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1. Will the rate constant of the reaction depend upon T if the Eact (activation energy) of the 2020
reaction is zero ?
2. Analyse the given graph, drawn between concentration of reactant vs. time. 2020

(a) Predict the order of reaction.

(b) Theoretically, can the concentration of the reactant reduce to zero after infinite time?
Explain.
3. How will the rate of the reaction be affected when 2020
(a) Surface area of the reactant is reduced,
(b) Catalyst is added in a reversible reaction, and
(c) Temperature of the reaction is increased?
4. How will the rate of the reaction be affected when 2020
(a) surface area of the reactant is increased,
(b) temperature of the reaction is decreased, and
(c) Catalyst is added in a reversible reaction?
5. Calculate the overall order of the reaction whose rate law expression was predicted as : 2020
Rate =k[NO]3/2 [O ]1/2 .
6. A reaction is first order w.r.t. reactant A as well as w.r.t. reactant B. Give the rate law. 2020
Also give one point of difference between average rate and instantaneous rate
7. Calculate the overall order of the reaction whose rate law is given by 2020
Rate = k[NH3]5/2 [O2]1/2.
8. Calculate the overall order of the reaction whose rate law is given by 2020
Rate = k[SO2]1/4 [O2]3/4.
9. Write the slope value obtained in the plot of ln[R] vs. time for a first order reaction 2020
10. A first order reaction is 40% complete in 80 minutes. Calculate the value of rate constant 2020
(k). In what time will the reaction be 90% completed?
[Given: log 2 = 0·3010, log 3 = 0·4771, log 4 = 0·6021, log 5 = 0·6771, log 6 = 0·7782]
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11. (a) Visha plotted a graph between concentration of R and time for a reaction R P. 2020

On the basis of this graph, answer the following questions :

(i) Predict the order of reaction.
(ii) What does the slope of the line indicate?
(iii) What are the units of rate constant?
(b) A first order reaction takes 25 minutes for 25% decomposition. Calculate t1/2.
[Given : log 2 = 0·3010, log 3 = 0·4771, log 4 = 0·6021]
OR
(a) The rate constant for a first order reaction is 60 s–1. How much time will it take to
reduce the initial concentration of the reactant to its 1/16th value?
(b) Write two factors that affect the rate of a chemical reaction.
(c) Write two conditions for the collisions to be effective collisions.
12. In the given reaction 2020
A + 3B 2C,
the rate of formation of C is 2·5 x10–4 mol L–1 s–1.
Calculate the
(i) rate of reaction, and
(ii) rate of disappearance of B.
13. The rate constant for the first order decomposition of N2O5 is given by the following 2020
equation :
k = (2.5 x1014 s–1) e(–25000K)/T
Calculate Ea for this reaction and rate constant if its half-life period be 300 minutes.
14. Write the slope value obtained in the plot of log [Ro] / [R] Vs. time for a first order 2020
reaction.
15. (a) A first order reaction is 25% complete in 40 minutes. Calculate the value of rate 2020
constant. In what time will the reaction be 80% completed?
(b) Define order of reaction. Write the condition under which a bimolecular reaction
follows first order kinetics.
OR
(a) A first order reaction is 50% complete in 30 minutes at 300 K and in 10 minutes at 320
K. Calculate activation energy (Ea) for the reaction. (R = 8.314 J K–1 mol–1)
(b) Write the two conditions for collisions to be effective collisions.
(c) How order of reaction and molecularity differ towards a complex reaction ?
[Given : log 2 = 0.3010, log 3 = 0.4771, log 4 = 0.6021, log 5 = 0.6991]
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16. For a reaction 2019

(i) Write rate law for the reaction.

(ii) Write the overall order of reaction.
(iii) Out of steps (1) and (2), which one is rate determining step ?
17. The decomposition of NH3 on platinum surface is zero order reaction. If rate constant (k) 2019
is 4 x10–3 Ms–1, how long will it take to reduce the initial concentration of NH3 from
0.1 M to 0.064 M.
18. 2019

19. The following data were obtained for the reaction : 2019
A + 2B C

(a) Find the order of reaction with respect to A and B.

(b) Write the rate law and overall order of reaction.
(c) Calculate the rate constant (k).
20. (a) Define order of reaction. How does order of a reaction differ from molecularity for 2019
a complex reaction?
(b) A first order reaction is 50% complete in 25 minutes. Calculate the time for
80% completion of the reaction.
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(a) The decomposition of a hydrocarbon has value of rate constant as 2·5 x10 4 s–1 at 27C.
At what temperature would rate constant be 7·5 x10 4 s–1 if energy of activation is 19·147 x
103 J mol–1 ?
(b) Write a condition under which a bimolecular reaction is kinetically first order. Give
an example of such a reaction. (Given : log 2 = 0·3010, log 3 = 0·4771, log 5 = 0·6990)
21. (a) Consider the reaction R P for which the change in concentration of R with time is 2019
shown by the following graph :

(i) Predict the order of reaction.

(ii) What does the slope of the curve indicate ?
(b) The rate of reaction quadruples when temperature changes from
293 K to 313 K. Calculate Ea assuming that it does not change with time. [R = 8·314 JK–1
mol–1]
OR
(a) Draw the plot of ln k vs 1/T for a chemical reaction. What does the intercept
represent? What is the relation between slope and Ea?
(b) A first order reaction takes 30 minutes for 20% decomposition. Calculate t1/2. [log 2 =
0.3010]
22. Show that for a first order reaction, time required for completion of 99% of reaction is 2019
twice the time required for completion of 90% of reaction.
23. The reaction between A and B is first order with respect to A and zero order with 2019
respect to B. For this reaction, fill in the blanks in the following table.

24. For the reaction 2018

2N2O5 (g) 4NO2 (g) + O2 (g),
the rate of formation of NO2 (g) is 2·8 ×10–3 M s–1. Calculate the rate of disappearance of N2O5 (g).

25. A first order reaction is 50% completed in 40 minutes at 300 K and in 20 minutes at 320 K. 2018
Calculate the activation energy of the reaction. (Given : log 2 = 0·3010, log 4 = 0·6021, R = 8·314
JK–1 mol–1)
26. What is the effect of adding a catalyst on 2017(OD)
(a) Activation energy (Ea), and
(b) Gibbs energy (ΔG) of a reaction?
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27. A first order reaction takes 20 minutes for 25% decomposition. Calculate the time when 75% of 2017(OD)
the reaction will be completed.
(Given : log 2 = 0·3010, log 3 = 0·4771, log 4 = 0·6021)
28. For a reaction R P, half-life (t1/2) is observed to be independent of the initial concentration 2017(D)
of reactants. What is the order of reaction?
30. (a) A first order reaction is 75% completed in 40 minutes. Calculate its t1/2. 2017(F)
(b) Predict the order of the reaction in the given plots :

where [R]o is the initial concentration of reactant. (Given : log 2 = 0·3010, log 4 = 0·6021)
31. The following data were obtained for the reaction : 2017(F)
2 NO + O2 2 NO2

(a) Find the order of reaction with respect to NO and O2.

(b) Write the rate law and overall order of reaction.
(c) Calculate the rate
Experiment [NO]constant
/ M (k).
[O2] / M Initial rate of formation of NO2 / M min–1
32. For
1 a reaction: 0.3 0.2 7.2×10−2 2016(OD)
H22 + Cl2 hν 0.1 2HCl 0.1 6.0×10−3
Rate
3 =k 0.3 0.4 2.88×10−1
(i)4 Write the order0.4
and molecularity
0.1 of this reaction.
2.40×10−2
(ii) Write the unit of k.
33. For the first order thermal decomposition reactions, the following data were 2016(OD)
obtained C2H3Cl(g) C2H4(g) + HCl(g)
Time/sec Total pressure
0 0.30
300 0.50
Calculate the rate constant. (Given: log 2 = 0.301, log 3 = 0.4771, log 4 = 0.6021)
34. For a reaction: 2016(D)
2NH3 Fe N2 +3H2, Rate = k
(i) Write the order and molecularity of this reaction.
(ii) Write the unit of k.
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36. For the hydrolysis of methyl acetate in aqueous solution, the following result are obtained:
2007(D)

(a) Show that it follows pseudo first order reaction, as the concentration of water remains constant.

(𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 ∶ 𝐋𝐨𝐠 𝟐 = 0.3010, 0𝐋𝐨𝐠 𝟒 = 𝟎. 𝟔𝟎𝟐𝟏)

(b) Calculate the average rate of reaction between the time interval 10 to 20 seconds.
[𝑪𝑯𝟑𝑪𝑶𝑶𝑪𝑯𝟑]/ 𝒎𝒐𝒍 0.10
t/s 10 20
37. (a) For a reaction A + B ⟶ P, the rate is given by rate = k[𝐀][𝐁]𝟐0.025
𝑳−𝟏
0.05 2015(OD)
(i) How is the rate of reaction affected in the concentration of B is doubled? 2015(D)
(ii) What is the overall order of reaction if A is present in large excess? 2007(D)
(b) A first order reaction takes 30 minutes for 50% completion. Calculate the time required for
90% completion of the reaction.
38. For the hydrolysis of methyl acetate in aqueous solution, the following results were obtained: 2015(D)

(i) Show that is follows pseudo first order reaction, as the concentration of water remains constant.
(ii) Calculate the average rate of reaction between the time interval 30 to 60
[𝑪𝑯 𝟑𝑪𝑶𝑶𝑪𝑯𝟑]/ 𝒎𝒐𝒍
t/s
seconds. (Given log 2 = 0.3010, log0 4 = 0.6021) 30 60

𝑳−𝟏
0.60 0.30
39. For a chemical reaction R⟶P, the variation in the concentration (R) 0.15
vs. Time(t) plot is given as 2014(OD)

(i) Predict the order of the reaction.

40. The following data were obtained during the first order thermal decomposition of 𝑺𝑶𝟐𝑪𝒍𝟐
(ii) What is the slope of the curve?
2014(OD)

𝑆𝑂2𝐶𝑙2(𝑔) ⟶ 𝑆𝑂2(𝑔) + 𝐶𝑙2(𝑔)

at a constant volume: 2014(D)

𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔/𝒔 −𝟏 𝑻𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆/𝒂𝒕𝒎

Calculate the rate constant. (Given: Log 4 = 0.6021, Log 2 =0.3010)
1
(a) For a reaction 𝑨 + 𝑩 ⟶𝑷, the rate law is given by, 𝒓 = [𝑨]1⁄𝟐[𝑩]𝟐 What is the order
41. Write two differences between ‘order of reaction’ and ‘molecularity of reaction’. 2014(D)
2
0 0.4
42. 2013(OD)
100 0.7
(b) A first order reaction is found to have a rate constant 𝒌 = 𝟓. 𝟓×𝟏𝟎−𝟏𝟒𝑺−𝟏Find the half-
of this reaction.

life of the reaction.

Calculate the energy of activation (𝑬𝒂)of the reaction assuming that it does not changes
43. The rate of a reaction becomes four times when the temperature changes from 293 K to 313 K. 2013(OD)
with temperature. [𝑹 = 𝟖. 𝟑𝟏𝟒 𝑱𝑲−𝟏𝒎𝒐𝒍−𝟏, 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝟒 = 𝟎. 𝟔𝟎𝟐𝟏].
44. (a) A reaction is second order in A and first order in B. 2013(D)
(i). Write the differential rate equation.
(ii). How is the rate affected on increasing the concentrations of both A three times?

(b). A find order reaction takes 40 minutes for 𝟑𝟎% decomposition. Calculate 𝒕𝟏/𝟐 for this
(iii). How is the rate affected when the concentrations of both A and B are doubled?

reaction. (Given log 1.428 = 0.1548)

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45. For a first order reaction, show that time required for 90% completion is twice the time 2013(D)
required for the completion of 90% of reaction. 2017,2020,
2021
46. A reaction is of second order with respect to a reactant. How is its rate affected if the concentration 2012(OD)
of the reactant is (i) doubled (ii) reduced to half?
47. What do you understand by the order of a reaction? Identify the reaction order from each of the 2012(D)

(i) 𝑳−𝟏𝒎𝒐𝒍 𝑺−𝟏

following units of reaction rate constant: 2011(D)

(ii) 𝑳𝒎𝒐𝒍−𝟏𝑺−𝟏
48. For the reaction 2NO (𝒈) + Cl2(𝐠) ⟶ 𝟐 𝑵𝑶𝑪l (𝒈) the following date were collected. 2012(D)
All the measurements were taken at 263K:
Experiment No. Initial [NO] Initial [𝑪𝒍𝟐] Initial rate of
(M) (M) disappearance of Cl2
(M/min)
1. 0.15 0.15 0.60
2. 0.15 0.13 1.20
3. 0.30 0.15 2.40
4. 0.25 0.25 ?
(a) Write the expression for rate law.

(c) What is the initial rate of disappearance of 𝑪𝒍𝟐 in exp. 4?

(b) Calculate the value of rate constant and specify its units.

49. The thermal decomposition of HCOOH is a first order reaction with a rate constant of 2.4×10-3 at a 2012(D)
certain temperature. Calculate how long will it take for three-fourths of initial quantity of HCOOH
to decompose. (log 0.25 = -0.6021).
50. Distinguish between ‘rate expression’ and ‘rate constant’ of a reaction. 2011(D)

𝟐𝐍𝟐𝐎𝟓(𝐠) ⟶ 𝟒𝐍𝐎𝟐(𝐠) + 𝐎𝟐(𝐠).

51. Nitrogen pentoxide decomposes according to equation: 2011(D)

This first order reaction was allowed to proceed at 𝟒𝟎 ℃ and the data below were
collected: [𝑵𝟐𝑶𝟓](𝑴) Time (min)
0.400 0.00
0.289 20.0
0.209 40.0
0.151 60.0
0.109 80.0

(b) What will be the concentration 𝑵𝟐𝑶𝟓 after 100 minutes?

(a) Calculate the rate constant. Include units with your answer.

(c) Calculate the initial rate of reaction.

52. (a) Explain the following terms: 2010(OD)

(i) Rate of a reaction (ii) Activation energy of a reaction

𝟒 𝑷𝑯𝟑(𝒈) ⟶ 𝑷𝟒(𝒈) + 𝟔 𝑯𝟐(𝒈)

(b) The decomposition of phosphine, PH3, proceeds according to the following equation:

𝑹𝒂𝒕𝒆 = 𝒌[𝑷𝑯𝟑].
It is found that the reaction follows the following rate equation:

The half-life of 𝑷𝑯𝟑 is 37.9 s at 𝟏𝟐𝟎𝟎𝑪.

(i) How much time is required for 𝟑/𝟒𝒕𝒉 of 𝑷𝑯 to decompose?
𝟑
(ii) What fraction of the original sample of 𝑷𝑯 remains behind after 1 minute?
𝟑
53. (a) Explain the following terms: 2010(OD)
(i) Order of a reaction (ii) Molecularity of a reaction
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(b) The rate of a reaction increases four times when the temperature changes from 300K to 320 K.

temperature. (𝑹 = 𝟖. 𝟑𝟏𝟒 𝐉 𝐊−𝟏 𝒎𝒐𝒍−𝟏)

Calculate the energy of activation of the reaction, assuming that it doesnot change with

54. Define ‘order of a reaction’. 2010(D)

2008(D)
55. A reaction is of first order in reactant A and of second order in reactant B. How is the rate of this 2010(D)
reaction affected when (i) the concentration of B alone is increased to three times (ii) the

56. For a first order reaction, time taken for half of the reaction to complete 𝒕𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 three forth of
concentrations of A as well as B are doubled?

the reaction to complete is 𝒕𝟐. How are 𝒕𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝒕𝟐 related?

2010(D)

57. A first reaction has rate constant of 𝟎. 𝟎𝟎𝟓𝟏 𝒎𝒊𝒏−𝟏. If we begin with 0.10 M concentration of
2007(D)
2009(OD)
the reactant. What concentration of the reactant will be left after 3hours? 2009(D)
58. A reaction of second order with respect to a reactant. How will the rate of reaction be affected if 2009(D)
the concentration of this reactant is
(i) Doubled, (ii) Reduced to half?
59. (a) Define the following: 2008(OD)

(b) 𝑨 + 𝟐𝑩 ⟶ 𝟑𝑪 + 𝟐𝑫. The ratio of disappearance of B is 𝟏×𝟏𝟎−𝟐𝒎𝒐𝒍/𝑳/S.

(i) Order of reaction (ii) Activation energy of reaction

What will be
(i) Rate of the reaction (ii) Rate of change in concentration of A and C?

(b) The half-life for decay of radioactive 𝟏𝟒𝑪 is 5730 years. An archaeological artifact
60. (a) List the factors on which the rate of a chemical reaction depends. 2008(OD)

containing wood has only 80% of the 𝟏𝟒𝑪 activity as found in living trees.Calculate the age of

61. A first order decomposition reaction takes 40 minutes for 30% decomposition. Calculate its 𝐭𝟏/𝟐
the artifact.
2008(D)
value. 2007(D)
62. What is meant by the 'rate constant' k' of a reaction? If the concentration be expressed in 2008(D)
mol𝐋−𝟏units and time in seconds, what would be the units for k
(i) for a zero order reaction and
(ii) for a first order reaction?