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CHEMICAL KINETICS
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1. A substance undergoes a first order decomposition. The decomposition follows two parallel first
order reaction as
K1 B
A

K2
i C
(K1 = 3  10 and K2 = 1  103)
3

The percentage distribution of B and C are

(A) 80% B and 20% C (B) 75% B and 25% C (C) 90% B and 10% C (D) 60% B and 40% C

2. A tangent drawn on the curve obtained by plotting concentration of product

(mole L–1) of a first order reaction vs. time (min) at the point corresponding to time 20 minute
makes an angle to 30° with concentration axis. Hence the rate of formations of product after
20 minutes will be
(A) 0.580 mole L–1 min–1 (B) 1.732 mole L–1 min–1
(C) 0.290 mole L min
–1 –1 (D) 0.866 mole L–1 min–1

3. The thermal decomposition of acetaldehyde: CH3CHO  CH4 + CO, has rate constant of
d[CH3CHO]
1.8  10–3 mole–1/2L1/2 min–1 at a given temperature. How would  will change if
dt
concentration of acetaldehyde is doubled keeping the temperature constant?
(A) will increase by 2.828 times (B) will increase by 11.313 times
(C) will not change (D) will increase by 4 times

4. The reaction ; 2O3  3O2, is assigned the following mechanism.

(I) O3 O2 + O
(II) O + O  slow
 2O
3 2
The rate law of if the reaction will, therefore be
(A) r  [O3]2[O2] (B) r  [O3]2 [O2]–1 (C) r  [O3] (D) r  [O3] [O2]–2

5. The reaction A(g) + 2B(g)  C(g) + D(g) is an elementary process. In an experiment, the initial
partial pressure of A & B are P A = 0.60 and PB = 0.80 atm. When PC = 0.2 atm the rate of reaction
relative to the initial rate is
(A) 1/48 (B) 1/24 (C) 9/16 (D) 1/6

6. If concentration are measured in mole/lit and time in minutes, the unit for the rate constant of a
3rd order reaction are
(A) mol lit–1 min–1 (B) lit2 mol–2min–1 (C) lit. mol–1 min–1 (D) min–1

7. For a first reaction t0.75 is 138.6 seconds. Its specific rate constant (in sec–1) is
(A) 10–2 (B) 10–4 (C) 10–5 (D) 10–6

8. Half life period for a first–order reaction is 10 minutes. How much time is required to change the
concentration of the reactants from 0.08M to 0.01M
(A) 20 min (B) 30 min (C) 40 min (D) 50 min

9. At 250°C, the half life for decomposition of N2O5 is 5.7 hr and is independent of initial pressure of
N2O5. The specific rate constant is
(A) 0.693/5.7 (B) 0.6933.7 (C) 5.7 /0.693 (D) none

10. 50% of the amount of a radioactive substance decomposes in 5 years. The time required for the
decomposition of 99.9% of the substance will be
(A) 10 years (B) between 10 and 40 years
(C) less than 10 years (D) between 49 and 50 years
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11. Consider a gaseous reaction, the rate of which is given by K[A] [B], the volume of the reaction vessel
containing these gases is suddenly reduced to 1/4th of the initial volume. The rate of reaction
relative to the original rate would be
(A) 16/1 (B) 1/16 (C) 8/1 (D) 1/8

12. A catalyst lowers the activation energy of a reaction from 20 kJ mole–1 to 10 kJ mole–1. The
temperature at which the uncatalysed reaction will have the same rate as that of the catalyzed at
27C is
(A) –123C (B) 327C (C) 347C (D) + 23C

13. The rate constant, the activation and Arrhenius parameter of a chemical reaction at 25°C are
3 10–4 s–1, 104.4 kJ mol–1 and 6  1014 s–1 respectively. The value of the rate constant at T   is
(A) 2  1018 s–1 (B) 6  1014 (C)  (D) 3.6  1030 s–1

14. If H and Ea of a forward reaction are –40 and 100 kJ/mole. Then Ea of backward reaction will be
(kJ/ mole)
(A) 60 (B) 100 (C) 140 (D) 160

15. For a first order reaction: A B, whose concentration vs.

time curve is as shown in the figure. The rate constant is

Concentration 
B
equal to
(A) 41.58 h–1 (B) 4.158 s–1 A
(C) 1.155  10 s
–3 –1 (D) 6.93 min–1
0 10 20 30
Time (min) 

16. For the gaseous reaction A( g)  4B(g)  3C(g) is found to be first order with respect to A. If at the
starting the total pressure was 100 mm Hg and after 20 minutes it is found to be 400 mm Hg. The
rate constant of the reaction is:
(A) 20 min-1 (B) 1.2  10 3 sec 1 (C) 5.7  10 4 sec 1 (D) 40 min-1

17. Half life of a chemical reaction at a particular concentration is 50 min. When the concentration of
the reactant is doubled, the half life becomes 100 min, then the order of the reaction is:
(A) zero (B) first (C) second (D) third

18. -
For the reaction CH3Cl(aq) +OH(aq) 



 CH3OH(aq)  Cl(aq)
The kinetic data are as given below:
[CH3 Cl] [OH- ] +d[CH3 OH]/dt (M min-1 )
0.2 0.1 2  10 3
0.4 0.1 4  10 3
0.4 0.2 8  10 3
If K c for the above reaction is 1  1014 , then the specific reaction rate (M1 min1 ) for the
replacement of OH group of methanol by Cl atom is:
(A) 10 18 (B) 10 13 (C) 1015 (D) 10-15

19. An increase in which of the following will not produce an increase in the rate of a chemical
reaction?
(A) temperature (B) reactant concentration
(C) An increase in any of these will increase the rate. (D) Activation Energy

20. The temperature coefficient for the reaction rate of a reaction is 2. The rate decreases if we
decrease the temperature from 400K to 320 K is:
1 1
(A) (B) (C) 28 (D) 27
28 27
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21. If 10–5% reactant molecule is crossing over the barrier in transition state at 298K, then find out the
activation barrier needed to cross the transition state.
(A) 39.94 kJ (B) 49.94kJ (C) 79.94kJ (D) 97.97 kJ

22. The rate constant 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
(A) 0.5 M (B) 1.25 M (C) 12.5 M (D) 1.0 M

23. A first order reaction is carried out with an initial concentration of 10 ML–1 and 80% of the reactant
changes into the product. Now if the same reaction is carried out with an initial concentration of
5 ML–1, the percentage of reactant changing to the
product is
(A) 40 (B) 80 (C) 160 (D) can’t be calculated

24. 64
29 Cu isotope is used in scans of brain tumour. Assuming no loss of 64 Cu except by radioactive
decay, how many hours are required for an administrated dose of 64 Cu to drop to 3.125% of the
64
initial, injected into a human (t1/ 2 for Cu  12.8 hour).
(A) 12.8 hours (B) 64 hours (C) 5 hours (D) 28 hours

25. The rate constant of a reaction is given by In k(sec 1 )  14.34  (1.25  10 4 ) / T . What will be the
energy of activation? (R = 1.987 cal)
(A) 24.83 kcal mol1 (B) 49.66 kcal mol1 (C) 12.42 kcal / mol (D) None

26. The rate constant of a reaction is 1.5  107 s1 at 50o C and 4.5  107 s1 at 100o C. What is the value
of activation energy?
(A) 2.2  103 J mol1 (B) 2300 J mol1 (C) 2.2  10 4 J mol1 (D) 220 J mol1

27. The rate constant for an isomerisation reaction A  B, is 4.5  10 3 min1 . If the initial
concentration of A is 1 M, calculate the rate of reaction after 1 hour.
(A) 0.34354 M min1 (B) 0.034354 M min1 (C) 0.0034354 M min1 (D) 0.0003454 M min1

28. For a first order reaction

(A) the degree of dissociation is equal to (1 – e–-kt)
(B) a plot of reciprocal concentration of the reactant versus time gives a straight line
(C) the time taken for the completion of 75% reaction is thrice the t1/2 of the reaction
(D) the pre-exponential factor in the Arrhenius equation has the dimension of time t.

29. A catalyst lowers Ea of a reaction by 25%. The temperature at which rate of uncatalysed reaction
will be equal to that of the catalysed reaction at 27°C under the same condition of concentration of
reactant is equal to
(A) 127°C (B) – 48°C (C) 27°C (D) None of these

30. The progress of a 1st order reaction: A  3B carried out

CB
at 27°C is shown below graphically. Half-time of the
reaction at 27°C is nearly.
conc. (mole L-1)

(A) 20 minutes
(B) 40 minutes CA
(C) 49 minutes
(D) None of these
20
Time (min)

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ANSWERS
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1. B 2. B 3. A 4. B

5. D 6. B 7. A 8. B

9. A 10. D 11. A 12. B

13. B 14. C 15. C 16. C

17. A 18. D 19. D 20. A

21. A 22. D 23. B 24. B

25. A 26. C 27. C 28. A

29. A 30. C