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KUMBAKONAM

CHEMICAL KINETICS
NEET-UG - Chemistry
Time Allowed: 1 hour Maximum Marks: 180

1. The unit of rate constant for a first order reaction is

a) Mol/L b) Mol/L/s

c) Mol2/L2/s2 d) s–1

2. Which among the following is an example of photochemistry used in our daily life?

a) In photography b) In inversion of cane sugar

c) All of these d) In decomposition of hydrogen peroxide

3. Which among the following is an example of first order reaction?

a) Inversion of cane sugar b) Formation and dissociation of ozone

c) Decomposition of nitrogen pentoxide d) Acid catalysed hydrolysis of ethyl acetate

4. The role of a catalyst is to change ________.

a) gibbs energy of reaction b) equilibrium constant

c) enthalpy of reaction d) activation energy of reaction

5. The rate of the first-order reaction is 0.69 × 10 −2 −1
mol L min
−1
and the initial concentration is 0.2mol L
−1
the half-
life period is:

a) 1200 s b) 600 s

c) 0.33 s d) 1 s
6. The order of the reaction
hv
H2 ( g) + Cl2 ( g) ⟶ 2HCl(g) is:

a) 3 b) 1

c) 0 d) 2
7. A first order reaction takes 30 minutes for 50% completion. The value of rate constant k would be:

a) 2.31 × 10-3 min-1 b) 1.25 × 10-3 min-1

c) 2.75 × 10-4 min-1 d) 2.5 × 10-3 min-1

8. The number of molecules that react with each other in an elementary reaction is a measure of the:

a) molecularity of the reaction b) stoichiometry of the reaction

c) order of the reaction d) activation energy of the reaction

9. The slope in the log k vs. 1

T
curve is 5.42 × 103. The value of the activation energy is approximately

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 a) 106 J/mol b) 102 J/mol

c) 104 kJ/mol d) 108 J/mol

10. If the initial concentration is reduced to 1 th in a zero order reaction, then the time taken for half the reaction to complete:
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a) remains the same b) doubles

c) increases four times d) reduces to one-fourth

11. Activation energy of a reaction is

a) The energy released during the reaction b) Energy evolved when activated complex is
formed

c) The minimum amount of energy required to d) The energy absorbed during a reaction
overcome the barrier
12. Which of the following represent Arrhenius Equation?
−Ea Ea

a) k = Ae RT
b) dk = Ae T

Ea Ea

c) k = Ae R
d) k = Ae RT

13. As temperature increases, the reaction rate:

a) First decreases then increases b) Increases

c) Decreases d) Stays the same

14. The rate constant of a reaction is 0.0693 min-1. Starting with 10 mol L-1, the rate of reaction after 10 min will be:

a) 0.1733 mol L–1min–1 b) 0.3465 mol L-1min-1

c) 0.0693 mol L–1min–1 d) 0.693 mol L–1min–1

15. The metabolism of hormones in human body is an example of

a) Second order reaction b) First order reaction

c) Pseudo first order reaction d) Pseudo second order reaction

16. For the reaction A + 2B → C + D, the rate law is given by r = k[A] [B]2, the concentration of A is kept constant while
that of B is doubled. The rate of the reaction will:

a) not change b) become half

c) quadruple d) double
17. The slope in the plot of ln[R] vs. time for a first order reaction is

a) −k

2.303
b) -k

c) d) +k
+k

2.303

18. The following experimental rate data were obtained for a reaction carried out at 25oC:
A(g) + B(g) → C(g) + D(g)

Initial [A(g)]/mol dm-3 Initial [B(g)]/mol dm-3 Initial rate/mol dm-3s-1

3.0 × 10-2 2.0 × 10-2 1.89 × 10-4

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 3.0 × 10-2 4.0 × 10-2 1.89 × 10-4

6.0 × 10-2 4.0 × 10-2 7.56 × 10-4

What are the orders with respect to A(g) and B(g)?

a) Order with respect to A(g) - Second b) Order with respect to A(g) - Zero
Order with respect to B(g) - First Order with respect to B(g) - Second

c) Order with respect to A(g) - First d) Order with respect to A(g) - Second
Order with respect to B(g) - Zero Order with respect to B(g) - Zero

19. The reaction A → B is a second order process when the initial concentration of A is 0.50 M, the half life is 8.0 minutes.
What is the half life if the initial concentration of A is 0.10 M?

a) 40.0 minutes b) 1.6 minutes

c) 8.0 minutes d) 16.0 minutes

20. For a zero order reaction, the slope in the plot of [R] vs. time is (where, [R] is the final concentration of reactant)

a) -k b) −k

2.303

c) +k d)
+k

2.303

21. For the reaction X + Y ⟶ Z, Rate = k[X][Y]2. If the volume of the reaction mixture is reduced to 1

3
rd of its original
volume, the rate of the reaction ________.

a) increases 27 times b) increases 3 times

c) decreases 27 times d) increases 9 times

22. Two reactions A → products and B → products have rate constants kA and kB at temperature T and activation energies

EA and EB respectively. If kA > kB and EA < EB and assuming that A for both the reactions is same then:

a) all of these b) at higher temperature kA will be greater

than kB

c) at lower temperature kA and kB will differ d) as temperature rises kA and kB will be close
more and kA > kB each other in magnitude

23. For a reaction 2NO2Cl(g) ⟶ 2NO2(g) + Cl2(g) the rate can be expressed as
d[NO2 Cl]
i. − dt
= k1 [NO2Cl]
d[NO2 ]
ii. dt
= k2 [NO2Cl]
d[Cl2 ]
iii. dt
= k3 [NO2Cl]

The reaction is first order. The relationship between k1, k2 and k3 is ________.

a) 2k1 = 2k2 = k3 b) k1 = k2 = 2k3

k3
c) k1 = k2 = k3 d) k1 = k2 =
2

24. For a first order reaction, the half-life period is independent of:

a) square root of final concentration b) first power of final concentration

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 c) cube root of initial concentration d) initial concentration
25. Rate of reaction (r) is plotted against temperature (T) for an enzyme catalysed reaction. Which of the following is correct
representation?

a) b)

c) d)

26. The half-life for a zero-order reaction having 0.02 M initial concentration of reactant is 100 s. The rate constant (in mol
L-1 s-1) for the reaction is ________.

a) 1.0 × 10-2 b) 2.0 × 10-3

c) 1.0 × 10-4 d) 2.0 × 10-4

27. The rate constant for a first-order reaction is 4.606 × 10-3 s-1. The time required to reduce 2.0 g of the reactant to 0.2 g
is ________.

a) 1000 s b) 100 s

c) 200 s d) 500 s
28. In Arrhenius equation K = Ae −Ea /RT
the quantity -Ea/RT is referred as:

a) frequency factor b) Refraction factor

c) Boltzmann factor d) activation factor

29. The results given in the below table were obtained during kinetic studies of the following reaction:
2A + B → C + D

Experiment [A]/molL-1 [B]/molL-1 Initial rate/molL-1 min-1

I 0.1 0.1 6.00 × 10-3

II 0.1 0.2 2.40 × 10-2

III 0.2 0.1 1.20 × 10-2

IV X 0.2 7.20 × 10-2

V 0.3 Y 2.88 × 10-1

X and Y in the given table are respectively:

a) 0.3, 0.3 b) 0.4, 0.3

c) 0.4, 0.4 d) 0.3, 0.4

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30. For the reaction
2N2O5(g) ⟶ 4NO2(g) + O2(g),

= 0.04 M s-1, then

d[N2 O5 ] d[NO2 ]
if − dt dt
is ________.

a) 0.04 M/s b) 0.12 M/s

c) 0.02 M/s d) 0.08 M/s

31. The rate of a first-order reaction is 0.04 mol Litre-1 s-1 at 10 sec. and 0.03 mol Litre-1 s-1 at 20 seconds after initiation of
the reaction. The half-life period of the reaction is:

a) 54.1 s b) 34.1 s

c) 44.1 s d) 24.1 s
32. A hypothetical reaction : A2 + B2 ⟶ 2AB follows the mechanism as given below:

A2 ⇌ A + A ...(fast)

A + B2 ⟶ AB + B ...(slow)
A + B ⟶ AB ...(fast)
The order of the overall reaction is:

a) 1 b) zero

c) 2 d) 1
1

33. Following mechanism has been proposed for a reaction,

2A + B ⟶ D + E
A + B ⟶ C + D ...(Slow)
A + C ⟶ E ...(Fast)
The rate law expression for the reaction is:

a) r = K[A][C] b) r = K[A]2

c) r = K[A]2[B] d) r = K[A][B]

34. When initial concentration of a reactant is doubled in a reaction, its half-life period is not affected. The order of the
reaction is ________.

a) more than zero but less than first b) first

c) second d) zero
35. The chemical reaction, 2O3 ⟶ 3O2 proceeds as follows; (fast)

O3 ⇌ O2 + O ... (fast)
O + O3 ⟶ 2O2 ... (slow)

The rate law expression should be:

a) unpredictable b) r = K [O3] [O2]

c) r = K [O ]2 [O ]-1 d) r = K [O ]2
3 2 3

36. The rate of a reaction doubles when its temperature changes from 300 K to 310 K. Activation energy of such a reaction
will be (R = 8.314 J K-1 mol-1 and log 2= 0.301)

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 a) 53.6 kJ mol-1 b) 48.6 kJ mol-1

c) 60.5 kJ mol-1 d) 58.5 kJ mol-1

37. If a first order reaction is 90% complete at the end of 90 minutes, the length of three half-lives for this reaction is
________.

a) 108.32 min b) 81.24 min

c) 27.08 min d) 54.16 min

38. A reaction takes place in two steps as
k1

i. NO2Cl(g) −→ NO2(g) + Cl(g) (slow)

k2

ii. NO2Cl(g) + Cl(g) −→ NO2(g) + Cl2(g) (fast)

The rate law expression is ________.

a) r = k[NO Cl]2 [Cl] b) r = k[NO2Cl] [Cl]

2

c) r = k[NO2Cl] d) r = k[NO Cl]2

2

39. How many half-lives does it take to complete the reaction by 99.9%?

a) 20 b) 15

c) 10 d) 5
40. The half-life of a substance in a certain enzyme catalysed reaction is 138s. The time required for the concentration of the
substance to fall from 1.28 mg L-1 to 0.04 mg L-1 is:

a) 552 s b) 690 s

c) 276 s d) 414 s
41. Assertion (A): The rate of reaction is always negative.
Reason (R): Minus sign used in expressing the rate shows that concentration of product is decreasing

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) Both A and R are false.

42. Assertion (A): Order and molecularity of a reaction are always same.
Reason (R): Complex reactions involve a sequence of elementary reactions and the slowest step is rate determining.

a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true,
and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of but Reason (R) is not the correct
the Assertion (A). explanation of the Assertion (A).

c) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is d) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is
false. true.
43. Assertion (A): Hydrolysis of ethyl acetate in presence of acid is a reaction of first order whereas in presence of alkali, it
is a reaction of second order.
Reason (R): Acid only acts as a catalyst whereas alkali acts as one of the reactants.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the

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 explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

44. Assertion (A): If in a zero order reaction, the concentration of the reactant is doubled, the half-life period is also
doubled.
Reason (R): For a zero order reaction, the rate of reaction is independent of initial concentration.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

45. Assertion (A): ZnS shows phosphorescence.
Reason (R): Fluorescence and phosphorescence are similar phenomena.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

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