Chemical Kinetics — JEE Main PYQs

200 previous year questions on Chemical Kinetics (Chemistry), newest first. Open any question for its complete step-by-step solution.

  1. At , the half life for the decomposition of is 200 s and is independent of the initial concentration of . The time required for of the to decompose is (Given: ; )
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  2. [A] → [B]
    Reactant Product

    If formation of compound [B] follows the first order of kinetics and after 70 minutes the concentration of was found to be half of its initial concentration. Then the rate constant of the reaction is …
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  3. For the decomposition of azomethane.
    a first order reaction, the variation in partial pressure with time at 600 K is given as

    The …
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  4. For a reaction the half lives are 100 s and 50 s when the concentration of reactant A is 0.5 and respectively. The order of the reaction is ______.
    (Nearest Integer)
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  5. A radioactive element has a half life of 200 days. The percentage of original activity remaining after 83 days is ______. (Nearest integer)
    (Given : antilog , antilog )
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  6. It has been found that for a chemical reaction with rise in temperature by 9 K the rate constant gets doubled. Assuming a reaction to be occurring at 300 K, the value of activation energy is found to be ______ . [nearest integer]
    (Given , …
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  7. For a first order reaction , the rate constant, . The time required for completion of reaction is times the half life of reaction. The value of is ______.
    (N …
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  8. The equation

    is followed for the decomposition of compound A .
    The activation energy for the reaction is ____ kJ . [nearest integer]
    (Given: …
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  9. Catalyst A reduces the activation energy for a reaction by at 300 K. The ratio of rate constants, is . The value of x is . [neares …
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  10. The activation energy of one of the reactions in a biochemical process is . When the temperature falls from 310 K to 300 K, the change in rate constant observed is . The value of x is
    [Given: …
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  11. A flask is filled with equal moles of A and B. The half lives of A and B are 100 s and 50 s respectively and are independent of the initial concentration. The time required for the concentration of A to be four times that of B is
    ____ s.
    (Given )
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  12. The rate constant for a first order reaction is given by the following equation:

    The Activation energy for the reaction is given by
    ____ . (In Nearest integer)
    (Given: …
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  13. The reaction between X and Y is first order with respect to X and zero order with respect to Y.
    | Experiment | [X] mol L | [Y] mol L | Initial rate mol L min ||------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------------------------- …
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  14. The rate constants for decomposition of acetaldehyde have been measured over the temperature range 700-1000 K. The data has been analysed by plotting ln k vs 10³/T graph. The value of activation energy for the reaction is ______ kJ mol⁻¹. (Nearest integer) (Given: R = 8.31 J K⁻¹ …
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  15. For a first order reaction, the time required for completion of reaction is '' times the half life of the reaction. The value of '' is
    (Given: and )
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  16. At 345 K, the half life for the decomposition of a sample of a gaseous compound initially at 55.5 kPa was 340 s. When the pressure was 27.8 kPa, the half life was found to be 170 s. The order of the reaction is . [integer answer]
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  17. For a given chemical reaction


    Concentration of C changes from 10 mmol to in 10 seconds. Rate of appearance of …
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  18. Gaseous cyclobutene isomerizes to butadiene in a first order process which has a 'k' value of at . The time in minutes it takes for the isomerization to proceed 40% to completion at this temperature is ____. (Rounde …
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  19. The following data was obtained for chemical reaction given below at 975 K .

    \begin{tabular}{lclc}
    & & & \\
    & {} & { …
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  20. The reaction rate for the reaction

    was measured as a function of concentrations of different specie …
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  21. The inactivation rate of a viral preparation in proportional to the amount of virus. In the first minute after preparation, of the virus is inactivated. The rate constant for viral inactivation is ____ . (Nearest integer)
    [ Use: …
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  22. Sucrose hydrolyses in acid solution into glucose and fructose following first order rate law with a half- life of 3.33 h at . After 9 h , the fraction of sucrose remaining is f . The value of is …
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  23. In the above first order reaction, the concentration of reduces from initial concentration to …
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  24. The first order rate constant for the decomposition of at 700 K is and activation energy is . Its rate constant (in ) at 600 K is . The value of x is …
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  25. For the reaction , the plot of vs is given below :
    The temperature at which the rate constant of the reaction is is ____ K.
    (Rounded - off …
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  26. In the above first order reaction the initial concentration of is a …
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  27. An exothermic reaction has an activation energy . If energy change during the reaction is , then the activation energy for the reverse reaction in kJ is ______ (Integer a …
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  28. The reaction that occurs in a breath analyser, a device used to determine the alcohol level in a person's blood stream is …
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  29. If the activation energy of a reaction is , the fraction of molecules at 700 K, having enough energy to react to form products is . The value of is ____ (Rounded-off to the nearest integer).
    [use …
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  30. For the reaction , the rate constant (in ) is given by

    The energy of activation in is ______. (Nea …
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  31. For a first order reaction, the ratio of the time for completion of a reaction to the time for 50% completion is ____ . (Integer answer)
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  32. For a reaction of order n, the unit of the rate constant is:
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  33. For a certain first order reaction of the reactant is left after 570 s . The rate constant of this reaction is ____ . (Round off to the nearest integer).
    [Given : ]
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  34. For the following graphs,
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  35. For the first order reaction , 1 mole of reactant A gives 0.2 moles of B after 100 minutes. The half life of the reaction is min. (Round off to the Nearest Integer).
    [Use : Properties of logarithms : …
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  36. Which one of the following given graphs represents the variation of rate constant (k) with temperature (T) for an endothermic reaction?
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  37. The decomposition of formic acid on gold surface follows first order kinetics. If the rate constant at 300 K is and the activation energy , the rate constant at 200 K is ____ …
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  38. A and B decompose via first order kinetics with half-lives 54.0 min and 18.0 min respectively. Starting from an equimolar non reactive mixture of A and B, the time taken for the concentration of to become 16 times that of is ______ min.
    (Round off to the nearest integ …
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  39. A reaction has a half life of 1 min. The time required for completion of the reaction is ______ min. (Round off to the nearest integer).
    [Use ]
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  40. The reaction is an elementary reaction.
    For a certain quantity of reactants, if the volume of the reaction vessel is reduced by a factor of 3, the rate of reaction increases by a factor of ______.
    (Round off to the nearest …
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  41. This reaction was studied at and the following data was obtained

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    run & {} & { …
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  42. For a chemical reaction A → B, it was found that concentration of B is increased by 0.2 mol L⁻¹ in 30 min. The average rate of the reaction is ______ × 10⁻¹ mol L⁻¹ h⁻¹. (in nearest integer)
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  43. During the nuclear explosion, one of the product of with half life of 6.93 years. If 1 of absorbed in the bones of newly born baby in place of Ca, how much time, in years is required to reduce it by if …
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  44. For the reaction
    , the observed rate expression is, rate . The rate expression f …
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  45. The rate of a certain biochemical reaction at physiological temperature (T) occurs times faster with enzyme than without. The change in the activation energy upon adding enzyme is :
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  46. Consider the following plots of rate constant versus for four different reactions. Which of the following order is correct for the activation energies of these reactions?
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  47. A sample of milk splits after 60 min. at 300 K and after 40 min. at 400 K when the population of lactobacillus acidophilus in it doubles. The activation energy (in ) for this process is closest to ____

    (Given, …
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  48. For following reactions
    Product
    A Product
    it was found that the is decreased by in the presence of catalyst. If the rate remains unc …
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  49. The rate constant (k) of a reaction is measured at different temperatures (T), and the data are plotted in the given figure. The activation energy of the reaction in kJ is: ( is gas constant)
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  50. It is true that:
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