SHEET-1

RATE OF CHEMICAL REACTION, FACTORS AFFECTING THE RATE OF

REACTION, MOLECULARITY, ORDER OF REACTION, 1st ORDER, 2nd
ORDER REACTION

SECTION – 1
 dc 
1. The term   in a rate equation refers to the
 dt 

(A) Concentration of the reactant

(B) Decrease in concentration of the reactant with time
(C) Increase in concentration of the reactant with time
(D) Velocity constant of the reaction

2. The rate of a chemical reaction can be expressed in

(A) grams per mole. (B) energy consumed per mole.
(C) volume of gas per unit time. (D) moles formed per litre of solution

3. The concentration of N2O5 is reduced from 2.33 to 2.08 mol l –1 in 184 minutes. The average rate in mol l–1s–1
is. (2N2O5(g)  4NO2 + O2)
(A) 1.13  10–5 (B) 1.13  105
–3 +3
(C) 2.72  10 (D) 2.72  10

4. The order of a reaction is said to be 2 with respect to a reactant X, when

(a) The rate of the reaction is proportional to [X]

2
(b) The rate of the reaction is proportional to [X]

(c) Two molecules of X are present in the stoichiometric equation

(d) The reaction occurs in two steps

m n
5. If the rate expression for a chemical reaction is given by Rate = k[A] [B]

(a) The order of the reaction is m (b) The order of the reaction is n

(c) The order of the reaction is m + n (d) The order of the reaction is m – n

6. In a reaction between X and Y, it was found that

(i) On doubling the initial concentration of X while keeping that of Y constant, the rate of reaction is doubled,
and

(ii) On doubling the initial concentration of both X and Y, the rate of reaction is increased by a factor of 8.

What will be the rate expression of this reaction

2 2 2 2
(a) Rate = k[X][Y] (b) Rate = k[X][Y] (c) Rate = k[X] [Y] (d) Rate = k[X] [Y]

7. The half life of a first order reaction is 10 minutes. If initial amount is 0.08 mol/litre and concentration at some
instant is 0.01 mol/litre, then t =

(a) 10 minutes (b) 30 minutes (c) 20 minutes (d) 40 minutes

8. 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 vs time gives a straight line

(c) The time taken for the completion of 75% reaction is thrice t1/2 of the reaction
–1
(d) The pre – exponential factor in the Arrhenius equation has the dimension of time T

th
9. If initial concentration is reduced to its 1/4 in a zero order reaction, the time taken for half of the reaction to
complete

(a) Remains same (b) Becomes 4 times (c) Becomes one – fourth (d) Doubles

10. Which among the following is a false statement

(a) Half life of a third order reaction is inversely proportional to the square of initial concentration of the
reactant.
(b) Molecularity of a reaction may be zero or fractional

0.693
(c) For a first order reaction t1 / 2 
K

(d) Rate of zero order reaction is independent of initial concentration of reactant

11. 75% of a first order reaction was completed in 32 minutes when was 50% of the reaction completed

(A) 16 min (B) 24 min (C) 8 min (D) 4 min

12. The half life of first order reaction is 69.35 sec. The value of the rate constant of the reaction is
–1 –1 –1 –1
(A) 1.0 s (B) 0.1s (C) 0.01s (D) 0.001s

13. For any reaction, if we plot a graph between time 't' and log(a – x), a simple line is obtained. The order of
reaction is

(A) Zero (B) One (C) Two (D) Three

SECTION-2
1
1. A gaseous reaction, A 2 (g)  B(g)  C(g) ; Shows increase in pressure from 100 mm to 120 mm in 5 minutes.
2
What is the rate of disappearance of A 2 ?

2. What is the effect of increase in temperature on rate of reaction.

3. The concentration of a reactant decreases from 0.2 M to 0.1 M in 10 minutes. What is the rate of the reaction?

4. The following reaction was carried out in water:

– –
Cl 2 + 2I  I2 + 2Cl
– –1 –1
The initial concentration of I was 0.25 mol L and the concentration after 10 min was 0.23 mol L . Calculate
–
the rate of disappearance of I and rate of appearance of I2.

5. The reaction between Cr2O72– and HNO2 in an acidic medium is

Cr2O72– + 5H+ + 3HNO2  2Cr3+ + 3NO3– + 4H2O.

The rate of disappearance of Cr2O72– is found to be 24  10–4 mol L–1 s–1 during measured time interval. what
will be the rate of disappearance of HNO2 during the same time interval?

6. Consider the following reaction:

N2 + 3H2  2NH3
The rate of formation of NH3 is 3.0 mL/min what is the rate of consumption of H2
7. In the following reactions, how is the rate of appearance of Br2 product related to the rate of disappearance of
–
Br

BrO3  (aq)  5Br  (aq)  6H  3Br2 (l)  3H2 O(l)

8. Ammonia and oxygen reacts at higher temperatures as 4NH3 + 5O2  4NO + 6H2O
–2 –1
In an experiment, the concentration of NO increases by 1.08  10 mol litre in 3 seconds. Calculate.

i) rate of reaction.
ii) rate of disappearance of ammonia

iii) rate of formation of water

9. In a catalytic experiment involving the Haber process, N2 + 3H2  2NH3, the rate of reaction was measured
as

[NH3 ] –4 –1 –1
Rate = = 2  10 mol L s .
t

If there were no sides reactions, what was the rate of reaction expressed in terms of (a) N2, (b) H2?

10. For the reaction N2(g) + 3H2(g)  2NH3 under certain conditions of temperature and partial pressure of the
–1
reactants, the rate of formation of NH3 is 0.001 kg h . What is the rate of conversion of H2 under the same
conditions?

11. Consider the following reaction:

CH4(g) + 2O2(g)  CO2(g) + 2H2O(g)
At a certain temperature, 1.0 mol CH4 is consumed in 4.0 minutes.
What is the rate of production of H2O?
12. For each of the following reactions, express the given rate of change of concentration of the reactant or
product in terms of the rate of change of concentration of other reactants or products in that reactions:

d[I ] d[H ]
a) H2O2 + 2H+ + 3I–  I3– + 2H2O;  ?; ?
dt dt

d[I ] d[H ]
b) 16H+ + 2MnO4+ + 10I–  2Mn2+ + 8H2O + 5I2;  ?; ?
dt dt

d[NH3 ] d[NO 2 ]
c) 4NH3 + 5O2  4NO2 + 6H2O; ; ?
dt dt
–6 + +
13. A drop of solution (volume 0.05 mL) contains 3.0  10 mole of H . If the rate constant of disappearance of H
7 –1 –1 +
is 1.0  10 mol litre sec . How long would it take for H in drop to disappear?

14. How catalyst affects the rate of reaction.

15. Dinitropentaoxide decomposes as follows :

1
N2O5(g)  2NO2(g) + O2(g)
2

Given that –d [N2O5] / dt = k1 [N2O5]

d [NO2] / dt = k2 [N2O5]

d [O2] / dt = k3 [N2O5]

What is the relation between k1, k2 and k3?

16. The following data are for the decomposition of ammonium nitrate in aqueous solution

Volume of N2 in cc Time (minutes)

6.25 10

9.50 15

11.42 20

13.65 25

35.05 Finally

What is the order of the reaction?

17. The rate of gaseous reaction is given by the expression r = K [A] [B]. If the volume of the reaction vessel is
th
suddenly reduced to 1/4 of the initial volume, what will be the reaction rate relating to original rate?

18. For elementary reaction 2A + B  products, the active mass of B is kept constant and that of A is doubled.
How the rate of reaction change?

19. Consider the following reaction:

2N2O5(g)  4NO2(g) + O2(g)
–6 –1 –1
At a certain temperature the rate of decomposition of N2O5 is 2.5  10 mol L s . What is the rate of
formation of NO2 ?

20. The rate law for the reaction RCl + NaOH (aq)  ROH + NaCl is given by Rate= K1[RCl]. How the rate of the
reaction will change on

i) Doubling the conc. of RCl

ii) Doubling the conc. of NaOH

1
21. The decomposition of N2O5 is a first order reaction represented by N2 O5  N2 O4  O2 . After 15 minutes the
2
volume of O2 produced is 9 ml and at the end of the reaction 35 ml. What is the rate constant of reaction?

22. A first order reaction was started with a decimolar solution of the reactant after 8 minutes and 20 seconds
later, its concentration was found to be M/100. What is the rate constant of the reaction?

23. What is the order of a reaction with rate equation, Rate = kC3A / 2CB1/ 2 ?

1/2
24. For the reaction H2(g) + Br2(g)  2HBr(g), the experimental data suggest, rate = K[H2][Br2] . What is the
order of the reaction?

25. For a reaction of the type A + B  products, it is observed that doubling the concentration of A causes the
reaction rate to be four times, but doubling the amount of B does not affect the rate. What is the rate
equation?

26. The reaction 2A + B + C  D + E is found to be first order in A second order in B and zero order in C.

i) Give the rate law for the reaction in the form of differential equation.

ii) What is the effect in rate of increasing concentrations of A, B, and C two times?
27. Consider the graph for the following reaction:
CaCO3(s) + 2HCl (aq)  CaCl 2(aq) + CO2(g) + H2O(l)
The average rate of reaction is greatest in which time interval?

1 1

28. Reaction A + B  C + D follows following rate law: rate = k [A] 2 [B] 2 . Starting with initial conc. of 1 M of A
and B each, what is the time taken for concentration of A of become 0.25 M.

Given : k = 2.303 × 10–3 sec–1.

– – –
29. For the reaction 3BrO  BrO3 + 2Br in an alkaline aqueous solution, the value of the second order (in
[BrO – ]
BrO–) rate constant at 80°C in the rate law for – was found to be 0.056L mol –1s–1. What is the rate
t
[BrO3– ] [Br – ]
when the rate law is written for (a) , (b) ?
t t

–3 –1
30. The reaction given below, rate constant for disappearance of A is 7.48  10 sec . Calculate the time
required for the total pressure in a system containing A at an initial pressure of 0.1 atm to rise to 0.145 atm
and also find the total pressure after 100 sec.
2A (g) 4B(g) + C(g)

31. The thermal decomp osition of dimethyl ether as mea sured b y f i nding the increase in pressure
of the reaction (CH 3 ) 2 O(g)  CH 4 (g) + H 2 (g) + CO(g)

at 500°C is as f ollows:

Ti me (sec. ) 390 1195 3155 

Pressure increa se (mm Hg) 96 250 467 619

the initial pressure of ether was 312 mm Hg. Write the rate equation for this reaction and determine the rate
constant of reaction.

32. The catalytic decomposition of N2O by gold at 900°C and at an initial pressure of 200mm is 50% complete in
53 minutes and 73% complete in 100 minutes.

(i) What is the order of the reaction?

(ii) Calculate the velocity constant.

(iii) How much of N2O will decompose in 100 min. at the same temperature but at initial pressure of 600
mm?
33. The pressure of a gas decomposing at the surface of a solid catalyst has been measured at different times
and the results are given below

t (sec) 0 100 200 300

3 3 3 3
Pr. (Pascal) 4  10 3.5  10 3  10 2.5  10

Determine the order of reaction, its rate constant.

st
(For Question No. 13, 14 & 15) Consider all reaction are following 1 order kinetics)

34. In this case we have

A B + C

Time t 

Total pressure of A + B+C P2 P3

Find k.

35. A B + C

Time 0 t

Volume of reagent V1 V2

The reagent reacts with A, B and C. Find k. [Assuming n-factor of A, B & C are same]

36. The reaction AsH3(g) As(s) + H2(g) was followed at constant volume at 310°C by measuring the gas
pressure at intervals Show from the following figures that reaction is of first order.

Time (in hrs) 0 5 7.5 10

Total pressure (in mm) 758 827 856 882

37. At 100°C the gaseous reaction A  2B + C was observed to be of first order. On starting with pure A it is
found that at the end of 10 minutes the total pressure of system is 176 mm. Hg and after a long time 270 mm
Hg. From these data find (a) initial pressure of A (b) the pressure of A at the end of 10 minutes (c) the specific
rate of reaction and (d) the half life period of the reaction?

38. The decomposition of N2O5 according to the equation 2N2O5 (g)  4 NO2(g) + O2(g) is a first order
reaction. After 30 min. from start of decomposition in a closed vessel the total pressure developed is found to
be 284.5 mm Hg. On complete decomposition, the total pressure is 584.5 mm Hg. Calculate the rate constant
of the reaction.

39. In a pseudo first order hydrolysis of ester in water the following results were obtained:

t/s 0 30 60 90

[ester]/M 0.55 0.31 0.17 0.085

i) Calculate the average rate of reaction between the time intervals 30 to 60 seconds.

ii) Calculate the pseudo first order rate constant for the hydrolysis of ester.
 ANSWER KEY
SHEET-1
SECTION-1
1. B
2. C
3. A

4. B

5. C

6. B

7. B

8. A, D

9. C

10. B

11. A

12. C

13. B

SECTION-2
–1
1. 8 mm min

2. Rate of reaction increases with increase in temperature

–3 –1
3. 0.01 mol dm min

d[I ] d[I2 ]
4.  2  10 3 molL1 min 1 ,  10 3 molL1 min1
dt dt

5. 72  10–4 mol L–1 s–1.

6. 4.5mL/min
d[Br2 ] 3 d[Br  ]
7. 
dt 5 dt

4NH3 (g) + 5O2(g)  4NO(g) + 6H2O(g)

1 d[NO] –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1
8. (i) r = = 9  10–4mol litre sec , (ii) 36  10–4mol litre sec , (iii) 54 10–4 mol litre sec ,
4 dt
–1 –1 –1 –1
9. (a) 1  10–4 mol L s , (b) 3  10–4 mol L s .

10. 0.0015 kg/hr

11. 0.50 mol/min

d[I ] 3 d[H ]
12. (a) 
dt 2 dt

d[H ] 8 d[I ]
(b) 
dt 5 dt

d[NH3 ] d[NO2 ]
(c) ;
dt dt
 –9
13. 6 × 10 sec

14. Catalyst increases the rate of reaction by decreasing the activation energy.

15. 2k1 = k2 = 4k3

16. One

17. 16

18. Increase by 4 times

19. 5.0  10–6 mol L–1s–1

20. i) Rate doubles

ii) Rate remains same

1 35
21. ln
15 26
–3
22. 4.606  10 sec.

23. 1

24. 3/2

2 0
25. Rate = k[A] [B]

dx
26. (i) = k[A][B]2, (ii) rate increases by 8 times
dt

27. 0 – 1 minute
28. 600 sec.
–1 –1 –1 –1
29. (a) 0.019 mol L s , (b) 0.037 mol L s

30. 0.180 atm, 47.69 sec

–1
31 (i) r= K[(CH3)2 O], 0.000428 sec

First order

32 (i) first order (ii) k = 1.308 × 10–2 min–1 (iii) 73%

33. (i) Zero order, (ii) K = 5 Pa/s

l P3
34 k = ln
t 2(P3  P2 )

l V1
35 k = ln
t (2V1  V2 )

1 Pi –1
36 First order k  ln , k = 0.038 hr
t 3Pi  2Pt

–2
37 (a) 90 mm, (b) 47 mm, (c) 6.49  10 per minutes, (d) 10.677 min.

38 k1 = 5.2 × 10–3 min–1

–3 –1 –2 –1
39. i) 4.67  10 M s ; ii) 1.9  10 s