1. Is rate of reaction always constant?

Ans. No. rate of a reaction is not always constant. It depends on many factors such as
concentration, temperature etc.

2. Can order of reaction be zero? Give example.

Ans. Yes, decomposition of ammonia on a hot platinum surface is a zero order of reaction at
high pressure.

3. What do you understand by rate law expression?

Ans. The rate law is the expression in which rate is given in terms of molar concentration of
reactants with each term raised to some power ,which may or may not be same as the
stoichiometric coefficient of the reacting species in a balanced chemical equation.

4. Is it possible to determine or predict the rate law theoretically by merely looking at the
equation?

Ans. No, the rate law can not be predicted by merely looking at the balanced chemical equation
but must be determined experimentally.

5. Define the term chemical kinetics?

Ans. The branch of chemistry that deals with the study of reaction rates and their mechanisms is
called chemical Kinetics.

6. Define – Rate of reaction and the factors affecting the rate of reaction.

Ans. Rate of reaction can be defined as the change in concentration of a reactant or product per
unit time. Factors affecting the rate of reaction are temperature, concentration of reactants and
catalyst.

7. What is average rate of a reaction? How is it determined?

Ans. Average rate of a reaction is defined as the change in concentration of a reactant or a

product per unit time. It can be determined by dividing the change in concentration of reactant
or product by the time interval

8. What are the units of rate of a reaction?

Ans. The units of rate of a reaction are Mol L-1 s-1 . In gaseous reaction the unit of rate of
reaction is atom s-1.

9. Identify the reaction order for from each of the following rate constant
a)k=2.3*10-5 L mol-1 s-1
b)k=3.1*10-4 s-1

Ans. a The reactions is of second order.

b) The reaction is of first order.

10. Consider the equation 2NO(g)+2H2(g)->N2(g)+2H2O(g). The rate law for this equation is first
order with respect to H2 and second order with respect to NO. write the rate law for this reaction.

Ans. The rate law will be R=k[NO]^2[H2].

11.Give an example of pseudo – first order reaction ?

Ans. Hydrolysis of ethyl acetate when concentration of water is very large , is an example of
pseudo first order reaction.

12.Write the expression for half – life period of a first order reaction?

Ans. For a first order reaction, the half life period is 0.693/k.

13.A first order reaction is found to have a rate constant . Find half life of reaction?

Ans. t1/2 = 1.26*10^3 s.

14.The time required to decompose SO2Cl2 to half of its initial amount is 60 min. If the
decomposition is a first order reaction, calculate the rate constant of the reaction?

Ans.0.01155 min-1.

15.What is the effect of catalyst on rate constant?

Ans. A catalyst increases the rate constant value.

16. How is activation energy affected on adding a catalyst?

Ans. A catalyst lowers the activation energy by following a different path for the reaction.

17. What do you mean by the term- collision frequency?

Ans. The no. of collisions per second per unit volume of the reaction mixture is known as
collision frequency. It is denoted by Z.

18. What is the drawback of collision theory?

Ans. The drawback of collision theory is that it considers the molecules to be hard spheres and
ignores their structural aspect.

19. How does the number of collisions change on increasing the temperature?

Ans. The rate of reaction would increase on increasing the temperature as it will increase the
no. of collision as well as no. of effective collisions.

20. There is no bar on the no. of collisions among the reaching species. Why most of the
reactions do not take place under normal conditions?

Ans. The reactions either do not have required energy or are not properly oriented, then the
reaction will not take place.

21. The rate of a particular reaction quadruples when the temperature changes from 293 K to
313 K. Calculate activation energy for such a reaction.

Ans. 52.86 KJ/mol

22.What do you understand by the rate determining step of a reaction?

Ans. The slowest step in a reaction

23.What is the order of a reaction whose rate constant has the same units as the rate of a
reaction?
 Ans. 1

24. In a reaction, A + B → Product, rate is doubled when the concentration of B is doubled, and
rate increases by a factor of 8 when the concentrations of both the reactants (A and B) are
doubled, rate law for the reaction can be written as

Ans. Rate = k[A]2[B]

25.In a zero-order reaction for every 10° rise of temperature, the rate is doubled. If the
temperature is increased from 10°C to 100°C, the rate of the reaction will become

Ans. 512 times

26. For a first order reaction (A) → products the concentration of A changes from 0.1M to 0.025 M

in 40minutes.

The rate of reaction when the concentration of A is 0.01 M is

Ans. 3.47 × 10–4 M/min

27. The activation energy of a reaction at a given temperature is found to be 2.303 RT J mol–1. The
ratio of rate constant to the Arrhenius factor is

Ans.0.1

28. The time required for 100% completion of a zero order reaction is

Ans.a/k

29. The rate of a chemical reaction doubles for every 10°C rise of temperature. If the
temperature is raised by 50°C, the rate of the reaction increases by about

Ans.32 times

30. In the hydrolysis of an organic chloride in presence of large excess of water, RCl +
H2O → ROH + HCl

Ans. Molecularity is 2 but order of reaction is 1

31. Radioactivity of a sample (z = 22) decreases 90% after 10 years. What will be the half-life of the
sample?

Ans.3 years

32. The activation energy for a reaction at the temperature T K was found to be 2.303 RT J mol–1.
The ratio of the rate constant to Arrhenius factor is

Ans.10-1
33. Which of these changes with time for a first-order reaction?

Ans.rate of a reaction

34. For the reaction N2O5(g) → 2NO2(g) + O2(g) the value of rate of disappearance of N2O5 is given
as 6.25 × 10–3 mol L–1 s–1. The rate of formation of NO2 and O2 is given respectively as

Ans. 1.25 × 10–2 mol L–1 s–1 and 3.125 × 10–3 mol L–1 s–1

35. The role of a catalyst is to change

Ans. activation energy of reaction.

36. In the presence of a catalyst, the heat evolved or absorbed during the reaction.
Ans. Remains unchanged
37. Activation energy of a chemical reaction can be determined by
Ans. determining the rate constants at two temperatures.
38. Consider a first order gas phase decomposition reaction given below :
A(g) → B(g) + C(g)
The initial pressure of the system before decomposition of A was pi. After lapse of time
‘t’, total pressure of the system increased by x units and became ‘pt’ The rate constant k
for the reaction is given as
Ans.k=2.303/t *log(pi/2pi-pi)
39. Consider the Arrhenius equation given below and mark the correct option. Ae-Ea/RT

(i) Rate constant increases exponentially with increasing activation energy and
decreasing temperature.
(ii) Rate constant decreases exponentially with increasing activation energy and
decreasing temperature.
(iii) Rate constant increases exponentially with decreasing activation energy and
decreasing temperature.
(iv) Rate constant increases exponentially with decreasing activation energy and
increasing temperature.
Ans. Ii,iv
40. Which of the following statements is not correct about order of a reaction.
(i) The order of a reaction can be a fractional number.
(ii) Order of a reaction is experimentally determined quantity.
(iii) The order of a reaction is always equal to the sum of the stoichiometric
coefficients of reactants in the balanced chemical equation for a reaction.
(iv) The order of a reaction is the sum of the powers of molar concentration of the
reactants in the rate law expression.
Ans.iii
41. Rate law for the reaction A + 2B → C is found to be

Rate = k [A][B]
Concentration of reactant ‘B’ is doubled, keeping the concentration of ‘A’ constant, the
value of rate constant will be
Ans. Doubled
42. Which of the following statements is incorrect about the collison theory of chemical
reaction?
(i) It considers reacting molecules or atoms to be hard spheres and ignores their
structural features.
(ii) Number of effective collisions determines the rate of reaction.
(iii) Collision of atoms or molecules possessing sufficient threshold energy results into
the product formation.
(iv) Molecules should collide with sufficient threshold energy and proper orientation for
the collision to be effective.
Ans. iii

43, A first order reaction is 50% completed in 1.26 × 1014 s. How much time would it take

for 100% completion?

Ans. Infinite
44. Which of the following statement is not correct for the catalyst?
(i) It catalyses the forward and backward reaction to the same extent.
(ii) It alters ΔG of the reaction.
(iii) It is a substance that does not change the equilibrium constant of a reaction.
(iv) It provides an alternate mechanism by reducing activation energy between
reactants and products.
Ans.ii
45.The value of rate constant of a pseudo first order reaction ____________.
(i) depends on the concentration of reactants present in small amount.
(ii) depends on the concentration of reactants present in excess.
(iii) is independent of the concentration of reactants.
(iv) depends only on temperature.
Ans. I,ii

46. Rate law cannot be determined from balanced chemical equation if _______.

(i) reverse reaction is involved.

(ii) it is an elementary reaction.
(iii) it is a sequence of elementary reactions.
(iv) any of the reactants is in excess.
Ans.i,iii,iv
47.Which of the following statements are applicable to a balanced chemical equation of
an elementary reaction?
(i) Order is same as molecularity.
(ii) Order is less than the molecularity.
(iii) Order is greater than the molecularity.
(iv) Molecularity can never be zero.
Ans.i,iv
48.In any unimolecular reaction ______________.
(i) only one reacting species is involved in the rate determining step.
(ii) the order and the molecularity of slowest step are equal to one.
(iii) the molecularity of the reaction is one and order is zero.
(iv) both molecularity and order of the reaction are one.
Ans.i,ii
49.For a complex reaction ______________.
(i) order of overall reaction is same as molecularity of the slowest step.
(ii) order of overall reaction is less than the molecularity of the slowest step.
(iii) order of overall reaction is greater than molecularity of the slowest step.
(iv) molecularity of the slowest step is never zero or non interger.
Ans.i,iv

50. During decomposition of an activated complex

(i) energy is always released

(ii) energy is always absorbed
(iii) energy does not change
(iv) reactants may be formed
Ans.i,iv