Rate of Reaction

follows :
1. The rate of a reaction is expressed in different ways as
dc1dD]1dA] dB]
3 dt 4 dt dt

The reaction is:

(A) 4 A+ B’2C + 3D (B) B +3 D’4A+ 2C
+ B’C+D
(C) A (D) B + D ’ A + C

2, For the reaction 2A + 3B ’4C

the rate of reaction may be represented as :

(A) r=-2 d(A)

d(B) =4
d(C) (B) r=-2
*-4B)

dt dt dt dt dt
dt
(C)ra-!d(A) I d(B) dC) (D) r= dA) d(B)_ d(C)
2 dt 3 dt 4 dt 2 dt 3 dt 4 dt

3 In a reaction Nz(g) +3H2(g)2NH3(g) the rate of appearance of NH3 is 2.5x10-4molL-lsec-1,

The Rate of reaction & rate of disappearance ofH2 will be(In molL-'sec-1)
(A) 3.75 x 104, 1.25 x 104 (B) 1.25x 10-4, 2.5 x 10-4
(C) 1.25 x 10-4, 3.75 x 104 (D) 5.0 >x 10-4, 3.75 x 10-4

4. For the reaction 4A + B’ 2C+ 2D

The incorrect statement is :
(A) The rate of disappearance of Bis one fourth the rate of disappearance of A
(B) The rate of appearance of Cis half the rate of disappearance of B
(C) The fate of formation of Dis half the rate of consumption ofA
(D) The rates of formation of Cand Dare equal

5. In the following reaction : xA ’ yB

d[B]| +0.3

where -ve sign indicates rate of disappearance of the reactant. Thus, x : y is:
(A) 1:2 (B) 2:1 (C) 3:1 (D) 3:10
 6. Rate of formation of product at t= 20 seconds is:

0152tsec)

(A)0.5 MS-1 (B) 1 MS-1 (C) 1.5 MS-1 (D) 2MS-1

Rate law and order of reaction

7. If concentration of reactants is increased by 'x' then the k becomes -

(A)In X
(B) X
(C) k+x (D) k

8. For the reaction, 2NO(g) + 2H2(g)- ’ Nz(g)+ 2H20(g) the rate expression can be written in
the following ways:
d [N2]/ dt =k1 [NOJ[H2] :
d[H20]/ dt= k[NOJ[H:];
d[NO]/dt =k1 [NO] [H2];
-d[H:]/ dt = k' [NO][H:]
The relationship between k, k1, k1 and k"1. is :
(A) k= k1= k1 =k"1 (B) k=2k1 =k1= k"1
(C) k= 2ki = k1 = k'1 (D) k=k1 =ki=2 k"1

9 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& Bwere doubled the order
of the reaction with respect to A&Bare:
(A) 1, 1 (B) 2, 0 (C) 1, 0 (D) 0, 1

10. For the irreversible process, A+B- ’ products, the rate is first-order w.rt. Aand 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 x 10-2 mol L-1 s-1, rate when half reactants have been turned into products is:
(A) 1.25 x 10-3 mol L-l s-1 (B) 1.0 x 10-2 molL-1 s-1

(C) 2.50 x 10-3 mol L-ls-1 (D) 2.0 x 10-2 mol L-1 s-1
11. For the reaction 2NO2- ’ N202 + 02, rate expression is as follows:

dt
=k [NO2]P, where k= 3 x10-3 mol-1 Lsec-l. If the rate of formation of oxygen is
1.5 x 10-4 mol L-l sec-1, then the molar concentration of N0z in mole L-1 is
(A) 1.5 x 10-4 (B) 0.0151 (C) 0.214 (D) 0.316

Zero Order Reactions

12. If the rate of the reaction is equal to the rate constant, the order of the reaction is:
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

13. The rate constant of a zero order reaction is 0.2 mol dm -h-. If the concentration of the
reactant after 30 minutes is 0.05 mol dm-3 Then its initial concentration would be:
(A) 0.15 mol dm-3 (B) 1.05 mol dm-3 (C) 0.25 mol dm-s (D) 4.00 mol dm-3

14. The rate constant of the reaction A’ 2B is 1.0 x 10-3 mol L-min-', if the initial concentration
of A is 1.0 mole L-1 what would be the concentration of B after 100 minutes.

(A) 0.1 mol lit-1 (B) 0.2 mol lit-1 (C) 0.9 mol lit1 (D) 1.8 mol lit-1

15. Consider the reaction A ’ B, graph between half life (t1y2) is and initial concentration (a) of
the reactant

Hence graph betweeD da] and time will be

dt

(A)-. (B) - dt

dA) (D) A])

(C) - dt dt
16. What will be the order of reaction and rate constant for a chemical change having log tso% vs log
Ao (Ao= Initial concentration of reactant) curves as:

log to
45°
logA,

(A) 0, 1/2 (B) 1, 1 (C) 2, 2 (D) 3, 1

First order reaction

17. The data of ti/2 at different initial concentrations for a given reaction, was found to be constant.
The order of reaction is :
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

18. If the first order reaction involves gaseous reactants and gaseous products the units of its rate
are -

(A) sec-! (B) atm. sec (C) atm.sec-! (D) atm² sec?

19. A reaction is found to have the rate constant X sec-1 by what factor the rate is increased if initial
conc. of A is tripled

(B) 9 (C) X (D) Remains same

(A) 3

20. The rate constant of afirst order reaction is 4 x 10-3 sec-1, At a reactant concentration of0.02
M, the rate of reaction would be -
(A) 8 x 10-5 M sec-1 (B) 4 x 10-3 M sec-1 (C) 2 x 10-1 M sec-1 (D) 4 x 10-1 M sec-1

1.0 M to 0.25 M in
21. In a first order reaction the concentration of the reactant is decreased from
20 min. The rate constant of the reaction would be
(A) 10 min-1 (B) 6.931 min-1 (C) 0.6931 min-1 (D) 0.06931 min-1

reactant concentration
22. A first order reaction has a half life period of 69.3 sec. At 0.10 mol lit-1
rate willbe -
(B) 10-3 Msec-1 (C) 10-1 Msec-1 (D) 6.93 x 10-1Msec-1
(A)10-4 Msec-1

40 minute ifty is 20 minute

23. What fraction ofa reactant left showing first order reaction after
(A) 1/4 (B) 1/2 (C) 1/8 (D) 1/6
 24. After how many seconds will the conc. of the reactant in a first order reaction be halved, if the
rate constant is 1.155 x 10-3 sec-1;
(A) 600 (B) 100 (C)60 (D) 10
25. Correct statement about first order reaction is:
(A) tcompletion = finite (B) ti/2 « 1/a
(C) Unit of k is mole lit-l sec-1 (D) ,. x k= const. at const. temp.

26. For a given reaction of first order it takes 20 minutes for the concentration to drop from 1 Mto
0.6 M. The time required for the concentration to drop from 0.6 Mto 0.36 Mwill be:
(A) More than 20 min (B)Less than 20 min
(C) Equal to 20 min (D) Infinity

27. Areaction is of first order. After 100 minutes 75 g of the reactant Aare decomposed when 100g
are taken initially, calculate the time required when 150 g of the reactant Aare decomposed,
the initial weight taken is 200g:
(A) 100 minutes (B) 200 minutes (C) 150 minutes (D) 175 minutes

28. Consider the reaction:

A>B+C

Initialconcentration of Ais 1 M. 20 minutes time is required for completion of 80% reaction.

B
IF dt =k[A], then half life(t1/2 ) is (Use :In 51.6)
(A) 55.44 min (B) 50 min (C) 8.66 Imin (D) None of these

29. Which of the following curves represents a Ist order reaction :

logia-x) log(a-:
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1 &3 both

30. If decomposition reaction A(g) ’ B(g) follows first order kinetics then the graph of rate of
formation (R) of Bagainst time twill be
R R R

(A) (B) (C) (D)

31. For the first order decomposition of SO2Cl2(g), SOzCl2(g)’ S02(g) +Clz(g) a graph of log
(ao x) vs t is shown in figure. What is the rate constant (sec-l)?
Timemin
4 6

(A) 0.2 (B) 4.6 x 10-1 (C) 7.7 x 10-3 (D) 1.15 x 10-2

Second Order Reaction

32. Which is not true for a second order reaction?

(A) It can have rate constant 1 x 10- Lmol-1 s-1

(B) Its half-life is inversely proportional to its initial concentration
(C) Time to complete 75% reaction is twice of half-life

(D) tso% =
kx A,
33. Areaction, which is second order, has a rate constant of 0.002 Lmol-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?
(A) 1000 sec (B) 400 sec (C) 200 sec (D) 10, 000 sec

34. The rate constant fora second order reaction is 8 x 10-5 M-1 min-1: How long will it take a 1M
solution to be reduced to 0.5 M.

(A) 8.665x 10³ min (B) 8 x 10-3 min (C) 1.25 x 10* min (D) 4 x 10-5 min

nth order and pseudo order reaction

35. Unit of rate constant of nth order reaction is.

(A) litrel-n mol1-n sec-1 (B) moln-1 litrel-n sec-1
(C) mol1-n litren-1 sec-1 (D) None
36. The accompanying figure depicts the change in concentration of species Xand Yfor the
reaction X-’Yas a function of time the point of intersection of the two curves represents.

Time

(AJ ti/2 (B) ts/4

(C) tz/3 (D) Data insufficient to predict

37. At the point of intersection of the two curves shown, the conc. of Bis given by...for, A’ nB:

Conc.

time

(C) nA
An
(A) 2
(B) n-1 n+1
D)

38. Agraph between log ti/z and log a (abscissa) a being the initial concentration of Ao in the
reaction For reaction A ’ Product, the rate law is:

log t. Slope =-1

log A,

(A) A] =k (B) -d[A] =k [A] (C) -d[A] =k [AJ² (D) -d[AJ =k [AJ3
dt dt dt dt

39. 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) (i) -
C C

What are the possible orders of the reactions (i), (i), (iii).
(A) 1, 2, 3 (B) 2, 1, 1/2 (C) 0, 1, 2 (D) 0, 1, 1/2

40. The rate law of the reaction A + 2B ’ product(P) is given by

dP = K[AJ' [B]. If Ais taken in
dt

large eXcess, the order of the reaction will be -

(A) Zero (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
41. Time required to complete ahalf fraction of areaction varies inversely to the concentration of
reactant then the order of reaction is -

(A) Zero (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

Experimental determination of order

42. The data for the reaction A+B ’Cis :

Exp. [AJo [B<o initial rate

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

The rate law is

(A)r=k [B]3 (B) r =k[AJ3 (C)r=k[A] [BÊ: (D) r=k[A]P B]?

43. The kinetic data for the given reaction A(g) + 2B(g) -’ C(g) is provided in the following table
for three experiments at 300 K.

BL No. [A/M) |B/M Initial rate (Msec )

0.01 0.01 6.930 x 10
0.02 .01 1.386 x10
3 0.02 0.02 1.386 x10

In another experiment starting with initial concentration of 0.5 and 1 Mrespectively for Aand
Bat 300 K. Find the rate of reaction after 50 minutes from start of experiment (in m/sec)?
(A) 6.93 x 104 (B) 0.25 x 10-7 (C) 4.33 x 10-5 (D) 3.46 x 10-9

44 At certain temperature, the half life period for the thermal decomposition of a gaseous
substance depends on the initial partial pressure of the substance as follows
Pressure (mmHg) 500 250
ti/2 (in min.) 235 950
Find the order of reaction [Given log (23.5) = 1.37 ; log (95) = 1.97; log 2 =0.30]
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 2.5 (D) 3
 Experimental determination of First order rate constant

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

46.
Azo isopropane decomposes according to the equation :
(CH3)2CHN=NCH(CH3)2(g) 230-290C Nz(g) + C&H14(8)
It is found to be a first order reaction. If initial pressure is Po and pressure of the mixture at
time t is (P) then rate constant k would be:

(A) k= 2.303 P
(B) k= 2.303 logP P
t
\o82-P,
(C) k= 2.302 P
(D) k= 2.303, 108
108-P
t
2P, -P,

47. Half life of reaction : H202(aq) ’ H20) +02(g) is independent of initial concentration of
2
H202 Volume of 02 gas after 20 minute is 5L at 1 atm and 27°C
and after completion of reaction
50L. The rate constant is

(A) log 10min 2.303

20 (B) log 1 Omin-!
20
2.303 50
(C) 2.303 45
20 ogmin (D) lognin
20

48. In the reaction NH4NO2 (ag.) ’ N2(g) +

2 H20 () the volume of N2 after 20 min
time is 40 ml and 70 ml respectively. and aftera long
The value of rate constant is:
(A) (1/20) log (7/4) min-1
(B) (2.303 /1200) log (7/3) sec-1
(C) (1/20) log (7/3) min-1 (D) (2.303 / 20) log (11/7) min-1
49. For a reaction A ’B+C, it was found
that at the end of 10 minutes from the
optical rotation of the system was 50° and start the total
when the reaction is complete, it was 100°.
Assuming that only B and Care optically active
of this first order reaction. and dextrorotatory. Calculate the rate
constant
 (A) 0.693 min-1 (B) 0.0693 sec-1 (C) 0.0693 min-1 (D) 0.00693 sec-1
50. The following data were obtained in an experiment on inversion of cane sugar (a first order
kinetics)
Time (min) 0 10 After a long time

Total angle of rotation (degree) +40 +15 - 10

The rate constant (in second-1) is [In 2 = 0.693]

(A) 0.0693 (B) 1.15 x 10-3 (C) 0.693 (D) 1.15 x 10-2
Parallel first order reaction

51. The substance undergoes first order decomposition. The decomposition follows two parallel
first order reactions as :

kË = 1.26 x 10-4 sec-l and k = 3.8 x 10-5 sec-1

The percentage distribution of Band C

(A) 80% Band 20% C (B) 76.83% Band 23.17%C
(C) 90% B and 10% C (D) 60% Band 40% C
52. For a hypothetical elementary reaction.
ki-2B

kT-2C

where
k, 2

Initially only 2 moles of Aare present. The total number of moles of A, Band Cat the end of
75% of reaction are:
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 3.5
Collison Theory

53. According to collision theory of reaction rates -

(A) Every collision between reactant leads to chemical reaction
(B) Rate of reaction depends upon shape of molecule
(C) Allreactions which occur in gaseous phase are zero order reaction
(D) Rate of reaction is directly proportional to collision frequency.
54. Activation energy of a reaction is -
(A) The energy released during the reaction
(B) The energy evolved when activated complex is formed
(C) Minimum kinetic energy needed to overcome the potential barrier of reaction
(D) The energy needed to form one mole of the product

55. The minimum energy for molecules to enter into chemical reaction is called.
(A) Kinetic energy (B) Potential energy (C) Threshold energy (D) Activation energY

56. For producing the efective collisions, the colliding molecules must possess:
(A) A
certain minimum amount of energy
(B) Energy equal to or greater than threshold energy
(C) Proper orientation

(D) Threshold energy as well as proper orientation of collision

57. Alarge increase in the rate of a reaction for a rise in temperature is due to -
(A) Increase in the number of collisions (B) Increase in the number of activated molecules
(C) Lowering of activation energy (D) Shortening of the mean free path

Effect of temperature on rate

58. Which plot the slope of which can give us the value of activation energy :
1
(A) k versus T (B) versus T (C) log kversus 1/T (D) C versus T

59. Given that kis the rate constant for some order of any reaction at temp Tthen the value of
lim k

(A) (B) A (C) 2.303 A (D) log A

2.303

60. The rate constant, the activation energy and the Arrhenius parameter (A) of a chemical
reaction at 25°C are 3.0 x10+ s-, 104.4 kj mol-1 and 6.0 x1014g-l respectively. The value of the
rate constant atT’o is
(A) 2.0 x 1018 g-1 (B) 6.0 x 1014 s-1 (C) infinity (D) 3.6 x 1030 s-1

61. For a certain gaseous reaction, a 10° C rise of temp. from 25° C to 35° C doubles the rate of
reaction. What is the value of activation energy :
10 2.303x10
(A) (B) 298x 308R
2.303R x 298×308
 0.693Rx 10 0.693R x 298x 308
(C) (D)
290x308 10

62. From the following data; the activation energy forthereaction (cal/mol) H2+h’ 2HI
T,(in K) 1/T, (in K-1) log,k
769 1.3 x 10-3 2.9
667 1.5 x 10-3 1.1
(A) 4 x 104 (B) 2 x 104 (C) 8 x 104 (D) 3 x 104

63. Afirst order reaction is 50% completed in 20 minutes at 27°Cand in 5 min at 47°C. The energy
of activation of the reaction is
(A) 43.85 k</mol (B) 55.14 k/mol (C) 11.97 k</mol (D) 6.65 kJ/mol
64. For the first order reaction AB+C, carried out at 27 9C if 3.8 x 10-16 % of the reactant
molecules can overcome energy barrier, the Ea (activation energy) of the reaction is [log 3.8 =
0.58]
(A) 12 k</mole (B) 831.4 k</mole (c) 100 k</mole (D) 88.57 k]/mole
65. The Arrhenius relationship of two diferent reactions is shown below. Which reaction is faster
at a lower temperature and which is more sensitive to changes of temperature ?

log

1/T->

(A) B faster, A more sensitive (B) B in both cases

(C) A in both cases (D) A faster, B more sensitive

66. When a graph between In Kand 1/T is drawn a straight line is obtained. The point at which line
cuts y-axis and x-axis respectively correspond to the temperature:
(A) 0, Ea / 2.303 Rlog A (B) , Ea / RIn A)
(C) 0, log A (D) None of these.
67. For a reaction A’ B, Ea = 10 kJ mol-1 , aH =5 k] mol-, Thus, potential energy profile for this
reaction is:

(A)
Raaclon progresa Reaction progress
 (D)
Reacion progress
Reacton progress

Effect of catalyst on rate

68. The Ea of a reaction in presence of a catalyst is 4.15 k] mol-1 and in absence of a catalyst is 8.3 k]
mol-!. What is slope of the plot of In kvsin the absence of catalyst
T

(A) +1 (B) -1 (C) + 1000 (D) -1000

Molecularity of reaction

69. For the reaction Hz (g) + Brz (g) ’ 2HBr (g) the experiment data suggested that r=
k[H-][Bra]/2
The molecularity and order of the reaction are respectively:
(A) 2, 3/ 2 (B) 3/2,3/2 (C) Not defined, 3/2 (D) 1,1/2

Mechanism ofreaction

70. Following mechanismhas been proposed for areaction : 2A +B-’D +E Mechanism

A+B-’C+

A+C’E (fast)
The rate law expression for the reaction is:
(A) r= k[AJ² [B] (B) r= k[A] [B] (C) r=k[AJ? (D) r=k[AJ[C]

71. The reaction mechanism for the reaction P ’R is as follows :

K,
P
K. 2Q (fast) ; 2Q + P Ki’ R(slow)
the rate law for the main reaction (P ’R) is:

(A) k1 [P] [Q (B) k1kz [P] (D) k1kz [a]

k,
72. The following mechanism has been proposed for the exothermic catalyzed complex reaction.
A+B IAB k, AB +1 K P+A

If k1 is much smaller than kz. The most suitable qualitative plot of potential energy (P.E.) versus
reaction coordinate for the above reaction

AB+|
A+B
(A) A-BIAB (B) LAB

ABHL
reaction coordinate rcaction coordiinate

(C) -B
AB+| -AP
(D) -
ABtI A+P
IB
reaction coordinat reaction coordinat

73. Choose the correct set of identifications,for the reaction:S’P

Mechanism S+EES

ES ’ EP

EP ’E+ P

Reaction caordinate

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(A) AE for Ea for AEoverall Ea for

E+S- ES ES’ EP for S > P EP ’E+P

(B) E. for AE for Ea for AEoverall

E+S’ ES E+S’ ES ES ’ EP for S’P

(C) Ea for Ea for AEoverall AE for

ES ’ EP EP ’E+P for S ’ P EP ’ E +P
 Ea for Ea for Ea for AEoverall
(D)
E+S’ES ES ’ EP EP ’ E +P for S>P

(E) AE for AEoverall AE for1 Ea for

E+S’ES for S ’ P EP’ E +P EP -’E+P

74. The reaction of NO2 (g) and Os (8) is first-order in NOz (g) and O: (g)
2 NO2 (g) +03 (g)’ N20s (g) +02 (8)
The reaction can take place by mechanism :
1: NOz + 03 slow’ NO3 + 02

fast
NO3 + NO2 ’ N205

k fast
II: 03 02 + [o]

slow
NO2 + 0 NO3

NO3 + NO2 faN20s

Select correct mechanism.

(A) Ionly (B) II only

(C) both land II (D) None of IandiI

75. Reaction AB D+Etake place as

A+B 2C

C+B K 2D

C+A K 2E
The rate of disappearance of Cis given by

(A) - dt
= K2 [B][C] + Ks[A][C] - 2K1[A][B]

(B) --d[C]
dt
= K2[B][C] + K3 [E]- Ki[C]
(C) - = K2[D]0 + K3[E] - Ki[C]
dt

(D) -dtd [C] =2K1[A|[B] -K: [B|[C] - Ks[A|[C]