shalini memorial school

dehradun ,uttarakhand

Class 12 - Chemistry
unit test-1
Maximum Marks: 34 Time Allowed: 3 hours
General Instructions:
All question are compulsary
Section A
1. For an endothermic reaction where Δ H represents the enthalpy of the 1
reaction in kJ/mol . The minimum value for the energy of activation will be

a) Equal to ΔH b) Zero
c) More than ΔH d) Less than ΔH
2. The half life of a reaction is halved as the initial concentration of the reactant 1
is doubled. The order of the reaction is

a) 1 b) 0
c) 2 d) 3
3. As temperature increases, the reaction rate: 1

a) First decreases then increases b) Increases

c) Decreases d) Stays the same
4. The half life of a substance in a first order reaction is 15 min. The rate 1
constant is

a) 4.62 ×10– 2 min – 1 b) 6.74 × 10– 2 min– 1

c) 2.46 × 102 min– 1 d) 7.18 × 102 min– 1

5. Following mechanism has been proposed for a reaction 1
2A + B → D + E
A + B → C + D (slow)
A + C → E (fast)
The rate law expression for the reaction is

a) r = k[A]2 b) r = k[A][B]

c) r = k[A][C] d) r = k[A]2[B]
6. The following data were obtained during the first order thermal 5
decomposition of SO2 C l2 at a constant volume.

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 S O2 C l2 (g) → S O2 (g) + C l2 (g)

Experiment T ime/s
−1
Total pressure/atm

1 0 0.5

2 100 0.6

Calculate the rate of the reaction when total pressure is 0.65 atm.
7. In a reaction between A and B the initial rate of reaction (r0 )was measured 5
for different initial concentrations of A and B as given below:

A/mol L−1 0.20 0.20 0.40

B/mol L−1 0.30 0.10 0.05

−1 −1 −5 −5 −4
r0 /mol L s 5.07 × 10 5.07 × 10 1.43 × 10

What is the order of the reaction with respect to A and B?

8. During nuclear explosion, one of the products is 90Sr with half life of 28.1 5

years. If 1 mg of 90Sr was absorbed in the bones of newly born baby instead of
calcium, how much of it will remain after 10 years and 60 years if it is not lost
metabolically?
9. Sucrose decomposes in acid solution into glucose and fructose according to 5
the first order rate law with t1/2 = 3.00 hours . What fraction of the sample of

sucrose remains after 8 hours.

10. The decomposition of A into product has value of k as 4.5 × 10 at10 5
3 −1 0
s C

and energy of activation 60 kJ mol

−1
. At what temperature would k be
?
4 −1
1.5 × 10 s

11. Among the isomeric alkanes of molecular formula C5H12 identify the one that 2

on photo chemical chlorination yields

i. a single monochloride
ii. three isomeric monochlorides
iii. four isomeric monochlorides
12. A hydrocarbon of molecular mass 72 g mol−1 gives a single monochloro 2
derivative and two dichloro derivatives on photochlorination. Give the
structure of the hydrocarbon.

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