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CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM
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Single Correct Option Questions

1. For the chemical reaction: 3X  g   Y  g   X3 Y  g ; the amount of X3Y at equilibrium is affected
by:
(A) temperature and pressure (B) temperature only
(C) pressure only (D) temperature, pressure and catalyst
2. Which oxide of nitrogen is the most stable?


(A) 2NO2  g   16
 N2  g   2O 2  g ; K  6.7  10 mol litre
1



(B) 2NO  g  30
 N2  g  O2  g  ; K  2.2  10 mol litre
1



(C) 2N2 O  g  14 5
 2N2  g  5O2  g  ; K  1.2  10 mol litre
5



(D) 2N2 O  g  33
 2N2  g  O 2  g ; K  3.5  10 mol litre
1

3. Indicate the correct answer out of the following for the reaction:


NH4 Cl  H2O  NH4 OH  HCl
(A) the reaction is retarded by the addition of KOH
(B) the reaction of favoured by the addition of NH4OH
(C) the reaction is retarded by the addition of hydrogen ion
(D) none of the above

4. 

If pressure is applied to the equilibrium of solid 
 liquid. The melting point of the solid:
(A) will not change
(B) may increase or decrease depending upon the nature of solid
(C) will always increase
(D) will always decrease
5. Densities of diamond and graphite at 3.5 and 2.3 g/mL respectively Increase of pressure on the


equilibrium: Cdiamond 
 C graphite
(A) favours backward reaction (B) favours forward reaction
(C) have no effect (D) increases the reaction rate
6. 

The equilibrium constant for the reaction: N2  g   O2  g   
 2NO  g  is 4 10 4 at 2000 K. In
presence of a catalyst the equilibrium is attained 10 times faster. Therefore, the equilibrium
constant, in presence of the catalyst, at 2000 K is
(A) 40 104 (B) 4 104
3
(C) 40 10 (D) difficult to compute without more data

7. 

The reaction: A  2B 
 2C  D was studied using an initial concentration of B which was
1.5 times that of A. But the equilibrium concentrations of A and C were found to be equal. Then
the Kc for the equilibrium is
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 6 (D) 0.32
8. The graph relates in K eq vs 1/ T for a reaction. The reaction must be:

ln K

1.5  10 3 2.0  10 3
1/T
(A) exothermic (B) endothermic
(C) H is negligible (D) spontaneous

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9. A definite mass of solid NH4HS is placed in a flask already containing ammonia gas at a certain
temperature and 0.50 atm pressure. NH4HS decomposes to give NH3 and H2S and at equilibrium
total pressure in flask is 0.84 atm. The equilibrium constant for the reaction is
(A) 0.30 (B) 0.18
(C) 0.17 (D) 0.11
10. The equilibrium constant for the disproportionation of HgCl2 into HgCl+ and HgCl3 is………..


Given, HgCl  Cl 
 HgCl2 ; K 1  3  10
6



HgCl2  Cl  
 HgCl3 ; K 2  9.0
(A) 27 106 (B) 3.3  107
(C) 3.3  106 (D) 3  106
11. Which of the following variation represents endothermic nature?
(A) (B)

Kp ln K p

T T
(C) (D)

Kp ln K p

1/ T 1/ T
12. 

For the dissociation equilibrium N2 O 4  g 
 2NO2 , which represents correctly the variation of
degree dissociation ‘’ with D/d; where D is vapour density and d is vapour density of equilibrium
mixture

(A) 1 (B) 1

 

0 0
D/d D/d
(C) 1 (D) 1

 

0 1 0 1
2 2
D/d D/d

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13. The equilibrium constant for the two complex form are
4
4K  Fe  CN6  K 4 Fe  CN6  ; K  3.8  103
3
 K 3 Fe  CN6  ; K  5  10 3
3K  Fe  CN 6 
(A) K4Fe(CN)6 is more stable (B) K3Fe(CN)6 is more stable
(C) both are equally stable (D) stability of complexes can not be decreases

14. The following reaction is performed at 298 K.



2NO  g  O2  g  
 2NO2  g
The standard free energy of formation of NO(g), 86.6 kJ/mol at 298 K. What is the standard free
energy formation of NO2 (g) at 298 K? (Kp = 1.6  1012)
(A) R(298) ln ( 1.6  1012)  86600 (B) 86600 + R(298) ln (1.6 1012)
ln 1.6  1012 
(C) 86600  (D) 0.512  86600 – R(298) ln (1.6  1012)
R  298 

15. The equilibrium constants of the following are:



N2  3H2  2NH3 K1


N2  O2 
 2O K2
1
H2  

O 2 
 H2 O K3
2
(A) 5 litre (B) 10 litre
(C) 4 litre (D) 2 litre
Multiple Correct Options Questions
16. The equilibrium constant for the reaction:


CaCO3  s  
 CaO  s   CO2  g  is
(A) Kc = [CO2] (B) Kc = ([CaO][CO2])/[CaCO3]
(C) Kc = [CaCO3]/([CaO][CO2]) (D) Kp = PCO2

17. The following statement(s) is/are correct

(A) A plot of log Kp vs 1/T is linear
(B) A plot of log [X] vs time is linear for a first order reaction, X  P
(C) A plot of log P vs 1/T is linear at constant volume
(D) A plot of P vs 1/V is linear at constant temperature
18. Which of the following statements are correct about equilibrium constant for a gaseous phase
reaction?
(A) Equilibrium constant expressed in terms of partial pressure has the unit of (pressure unit)n
(B) Equilibrium constant expressed in terms of concentration has the unit of (pressure unit)n
(C) Equilibrium constant expressed in terms of relative activity (i.e. the activity of substance
relative to its activity in standard state) has no unit
(D) Equilibrium constant is written simply as K0 in terms of relative activity = Kp  P0 where, P0 =
100 kPa in standard state for gases
19. The vapour pressure of liquid methanol at 50C is 55.5 kPa. Which one is correct for equilibrium
reaction attained in a vessel of 5 litre at 50C for


CH3 OH    
 CH3 OH  g  ?
(A) Kp = 55.5 kPa (B) Kc = 2.067 mol litre-1
(C) K0 = 0.555 (D) K0 = 0.555 kPa
20. Steam is passed over hot carbon to attain the equilibrium at 400 K,


C  s   H2 O  g 
 CO  g  H2 (g)
The equilibrium constant K = 1.34 (dimension less) and the total pressure of the equilibrium
mixture is 200 kPa. Which one is correct when equilibrium is attained?
(A) Mole fraction of CO = mole fraction of H2 = 0.388
(B) Mole fraction of CO = mole fraction of H2 = 0.075
(C) Mole fraction of H2O = 0.224
(D) Mole fraction of H2O = 085
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21. Which of the following expressions are correct to express reaction quotient/equilibrium constant of
a reaction?
0 0
(A) K  e rH / RT  e r S / RT
(B) rG0 = RT lnK’
(C) G = G0 + RT ln Q
(D) Equilibrium constant K is dimension less in terms of relative activity

22. Select the correct statements

(A) The value of Qc for a given reaction is constant
(B) A change in the physical state of a gaseous product shows a change in the value of equilibrium
constant of that reaction
(C) The value of ratio Qc/Kc can be used to predict the direction in which a system will proceed
spontaneously towards equilibrium
(D) The rate constants for forward and backward reaction for a reversal reaction always increases
 K 
with temperature but their ratio  i.e, f  may increase or decrease with temperature.
 Kb 

23. 

For the equilibrium CaCO3  s  
 CaO  s   CO2  g  , the pressure of CO2 is 1 atm at equilibrium in
a container of 1 litre, at temperature T. Which one is not correct?
H0
(A) T  (B) G0  1
S0
V
(C) G = 0 (D) T 
nR

24. At a particular temperature and one atm, the solid and liquid phases of a pure substance can exist
in equilibrium. Which of the following terms defines this temperature?
(A) melting point (B) equilibrium temperature
(C) boiling point (D) freezing point

25. Which curves are correctly matched?

(A) Exothermic reaction: (B) Decomposition of CaCO3:

ln K p log PCO2

1/ T 1/ T
(C) Decomposition of NH3: (D) Degree of dissociation of PCl5:
Concentration


H2

N2

Time d

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Digital Integer Type Questions

26. 

0.96 g of HI were heated to attain equilibrium 2HI 
 H2  I2 . The reaction mixture on titration
requires 15.7 mL of N/10 hypo solution. Calculate the degree of dissociation of HI.
27. 

N2O4 dissociates as N2 O 4 
 2NO2 . At 55C and 1 atm, the percentage dissociation is 50.3%. At
what pressure and same temperature, the equilibrium mixture will have the ratio of N2O4 : NO2 as
1:8?

28. The standard Gibbs energy change for a reaction is G0 = 41.8 kJ mol1 at 700 K and 1 atm.
Calculate the equilibrium constant of the reaction at 700 K.

29. Four moles of hydrogen iodide are taken in a 10 L flask and kept at 800 K. It undergoes the
following decomposition reaction until the equilibrium is attained. The equilibrium mixture is
found to contain 0.42 mole of iodine. Calculate the equilibrium constant of the reaction:


2HI  g 
 H2  g  I2  g

30. The vapour density of a mixture of NO2 and N2O4 is 38.3 at 27C. Calculate the number of moles of
NO2 in 100 g mixture at equilibrium.

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ANSWERS
CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM
1. A 2. A 3. C 4. B

5. C 6. B 7. A 8. A

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

13. B 14. D 15. B 16. A, D

17. A, B, D 18. A, B, C, D 19. A, B, C 20. A, C

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

25. A, B 26. 0.209 27. 0.19 28. 1.312

29. 0.017 30. 0.434

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