Delhi Public School: Nacharam/ Mahendra Hills/ Nadergul

DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL
NACHARAM/ MAHENDRA HILLS/ NADERGUL
QUESTION BANK
CLASS: XII
SUBJECT: CHEMISTRY
TOPIC: CHEMICAL KINETICS
LONG ANSWERS TYPE QUESTIONS (5 marks each)

1) (a) A chemical reaction is of second order w.r.t. a reactant. How will the rate of reaction be
affected if the concentration of this reactant is : (a) Doubled; (b) Reduced to 1/8th.
(b) From the following data for a chemical reaction between A and B at 300 K
Calculate (i) the order of reaction with respect to A and with respect to B. (ii) the rate constant at
300K.
2) (a) Draw a plot between log k and reciprocal of absolute temperature.
(b) The energy of activation for a chemical reaction is 100 kJ/mol. Presence of a catalyst lowers the
energy of activation by 75%. What will be effect on the rate of reaction at 20°C, if other things are
equal.
3) (a) Derive the equation for rate constant of a first order reaction. What would be the units of the
first order rate constant if the concentration is expressed in moles per litre and time in second?
(b) For first order chemical reaction half life period (t1/2) is concentration independent. Justify the
statement by using integrated rate equation.
4) The reaction SO2Cl2(g) ---- SO2(g) + Cl2(g) is a first order reaction with half life of 3.15 × 104 s at
575 K. What percentage of SO2Cl2 would be decomposed on heating at 575K for 90 min.
5) A certain reaction is 50% complete in 20 min at 300K and the same reaction is again 50% complete
in 5 min at 350K. Calculate the activation energy if it is a first order reaction. (R = 8.314J K–1 mol–1,
log 4 = 0.602)
SHORT ANSWERS TYPE QUESTIONS (2 marks each)

1) a) Define the term ‘rate of reaction’. b) Mention the units of rate of reaction.
2. a)Express the rate of reaction in terms of Br– (aq) as reactant and Br2 (aq) as product for the
reaction :
b) Express the rate of reaction in terms of disappearance of hydrogen and appearance of ammonia
in the given reaction.
3) a) What will be the order of reaction, if the rate of reaction does not depend on the concentration
of any of the reactant.
b) For the elementary step of a chemical reaction :
What is the (i) Molecularity and (ii) Order of the reaction.
4) For a chemical reaction A- B. The rate of the reaction is given as Rate = k [A] n, the rate of the
above reaction quadruples when the concentration of A is doubled. What is the value of n?
5) a) Mention one example of zero order reaction. b) What is the value of the order of reaction of
radioactive decay?
6) a) Express the equation for units for rate constant of nth order. B) A reaction is 50% complete in 2
hours and 75% complete in 4 hours. What is the order of reaction?
7) For a reaction A + B  Product, the rate low is given by r = k[A]½ [B]2 . What is the order of the
reaction ?
8) The rate of a particular reaction quadruples when the temperature changes from 293 K to 313 K.
Calculate activation energy.
9) 2. If the decomposition of nitrogen oxide as
2N2 O5  4NO2 + O2
follows a first order kinetics. (a) Calculate the rate constant for a 0.05M solution if the
instantaneous rate is 1.5  106 mol/l/s ? b) What concentration of N2 O5 would give a rate of 2.45
 105 mol L-1 s-1 ?
10) The rate constant for a reaction of zero order A is 0.0030 mol L-1 s-1 . How long will it take for
the initial conc. of A to fall from 0.10M to 0.075M ?
SHORT ANSWERS TYPE QUESTIONS (3 marks each)

1) A first order reaction takes 40 mins for 30% decomposition. Calculate t ½.
2) Determine the order of reaction and also determine the units of rate constant
3) The following data were given for thermal decomposition of SO2 Cl2 at a constant volume :
4) (a) The activation energy of a reaction is 100 kJ/mol. In the presence of catalyst the activation
energy is decreased by 75%. What is the effect on rate constant of the reaction at 20º C ?
5) A + 2B  3C + 2D The rate of disappearance of B is 1  10-2 mol L-1 sec-1. What will be (i) rate of
reaction (ii) rate of change in the concentration of A and C ?
6) Show that time required for the completion of 99% of the first order reaction is twice the 90% of
completion of the reaction
7) Rates of reaction double with every 10º rise in temperature. If this generalization holds for a
reaction in the temperature ranges 298 K to 308 K, what would be the value of activation energy for
their reaction ? R = 8.314 J K-1 mol-1 .
8) (a) Define rate constant of reaction. (b) Determine the units of rate constant for first and zero
order reaction.

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DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL

NACHARAM/ MAHENDRA HILLS/ NADERGUL

LONG ANSWERS TYPE QUESTIONS (5 marks each)

2) (a) Draw a plot between log k and reciprocal of absolute temperature.

SHORT ANSWERS TYPE QUESTIONS (2 marks each)

b) For the elementary step of a chemical reaction :

What is the (i) Molecularity and (ii) Order of the reaction.

9) 2. If the decomposition of nitrogen oxide as

SHORT ANSWERS TYPE QUESTIONS (3 marks each)

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