CHEMICAL KINETICS

Chapter-4
1. Give the unit of the rate of reaction. (2010)

2. A first order decomposition reaction takes 40 minutes

for 30% decomposition. Calculate its t1/2 value .
(2010)

3. What is meant by the rate constant k of a reaction? If

the concentration is mentioned in mol L-¹ units and
time in seconds , what is the unit of.
a) for a zero order reaction.
b) for a first order reaction ? (2010)
4. Give an example of zero order reaction. (2011)

5. What is half life of a radioactive substance? The half

life of a radioactive substance is 10 minutes, then
calculate the decay constant (λ) of the radioactive
substance. (2011)

6. A first order reaction has a half life period 34.65

seconds. Its rate constant is : (2012)
a) 2×10-² sec-¹ c) 20 sec-¹
b) 4×10-⁴ sec-¹ d) 2×10-⁴ sec-¹
7. If a graph is plotted between Ink and 1/T for the first
order reaction. The slope of the straight line so obtained is
given by (2012)
a) -Ea/R c) -2.303/ Ea.R
b) -Ea/2.303R d) - Ea/ 2.303

8. For a reaction, the energy of activation is zero. What is

the value of rate constant at 300k ? If k = 1.6 × 10⁶ sec-¹ at
280K and R = 8.31 JK-¹mol-¹. (2012)

9. What do you mean by first order reaction and

pseudounimolecular reaction . (2006,2013,2016)
10. The value of order of reaction can be — (2014)
a) +ve c) fractional
b) - ve d) All of These

11. For a chemical reaction A→ B , it is found that the rate

of reaction does not change when the concentration of of A
is doubled. The order of reaction with respect to A is —
(2014)
a) 1 b) 2 c) zero d) 3

12. What is half life of a reaction? Find out the value of half
life of zero order reaction. (2014)
13. For the reaction 2A + B → A2B , rate = k[A][B]2 with K
= 2×10-6 mol-2L²s-1 . Calculate the initial rate of the
reaction when [A] = 0.1 mol L -1 and [B] = 0.2 mol L-1 .
Calculate the rate of reaction after [A] is reduced to 0.06
mol L-1 . (2014)

14. Derive integrated rate equation for a first order

reaction. (2015)

15. The decomposition of NH3 on platinum surface,

2NH3 (g) pt→ N2 (g) + 3H2 (g) is zero order reaction with
k = 2.5×10-4 mol L-1 s-1 . What are the rates of production
of N2 and H2 ? (2015)

16. H2 + Cl2 hv→ 2HCl(gas) is — (2016)

a) Second order reaction
b) Zero order reaction
c) First order reaction
d) None of these

17. What is order of a reaction ? (2016)

18. Describe any three factors which affect the rate of

chemical reaction. (2016)
19. For the reaction the energy of activation is zero.
What is the value of rate constant at 300 K , if K = 1.6
×10⁶ sec-1 at 280 K ? (R = 8.31 JK-1 ) (2016)

20. The half Life period of a first order reaction is 100

minutes. Calculate the time required for the reaction to
be completed by 90%. (2016)

21. Radioactive decay follows the………. kinetics. (2017)

a) Zero order c) first order
b) Second order d) nth order
22. If the half life of a first order reaction A is 2 minutes, how
long will it take A to reach — (2017)
a) 25% of its initial concentration?
b) 10% of its initial concentration?

23. For the reaction 2HI → H2 + I2 what is the order of

reaction? (2018)

24. Unit of rate constant of third order reaction, k is —

(2018)
a) s-1 c) mol-2 Ls-1
b) mol-1Ls-1 d) molL-1 s-1
25. Differentiate between order and molecularity of
reaction. (2018)

26. Show that for a first order reaction the time required for
99% completion of reaction is twice the time required to
complete 90% of the reaction. (2018)

27. Rate= K[H2O2] is an example of — (2019)

a) Zero order reaction
b) First order reaction
c) Second order reaction
d) None of these
28. Calculate the overall order of a reaction which has
the rate expression — (2019)
R = K [A]¹ [B]¹

29. Explain rate of chemical reaction. (2019)

30. Calculate the rate of reaction A+2B → 2C+D. (2020)

31. A reaction is of second order with respect to a

reactant. How is the rate of reaction affected if the
concentration of the reactant is doubled? (2020)
32. In a particle reduction process, the concentration of a
solution that is initially 0.12 M reduced in 10 hours and
0.06 M in 20 hours. What is the rate constant of the
reaction? (2020)
(Given : log 2 = 0.3010)
#Answers Of Objectives : —

6. a) 2×10_2 sec-1
7. a) -Ea/R
10. d) All of These
11. c) zero
16. b) Zero order reaction
21. c) first order
24. c) mol-2 Ls-1
27. b) First order reaction