LUCKNOW PUBLIC SCHOOL

SUBJECT: CHEMISTRY (043)

CHAPTER: CHEMICAL KINETICS
CLASS: XII

1. Source Based Question: 1x4

Chemical kinetics deals with rate of chemical reactions,how fast reactants get used up or how fast
products are formed in the reaction. Different chemical reactions have different speed. Rate of
reaction depends upon concentration of reactants, temperature, pressure especially in gaseous
reactions and presence of catalyst. Chemical reaction takes place as a results of collision between
reacting molecules. The rate of reaction does not depend upon total number of collisions rather it
depends upon number of effective collisions. In a redox reaction, if E is +ve,  G will be -ve and 'K'
equilibrium constant will be high i.e. products formed will be more than the reactants.
(i)k (The rate constant), (Activation Energy) Ea and 'A' (Arrhenius constant) are 3x10-4s-1, 104.4 KJ
mol-1 and 6.0 x 1014 s-1 respectively. What is value of 'k' when T=?
(a) 3.0 x 10-4 s-1
(b) 3.0 x 1014 s-1
(c) 6.0 x 1014 s-1
(d) 6.0 x 10-14 s-1
(ii) Activation energy is equal to
(a) extra energy which must be supplied to reactants to form products
(b) threshold energy
(c) Energy possessed by reacting molecules
(d) enthalpy of reaction
(iii) The molecule will undergo effective collision if they
(a) possess activation energy
(b) collide in proper orientation
(c) both a and b
(d) none of these
(iv)For the reaction
2H2O2   2H2O +O2,R = k [H2O2], the reaction is of
(a)zero order
(b) first order
(c) second order
(d) third order
2. Contact process is used in the formation of sulphur trioxide 1
2SO2+O2   2SO3
the rate of reaction can be expressed as:
O2
 2.5 x104 mol-L-1-sec-1
t
The rate of disappearance of SO2 will be
(a)3.75x10-4mol-L-1-sec-1
(b) 50.0x10-5mol-L-1-sec-1
(c) 2.5x10-5mol-L-1-sec-1
(d) 8.0x10-5mol-L-1-sec-1
3. In this question, a statement of assertion followed by a statement of reason is given. Choose
the correct answer out of the following choices. 1
(a) Assertion and reason both are correct statements and reason is correct explanation for
assertion.
(b) Assertion and reason both are correct statements but reason is not correct explanation for
assertion.
(c) Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement,
(d) Assertion is wrong statement but reason is correct statement.
Assertion: rate constants determined from Arrhenius equation are fairly accurate for simple as well
as complex molecules
Reason: reactant molecules undergo chemical change irrespective of their orientation during collision
OR

Assertion: if activation energy of a reaction is zero, temperature will have no effect on the rate
constant.
Reason: lower the activation energy, faster is the reaction

4. What is an elementary reaction? Give an example. 1

OR
Describe pseudo first order reaction with example.

5. In some cases it is found that a large number of colliding molecules have energy more than
threshold energy, yet the reaction is slow. why? 1

6. What is it meant by rate constant ‘k’ of the reaction? If the concentration be expressed in mole/litre
units and time in seconds, what would be the unit of k 2
i) for a zero order reaction
ii) for a first order reaction
OR
The rate constant for a first order reaction A   Productis 0.0030 mol-L-1-sec-1. How long will it
take for the initial concentration of A to fall from 0.10 M to 0.025 M?

7. Differentiate between molecularity and order of reaction. When could molecularity and order of the
reaction be the same. 2

8. A reaction is second order with respect to A and first order with respect to B. 3
i) Write the differential rate equation
ii) How is the rate affected on increasing the concentration of A three Times?
iii) How is the rate affected when the concentration of both A and B are doubled.
OR
For the reaction 2NO+Cl2   2NOCl

The following data were collected. All the measurements were taken at 263 K.

S. No. Initial [NO] (M) Initial [Cl2] (M) Rate of disappearance of Cl2 (M/Min.)
1 0.15 0.15 0.60
2 0.15 0.30 1.20
3 0.30 0.15 2.40
4 0.25 0.25 ?

i) write the expression for rate law

ii) calculate the value of rate constant and specify its unit
iii) what is the initial rate of disappearance of Cl2 in experiment 4?

9. (a) A first order reaction takes 20 minutes for 25% decomposition. Calculate the time when 75% of
the reaction will be completed. 2
( Given log 2= 0.301 log 3= 0.4771 log 4= 0.602)

(b) The rate of reaction becomes 4 times when the temperature changes from 293K to 313 K.
Calculate the energy of the activation Ea of the reaction, assuming that it does not change with
temperature. (R= 8.314 J/K/mol, log 4= 0.602) 3
 OR
(a) The following data were obtained during the first order thermal decomposition of SO2Cl2 at a
constant volume.
Experiment Time (minute) Total Pressure (atm)
1 0 0.4
2 100 0.7

Calculate rate constant of the reaction 2

(b) The decomposition of A into product has value of k as 1.5x103 s-1 at 10⁰C and energy of activation
60 kJ/mole. At what temperature would k be 4.5 x103 s-1? 3