CHAPTERWISE QUESTION

CHEMISTRY CLASS XII

Time : 1 ½ hrs CHEMICAL KINETICS SET A Marks :35

SECTION A- 1mark

1. Instantaneous rate of a chemical reaction is

(a) rate of reaction in the beginning (b) rate of reaction at the end
(c) rate of reaction at a given instant (d) rate of reaction between two specific time intervals
2. Order of reaction is decided by
(a) temperature (b) mechanism of reaction as well as relative concentration of reactants
(c) molecularity (d) pressure
3. A zero order reaction is one whose rate is independent of
(a) the concentration of the reactants (b) the temperature of reaction
(c) the concentration of the product
(d) the material of the vessel in which reaction is carried out
4. For the reaction A + 2B → C, rate is given by R = [A] [B]2 then the order of the reaction is
(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 7
5. Which of the following influences the reaction rate performed in a solution?
(a) Temperature (b) Activation energy (c) Catalyst (d) All of the above
6. A catalyst increases the reaction rate by:
(a) decreasing enthalpy (b) increasing internal energy
(c) decreasing activation enthalpy (d) increasing activation enthalpy
7. A graph plotted between log k vs 1/T for calculating activation energy is shown by

Questions 8-9: A statement of assertion is followed by a statement of a reason. Mark the

correct choice from the options given below:
a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

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 c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
d) Assertion is false and reason is true.
8. Assertion: In a zero order reaction , if concentration of the reactant is doubled, half life period
is also doubled
Reason: The total time taken for a zero order reaction to complete is double of the half life
period.
9. Assertion: 50% of a reaction is completed in 50 sec, 75% of the reaction will be completed in
75 sec.
Reason: The rate constant of a zero-order reaction depends upon time

SECTION B: Two Marks Questions

10. (a) How does catalyst alter rate of a reaction?
(b) A reaction is 50% complete in 2 hours and 75% completes in 4 hours. What is the order of
the reaction?
11. (a)What is the unit of rate constant for a Pseudo first order reaction?
(b) What is the overall order of reaction which has the rate expression r= k [A]2[B]0?
12. What is the effect of adding a catalyst on :
(a) Activation energy (Ea) and (b) Gibbs energy (∆G) of a reaction.
13. A first order reaction takes 30 minutes for 75% decomposition. Calculate t1/2 .
Given : [log 2 = 0.3, log 3 = 0.48, log 4 = 0.6, log 5 = 0.7]
OR
The decomposition of NH3 on Pt surface is a zero order reaction. What are the rate of
formations of N2 & H2 if k = 2.5 × 10-4 mol L-1s-1.
SECTION C: Three Marks Questions –
14. A reaction is first order in A and second order in B.
(i) Write the differential rate equation.
(ii) How is the rate affected on increasing the concentration of B three times?
(iii) How is the rate affected when the concentrations of both A and B are doubled?
15. A 1st order reaction is 40% complete in 50 minutes. Calculate the value of rate constant. At
what time will the reaction be 80% completed?
OR
In the given reaction A + 3B → 2C,the rate of formation of C is 2.5 x 10-4 molL-1s-1.
Calculate the i) rate of reaction ii) rate of disappearance of B
16. Give three important differences between rate of reaction and rate constant of reaction
SECTION D: Five Marks Questions –

17.For the hydrolysis of methyl acetate in aqueous solution, the following results were obtained
t/s 0 20 40

[CH3COOCH3]/mol L-1 0.40 0.20 0.10

i) a) Show that it follows pseudo first order reaction, as the concentration of water remains
constant.
b) Calculate the average rate of reaction between the time interval 20 to 40 seconds.
ii) Why does the rate constant is nearly doubled for every 10° C rise in temperature?

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 iii) Write the equation of temperature dependence rate of a chemical reaction

OR
i) The rate constant of a first order reaction increases from 4 x 10-2 to 24 x 10-2 when the
temperature changes from 300 K to 350 K. Calculate the energy of activation.
(log 2 = 0.301, log 3 = 0.4771, log 4 = 0.6021, log 6 = 0.7782)
ii) Consider the reaction R → P. the change in concentration of R with time is shown in the
following plot :

a) Predict the order of reaction

b) What does the slope of the above line indicate?

SECTION E
CASE STUDY (4 Marks)
18. Read given passage and answer the questions that follow:
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°cell
is +ve, ∆G° will be –ve and ‘K’ equilibrium constant will be high i.e. products formed will be
more than the reactants.
(a) What is meant by activation energy?
(b) What does e–Ea/RT represent?
(c) If Fe3+ + 2I– → Fe2+ + I2 has E° = 0.24V, what is the value of log K? What does value of
‘K’ indicate?
OR
What type of molecules undergo effective collisions?

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 CHAPTERWISE QUESTION
CHEMISTRY CLASS XII
Time : 1 ½ hrs CHEMICAL KINETICS SET B Marks :35

SECTION A- 1 Mark Question

1. For a reaction P + Q → 2 R + S , the incorrect statement is

(a) Rate of disappearance of P = Rate of appearance of S

(b) Rate of disappearance of Q = 2 x Rate of appearance of R
(c) Rate of disappearance of Q = Rate of disappearance of P
(d) Rate of disappearance of Q = ½ x Rate of appearance of R
2. The reaction NO2 + CO → NO + CO2 takes place in two steps.
2NO2 → NO3 + NO (k1) – slow
NO3 + CO → CO2 + NO2 (k2) – fast
The rate law is
a) R = k1 [NO2]3 b) R = k2 [NO3] [CO] c) R = k1 [NO2]2 d) R = k1 [NO2 ]

3. Consider the reaction A —> B. The concentration of both the reactants and the products varies
exponentially with time. Which of the following figures correctly describes the change in
concentration of reactants and products with time?

4. In a reaction, 2X → Y, the concentration of X decreases from 0.50 M to 0.38 M in 10 min.

What is the rate of reaction in Ms-1 during this interval ?
(a) 2 × 10-4 (b) 4 × 10-2 (c) 2 × 10-2 (d) 1 × 10-2

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5. In the reaction 2 A + B → A2B , if the concentration of A is doubled and that of B is halved ,
the rate of it reaction will
(a) Increase by 4 times (b) Increase by 2 times
(c) Decrease by 2 times (d) Remains the same
6. A plot is shown below between concentration and time t. Which of the given orders is indicated
by the graph

(a) Zero Order (b) Second Order (c) First Order (d) Fractional Order

7. In a reaction, the threshold energy is equal to

(a) activation energy + normal energy of reactants
(b) activation energy - normal energy of reactants
(c) normal energy of reactants - activation energy
(d) average kinetic energy of molecules of reactants

Questions 8-9: A statement of assertion is followed by a statement of a reason. Mark the

correct choice from the options given below:
a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
d) Assertion is false and reason is true.
8. Assertion: Order of reaction with respect to any reactant or product can be zero, positive,
negative and fractional.
Reason: Rate of a reaction cannot decrease with increase in concentration of a reactant or
product.
9. Assertion: Rate constant of a zero-order reaction has same units as the rate of reaction.
Reason: Rate constant of a zero order reaction does not depend upon the concentration.

SECTION B 2 Mark QUESTIONS

10. For the reaction R --->P , the concentration of a reactant changes from .05M to .02M in 30
sec. Calculate average rate of reaction.
11. Define the term average rate and instantaneous rate of reaction.
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12. Write the rate expression with respect to each reactant and product for the reaction given below.

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13. A first order reaction is found to have a rate constant k =5.5 × 10–12 sec -1. Find the half-life
of the reaction.
OR
A first order reaction has a rate constant 1.15 × 10-3 sec–1. How long will 5 gm of this reactant
take to reduce to 3 gm ?

SECTION C (3 Mark QUESTIONS)

14. Give four important differences between order of reaction molecularity of reaction.
15. Show that the time required for 99% completion of a first order reaction is twice the time
required for the completion of 90% of reaction.

16. For the zero order reaction A → 2B, the rate constant is 2 × 10-6 M min-1. The reaction is
started with 10M of A.

i) What will be the concentration of A after 2 days?

ii) What is the initial half-life of the reaction?

iii) In what time, the reaction will complete?
OR
The following data were obtained during the first order thermal decomposition of SO2Cl2 at a
constant volume:
SO2Cl2 (g) → SO2(g) + Cl2 (g)

SECTION D (5 mark questions)

17 i) Express the rate of the following reaction in terms of the formation of ammonia: (5)
N2(g) + 3H2(g) → 2NH3(g)
ii) If the rate constant of a reaction is k = 3 × 10-4 s-1, then identify the order of the reaction.
iii) For a reaction R → P, half-life (t1/2) is observed to be independent of the initial
concentration of reactants. What is the order of reaction?
(iv) Define the following: (a) Elementary step in a reaction
(b) Rate constant
OR

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 a) Vijay plotted a graph between concentration of R and time for a reaction R → P. 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]
SECTION E
CASE STUDY QUESTIONS (4 Marks)
18. Observe the table given showing volume of CO2 obtained by reaction of CaCO3 and dilute HCl
after every minute. Answer the questions that follow:
Table showing volume of CO2 at one minute interval by reaction of CaCO3 with dilute HCl
Time/mm Volume of CO2/cm
0 0
1 24 cm3
2 34 cm3
3 38 cm
4 40 cm
5 40 cm
6 40 cm

a) What happens to rate of reaction with time?

(b) Why does CaCO3 powder react faster than marble chips?
(c) What happens to rate of reaction if concentrated HCl is used?
(d) In manufacture of NH3, N2(g) + 3H2(g)→ 2NH3+ heat, what is effect of catalyst on the rate of
reaction?
OR
Why does rate of reaction becomes almost double for energy 10° rise in temperature?