit–1 what would be the concentration of B after 100 minutes.
(1) 0.1 mol lit–1 (2) 0.2 mol lit–1 (3) 0.9 mol lit–1 (4) 1.8 mol lit–1

14. Two substances A (t1/2 = 5 min) and B (t1/2 = 15 min) are taken in such a way that initially [A] = 4[B].
The time after which both the concentration will be equal is : (Assume that reaction is first order)
(1) 5 min (2) 15 min (3) 20 min (4) concentration can never be equal

15. In a first order reaction the reacting substance has half-life period of ten minutes. What fraction of the
substance will be left after an hour the reaction has occurred ? :
(1) 1/6 of initial concentration (2) 1/64 of initial concentration
(3) 1/12 of initial concentration (4) 1/32 of initial concentration

16. A reaction, which is second order, has a rate constant of 0.002 L mol–1 s–1. If the initial conc. of the
reactant is 0.2 M. how long will it take for the concentration to become 0.0400 M ?
(1) 1000 sec (2) 400 sec (3) 200 sec (4) 10, 000 sec

17. Which is not true for a second order reaction ?

(1) It can have rate constant 1 × 10–2 L mol–1 s–1
(2) Its half-life is inversely proportional to its initial concentration
(3) Time to complete 75% reaction is twice of half-life
1
(4) T50 =
K  Initial conc.

Section (D) : Methods to determine the rate law

1. The data for the reaction A + B  C is
Exp. [A]0 [B]0 initial rate
1 0.012 0.035 0.10
2 0.024 0.035 0.80
3 0.012 0.070 0.10
4 0.024 0.070 0.80
(1) r = k [B]3 (2) r = k [A]3 (3) r = k [A] [B]4 (4) r = k [A]2 [B]2 .
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dx
2. A + B 
 Product, =k [A]a [B]b
dt
 dx 
If   = k, then order is :
 dt 
(1) 4 (2) 2 (3) 1 (4) 0

 dx   dx 
3. A  Product and   = k[A]2 . If log   is plotted against log [A],then graph is of the type :
 dt   dt 

(1) (2) (3) (4)

d[A]
4. For the reaction A 
 Products, – = k and at different time interval, [A] values are :
dt
Time 0 5 min 10 min 15 min
[A] 20 mol 18 mol 16 mol 14 mol
At 20 minute, rate will be :
(1) 12 mol /min (2) 10 mol/min (3) 8 mol/min (4) 0.4 mol/min

5. The rate law for a reaction A + B  product is rate = K[A]1[B]2. Then which one of the following
statement is false :
(1) If [B] is held constant while [A] is doubled, the reaction will proceed twice as fast
(2) If [A] is held constant while [B] is reduced to one quater, the rate will be halved
(3) If [A] and [B] are both doubled, the reaction will proceed 8 times as fast
(4) This is a third order reaction

6. The conversion of vinyl allyl ether to pent-4-enol follows a certain kinetics. The following plot is obtained
for such a reaction. The order for the reaction is

(1) zero (2) –1 (3) 1 (4) 2

7. The reaction A(s)  2 B(g) + C(g) is first order. The pressure after 20 min. and after very long time are
150 mm Hg and 225 mm Hg. The value of rate constant and pressure after 40 min. are :
(1) 0.05 In 1.5 min–1 ,200 mm (2) 0.5 ln 2 min–1 ,300 mm
(3) 0.05 In 3 min–1, 300 mm (4) 0.05 In 3 min–1 , 200 mm
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8. In three different reactions, involving a single reactant in each case, a plot of rate of the reaction on the
yaxis, versus concentration of the reactant on the xaxis, yields three different curves shown below.

(i) (ii) (iii)

What are the possible orders of the reactions (i), (ii), (iii).
(1) 1, 2, 3 (2) 2, 1, 1/2 (3) 0, 1, 2 (4) 0, 1, 1/2

Section (E) : Methods to monitor the progress of the reaction

1. Consider the reaction 2A(g)   3B(g) + C(g). Starting with pure A initially, the total pressure
doubled in 3 hrs. The order of the reaction might possibly be
(1) zero (2) first
(3) second (4) unpredictable from this data

2. At 373 K, a gaseous reaction A  2B + C is found to be of first order. Starting with pure A, the total
pressure at the end of 10 min. was 176 mm and after a long time when A was completely dissociated, it
was 270 mm. The pressure of A at the end of 10 minutes was :
(1) 94 mm (2) 47 mm (3) 43 mm (4) 90 mm

3. Let there be as first-order reaction of the type, A  B + C. Let us assume that only A is geseous.
We are required to calculate the value of rate constant based on the following data.
Time 0 T 
Partial pressure of A P0 Pt –
Calculate the expression of rate constant.
1 P  1 P  1  2P0  1  Pt 
(1) k = ln  0  (2) k = ln  t  (3) k = ln   (4) k = ln  
t  t 
P t  P0  t  Pt  t  2P0 

5. In the reaction NH4NO2 (aq.)  N2 (g) + 2 H2O (l) the volume of N2 after 20 min and after a long time is
40 ml and 70 ml respectively. The value of rate constant is :
(1) (1/20) In (7/4) min–1 (2) (2.303 /1200) log (7/3) sec–1
(3) (1/20) log (7/3) min–1 (4) (2.303 / 20) log (11/7) min–1

Section (F) : Effect of Temperature

1. Rate of which reactions increases with temperature :
(1) of any (2) of exothermic reactions
(3) of endothermic (4) of none.

2. For a zero order reaction. Which of the following statement is false :

(1) the rate is independent of the temperature of the reaction.
(2) the rate is independent of the concentration of the reactants.
(3) the half life depends as the concentration of the reactants.
(4) the rate constant has the unit mole It–1 sec–1.

3. A large increase in the rate of a reaction for a rise in temperature is due to
(1) increase in the number of collisions (2) the increase in the number of activated molecules
(3) The shortening of mean free path (4) the lowering of activation energy
4. The rate constant, the activation energy and the frequency factor of a chemical reaction at 25°C are
3.0 × 10–4 s–1, 104.4 KJ mol–1 and 6.0 × 1014 s–1 respectively. The value of the rate constant as T  
is :
(1) 2.0 × 1018 s–1 (2) 6.0 × 1014 s–1 (3)  (4) 3.6 × 1030 s–1
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5. According to collision theory of reaction rates –

(1) Every collision between reactant leads to chemical reaction
(2) Rate of reaction is proportional to velocity of molecules
(3) All reactions which occur in gaseous phase are zero order reaction
(4) Rate of reaction is directly proportional to collision frequency.

6. The minimum energy for molecules to enter into chemical reaction is called.
(1) Kinetic energy (2) Potential energy (3) Threshold energy (4) Activation energy

7. The activation energy for the forward reaction X ࢮ Y is 60 KJ mol–1 and H is –20 KJ mol–1. The
activation energy for the backard reaction Y ࢮX is :
(1) 80 KJ mol–1 (2) 40 KJ mol–1 (3) 60 KJ mol–1 (4) 20 KJ mol–1

8. For producing the effective collisions, the colloiding molecules must posses :
(1) A certain minimum amount of energy
(2) Energy equal to or greater than threshold energy
(3) Proper orientation
(4) Threshold energy as well as proper orientation of collision.

9. For the first order reaction, X(s)  X(g)

the monitoring is done by observing the volume :
time t 
volume Vt V
The rate constant is given by :
1 V  1  V  1  V  Vt  1  V  Vt 
(1) ln    (2) ln   (3) ln    (4) ln   
t  t 
V t  
V  Vt  t  V  t  V  Vt 

10. The first order rate constant k is related to temp. as log k = 15.0 – (106 /T) Which of the following pair of
value is correct ?
(1) A = 1015 and E = 1.9 × 104 KJ (2) A = 10–15 and E = 40 KJ
(3) A = 1015 and E = 40 KJ (4) A = 10–15 and E = 1.9 × 104 KJ.

11. For a given reaction, energy of activation for forward reaction (Eaf) is 80kJ.mol1. H = 40kJ.mol1 for
the reaction. A catalyst lowers Eaf to 20 kJ.mol1. The ratio of energy of activation for reverse reaction
before and after addition of catalyst is :
(1) 1.0 (2) 0.5 (3) 1.2 (4)2.0

12. The Ea of a reaction in presence of a catalyst is 4.15 kJ mol–1 and in absence of a catalyst is 8.3 kJ mol–
1
1
. What is slope of the plot of ln k vs in the absence of catalyst [15JC120266]
T
(1) + 1 (2) –1 (3) + 1000 (4) –1000

Section (G) : Mechanism of reactions

1. For the reaction H2 (g) + Br2 (g)  2HBr (g) the experiment data suggested that r = k[H2][Br2]1/2
The molecularity and order of the reaction are respectively :
(1) 2, 3/ 2 (2) 3/2 , 3/2 (3) Not defined, 3/2 (4) 1,1/2

2. The reaction of hydrogen, and iodine monochloride is represented by the equation :
H2(g) + 2Cl(g) 2HCl(g) + 2(g)
This reaction is first–order in H2(g) and also first–order in Cl(g). Which of these proposed mechanism
can be consistent with the given information about this reaction ?
Mechanism  : H2(g) + 2Cl(g) 2HCl(g) + 2(g)
Mechanism  : H2(g) + Cl(g) 
Slow
 HCl(g) + H(g)
HI(g) + Cl(g) 
fast
 HCl(g) + I2(g)
(1)  only (2)  only (3) both  and  (4) neither  nor 
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3. Following mechanism has been proposed for a reaction.

2A + B ࢮ D + E
Step -1 A + B ࢮ C + D (slow)
Step -2 A + C ࢮ E (fast)
The rate law expression for the reaction is :
(1) r = K[A]2 [B] (2) r = K [A] [B] (3) r = K [A]2 (4) r = K[A][C]

4. A following mechanism has been proposed for a reaction :

2A + B   D+E K = 2 × 10–1 lt2 mol–2 sec–1
A + B   C+D K = 1.5 × 10–6 lt/mol sec
A + C  E K = 2 × 10–3 lt/mol sec
The rate law expression for the reaction is :
(1) r = K[A]2 [B] (2) r = K [A] [B] (3) r = K [A]2 (4) r = K[A][C]

5. A hypothetical reaction A2 + B2  2AB follows the mechanism as given below :

A2 A+A fast
A + B2  AB + B slow
A + B  AB fast
The order of the overall reaction is :
(1) 2 (2) 1 (3) 1.5 (4) 0

6. For an elementary process 2X + Y ࢮ Z + W, the molecularity is :

(1) 2 (2) 1 (3) 3 (4) Unpredictable

7. The reaction of NO2 (g) and O3 (g) is first-order in NO2 (g) and O3 (g)
2 NO2 (g) + O3 (g) 
 N2O5 (g) + O2 (g)
The reaction can take place by mechanism :
I : NO2 + O3 
slow
 NO3 + O2
NO3 + NO2  fast
 N2O5
ka fast
II : O3 O2 + [O]
kb
NO2 + O  slow
 NO3
NO3 + NO2  fast
 N2O5
Select correct mechanism.
(1) I only (2) II only (3) both I and II (4) None of I and II

 Marked Questions may have for Revision Questions.

ONLY ONE OPTION CORRECT TYPE
1. In the following reaction, how is the rate of appearance of the underlined product related to the rate of
disappearance of the underlined reactant ? [AIPMT 2000]
BrO3– (aq) + 5Br–(aq) + 6H+ (aq) 3Br2(I) + 3H2O(I)
d[Br2 ] 5 d[Br  ] d[Br2 ] d[Br  ]
(1) = – (2) =–
dt 3 dt dt dt
d[Br2 ] 3 d[Br  ] d[Br2 ] 3 d[Br  ]
(3) = + (4) = –
dt 5 dt dt 5 dt

2. For the reaction 2N2O5   4NO2 + O2, rate and rate constant are 1.02  10–4 and 3.4  10–5 s–1
respectively, then conc. of N2O5 at that time will be [AIPMT 2001]
(1) 1.732 (2) 3 (3) 1.02  10–4 (4) 3.4  10–5
 Chemical Kinetics (Exercise) 9

d[B]
3. 3A 
 2B, rate of reaction + is equal to [AIPMT 2002]
dt
3 d[A] 2 d[A] 1 d[A] d[A]
(1) – (2) – (3) – (4) + 2
2 dt 3 dt 3 dt dt

4. 3A  B + C
It would be a zero order reaction, when [AIPMT 2002]
(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.

5. If concentration of reactants is increased by a factor x then the rate constant k becomes :

k k
(1) In (2) (3) k + x (4) k
x x

6. The rate constant for a reaction is 10.8  10–5 mol L–1 S–1 The reaction obeys :
(1) First order (2) Zero order (3) Second order (4) All are wrong

7. A certain zero order reaction has k = 0.025 M s–1 for the disappearance of A. What will be the
concentration of A after 15 seconds if the initial concentration is 0.50 M ?
(1) 0.50 M (2) 0.375 M (3) 0.125 M (4) 0.060 M

8. 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 h. What is the time taken for the conversion of 0.9 mole of A to 0.675 mole of B ?
(1) 0.25 h (2) 2 h (3) 1 h (4) 0.5 h

9. The rate law for the single step reaction 2A + B 2C, is given by
(1) Rate = K [A][B] (2) Rate = K [A]2[B] (3) Rate = K [2A][B] (4) Rate = K[A]2[B]0

10. A graph plotted between log t50% vs. log concentration is a straight line. What conclusion can you draw
from this graph.

(1) n = 1 ; t1/2  a (2) n = 2, t1/2  1/a

(3) n = 1 ; t1/2 = (0.693 / k) (4) None of these

11. In a first order reaction the concentration of the reactant is decreased from 1.0 M to 0.25 M in 20 min.
The rate constant of the reaction would be –
(1) 10 min–1 (2) 6.931 min–1 (3) 0.6931 min–`1 (4) 0.06931 min–1

12. What will be the order of reaction and rate constant for a chemical change having log t50% vs log
concentration of (A) curves as :

(1) 0, 1/2 (2) 1, 1 (3) 2, 2 (4) 3, 1

13. In the first order reaction 75% of the reactant disappeared in 1.388 hrs. Calculate the rate constant of
the reaction :
(1) 1 s–1 (2) 2.8  10–4 s–1 (3) 17.2  10–3 s–1 (4) 1.8  10–3 s–1

14. Catalyst increases the rate of reaction because :

(1) it decreases H (2) it increases H
(3) it decreases activation energy (4) it increases activation energy
Chemical Kinetics (Exercise) 10

15. The rate constant K1 of a reaction is found to be double that of rate constant K2 of another reaction. The
relationship between corresponding activation energies of the two reactions at same temperature (E1
and E2) can be represented as :
(1) E1 > E2 (2) E1 < E2 (3) E1 = E2 (4) None of these

16. For a reaction A  B, Ea = 10 kJ mol–1 , H = 5 kJ mol–1 . Thus, potential energy profile for this reaction
is :

PE
(1) (2)

PE

(3) (4)

17. For a reaction following nth order kinetics, the half life (t1/2) would depend upon the initial concentration
(1) as:
(1) t1/2  a1n (2) t1/2  an1 (3) t1/2  an (4) t1/2  an

18. Trimolecular reactions are uncommon because

(1) the probability of three molecules colliding at an instant is very low.
(2) the probability of three molecules colliding at an instant is high.
(3) the probability of three molecules colliding at an instant is zero.
(4) the probability of many molecules colliding at an instant is high.

19. A hypothetical reaction X2 + Y2  2XY follows the mechanism given below.
X2 X + X [Fast]
X + Y2   XY + Y [Slow]
X + Y   XY [Fast]
The order of overall reaction is
(1) 2 (2) 1 (3) 1.5 (4) Zero

20. The reaction of hydrogen, and iodine monochloride is represented by the equation :
H2(g) + 2Cl(g)   2HCl(g) + 2(g)
This reaction is first–order in H2(g) and also first–order in Cl(g). Which of these proposed mechanism
can be consistent with the given information about this reaction ?
Mechanism  : H2(g) + 2Cl(g)   2HCl(g) + 2(g)
Mechanism  : H2(g) + Cl(g) 
Slow
 HCl(g) + H(g)
HI(g) + Cl(g) 
fast
 HCl(g) + I2(g)
(1)  only (2)  only (3) both  and  (4) neither  nor 

21. Radioactivity is affected by :

(1) temperature (2) Pressure (3) electric and magnetic field (4) none of these
 Chemical Kinetics (Exercise) 11

22. Half life period of 10 gm radioactive element is 20 days. Then half life period of 100 gm of this element
is :
(1) 20 days (2) 200 days (3) 100 days (4) 10 days

23. A radioactive element has a half life of one day. After three days the amount of the element left will be :
(1) 1/2 of the original amount (2) 1/4 of the original amount
(3) 1/8 of the original amount (4) 1/16 of the original amount

24. For a first order reaction A  P, the temperature (T) dependent rate constant (k) was found to follow
1
the equation log k = – (2000) + 6.0. The pre-exponential factor A and the activation energy Ea,
T
respectively, are :
(1) 1.0 × 106 s–1 and 9.2 kJ mol–1 (2) 6.0 s–1 and 16.6 kJ mol–1
6 –1 –1
(3) 1.0 × 10 s and 16.6 kJ mol (4) 1.0 × 106 s–1 and 38.3 kJ mol–1

25. Plots showing the variation of the rate constant (k) with temperature (T) are given below. The plot that
follows Arrhenius equation is :

(1) (2) (3) (4)

26. For the reaction M  N, the rate of disappearance of M increases by a factor of 8 upon doubling the
concentration of M. The order of the reaction with respect to M is :
(1) 4 (2) 3 (3) 2 (4) 1

27. For the reaction, 2A + B  products, when the concentration of A and B both were doubled, the rate of
the reaction increased from 0.3 mol L–1s–1 to 2.4 mol L–1s–1. When the concentration of A alone is
doubled, the rate increased from 0.3 mol L–1s–1 to 0.6 mol L–1s–1 . [JEE(Main) - 2019, 4/120]
Which one of the following statements is correct?
(1) Order of the reaction with respect to B is 1 (2) Order of the reaction with respect to B is 2
(3) Total order of the reaction is 4 (4) Order of the reaction with respect to A is 2

PART - I : AIPMT QUESTION (PREVIOUS YEARS)

1. The temperature dependence of rate constant (k) of a chemical reaction is written in terms of arrhenius
equation, k = Ae–E*/RT.Activation energy (E) of the reaction can be calculated by plotting.
1 1 1
(1) log k vs (2) log k vs (3) k vs T (4) k vs
T logT logT

2. If the rate of a reaction is equal to the rate constant, the order of the reaction is [AIPMT 2003]
(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 0 (4) 1

3. The rate of first order reaction is 1.5  10–2 mol L–1 min–1 at 0.5 M concentration of the reactant. The half
life of the reaction is [AIPMT 2004]
(1) 0.383 min (2) 23.1 min (3) 8.73 min (4) 7.53 min
 Chemical Kinetics (Exercise) 12

4. 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 mol L–1 s–1. The half life of the reaction is [AIPMT 2005]
(1) 300 s (2) 30 s (3) 220 s (4) 347 s

5. The rate of reaction between two reactants A and B decreases by a factor of 4, if the concentration of
reactant B is doubled. The order of this reaction with respect to reactant B is [AIPMT 2005]
(1) – 1 (2) – 2 (3) 1 (4) 2

6. For the reaction [AIPMT 2006]

2A + B  3C + D
Which of the following does not express the reaction rate ?
d[C] d[B] d[D] d[A]
(1) – (2) – (3) (4)
3dt dt dt 2dt

7. Consider the reaction [AIPMT 2006]

N2(g) + 3H2(g)   2NH3(g)
d[NH3 ] d[H2 ]
The equality relationship between and – is
dt dt
d[NH3 ] 1 d[H2 ] d[NH3 ] 2 d[H2 ]
(1) =– (2) + =–
dt 3 dt dt 3 dt
d[NH3 ] 3 d[H2 ] d[NH3 ] d[H2 ]
(3) + =– (4) =–
dt 2 dt dt dt

8. If 60% of a first order reaction was completed in 60 minutes, 50% of the same reaction would be
completed in approximately : [AIPMT 2007]
(1) 40 minutes (2) 50 mintes (3) 45 minutes (4) 60 miniutes

9. In a first order reaction A  B, if k is rate constant and initial concentration of the reactant A is 0.5 M
then the half life is : [AIPMT 2007]
ln2 0.693 log2 log2
(1) (2) (3) (4)
k 0.5k k k 0.5

10. The rate constant k1 and k2 for two different reactions are 1016 × e–2000/T and 1015 × e–1000/T respectively.
The temperature at which k1 = k2 is [AIPMT 2008]
2000 1000
(1) 1000 K (2) K (3) 2000 K (4) K
2.303 2.303

11. Half-life period of a first order reaction is 1386 s. The specific rate constant of the reaction is
(1) 5.0  10–3 s–1 (2) 0.5  10–2 s–1 (3) 0.5  10–3 s–1 (4) 5.0  10–3 s–1

12. For the reaction A + B   Products, it is observed that : [AIPMT 2009]

(1) On doubling the initial concentration of A only, the rate of reaction is also doubled and
(2) On doubling the initial concentration of both A and B, there is change by a factor of 8 in the rate of
the reaction.
(1) rate = k[A]2[B] (2) rate = k [A][B]2 (3) rate = k [A]2[B]2 (4) rate = k [A][B]

d[NH3 ] d[H2 ]
13. For the reaction, N2 + 3H2 
 2NH3, if = 2  10–4 mol L–1 s–1, the value of would be
dt dt
(1) 3  10–4 mol L–1 s–1 (2) 4  10–4 L–1 s–1 (3) 6  10–4 mol L–1 s–1 (4) 1  10–4 mol L–1 s–1
Chemical Kinetics (Exercise) 13

14. Which one of the following statements for the order of a reaction is incorrect ? [AIPMT 2011]
(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.

15. Activation energy (Ea) and rate constants (k1 and k2) of a chemical reaction at two different
temperatures (T1 and T2) are related by :
K2 E 1 1 K2 E  1 1
(1) In =– a   (2) In =– a  
K1 R  T1 T2  K1 R  T2 T1 
K2 E  1 1 K2 E 1 1
(3) In =– a   (4) log = a  
K1 R  T2 T1  K1 R  T1 T2 

16. In a reaction, A + B Product, rate is doubled when the concentration of B is doubled, and rate
increases by a factor of 8 when the concentrations of both the reactants (A and B) are doubled, rate law
for the reaction can be written as :
(1) Rate = k[A][B]2 (2) Rate = k[A]2[B]2 (3) Rate = k[A] [B] (4) Rate = k[A]2 [B]

17. In a zero- order reaction for every 10° rise of temperature, the rate is doubled. If the temperature is
increased from 10°C to 100°C, the rate of the reaction will become :
(1) 256 times (2) 512 times (3) 64 times (4) 128 times

18. What is the activation energy for a reaction if its rate doubles when the temperature is raised from 20C
to 35C ? (R = 8.314 J mol–1 K–1)
(1) 269 kJ mol–1 (2) 34.7 kJ mol–1 (3) 15.1 kJ mol–1 (4) 342 kJ mol–1

19. The activation energy of a reaction can be determined from the slope of which of the following graphs ?
In K 1
(1) vs.T (2) In K vs.
T T
T 1
(3) vs. (4) In K vs. T
In K T

20. When initial concentration of a reactant is doubled in a reaction, its half-life period is not effected. The
order of the reaction is :
(1) First (2) Second
(3) More than zero but less than first (4) Zero

21. The rate of a first-order reaction is 0.04 mol  –1 s–1 at 10 seconds and 0.03 mol  –1 s–1 at 20 seconds
after initiation of the reaction. The half-life period of the reaction is :
(1) 54.1 s (2) 24.1 s (3) 34.1 s (4) 44.1 s

22. The decomposition of phosphine (PH3) on tungsten at low pressure is a first-order reaction. It is
because the
(1) Rate of decomposition is very slow
(2) Rate is proportional to the surface coverage
(3) Rate is inversely proportional to the surface coverage
(4) Rate is independent of the surface coverage
 Chemical Kinetics (Exercise) 14

23. A first order reaction has a specific reaction rate of 10–2. How much time will it take for 20 g of the
reaction to reduce to 5 g ?
(1) 238.6 sec (2) 138.6 sec (3) 346.5 sec (4) 693.0 sec

24. The correct difference between first and second-order reactions is that
(1) The rate of a first-order reaction does not depend on reactant concentrations ; the rate of a second
order reaction does depend on reactant concentrations
(2) The rate of a first-order reaction does depend on reactant concentrations ; the rate of a second-
order reaction does not depend on reactant concentrations
(3) A first-order reaction can be catalyzed ; a second –order reaction cannot be catalyzed
(4) The half-life of a first-order reaction does not depend on [A]0 ; the half-life of a second-order reaction
does depend on [A]0

25. When initial concentration of the reactant is doubled, the half-life period of a zero order reaction
(1) in halved (2) remains unchanged 
(3) is tripled (4) is doubled

26. If the rate constant for a first order reaction is k, the time (t) required for the completion of 99% of the
reaction is given by :
(1) t = 2.303 /k (2) t = 0.693 / k
(3) t = 6.909 /k (4) t = 4.606 / k

27. A first order reaction has a rate constant of 2.303 × 10–3 s–1. The time required for 40 g of this reactant
to reduce to 10 g will be – [Given that log10 2 = 0.3010]
(1) 230.3 s (2) 301 s (3) 2000 s (4) 602 s

28. For a reaction, activation energy Ea = 0 and the rate constant at 200 K is 1.6 × 106s–1.The rate constant
at 400 K will be –[Given that gas constant, R = 8.314 J K–1 mol–1]
(1) 3.2 × 104 s–1 (2) 1.6 × 106 s–1 (3) 1.6 × 103 s–1 (4) 3.2 × 106 s–1

PART - II : AIIMS QUESTION (PREVIOUS YEARS )

1. 3BrO– 
 BrO3– + 2Br–

d [BrO  ] d [BrO3 ] d [Br  ]
If – = k1 [BrO–]2 ; + = k2 [BrO–]2 ; + = k3 [BrO–]2 the correct relation
dt dt dt
between k1, k2 and k3 is
(1) 3k1 = k2 = 2k3 (2) k1 = 3k2 = 1.5 k3 (3) k1 = k2 = k3 (4) 2k1 = 3k2 = k3

2. The two-third life (t2/3) of a first order reaction in which k = 5.48  10–14 sec–1 is
2.303 2.303 2.303 1 2.303 2
(1) log 3 (2) log 2 (3) log (4) log
5.48  1014 5.48  1014 5.48  10 14
3 5.48  10 14
3

3. For a first-order reaction A  B the plot of log {[A]t / 1 M} versus t is linear with a
(1) positive slope and zero intercept (2) positive slope and non zero intercept
(3) negative slope and zero intercept (4) negative slope and non zero intercept

4. At a certain temperature, the first order rate constant, k1 is found to be smaller than the second order
rate constant, k2. If the energy of activation, E1 of the first order reaction is greater than energy of
activation, E2 of the second order reaction then with increase in temperature
(1) k1 will increase faster than k2, but always will remain less than k2
(2) k2 will increase faster than k1
(3) k1 will increase faster than k2 and becomes equal to k2
(4) k1 will increase faster than k2 and becomes greater than k2
 Chemical Kinetics (Exercise) 15

5. For a first order gas phase reaction :

A(g)  2B(g) + C(g)
P0 be initial pressure of A and Pt the total pressure at time ‘t’. Integrated rate equation is :
2.303  P0  2.303  2P0 
(1) log   (2) log  
t  P0  Pt  t  3P0  Pt 
2.303  P0  2.303  2P0 
(3) log   (4) log  
t  2P0  Pt  t  2P0  Pt 

6. Select the rate law that corresponds to the data shown for the following reaction :
A + B   C
Expt. No. (A) (B) Initial Rate
1 0.012 0.035 0.10
2 0.024 0.070 0.80
3 0.024 0.035 0.10
4 0.012 0.070 0.80
(1) Rate = k[B] 3
(2) Rate = k[B]
4
(3) Rate = k[A][B]3 (4) Rate = 4[A]2[B]2

7. A reaction which is of first order w.r.t. reactant A, has a rate constant 6 min-1 . lf we start with [A] = 0.5
mol L–1, when would [A] reach the value of 0.05 mol L–1
(1) 0.384 min (2) 0.15 min (3) 3 min (4) 3.84 min

8. Half-lives of a first order and a zero order reaction are same. Then the ratio of the initial rates of first
order reaction to that of the zero order reaction is
1 2
(1) (2) 2 × 0.693 (3) 0.693 (4)
0.693 0.693

9. If the rate of decomposition of N2O5 during a certain time internal is 2.4 × 10–4 mol L–1 min–1
1
N2O5  2 NO2 + O2
2
What is the rate of formation of NO2 and O2 mol L–1 min–1 [AIIMS 2015]
–5 –5 –5 –4
(1) 2.3 × 10 and 1.2 × 10 respectively (2) 3.8 × 10 and 0.6 × 10 respectively

(3) 2.4 × 10–4 and 1.5 × 10–4 respectively (4) 4.8 × 10–4 and 1.2 × 10–4 respectively

dA
10. In the reaction, A  product, = K1 A. If we start with 10 M of A, then after one natural life time,
dt
concentration of A decreased to [AIIMS 2016]
10m 10m
(1) 5 m (2) 2.5 m (3) (4)
e e2

11. For the reaction

2NO + Br2  2NOBr, [AIIMS 2016]
the following mechanism has been given
NO + Br2  Fast
 NOBr2
NOBr2 + NO  Slow
 2NOBr
Hence, rate law is
(1) k[NO]2 [Br2] (2) k[NO] [Br2] (3) k[NOBr2] [NO] (4) k[NO] [Br2]2
Chemical Kinetics (Exercise) 16

12. Consider the below given figure. [AIIMS 2017]

E1

(Products)

E2
Energy

(Reactants)

Reaction coordinates

The correct option for the above presentation is

(1) Activation energy of forward reaction is E1 + E2 and product is less stable than reactant
(2) Activation energy of forward reaction is E1 + E2 and product is more stable than reactant
(3) Activation energy for both forward and backward reaction is E1 + E2 and reactant is more stable than
product
(4) Activation energy for the backward direction is E1 and product is more stable than reactant.

13. Rate constant (K) varies with temperature as given by equation [AIIMS 2017]
2000
log K (min–1) = 5 –
T
Consider the following about this equation
I. Pre exponential factor is 105.
II. Es is 9.212 kcal.
1
III. Variation of log K with is linear.
T
Select the correct statement.
(1) I, II and III (2) Both I and II (3) Both II and III (4) Both I and III

14. Which option is valid for zero order reaction.

3 4
(1) t1/ 2  t1/ 4 (2) t1/ 2  t1/ 4 (3) t1/ 2  2t1/ 4 (4)
2 3

15. If reaction A and B are given with Same temperature and same concentration but rate of A is double
than B. Pre exponential factor is same for both the reaction then difference in activation energy EA–EB
is ?
RT
(1) –RT n2 (2) RT n2 (3) 2RT (4)
2

16. It first order reaction 80% reaction complete in 60 minute, What is t 1 of reaction
2
(1) 30 min (2) 42 min (3) 25.72 min (4) 14.28 min

17. Rate of two reaction whose rate constants are k1 & k2 are equal at 300 k such that :
A
So calculate n 2 = ? Ea2 – Ea1 = 2RT,
A1
(1) n4 (2) 2 (3) log 2 (4) 2-n2

18. For first order reaction as time duration goes from 10min to 30 min rate of reaction decreases from
0.4Ms–1 to 0.04 Ms–1 . What is the half life of the reaction ?
(1) 8 min (2) 4 min (3) 6 min (4) 2 min
 Chemical Kinetics (Exercise) 17

KB
19. At 300 K, activation energy of A is higher than B by 5.75 kJ/mol in presence of catalyst. Calculate
KA
(1) 1 (2) 10 (3) 1000 (4) 100

20. Time taken for 12.8 g of a radioactive substance to decay to 0.4 g, is (half life is 138s)
(1) 720 s (2) 690 s (3) 345 s (4) 69 s

2
21. Find out time period of Ist order reaction. When reaction complete rd. If the value of rate constant is
3
4.3 × 10–4
(1) 0.0025 × 103 sec (2) 0.25 × 103 sec (3) 0.025 × 103 sec (4) 2.5 × 103 sec

PART - III : JEE (MAIN) / AIEEE PROBLEMS (PREVIOUS YEARS)

1. A reaction involving two different reactants can never be :
(1) unimolecular reaction (2) first order reaction
(3) second order reaction (4) bimolecular reaction

2. A reaction was found to be second order with respect to the concentration of carbon monoxide. If the
concentration of carbon monoxide is doubled, with everything else kept the same, the rate of reaction
will be
(1) remain unchanged (2) tripled
(3) increased by a factor of 4 (4) doubled

3. The following mechanism has been proposed for the reaction of NO with Br2 to form NOBr.
NO (g) + Br2 (g) NOBr2 (g) ; NOBr2 (g) + NO (g) 
 2NOBr (g) (slow step)
If the second step is the rate determining step, the order of the reaction with respect to NO(g) is
(1) 1 (2) 0 (3) 3 (4) 2

4. The energies of activation for forward and reverse reactions for A2 + B2 2AB are 180 kJ mol–1
–1
and 200 kJ mol respectively. The presence of a catalyst lowers the activation energy of both (forward
and reverse) reactions by 100 kJ mol–1. The enthalpy change of the reaction (A2 + B2 2AB) in the
presence of catalyst will be (in kJ mol–1). [AIEEE- 2007, 3/120]
(1) 280 (2) 20 (3) 300 (4) 120

1
5. For a reaction A 
 2B, rate of disappearance of 'A' related to the rate of appearance of 'B' by the
2
expression. [AIEEE- 2008, 3/105]
d [A] 1 d [B] d [A] d [B] d [A] d [B] d [A] 1 d [B]
(1)   (2)   (3)  4 (4)  
dt 4 dt dt dt dt dt dt 2 dt

6. The half life period of a first order chemical reaction is 6.93 minutes. Time required for the completion of
99% of the chemical reaction will be (log 2 = 0.301) : [AIEEE - 2009, 8/144]
(1) 23.03 minutes (2) 46.06 minutes (3) 460.6 minutes (4) 230.3 minutes

7. The time for half life period of a certain reaction A   Products is 1 hour. When the initial
concentration of the reactant ‘A’, is 2.0 mol L–1 , how much time does it take for its concentration to
come from 0.50 to 0.25 mol L–1. If it is a zero order reaction? [AIEEE - 2010, 8/144]
(1) 4 h (2) 0.5 h (3) 0.25 h (4) 1 h
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8. Consider the reaction [AIEEE - 2010, 4/144]

Cl2 (aq) + H2S(aq)   S(s) + 2H+ (aq) + 2Cl– (aq)
The rate equation for this reaction is
rate = k [Cl2][H2S]
Which of these mechanisms is/are consistent with this rate equation?
A. Cl2 + H2S   H+ + Cl– + Cl+ + HS– (slow)
Cl+ + HS– 
 H+ + Cl– + S (fast)
B. H2S  H+ + HS– (fast equilibrium)
Cl2 + HS– 
 2Cl– + H+ + S (slow)
(1) B only (2) Both A and B (3) Neither A nor B (4) A only

9. The rate of a chemical reaction doubles for every 10ºC rise of temperature. If the temperature is raised
by 50ºC, the rate of the reaction increases by about : [AIEEE - 2011, 4/120]
(1) 10 times (2) 24 times (3) 32 times (4) 64 times

10. For a first order reaction (A)  products the concentration of A changes from 0.1 M to 0.025 M in 40
minutes. The rate of reaction when the concentration of A is 0.01 M is : [AIEEE - 2012, 4/120]
(1) 1.73 × 10–5 M/min (2) 3.47 × 10–4 M/min
(3) 3.47 × 10–5 M/min (4) 1.73 × 10–4 M/min

11. The rate of a reaction doubles when its temperature changes from 300 K to 310 K. Activation energy of
such a reaction will be : (R = 8.314 JK–1 mol–1 and log 2 = 0.301) [JEE(Main) - 2013, 4/120]
(1) 53.6 kJ mol–1 (2) 48.6 kJ mol–1 (3) 58.5 kJ mol–1 (4) 60.5 kJ mol–1

12. For the non-stoichiometre reaction 2A + B  C + D, the following kinetic data were obtained in three
separate experiments, all at 298 K.
Initial Concentration Initial Concentration Initial rate of formation of C
( A) (B) (mol L ¯ S¯)
0.1 M 0.1 M 1.2  10 – 3
0.1 M 0.2 M 1.2  10 – 3
0.2 M 0.1 M 2.4  10 – 3
The rate law for the formation of C is : [JEE(Main) - 2014, 4/120]
dc dc dc dc
(1) = k[A] [B] (2) = k[A]2[B] (3) = k[A] [B]2 (4) = k[A]
dt dt dt dt

13. Higher order (>3) reactions are rare due to : [JEE(Main) - 2015, 4/120]
(1) low probability of simultaneous collision of all the reacting species
(2) increase in entropy and activation energy as more molecules are involved
(3) shifting of equilibrium towards reactants due to elastic collisions
(4) loss of active species on collision

14. Two reactions R1 and R2 have identical pre-exponential factors. Activation energy of R1 exceeds that of
R2 by 10kJ mol–1. If k1 and k2 are rate constants for reactions R1 and R2 respectively at 300 K, then
ln(k2/k1) is equal to : (R = 8.314 J mol–1 K–1)
(1) 12 (2) 6 (3) 4 (4) 8
Chemical Kinetics (Exercise) 19

15. The following results were obtained during kinetic studies of the reaction ;
2A + B ࢮ Products

[A] [B] Initial Rate of reaction

Experiment
(in mol L–1) (in mol L–1) (in mol L–1 min–1)

I 0.10 0.20 6.93 × 10–3

II 0.10 0.25 6.93 × 10–3

III 0.20 0.30 1.386 × 10–2

Time time (in minutes) required to consume half of A is :
(1) 1 (2) 5 (3) 10 (4) 100

16. If a reaction follows the Arrhenius equation the plot lnk vs 1/(RT) gives straight line with a gradient (–y)
unit . The energy required to activate the reactant is :
(1) –y unit (2) y unit (3) y/R unit (4) yR unit

17. The reaction 2X  B is a zeroth order reaction. If the intial concentration of X is 0.2 M, the half-life is 6
h. When the initial concentration of X is 0.5 M, the time required to reach its final concentration of 0.2 M
will be :
(1) 18.0 h (2) 12.0 h (3) 7.2 h (4) 9.0 h

18. Decomposition of X exhibits a rate constant of 0.05 g/year. How many years are required for the
decomposition of 5 g of X into 2.5 g ?
(1) 40 (2) 25 (3) 20 (4) 50
19. For a reaction, consider the plot of ln k versus 1/T given in the figure. If the rate constant of this reaction
at 400 K is 10–5 s–1, then the rate constant at 500 K is:

nk
Slope = –4606 K

1/T
–4 –1 –4 –1
(1) 10 s (2) 4 × 10 s (3) 2 × 10–4 s–1 (4) 10–6 s–1
20. The rate of a certain biochemical reaction at physiological temperature (T) occurs 106 times faster with
enzyme than without. The change in the activation energy upon adding enzyme is :
(1) + 6(2.303)RT (2) + 6RT (3) – 6RT (4) – 6(2.303) RT
1
21. Consider the following plots of rate constant versus for four different reactions. Which of the following
T
orders is correct for the activation energies of these reactions?

log k
a
d
c
b

1/T
(1) Eb > Ea > Ed > Ec (2) Eb > Ed > Ec > Ea
(3) Ec > Ea > Ed > Eb (4) Ea > Ec > Ed > Eb
 Chemical Kinetics (Exercise) 20

EXERCISE # 1
Section (A)
1. (2) 2. (2) 3. (1) 4. (3) 5. (2) 6. (4)
7. (2) 8. (1) 9. (3) 10. (1) 11. (4) 12. (4)
Section (B)
1. (2) 2. (3) 3. (4) 4. (4) 5. (2) 6. (4)
7. (2) 8. (4) 9. (3) 10. (3)
Section (C)
1. (3) 2. (2) 3. (1) 4. (3) 5. (1) 6. (4)
7. (2) 8. (2) 9. (3) 10. (3) 11. (3) 12. (1)
13. (2) 14. (2) 15. (2) 16. (4) 17. (3)
Section (D)
1. (2) 2. (4) 3. (3) 4. (4) 5. (2) 6. (3)
7. (4) 8. (2)
Section (E)
1. (1) 2. (2) 3. (1) 4. (2) 5. (2)
Section (F)
1. (1) 2. (1) 3. (2) 4. (2) 5. (4) 6. (3)
7. (1) 8. (4) 9. (2) 10. (1) 11. (4) 12. (4)
Section (G)
1. (3) 2. (2) 3. (2) 4. (2) 5. (3) 6. (3)
7. (3)
EXERCISE # 2
1. (4) 2. (2) 3. (2) 4. (2) 5. (4) 6. (2)
7. (3) 8. (3) 9. (2) 10. (3) 11. (4) 12. (1)
13. (2) 14. (3) 15. (2) 16. (2) 17. (1) 18. (1)
19. (3) 20. (2) 21. (4) 22. (2) 23. (3) 24. (4)
25. (1) 26. (2) 27. (2)
EXERCISE # 3
PART - I
1. (1) 2. (3) 3. (2) 4. (4) 5. (2) 6. (1)
7. (2) 8. (3) 9. (1) 10. (4) 11. (3) 12. (2)
13. (1) 14. (4) 15. (2) 16. (4) 17. (2) 18. (2)
19. (2) 20. (1) 21. (2) 22. (2) 23. (2) 24. (4)
25. (4) 26. (4) 27. (4) 28. (2)
PART - II
1. (2) 2. (1) 3. (4) 4. (1) 5. (2) 6. (1)
7. (1) 8. (2) 9. (4) 10. (3) 11. (1) 12. (1)
13. (1) 14. (3) 15. (1) 16. (3) 17. (2) 18. (3)
19. (2) 20. (2) 21. (4)
PART - III
1. (1) 2. (3) 3. (4) 4. (2) 5. (1) 6. (2)
7. (3) 8. (4) 9. (3) 10. (2) 11. (1) 12. (4)
13. (1) 14. (3) 15. (3) 16. (2) 17. (1) 18. (4)
19. (1) 20. (4) 21. (3)