CBSE Class 12 Chemistry Chemical

Kinetics MCQs

Chapter 4 Chemical Kinetics MCQ Questions Class 12 Chemistry with

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1.Question : The rate constant of first order reaction is3 × 10–6 per
second. The initial concentration is 0.10 M. The initial rate is:
(a) 3 × 10–7 mol/litre/sec
(b) 3 × 10–8 mol/litre/sec
(c) 3 × 10–5 mol/litre/sec
(d) 3 × 10–8 mol/litre/sec
Answer : A
2.Question : Choose the correct options
For the reaction
H2 + cl2 gives 2HCL in the presence of sunlight.
The order of the reaction is
(a) 0
(b) 2
(c) 1
(d) 3
Answer : A
3.Question : Choose the correct options
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) a + b
Answer : C
4.Question : An endothermic reaction with high activation
energy for the forward reaction is given by the diagram :
Answer : B
5.Question : Choose the correct option

Answer : C
6.Question : For a first order reaction, to obtain a positive slope,
we need to plot {where [A] is the concentration of reactant A}
(a) – log10[A] vs t
(b) – loge[A] vs t
(c) log10[A] vs log t
(d) [A] vs t
Answer : C
7.Question : In most cases, for a rise of 10K temperature the rate
constant is doubled to tripled. This is due to the reason that
(a) collision frequency increases by a factor of 2 to 3.
(b) fraction of molecules possessing threshold energy increases by a
factor of 2 to 3
(c) Activation energy is lowered by a factor of 2 to 3.
(d) none of these
Answer : A
8.Question : Half-lives of a first order and a zero order reaction
are same. Then the ratio of the initial rates of first order reaction
to that of the zero order reaction is
Answer : B
9.Question : Which of the following relation represents correct
relation between standard electrode potential and equilibrium
constant?

(a) I, II and III are correct

(b) II and III are correct
(c) I, II and IV are correct
(d) I and IV are correct
Answer : D

10.Question : Collision theory is used to explain how chemical

species undergo a reaction. Using this theory and the kinetic
molecular model, which of the following does NOT influence the
rate of a chemical reaction?
(a) The temperature of the system
(b) The geometry or orientation of the collision
(c) The velocity of the reactants at the point ofcollision
(d) All of the above influence the rate
Answer : A

11.Question : The rate of a chemical reaction tells us about

(a) the reactants taking part in reaction
(b) the products formed in the reaction
(c) how slow or fast the reaction is taking place
(d) none of the above

Answer : C

12.Question : In the rate equation, when the concentration of

reactants is unity then rate is equal to
(a) specific rate constant
(b) average rate constant
(c) stantaneous rate constant
(d)) None of the above

Answer : A

13.Question : The role of a catalyst is to change

(a) gibbs energy of reaction.
(b) enthalpy of reaction.
(c) activation energy of reaction.
(d) equilibrium constant.

Answer : C

14.Question : In the presence of a catalyst, the heat evolved or

absorbed during the reaction___________.
(a) increases.
(b) decreases.
(c) remains unchanged.
(d) may increase or decrease.

Answer : C

15.Question : Which of the following statements is not correct

about order of a reaction.
(a) The order of a reaction can be a fractional number.
(b) Order of a reaction is experimentally determined quantity.
(c) The order of a reaction is always equal to the sum of the
stoichiometriccoefficients of reactants in the balanced chemical
equation for a reaction.
(d) The order of a reaction is the sum of the powers of molar
concentrationof the reactants in the rate law expression

Answer : C

16.Question : Which of the following statements is correct?

(a) The rate of a reaction decreases with passage of time as the
concentrationof reactants dereases.
(b) The rate of a reaction is same at any time during the reaction.
(c) The rate of a reaction is independent of temperature change.
(d) The rate of a reaction decreases with increase in
concentration ofreactant(s).

Answer : A

17.Question : Which of the following statements is incorrect

about the collison theory of chemical reaction?
(a) It considers reacting molecules or atoms to be hard spheres and
ignorestheir structural features.
(b) Number of effective collisions determines the rate of reaction.
(c) Collision of atoms or molecules possessing sufficient threshold
energyresults into the product formation.
(d) Molecules should collide with sufficient threshold energy and
properorientation for the collision to be effective.

Answer : C

18.Question : Which of the following statement is not correct for

the catalyst?
(a) It catalyses the forward and backward reaction to the same extent.
(b) It alters ∆G of the reaction.
(c) It is a substance that does not change the equilibrium constant of
areaction.
(d) It provides an alternate mechanism by reducing activation
energybetween reactants and products.

Answer : B

19.Question : The value of rate constant of a pseudo first order

reaction ____________.
(a) depends on the concentration of reactants present in small
amount.
(b) depends on the concentration of reactants present in excess.
(c) is independent of the concentration of reactants.
(d) depends only on temperature.

Answer : B

20.Question : The term – dc/dt in a rate equation refers to :

(a) the conc. of a reactant
(b) the decrease in conc. of the reactant with time
(c) the velocity constant of reaction
(d) None of these
Answer : B
21.Question : The rate law for the single- step reaction 2A + B
→ 2C, is given by:
(a) rate = k [A].[B]
(b) rate = k [A]2.[B]
(c) rate = k [2A].[B]
(d) rate = k [A]2.[B]o
Answer : B

22.Question : Rate of which reaction increases with temperature :

(a) of any type of reactions
(b) of exothemic reactions
(c) of endothemic reactions
(d) of none
Answer : A

23.Question : In a slow reaction, rate of reaction generally ..........

with time:
(a) decreases
(b) increases
(c) sometimes increases and sometimes decreases.
(d) remains constant
Answer : A

24.Question : The rate of a chemical reaction tells us about,

(a) the reactants taking part in reaction
(b) the products formed in the reaction
(c) how slow or fast the reaction is taking place
(d) None of the above
Answer : C

25.Question : Point out the wrong statement: For a first order

reaction
(a) time for half-change (t1/2) is independent of initial concentration
(b) change in the concentration unit does not change the rate constant
(k)
(c) time for half-change × rate constant = 0.693
(d) the unit of k is mole–1 min–1
Answer : D

26.Question : Consider the reaction, 2A + B → products. When

concentration of B alone was doubled, the alf-life did notchange.
When the concentration of A alone was doubled, the rate
increased by two imes. The unit of rate constant for this reaction
is
(a) s–1
(b) L mol–1 s–1
(c) no unit
(d) mol L–1 s–1.
Answer : B
27.Question : The decomposition of N2O5 occurs as 2N2O5 → 4NO2 +
O2 and follows Ist order kinetics, hence:
(a) the reaction is unimolecular
(b) the reaction is bimolecular
(c) t1/2 ∞ a0
(d) None of these
Answer : C

28.Question : Which of the following reaction does not occur

fastly ?
(a) Precipitation of AgCl by mixing aqueous solutions of AgNO3 and
NaCl.
(b) Burning of gasoline
(c) Rusting of iron
(d) Burning of LPG for cooking
Answer : C

29.Question : Chemical kinetics is a study to find out

(a) the feasibility of a chemical reaction
(b) extent to which a reaction will proceed
(c) speed of a reaction
(d) All of the above
Answer : C
30.Question : Rate of a reaction can be defined as
(a) the rate of decrease in concentration of any one of the reactants
(b) the rate of increase in concentration of any one of the products
(c) the rate of decrease in concentration of any one of the reactants or
the rate of increase in concentration of any one of the products
(d) the sum of rate of decrease in concentration of all the reactants or
the rate of increase in concentration of all the products
Answer : C

31.Question : The rate of reaction

(a) increases as the reaction proceeds
(b) decreases as the reaction proceeds
(c) remains the same as the reaction proceeds
(d) may decrease or increase as the reaction proceeds
Answer : D

32.Question : The unit of rate of reaction is

(a) mole/dm3
(b) mole/pound
(c) mole/dm3 sec
(d) mole/cm3
Answer : C
33.Question : In the rate equation, when the conc. of reactants is
unity then rate is equal to
(a) specific rate constant
(b) average rate constant
(c) instantaneous rate constant
(d) None of above
Answer : A

34.Question : The rate of reaction between two specific time

intervals is called
(a) instantaneous rate
(b) average rate
(c) specific rate
(d) ordinary rate
Answer : B

35.Question : 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
Answer : C
36.Question : At the beginning the decrease in the conc. of
reactants is
(a) slow
(b) moderate
(c) rapid
(d) None of above
Answer : C

37.Question : The average rate and instantaneous rate of a

reaction are equal
(a) at the start
(b) at the end
(c) in the middle
(d) when two rate have time interval equal to zero
Answer : D

38.Question : The rate of reaction depends upon the

(a) volume
(b) force
(c) pressure
(d) conc. of reactants
Answer : D
39.Question : For the following reaction: NO2(g) + CO(g) →NO(g)
+ CO2(g), the rate law is: Rate = k [NO2]2. If 0.1 mole of gaseous
carbon monoxide is added at constant temperatureto the
reaction mixture which of the following statements is true?
(a) Both k and the reaction rate remain the same
(b) Both k and the reaction rate increase
(c) Both k and the reaction rate decrease
(d) Only k increases, the reaction rate remain the same
Answer : A

40.Question : Which one of the following statements for the order

of a reaction is incorrect ?
(a) Order can be determined only experimentally.
(b) Order is not influenced by stoichiometric coefficient of the
reactants.
(c) Order of reaction is sum of power to the concentration terms of
reactants to express the rate of reaction.
(d) Order of reaction is always whole number.
Answer : D

41.Question : The rate of the reaction 2NO + Cl2 →2NOCl is given

by the rate equation rate = k [NO]2 [Cl2]
The value of the rate constant can be increased by:
(a) increasing the concentration of NO.
(b) increasing the temperature.
(c) increasing the concentration of the Cl2
(d) doing all of the above
Answer : B

42.Question : Order of reaction can be

(a) 0
(b) fraction
(c) whole number
(d) integer, fraction, zero
Answer : D

43.Question : Units of rate constant of first and zero order

reactions in terms of molarity M unit are respectively
(a) sec–1, Msec–1
(b) sec–1, M
(c) Msec–1, sec–1
(d) M, sec–1.
Answer : A

44.Question : A reaction involving two different reactants can

never be
(a) bimolecular reaction
(b) second order reaction
(c) first order reaction
(d) unimolecular reaction
Answer : D

45.Question : 3A→B+ C, it would be a zero order reaction when

(a) the rate of reaction is proportional to square of concentration of A
(b) the rate of reaction remains same at any concentration of A
(c) the rate remains unchanged at any concentration of B and C
(d) the rate of reaction doubles if concentration of B is increased to
double
Answer : B

46.Question : A reaction proceeds by first order, 75% of this

reaction was completed in 32 min. The time equired for 50%
completion is
(a) 8 min
(b) 16 min
(c) 20 min
(d) 24 min
Answer : B

47.Question : Order of reaction is decided by

(a) temperature
(b) mechanism of reaction as well as relative concentration of
reactants
(c) molecularity
(d) pressure
Answer : B

48.Question : Velocity constant k of a reaction is affected by

(a) change in the concentration of the reactant
(b) change of temperature
(c) change in the concentration of the product
(d) None of the above
Answer : B

49.Question : The rate constant for the reaction

2N2O5 → 4NO2 + O2 is 3.10 × 10–5 sec–1. If the rate is 2.4 × 10–5 mol
litre–1 sec–1 then the concentration of N2O5 (in mol litre–1) is :
(a) 0.04
(b) 0.8
(c) 0.07
(d) 1.4
Answer : B

50.Question : 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
Answer : A

51.Question : The rate law for a reaction between the substances

A and B is given by Rate = k [A]n [B]m On doubling the
concentration of A and halving the concentration of B, the ratio
of the new rate to the earlier rate of the reaction will be as
(a) (m + n)
(b) (n – m)
(c) 2(n – m)
(d) (m n)
Answer : C

52.Question : In the reaction 2A + B→A2B, if the concentration of

A is doubled and that of B is halved, then the rate of the reaction
will:
(a) increase 2 times
(b) increase 4 times
(c) decrease 2 times
(d) remain the same
Answer :A

53.Question : The order of a reaction, with respect to one of the

reacting component Y, is zero. It implies that:
(a) the reaction is going on at a constant rate
(b) the rate of reaction does not vary with temperature
(c) the reaction rate is independent of the concentration of Y
(d) the rate of formation of the activated complex is zero
Answer : C

54.Question : If the rate of a gaseous reaction is independent of

pressure, the order of reaction is:
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 3
Answer : A

55.Question : If the rate of the reaction is equal to the rate

constant, the order of the reaction is
(a) 3
(b) 0
(c) 1
(d) 2
Answer : B

56.Question : In a reaction, when the concentration of reactant is

increased two times, the increase in rate of reaction was four
times. Order of reaction is
(a) zero
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 3
Answer : C

57.Question : 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
Answer : C

58.Question : The unit of rate constant for a zero order reaction is

(a) mol L–1 s–1
(b) L mol–1 s–1
(c) L2 mol–2 s–1
(d) s–1
Answer : A

59.Question : Which one of the following reactions is a true first

order reaction?
(a) Alkaline hydrolysis of ethyl acetate
(b) Acid catalyst hydrolysis of ethyl acetate
(c) Decomposition of N2O
(d) Decomposition of gaseous ammonia on a hot platinum surface
Answer : C

60.Question : Which of the following is not a first order reaction

?
(a) Hydrogenation of ethene
(b) Natural radioactive decay of unstable nuclei
(c) Decomposition of HI on gold surface
(d) Decomposition of N2O
Answer : C

61.Question : The rate law for the reaction xA + yB → mP + nQ is

Rate = k [A]c[B]d. What is the total order of the reaction?
(a) (x + y)
(b) (m + n)
(c) (c + d)
(d) x/y
Answer : C

62.Question : Half life of a first order reaction is 4s and the initial

concentration of the reactant is 0.12 M. The concentration of the
reactant left after 16 s is
(a) 0.0075 M
(b) 0.06 M
(c) 0.03 M
(d) 0.015 M
Answer : A

63.Question : The reaction A→ B follows first order kinetics. The

timtaken for 0.8 mole of A to produce 0.6 mole of B is 1 hour.
What is the time taken for conversion of 0.9 mole of A to produce
0.675 mole of B?
(a) 2 hours
(b) 1 hour
(c) 0.5 hour
(d) 0.25 hour
Answer : B

64.Question : The rate of a first order reaction is 1.5 × 10–2 mol L–

1
min–1 at 0.5 M concentration of the reactant. The half life of the
reaction is
(a) 0.383 min
(b) 23.1 min
(c) 8.73 min
(d) 7.53 min
Answer : B

65.Question : The rate constant for a first order reaction whose

half-life, is 480 seconds is :
(a) 2.88 × 10–3 sec–1
(b) 2.72 × 10–3 sec–1
(c) 1.44 × 10 –3 sec–1
(d) 1.44 sec–1
Answer : C

66.Question : The rate constant of a reaction is 3.00 × 103 L mol–

1
sec–1. The order of this reaction will be:
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 3
Answer : C

67.Question : The rate constant of a first order reaction is 6.9x10-

s . How much time will it take to reduce the initial concentration
3 -1

to its 1/8th value?

(a) 100 s
(b) 200 s
(c) 300 s
(d) 400 s
Answer : C

68.Question : For the reaction H2(g) + Br2 (g) → 2HBr (g), the
experimental data suggest, rate = k[H2][Br2]1/2. The molecularity
and order of the reaction are respectively
(a) 2, 3/2
(b) 3/2 ,3/2
(c) 1, 1
(d) 1, 1/2
Answer : A

69.Question : Nitrogen monoxide, NO, reacts with hydrogen, H2,

according to the following equation:
2NO(g) + 2H2(g) → N2(g) + 2H2O(g)
If the mechanism for this reaction were,
2NO(g) + H2(g) → N2(g) + H2O2(g) ; slow
H2O2(g) + H2(g) → 2H2O(g) ; fast
Which of the following rate laws would we expect to obtain
experimentally?
(a) Rate = k[H2O2][H2]
(b) Rate = k[NO]2[H2]
(c) Rate = k[NO]2[H2]2
(d) Rate = k[NO][H2]
Answer : C