UNIT- CHEMICAL KINETICS CLASS XII

ASSIGNMENT
➔ BASICS , ORDER , RATE LAW

1. The rate law for the single-step reaction 2A + B → 2C is given by

a) rate = k [A]  [B] b) rate = k [A]2  [B]
c) rate = k [2A]  [B] d) rate = k [A]2  [B]0
2. Which of the following rate laws has an overall order of 05 for the reaction
A + B + C → Product?
a) R = k [A]  [B]  [C] b) R = k [A]5 [B]5 [C]5
c) R = k [A]15 [B]− 1 [C]0 d) R = k [A] [B]0 [C]5
3. The rate law of the reaction A + 2B → Product is given by
d (product) / dt = k [A]2  [B]. If A is taken in large excess, the order of the reaction
will be
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
4. Which of the following statements is not correct?
a) Law of mass action and rate law expressions are same for single-step reactions.
b) Order of the slowest elementary reaction of a complex reaction gives the order of
the complex reaction.
c) Both order and molecularity have normally a maximum value of 3.
d) Molecularity of a complex reaction A + 2B → C is 3
5. Consider the chemical reaction N2(g) + 3H2(g) → 2NH3(g) The rate of this reaction can
be expressed in terms of time derivative of concentration of N2(g), H2(g) or NH3(g).
Identify the correct relationship amongst the rate expressions.

6. The rate of the simple reaction 2NO + O2 → 2NO2 , when the volume of the reaction
vessel is doubled,
a) will grow eight times of its initial rate
b) reduce to one-eighth of its initial rate
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 c) will grow four times of its initial rate
d) reduce to one-fourth of its initial rate
7. The specific rate constant of a first order reaction depends on the
a) Conc of reactant b) Conc of product
c) time d) temperature
8. If the rate constant k of a reaction is 16  10 − 3 (mol/L) (min− 1 ), the order of the
reaction is
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) Can’t be known
9. k for a zero order reaction is 2  10− 2 mol  L− 1 s − 1. If the concentration of the reactant
after 25 s is 05 M, the initial concentration must have been
a) 0.5 M b) 1.25 M c) 12.5 M d) 1 M
10. A first order reaction is carried out with an initial concentration of 10 moles per litre
and 80% of the reactant changed into the product. Now if the same reaction is carried
out with an initial concentration of 5 moles per litre, the percentage of the reactant
changing to the product is
a) 40 b) 80 c) 160 d) unpredictable
11. Which of the following curves represents a first order reaction?
a) b)

c) d)

12. 75% of a first order reaction was completed in 32 min. When was 50% of the reaction
completed?
a) 24 min b) 16 min c) 8 min d) 4 min
13. If doubling the initial concentration of a reactant doubles t 1/2 of the reaction, the order
of the reaction is
a) 3 b) 2 c) 1 d) 0
14. The half-life for a given reaction was halved as the initial concentration of a reactant
was doubled. The order for this component is
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3

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15. If the rate constant for a reaction represented by 2HI → H2 + I2 is denoted by k then for
the same reaction if represented by HI → 1/ 2 H2 + 1/2 I2, the rate constant shall be
equal to
a) k b) 2k c) k/2 d) k+2
16. Which of the following statements is wrong about reactions?
a) There can be only three values of molecularity, that is, 1, 2, and 3.
b) There can be only four values of order, that is, 0, 1, 2, and 3.
c) There can be infinite number of values for order.
d) The order involves rate while molecularity does not.
17. The rate constant of a reaction, A → Product, with initial reactant concentration a
mole/L, is k L/mole/min. The t12 for the reaction is equal to
0.693 1 1 𝑎
a) 𝑘 b) 𝑎𝑘 c) 2𝑎𝑘 d) 2𝑘

18. The rate of reaction doubles when the concentration of the reactant is increased four
times. The order is
a) 1/2 b) 2 c) 1 d) 4
19. When the concentration of a reactant in a reaction, A → Products, is doubled, the
increase in the rate of reaction cannot be more than
a) 2 times b) 4 times c) 6 times d) 8 times
20. 50% of a zero order reaction completes in 10 minutes. 100% of the same reaction shall
complete in
a) 5 min b) 10 min c) 20 min d) infinite
21. The ratio t3/4 / t1/2 for second order reaction is equal to
a) 1/5 b) 2/1 c) 3/1 d) 5/1
22. In which of the reactions of the following orders the molecularity and order can never
be same?
a) zero b) first c) second d) third

23. For the reaction, , the

correct relation between k1 , k2 and k3
a) k1 = k2 = k3 b) 2k1 = k2 = 3k3
c) 4k1 = k2 = 3k3 d) k1 /2 = k2 = k3 / 3
24. The rate constant of nth order has units

25. Units of rate and rate constant are same for which order of reaction?
a) zero b) first c) second d) third

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26. What type of reaction is
this?
a) unimolecular b) pseudo 1st c) zero order d) second order
order
27. which of the following represents the expression for ¾ th life of first order reaction?

28. Decomposition of NH4NO2 is first order reaction. Which of the following graph is
correct?

29. Decomposition of HI (g) on gold surface is zero order reaction. Initially few moles of
H2 are present in container then which of the following graph is correct?

30. Consider the plots for the types of reaction

The plots respectively correspond to the reactions orders

a) 0,2,1 b) 0,1,2 c) 1,1,2 d) 1,0,2
31. Consider the plots for the types of reaction

The plots respectively correspond to the reactions orders

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 a) 0,1,2 b) 1,2,0 c) 1,0,2 d) none
32. A graph between log t1/2 and log a (abscissa), a being initial concentration of A in the
reaction. For reaction A → P, the rate law is? (c)

𝑑𝑃 𝑑𝐶 𝑑𝑛
33. For the ideal gas reaction, rate is generally expressed in instead of or where
𝑑𝑡 𝑑𝑡 𝑑𝑡
C= n/V. What is the reaction among these three expressions if T and V are constant?

34. Order of this reaction w.r.t A2 & B2 are respectively?

a) 1,1 b) 2,0 c) 2,1 d) None

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35. For a reaction the rate is given as: R0 = k[A] [B] by what factor, the rate of reaction
will increase if concentration of A is taken 1.5 times and of B is tripled?
a) 4.5 b) 2.25 c) 6.75 d) none
36. Reaction A → B follows second order kinetics. Doubling the concentration of A will
increase the rate of formation of B by a factor of:
a) 1/4 b) 1/2 c) 2 d) 4
37. The following data pertain to reaction between A and B

Which of the following inference(s) can be drawn from the above data
(a) Rate constant of the reaction 10-4
(b) Rate law of the reaction is k[A][B]
(c) Rate of reaction increases four times on doubling the concentration of both the
reactant, Select the correct answer codes

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 a) A,b,c b) A,b c) B,c d) c
38. The unit of rate constant of elementary reaction depends upon the:
(a) temperature of the reaction
(c) activation energy of the reaction
(b) concentration of reactant
(d) molecularity of the reaction
39. An elementary reaction between A and B is a second order reaction. Which of the
following rate equations must be correct?

40. Select the rate law corresponding to the data shown for the reaction A + B → C

(a)

41. In the following reaction A → B + C, rate constant is 0.001 Ms-1. If we start with 1 M
of A then conc. of A and B after 10 minutes are respectively:
a) 0.5 , 0.5 M b) 0.6 , 0.4 M c) 0.4 , 0.6 M d) none
42. Match the correct codes :

43. For the zero order reaction A → B + C; initial concentration of A is 0.1 M. If A = 0.08
M after 10 minutes, then it's half-life and completion time (in min) are respectively:
a) 10 , 20 b) 0.002 , 0.004
c) 25, 50 d) 250 , 500
44. For an elementary reaction, X → Y + Z
the half life period is 10 min. In what period of time would the concentration of X be
reduced to 10% of original concentration?
a) 20 min b) 33 min c) 15 min d) 25 min

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45. In the presence of an acid, the initial concentration of cane sugar was reduced from
0.20 to 0.10 molar in 5 hours and from 0.2 to 0.05 molar in 10 hours. The reaction is
of-
a) Zero order b) First order c) Second d) Third order
order
46. A first order reaction is 75% completed in 100 minutes. How long time will it take for
it's 87.5% completion?
a) 125 min b) 150 min c) 175 min d) 200 min
47. For the reaction

is

a) 7.5 x 10-5 b) 3.4 x 10-4 c) 2.5 x 10-5 d) None

48. 99% of a first order reaction was completed in 32 minutes when 99.9% of the reaction
will complete :
a) 50 min b) 46 min c) 48 min d) 49 min
49. Consider the following first order reactions :

if 50% of the reaction of X was completed when 96% of the reaction of Y was
completed, the ratio of their rate constants (k2 / k1) is:
a) 4.06 b) 0.215 c) 1.1 d) 4.65
50. For the reactions, calculate kI / kII where kI and kII are rate constants of respective
reactions?

a) 2.303 b) 1 c) 0.36 d) 0.693

51. The decomposition of N2O5 in chloroform was followed by measuring the volume of
O2 gas evolved: 2N2O5 →→→ 2N2O4 + O2(g). The maximum volume of O2 gas
obtained was 100 cm3. In 500 minutes, 90 cm3 of O2 were evolved. The first order rate
constant (in min-1) for the disappearance of N2O5 is

52. For a homogeneous gaseous reaction A→ 3B, if pressure after time t was PT and after

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 completion of reaction, pressure was P∞ then select correct relation

53. For a first order homogeneous gaseous reaction, A → 2B + C

then initial pressure was Pi while total pressure after time 't' was Pt. The right
expression for the rate constants k is:

54. At 300 K the half-life of a sample of a gaseous compound initially at 1 atm is 100 sec.
When the pressure is 0.5 atm the half-life is 50 sec. The order of reaction is:
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
55. For a particular reaction with initial conc. of the reactants as a1 and a2, the half-life
period are t1 and t2 respectively. The order of the reaction (n) is given by :

ANSWER KEY
1. B 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. A
6. B 7. D 8. A 9. D 10.B
11.B 12.B 13.D 14.A 15.B
16.B 17.B 18.A 19.D 20.C
21.C 22.A 23.D 24.D 25.A
26.B 27.C 28.D 29.B 30.B
31.C 32.C 33.B 34.A 35.C
36.D 37.C 38.D 39.D 40.A
41.C 42.B 43.C 44.B 45.B

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46.B 47.D 48.B 49.D 50.D
51.A 52.D 53.A 54.A 55.C