QUESTION BANK

CLASS XII (CHEMISTRY)

UNIT 8: CHEMICAL KINETICS

Assertion
Assertion-Reason type questions
A Assertion and reason both are true, reason is correct explanation of assertion.
B Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C Assertion is true, reason is false.
D Assertion is false, reason is true statement
1 Assertion:: Order of the reaction can be zero or fractional.
Reason: We cannot determine order from balanced chemical equation.
2 Assertion: Presence of catalyst does not make a non spontaneous reaction proceed at a faster
rate.
Reason: Catalyst provides an alternate pathway involving lower activation energy for the
forward reaction only
3 Assertion: At high pressure the following reaction is zero order.

Reason : At high pressure, the surface of catalyst is completely saturated with ammonia, so
further change in pressure does not affect rate
4 Assertion: Order of the reaction can be zero or fractional.
Reason: We cannot determine order from a balanced chemical equation..
5 Assertion : The enthalpy of reaction remains constant in the presence of a catalyst.
Reason : A catalyst participating in the reaction, forms a different activated complex and
lowers down the activation energy but the difference in energy of reactant and product
remains the same.
6 Assertion: Order of reaction can be zero or fractional.
Reason : We cannot determine order from balanced chemical equation.
7 Assertion : Rate constants determined from Arrhenius equ
equation
ation are fairly accurate for
simple as well as complex molecules.
Reason: Reactant molecules undergo chemical change irrespective of their orientation
during collision.

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8 Assertion: the rate of reaction is accelerated by the presence of catalyst.
Reason: The presence of catalyst makes the value of ∆G° more negative.
9 Assertion: Lower the activation energy, faster is the reaction.
Reason: Catalyst does not affect activation energy of the reaction
10 Assertion – Order of reaction can be zero or fractional.
Reason – Order of a reaction cannot be determined from a balanced chemical reaction.
11 Assertion – Order and molecularity of a reaction is always same.
Reason – Order is determined experimentally whereas molecularity by a balanced
elementary reaction.
12 Assertion – Average rate and instantaneous rate of a reaction has the same unit.
Reason – Average rate becomes instantaneous rate when time interval is too small.
13 Assertion: The half-life period for a first order reaction is independent of initial
concentration of reactants.
Reason: For first order reaction, t1/2 = 0.693/k which shows independency on [reactants].
14. Assertion: The decomposition of gaseous ammonia on a hot platinum surface is a zero order
reaction at high pressure.
Reason: At high pressure, the metal surface gets saturated with gas molecules. So, a further
change in reaction conditions is unable to alter the amount of ammonia on the surface of the
catalyst making rate of the reaction independent of its concentration.
15. Assertion: In a zero order reaction, if the concentration of the reactant is doubled, the half-
life period is also doubled.
Reason: For a zero order reaction, half-life is independent of initial concentration of
reactant.
16 Assertion: For a first-order reaction, the concentration of the reactant decreases
exponentially with time.
Reason : Rate of reaction at any time depends upon the concentration of the reactant at that
time.
17 Assertion: In a first order reaction, the concentration of the reactant is doubled, its half-life
is also doubled.
Reason: Half-life of a reaction does not depend upon initial concentration of the reactant in
a first order reaction.

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18 Assertion:For a first order reaction, t½ is independent of the initial concentration of
reactants.
Reason:For a first order reaction t½ is twice the t¾.
19 Assertion:Acid Catalyzed hydrolysis of ethyl acetate is a first order reaction.
Reason:Water does not take part in the reaction.
20 Assertion:For a first order reaction, the concentration of the reactant decreases exponentially
with time.
Reason:Rate of reaction at any time depends upon the concentration of the reactant at that
time.
21. 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 units of
concentration
22 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
23. Assertion: The rate constant of a pseudounimolecular reaction has the units of the rate
constant of a second order reaction
Reason: A pseudo unimolecular reaction is a reactions of second order in which one of the
reactant is present in large excess.
24. Assertion: 50% of a reaction is completed in 50 seconds, therefore 75% of the reaction will
be completed in 75 seconds
Reason: Rate constant of a zero order reaction depends upon time
25 Assertion: Complex reaction takes place in different steps and the slowest step determines
the rate of reaction.
Reason: Order and molecularity of a reaction are always equal.
26 Assertion : Rate of reaction increases with increase in temperature.
Reason : Number of effective collisions increases with increase in temperature.
27 Assertion : Order of a 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

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 product .
28 Assertion : The rate of a reaction sometimes does not depend on concentration.
Reason: Lower the activation energy faster is the reaction.
29 Assertion : For a certain reaction, a large fraction of molecules has energy more than the
threshold energy, still the rate of reaction is very slow.
Reason : The colliding molecules must not be properly oriented for effective collisions.
30 Assertion :Instantaneous rate of reaction is equal to dx / dt .
Reason:It is the rate of reaction at any particular instant of time.
31 Assertion:Molecularity has no meaning for a complex reaction.
Reason:The overall molecularity of a complex reaction is equal to the molecularity of the
slowest step.

ANSWERS of Assertion- Reasoning questions

Q.No. Answer
1 B
2 C
3 A
4 B
5 D
6 A
7 C
8 C
9 B
10 D
11 B
12 A
13 A
14 C
15 B
16 D
17 B
18 C
19 C
20 B
21 C
22 B
23 A
24 C

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25 C
26 A
27 C
28 B
29 A
30 B
31 B

Questions submitted by the PGTs (Chemistry) of LVs of Bhubaneswar, Guwahati,

Kolkata, Ranchi, Silchar and Tinsukia Region.

Vetted by: Silchar Region

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