CHEMISTRY KCET/NEET/JEE CHAPTERWISE TEST SERIES-1

CHEMISTRY
TEST
Chemical Kinetics
No. of Questions
45
Maximum Marks
180
Time
1 Hour
46
Chapter-wise

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
• This test contains 45 MCQ's. For each question only one option is correct. Darken the correct circle/ bubble in the
Response Grid provided on each page.

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• You have to evaluate your Response Grids yourself with the help of solutions provided at the end of this book.
• Each correct answer will get you 4 marks and 1 mark shall be deduced for each incorrect answer. No mark will be given/
deducted if no bubble is filled. Keep a timer in front of you and stop immediately at the end of 60 min.
• The sheet follows a particular syllabus. Do not attempt the sheet before you have completed your preparation for that
syllabus.

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• After completing the sheet check your answers with the solution booklet and complete the Result Grid. Finally spend time
to analyse your performance and revise the areas which emerge out as weak in your evaluation.

1. The decomposition of a substance follows first order 2 0.024 0.070 0.80

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kinetics. Its concentration is reduced to 1/8th of its initial 3 0.024 0.035 0.10
value in 24 minutes. The rate constant of the decomposition 4 0.012 0.070 0.80
process is (a) Rate = k[B]3 (b) Rate = k [B]4
0.692 (c) Rate = k [A] [B]3 (d) Rate = k [A]2 [B]2
(a) 1/24 min–1 (b) min -1 5. Consider the reaction
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N2 (g) + 3H2 (g) ® 2 NH3 (g)
2.303 æ1ö 2.303 æ8ö d[ NH 3 ]
(c) log ç ÷ min -1 (d) log ç ÷ min -1 The equality relationship between and -
d[H 2 ]
is
24 8
è ø 24 è1ø dt dt
2. Consider the reaction, 2A + B ® products. When concentration d[ NH 3 ] 2 d[ H 2 ] d[ NH 3 ] 3 d[H 2 ]
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of B alone was doubled, the half-life did not change. When the (a) + =- (b) + =-
dt 3 dt dt 2 dt
concentration of A alone was doubled, the rate increased by two
times. The unit of rate constant for this reaction is d[ NH 3 ] d[H 2 ] d[ NH 3 ] 1 d[ H 2 ]
(c) =- (d) =-
(a) s – 1 (b) L mol–1 s–1 dt dt dt 3 dt
(d) mol L–1 s–1. 6. Diazonium salt decomposes as
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(c) no unit
3. A reaction involving two different reactants can never be C6 H 5 N +2 Cl - ® C6 H5Cl + N 2
(a) bimolecular reaction (b) second order reaction
(c) first order reaction (d) unimolecular reaction At 0°C, the evolution of N2 becomes two times faster when
4. Select the rate law that corresponds to the data shown for the initial concentration of the salt is doubled. Therefore, it is
(a) a first order reaction
the following reaction A + B ¾
¾® C (b) a second order reaction
Expt. No. (A) (B) Initial Rate (c) independent of the initial concentration of the salt
1 0.012 0.035 0.10 (d) a zero order reaction

RESPONSE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
GRID 6.
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7. CHCl3 + Cl2 ¾¾ ® CCl 4 + HCl 14. For a first order reaction (A) ® products the concentration
Rate law for above reaction will be of A changes from 0.1 M to 0.025 M in 40 minutes.
1 The rate of reaction when the concentration of A is 0.01 M is :
Rate = k[CHCl3 ][Cl2 ] 2 (a) 1.73 × 10–5 M/min (b) 3.47 × 10–4 M/min
(c) 3.47 × 10–5 M/min (d) 1.73 × 10–4 M/min
On the basis of information provided which of the following
option will be correct ? 15. The given reaction
(a) Rate law for any chemical reaction can be predicted 2FeCl 3 + SnCl 2 ¾ ¾® 2FeCl 2 + SnCl 4
accurately by looking at balanced chemical equation. is an example of
(b) Rate law for a chemical reaction has to determine (a) first order reaction (b) second order reaction
experimentally. (c) third order reaction (d) None of these
(c) Either determined experimentally or obtained from 16. In a first-order reaction A ® B, if k is rate constant and inital
balanced chemical reaction, rate law will be same. concentration of the reactant A is 0.5 M, then the half-life is
(d) None of the above is correct.
8. Which of the following statements is incorrect? log 2 log 2 ln 2 0.693
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) Activation energy for the forward reaction equals to k k 0.5 k 0.5k
activation energy for the reverse reaction 17. The integrated rate equations can be determined for
(b) For a reversible reaction, an increase in temperature (a) zero order reactions (b) first order reactions
increases the reaction rate for both the forward and the

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backward reaction
(c) The larger the initial reactant concentration for a second
order reaction, the shorter is its half-life.
(d) When Dt is infinitesimally small, the average rate equals
the instantaneous rate
(c) second order reactions (d) Both (a) and (b)
18. The rate constant, the activation energy and the arrhenius
parameter of a chemical reaction at 25°C are 3.0 × 10 –4s–1,
104.4 kJ mol–1 and 6.0 × 1014 s–1 respectively. The value of
the rate constant as T ® ¥ is

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9. In a reaction A ® Products, when start is made from (a) 2.0 × 1018 s–1 (b) 6.0 × 1014 s–1
8.0 × 10–2 M of A, half-life is found to be 120 minute. For the (c) Infinity (d) 3.6 × 1030 s–1
initial concentration 4.0 × 10–2 M, the half-life of the reaction 19. According to the adsorption theory of catalysis, the speed
becomes 240 minute. The order of the reaction is : of the reaction increases because
(a) zero (b) one (c) two (d) 0.5 (a) in the process of adsorption, the activation energy of
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10. During decomposition of an activated complex. the molecules becomes large
(i) energy is always released (b) adsorption produces heat which increases the speed
(ii) energy is always absorbed of the reaction
(iii) energy does not change (c) adsorption lowers the activation energy of the reaction
(iv) reactants may be formed (d) the concentration of product molecules at the active
(a) (i), (ii) and (iii) (b) (i) and (iv) centres of the catalyst becomes high due to adsorption.
(c) (ii) and (iii) (d) (ii), (iii) and (iv) 20. Consider a general chemical change 2A + 3B ® products.
11. Which of the following statements is incorrect ? The rate with respect to A is r1 and that with respect to B is
(a) Energy is always released when activated complex r2. The rates r 1 and r2 are related as
decomposes to form products.
(a) 3 r1=2r2 (b) r1 = r2
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(b) Peak of the energy distribution curve corresponds to

the most probable potential energy.
(c) Peak of the energy distribution curve corresponds to
the most probable kinectic energy.
(d) When the temperature is raised maximum of energy
distribution curve moves to higher energy value and
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(c) 2r1 = 3r2 (d) r12 = 2r22
21. In a first order reaction, the concentration of the reactant,
decreases from 0.8 M to 0.4 M in 15 minutes. The time taken
for the concentration to change from 0.1 M to 0.025 M is

(a) 7.5 minutes (b) 15 minutes

broadens out. (c) 30 minutes (d) 60 minutes
12. A catalyst increases rate of reaction by 22. Activation energy (Ea) and rate constants (k1 and k2) of a
(a) decreasing enthalpy chemical reaction at two different temperatures (T1 and T2)
(b) decreasing internal energy are related by :
(c) decreasing activation energy
E æ1 1 ö E æ1 1ö
(a) ln 2 <, a çç , ÷÷÷ (b) ln k 2 < , a çç , ÷÷÷
(d) increasing activation energy k
13. Consider a reaction aG + bH ® Products. When k1 ç
R èT1 T2 ø ÷ k1 ç
R è T2 T1 ø÷
concentration of both the reactants G and H is doubled, the
E æ 1 1ö k1 E æ1 1ö
< a çç , ÷÷÷
k2
rate increases by eight times. However, when concentration (c) ln <, a çç ∗ ÷÷÷ (d) ln
of G is doubled keeping the concentration of H fixed, the k1 R çèT2 T1 ÷ø k2 R çè T1 T2 ÷ø
rate is doubled. The overall order of the reaction is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
RESPONSE
12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
GRID
17. 18. 19. 20. 21.
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23. t 1 can be taken as the time taken for the concentration of a 1

(a) of the original amount
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3 4
reactant to drop to of its initial value. If the rate constant (b) 1 of the original amount
4 t
for a first order reaction is k, the 1 can be written as 8
4 1
(a) 0.75/k (b) 0.69/k (c) 0.29/k (d) 0.10/k (c) of the original amount
24. The decomposition of ammonia on tungsten surface at 500 K 16
follows zero order kinetics. The half-life period of this 1
(d) of the original amount
reaction is 45 minutes when the initial pressure is 4 bar. The 32
half-life period (minutes) of the reaction when the initial 32. Reaction rate between two substance A and B is expressed
pressure is 16 bar at the same temperature is as following:
(a) 120 (b) 60 (c) 240 (d) 180 rate = k[A]n[B]m
25. In a 1st order reaction, reactant concentration C varies with
time t as : If the concentration of A is doubled and concentration of B
1 is made half of initial concentration, the ratio of the new rate
(a) increases linearly with t to the earlier rate will be:
C 1
(b) log C decreases linearly with t (a) m + n (b) n – m (c) ( m +n)
(d) 2( n - m )
1 2
(c) C decreases with 33. The reaction of ozone with oxygen atoms in the presence of

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t chlorine atoms can occur by a two step process shown below :
1
(d) log C decreases with O3(g)+ Cl*(g) ® O2(g) + ClO* (g) ...(i)
t [Ki = 5.2 × 109 L mol–1 s–1]
26. For a reaction A ® Product, a plot of log t1/2 versus log a0
is shown in the figure. If the initial concentration of A is ClO*(g)+ O*(g) ® O2(g) + Cl* (g) ...(ii)

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represented by a0, the order of the reaction is [Kii = 2.6 × 1010 L mol–1 s–1]
The closest rate constant for the overall reaction
log t1/2 45° O3(g) + O*(g) ® 2O2(g) is :
(a) 1.4 × 1020 L mol–1 s–1 (b) 3.1 × 1010 L mol–1 s–1
(c) 5.2 × 109 L mol–1 s–1 (d) 2.6 × 1010 L mol–1 s–1
34. The temperature dependence of rate constant (k) of a
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log a0
(a) one (b) zero (c) two (d) three chemical reaction is written in terms of Arrhenius equation,
27. The rate of a chemical reaction doubles for every 10°C rise
of temperature. If the temperature is raised by 50°C, the rate k = A . e - E a Activation energy (Ea) of the reaction can be
of the reaction increases by about : calculated by plotting
(a) 10 times (b) 24 times (c) 32 times (d) 64 times 1 1
28. For a first order reaction t 0.75 is 1368 seconds, therefore, (a) k vs. (b) log k vs
log T T
the specific rate constant in sec–1 is
1
(a) 10–3 (b) 10–2 (c) 10–9 (d) 10–5 (c) log k vs. log T (d) k vs. T
29. The integrated rate equation is
A

Rt = log C0 - logCt. 35. For the reaction system :

The straight line graph is obtained by plotting 2NO(g) + O 2 (g) ® 2 NO 2 (g) volume is
(a) time Vs logCt (b) 1 suddenly reduced to half its value by increasing the pressure
Vs Ct on it. If the reaction is of first order with respect to O2 and
time
second order with respect to NO, the rate of reaction will
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1 1 (a) diminish to one-eighth of its initial value

(c) time Vs Ct (d) Vs
time Ct (b) increase to eight times of its initial value
30. The energies of activation for forward and reverse reactions (c) increase to four times of its initial value
for A2 + B2 ƒ 2AB are 180 kJ mol–1 and 200 kJ mol–1 (d) diminish to one-fourth of its initial value
respectively. The presence of a catalyst lowers the activation 36. In the reaction of formation of sulphur trioxide by contact
energy of both (forward and reverse) reactions by 100 kJ process 2SO2 + O2 ƒ 2SO3 the rate of reaction was
mol–1. The enthalpy change of the reaction (A2 + B2 ↑ measured as
2AB) in the presence of a catalyst will be (in kJ mol–1)
d [O2 ]
(a) 20 (b) 300 (c) 120 (d) 280 = -2.5 ´ 10-4 mol L-1s -1 . The rate of reaction is
31. The half-life period of a first order reaction is 15 minutes. dt
The amount of substance left after one hour will be: terms of [SO2] in mol L–1 s–1 will be:
(a) – 1.25 × 10–4 (b) – 2.50 × 10–4
(c) – 3.75 × 10–4 (d) – 5.00 × 10–4
23. 24. 25. 26. 27.
RESPONSE
28. 29. 30. 31. 32.
GRID
33. 34. 35. 36.

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37. A reactant (A) froms two products : (a) B only (b) Both A and B
k1 (c) Neither A nor B (d) A only
A ¾¾® B, Activation Energy Ea1 42. The slope in Arrhenius plot, is equal to:
k Ea Ea
A ¾¾® 2 C, Activation Energy Ea2 (a) - (b)
If Ea2 = 2 Ea1, then k1 and k2 are related as : 2.303 R R
R
(a) k2 = k1e Ea1 / RT (b) k2 = k1e Ea2 / RT (c) - (d) None of these
2.303 Ea
(c) k1 = Ak 2 e Ea1 / RT (d) k1 = 2k 2 e Ea2 / RT
43. A schematic plot of ln K eq versus inverse of temperature
38. Consider an endothermic reaction X ® Y with the activation
for a reaction is shown below
energies E b and E f for the backward and forward
6.0
reactions, respectively. In general
(a) there is no definite relation between E b and E f

ln Keq
(b) E b = E f
(c) E b > E f
2.0
(d) E b < E f 1.5 ´ 10 - 3 1 (K -1 ) 2.0 ´ 10 - 3

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39. Which of the following influences the rate of a chemical T
reaction performed in solution? The reaction must be
(a) Temperature (a) highly spontaneous at ordinary temperature
(b) Activation energy (b) one with negligible enthalpy change
(c) Presence of a catalyst (c) endothermic
(d) All of the above influence the rate (d) exothermic

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40. The rate of a reaction quadruples when the temperature 44. Plots showing the variation of the rate constant (k) with
changes from 300 to 310 K. The activation energy of this temperature (T) are given below. The plot that follows
reaction is : (Assume activation energy and pre-exponential Arrhenius equation is
factor are independent of temperature; ln 2 = 0.693;
R = 8.314 J mol–1 K–1)
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(a) 107.2 kJ mol–1 (b) 53.6 kJ mol–1
(c) 26.8 kJ mol –1 (d) 214.4 kJ mol–1 (a) (b)
41. Consider the reaction :
Cl2 ( aq ) + H 2S( aq ) ® S(s ) + 2H + (aq) + 2Cl- (aq)
The rate equation for this reaction is (c) (d)
rate = k[Cl2 ][H 2S]
Which of these mechanisms is/are consistent with this rate 45. The reaction 2N2O5(g) ® 4NO2(g) + O2(g)
equation? follows first order kinetics. The pressure of a vessel
A. Cl 2 + H 2S ® H + + Cl - + Cl+ + HS- (slow) containing only N2O5 was found to increase from 50 mm
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Hg to 87.5 mm Hg in 30 min. The pressure exerted by the

Cl + + HS- ® H + + Cl- + S (fast) gases after 60 min. will be (assume temperature remains
constant) :
B. H 2S ƒ H + + HS- (fast equilibrium) (a) 106.25 mm Hg (b) 150 mm Hg
Cl 2 + HS- ® 2Cl - + H + + S (Slow) (c) 125 mm Hg (d) 116.25 mm Hg
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RESPONSE 37. 38. 39. 40. 41.

GRID 42. 43. 44. 45.

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Total Questions 45Total Marks 180
Attempted Correct
Incorrect Net Score
Cut-off Score 38 Qualifying Score 64
Success Gap = Net Score – Qualifying Score
Net Score = (Correct × 4) – (Incorrect × 1)

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