Section A

1. Write the rate equation for 2A + B C if the order of reaction is zero.

2. Oxygen is available in plenty in the air yet fuels do not burn by themselves at
room temperature. Explain
3. Express at rate of the following reaction in terms of disappearance of

hydrogen in the reaction: 3 H 2( g) + N2 ( g ) 2 N H 3 ( g)

4. Give an example of Pseudo first order reaction.
N 2 O5 N 2 O5
5. The rate law of decomposition of is: rate = k ]. What is the

significance of k in this equation?

Section B
6. Distinguish between rate expression and rate constant of equation
7. The thermal decomposition of HC O2 H is a first order reaction with a rate

constant of 2.4 103 s1 at a certain temperature. Calculate how long will it

take for three-fourths of initial quantity of HC O2 H to decompose. [

log 0.25=0.6021 ]
OR
List two main differences between order of the reaction and molecularity of a
reaction
8. Consider the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide in alkaline medium which is
catalysed by iodide ions.
2 H 2 O2
2 H 2 O+O 2
O H
The reaction takes place in two steps given below:

Step I H 2 O2 + I H 2 O+ IO

(slow )

+O2
Step II H 2 O 2 + IO (fast )
H 2 O+ I

a. Write the rate law expression and determine the order of reaction w.r.t

H 2 O2
b. What is the molecularity of each individual step?
9. A reaction is of second order with respect to a reactant. How will the rate of
reaction be affected if the concentration of this reactant is:
 a. Doubled
b. Reduced to half
10.For a general reaction A B, plot of concentration of A vs time is given in
the figure below. Answer the following questions on the basis of graph.
a. What is the order of reaction?
b. What is the slope of the curve?
c. What are units of the rate constant?

11.A first order decomposition reaction takes 40 minutes for 30% decomposition.

Calculate t 1 /2 value. (Given log 1.428 = 0.1551)

12.What are photochemical reaction? Explain the mechanism of the
photochemical reaction occurring between hydrogen and chlorine gas.
13.A first order reaction is 20% complete in 20 minutes. Calculate the time it will

take the reaction to complete 80%. (log 5=0.6990, log 4=0.6021)

OR
State the role of activated complex in the reaction and state its relation with
activation energy
Section C
14.For a decomposition reaction, the values of rate constant k at two different
temperatures are given below:
k 1=2.15 108 L mol1 s1 at 650 K

k 2=2.39 107 L mol1 s1 at 700 K

Calculate the value of activation energy for this reaction.

( R=8.314 J K 1 mol1) Given (log 11.116 = 1.0461)

15.Answer the following questions on the basis of the curve for a first order
reaction A P:
a. What is the relation between slope of this line and rate constant?
b. Calculate the rate constant of the above reaction if the slope is
4 1
2 10 s
 c. Derive the relationship between half-life of a first order reaction and its
rate constant.

[ R ]o
log
[ R]

Time
OR
Why molecularity is applicable only for elementary reactions and order is
applicable for elementary as well as complex reaction? Why can we not
determine the order of reaction by taking into consideration the balanced
chemical equation?
16.The rate of reaction increases to four times when the prevailing temperature
is raised from 300K to 320K. Calculate the energy of activation of this reaction

assuming that it does not change with temperature. (R=8.314 J mol1 K 1 )

(log 4=0.6021)
OR
A certain reaction is 50% complete in 20 minutes at 300 K and the same
reaction is again 50%, complete in 5 minutes at 350 K. calculate the
activation energy if it is a first order reaction.
Section D
17.a. For the reaction:
C12 H 22 O11 + H 2 O
+ C6 H 12 O6 +C 6 H 12 O6
H
write:
i. Rate of reaction expression
ii. Rate law equation
iii. Molecularity
iv. Order of Reaction
b. The following data were obtained during the first order thermal

decomposition of S O2 C l 2 at constant volume.

S O2 Cl 2 ( g ) S O2 ( g ) +C l 2 (g)

Experiment Time/s Total

Pressure/atm
1 0 0.5
2 100 0.6
Calculate the rate of reaction when total pressure is 0.65 atm. Given (log 1.25
= 0.0969)
OR
For a certain chemical reaction
A + 2B 2C + D
The experimentally obtained information is tabulated below:
Experiment [ A ]o [B]o [C ]o
1 0.30 0.30 0.096
2 0.60 0.30 0.384
3 0.30 0.60 0.192
4 0.60 0.60 0.768
For this reaction
i. Derive the order of the reaction w.r.t both the reactants A and B
ii. Write the rate law
iii. Calculate the value of rate constant k
iv. Write the expression for the rate of reaction in terms of A and C