SUCCESS POINT SCIENCE ACADEMY

Chemistry
Time : 1.00 hr XII - A Div Marks : 100

Chemical Kinetics

1) The concentration of a reactant decreases from 0.2 7) Rate of reaction can be expressed by Arrhenius
M to 0.1M in 10 minutes. The rate of the reaction is equation as k = Ae−E/RT In this reaction,E
represents :
A) 0 . 0 1 M
A) The energy below which colliding molecules
B) 102 will not react.

C) 0.01moldm−3 min−1 B) The total energy of the reacting molecules at a

temperature T.
D) 1moldm−3 min−1
C) The fraction of molecules with energy greater
2) The temperature coefficient for reaction in which than the activation energy of the reaction
food deteriorates is 2. Then food deteriorates.....
times as rapidly at 25◦ C as it does at 5◦ C D) The energy above which the colloiding
molecules will react.
A) Two B) Four C) Six D) Twenty
8) The activation energy for a simple chemical
3) A gaseous hypothetical chemical equation 2A
reaction A → B is Ea in forward direction. The
4B + C is carried out in a closed vessel. The activation energy for reverse reaction
concentration of B is found to increase by
5 × 10−3 moll−1 sec−1 in 10 second. The rate of A) Is always double of Ea
appearance of B is
B) Is negative of Ea
A) 5 × 10−4 moll−1 sec−1
C) Is always less than Ea
B) 5 × 10−5 moll−1 sec−1
D) Can be less than or more than Ea
C) 6 × 10−5 moll−1 sec−1
9) The activation energies of two reactions are
D) 4 × 10−4 moll−1 sec−1 E1 andE2 .If the temperature of the system is
increased from T1 toT2 .the rate constant of the
4) For the reversible reaction: H2 (g) + I2 (g)
2HI(g) reaction changes from k1 tok01 in the first reaction
dHI and k2 tok02 in second reaction, predict which of the
the expression for the formation of HI , is
dt following expression is correct ?

A) 2k1 [H2 ][I2 ] + 2k2 [HI]2 k01 k0 k01 k0

A) = 20 B) > 20
k1 k2 k1 k2
B) 2k[H2 ][I2 ] − 2k2 [HI] k01 k0 k01 k0
C) < 2 D) = 2 =0
k1 k2 k1 k2
C) 2k1 [HI] − 2k2 [H2 ][I2 ]
10) The integrated rate equation is Rt = log C0 − log Ct .
The straight line graph is obtained by plotting
D) 2k1 [H2 ][I2 ] − 4k2 [HI]2
1
5) The reaction 2N2 O5
2N2 O4 + O2 is A) time v/s log Ct B) v/sCt
time
1 1
A) Bimolecular and second order C) time v/s Ct D) v/s
time Ct
B) Unimolecular and first order 11) The half life period for the first order reaction,
XY2 → X + Y2 is 10 minutes. In what period would
C) Bimolecular and first order the concentration of XY2 be reduced to 10 % of the
original concentration ?
D) Bimolecular and zero order
A) 33.2 min B) 90 min
6) The half-life period for a first order reaction is 693
seconds. The rate constants for this reaction would C) 120 min D) 26.3 min.
be
12) The rate constant for a first order reaction whose
A) 0.1 sec−1 B) 0.01 sec−1 half life is 480 sec is :

C) 0.001 sec−1 D) 0.0001 sec−1

 A) 2.88 × 10−3 sec−1 B) 1.44 × 10−3 sec−1

C) 1.44 sec−1 D) 0.72 × 10−3 sec−1

13) Which of the following statements about zero order

reaction is not true

A) Its unit is sec− 1

B) The graph between log (reactant) versus rate of

reaction is a straight line
18) For a reaction whose rate expression is :
C) The rate of reaction increases with the decrease Rate = K[A]1/2 [B]3/2 the order would be
in concentration of reactants
A) 1.5 B) 2 C) 3 D) 1
D) Rate of reaction is independent of
concentration of reactants 19) For the reaction O3(g) + O(g) → 2O2(g) if the rate
law expression is, rate = [KO3 ][O] the molecularity
14) Rate of the given reaction, (1) A + B → X (2) and order of the reaction are respectively
X + B → Y (3) X + B → (AY) (4) AY + B → AYB Will
be determined by : A) 2 and 2 B) 2 and 1.33

A) Step 1 because the reactions starts with C) 2 and 1 D) 1 and 2

formation of X
20) The rate of a reaction doubles when its temperature
B) Step 2 because it is fastest step changes from 300 K to 310 Activation energy of
such a reaction will be : (R = 8.314 JK−1 mol−1 and
C) Step 3 because it is slowest step log 2 = 0.301)

D) Step 4 because it ends the reaction. A) 53.6 kJ mol−1 B) 48.6 kJ mol−1

15) The rate constants K1 and K2 for two different C) 58.5 kJ mol−1 D) 60.5 kJ mol−1
reactions are 1016 e−2000/T and 1016 e−1000/T
respectively. The temperature at which K1 = K2 is 21) The following graph shows how t1/2 (half-life) of a
reactant R changes with the initial reactant
10000 20000 concentration a0 . The order of the reaction will be
A) 2000 K B) K C) 1000K D) K
2.303 2.303
16) A Substance undergoes first order decomposition.
The decomposition follows two parallel first order
reactions as The percentage distribution of B and C
are

A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3

22) For a first order reaction the rate constant is 6.909

min−1 .The time taken for 75 % conversion in
A) 75% Band 25% C minutes is :

3 2 2 3 3
B) 80% B and 20%C A) log 2 B) log 3 C) log 2 D) log
2 3 3 2 4
C) 60% Band 40%C 23) The rate constant of a reaction is found to be
3 × 10−3 mollit−1 min−1 . The order of reaction is
D) 76.83% B and 23.17%C
A) Zero B) 1 C) 2 D) 1.5
17) An endothermic reaction with high activation
energy for the forward reaction is given by the 24) The reaction 2NO(g) + O2(g) → 2NO2(g) is second
diagram order with respect to NOand first order with respect
to O2 If the volume of reactant is suddenly reduced
to half value, the rate of reaction would be

A) One-fourth of original value

B) One-eighth of original value

C) Eight times of original value

D) Four times of original value

25) The activation energy of a reaction is zero.The rate
constant of this reaction

A) Increases with increase of temperature

B) Decreases with an increase of temperature

C) Decreases with decrease of temperature

D) Is independent of temperature
 Answer Sheet
Chemistry : Chemical Kinetics
Total Questions : 25 Total Marks : 100

1 C 2 B 3 A 4 D 5 C 6 C 7 A 8 D 9 B 10 A 11 A 12 B
13 D 14 C 15 B 16 D 17 C 18 B 19 A 20 A 21 C 22 C 23 A 24 C
25 D
 Solution Sheet
Chemistry : Chemical Kinetics
Total Questions : 25 Total Marks : 100

dy

0.2 − 0.1

0.1 −2000 −1000
1) Rate of reaction = = =
dx 10 10 15) 1016 eT = 1015 e T
0.01moldm−3 min−1 −1000
1
e T ×1000 1000
3) Increase in concentration of B = 5 × 10−3 moll−1 10 = −2000 ⇒ 10 = e T ⇒ ln10 =
T
Time = 10 sec
Increaseofconc.B e T
Rate ot appearance ot B = 1000 1000
T imetaken ⇒ 2.303log10 = ⇒T = K
5 × 10−3 moll−1 T 2.303
= 5 × 10 moll−1 sec−1
− 4
k1
10 sec 16) %distributionofB = × 100
1 d[HI] k1 + k2
4) Rate of reaction =
2 dt 1.26 × 10−4
= × 100
= k1 [H2 ][I2 ] − 2k2 [HI]2 1.26 × 10−4 + 3.8 × 10−4
Rate of formation of HI B% = 76.83%
d[HI] k2
= 2k1 [H2 ][I2 ] − 4k2 [HI]2 %distributionofC = × 100
dt k1 + k2
3.8 × 10−4
5) This reaction is bimolecular and first order of = × 100
1.26 × 10−4 + 3.8 × 10−4
reaction. C% = 23.17%
0.693
6) t1/2 = Givent1/2 = 693 sec 17) Endothermic reactions are those which involve
k
0.693 0.693 × 10−3 absorption of heat.
693 = ,k = ; k = 10−3 = High activation energy means potential energy of
k 693
0.0001 sec−1 product
must be much greater than reactants.
8) In exothermic and endothermic reactions will be
more and 18) Rate = K[A]1/2 [B]3/2
less than Ea respectively. 1 3 4
∴ or = + = = 2 .
k0 E1 T − T1 2 2 2
9) log 1 = [ 2 ] k2 Ea T −T
k1 2.303R T1 T2 20) log = ( 2 1)
k 0
E2 T − T1 k1 2.303R T1 T2
log 2 = [ 2 ] Ea 310−300
k2 2.303R T1 T2 log 2 = ( )
since E1 > E2 2.303 × 8.314 310 × 300
0.3010 × 2.303 × 8.314 × 310 × 300
k0 Ea =
log 1 10
k1
>1 53.6 kJ mol−1
k02 1
log 21) t1/2 ∝ n−1
k2
or a0
0 k0
k1
> 2 an−1
0 = a0 (given)
k1 k2 ∴ n−1 = 1 ⇒ n = 2

22) k=6.909 min−1

2.303 100
10) It is similar to y=mx+c t= log
6.909 25
0.693 2.303
11) k = = × log 4
t1/2 6.909
2.303
0.693 = × 2 log 2
= = 0.0693min−1 6.909
10 2
2.303 [A]0 = log 2
t= log 3
k 0.1[A]0
2.303 25) When Ea = 0 the rate of reaction becomes
= × 1 = 33.2
0.0693 independent of temperature.
0.693 0.693 ( Ea = Energy of activation)
12) k = =
t1/2 480
1.44 × 10−3 sec−1

13) The unit for zero order reaction is mol

litre− 1 time− 1
and its rate is independent of concentration of
reactant.

14) Slowest step is the rate determining step.