JEE-Chemistry

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
Score Advance : Guided Revision Plan - Question Bank- (07)
Topic : Chemical Kinetics & Radioactivity
MM : 75 Time : 45 Min.
SECTION–I : (i) Only One option correct Type
This section contains 8 multiple choice questions. Each question has four choices (A), (B), (C)
and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct. 3(–1)
1. For the reaction : xA yB ,
d A d B
log10 log10 0.3

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dt dt
If the value of log10 5 = 0.7, the value of x : y is :
(A) 2 : 1 (B) 1 : 2 (C) 3 : 10 (D) 5 : 2
2. For acid catalysed hydrolysis of ester rate law obtained is rate = k [ester] [H+], where k = 0.01
M–1 hr–1. What is the half-life if the initial concentrations are 0.02 M for the ester and 0.05 M for
the catalyzing acid.

(A) 1429 hours (B) 5000 hours

(C) 69.3 hours (D) 1386 hours

3. For the first order decomposition of SO2Cl2(g), SO2Cl2(g) SO2(g) + Cl2(g)
a graph of log (a0 – x) vs t is shown in figure. What is the rate constant (sec–1)?
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Time (min)
2 4 6 8 10
(0,0)
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log (a0 – x)

-1–

-2–

-3–

(A) 0.2 (B) 4.6 × 10–1 (C) 7.7 × 10–3 (D) 1.15 × 10–2
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4. If 0.01 % of a substance undergoing decomposition is consumed in millisecond when the concentration

is 0.02 M and in 0.25 millisecond when the concentration is 0.04 M, what is the order of the
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reaction?
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) zero

5. A first order reaction : A g nB g , is started with pure A. The reaction takes place at constant
volume and temperature . If the initial pressure of system was P0 and the rate constant of reaction is 'K'
min–1, then the total pressure of the system at t = t min, is :

Kt K1 Kt
(A) P0 .e (B) n.P0 1 e (C) P0 1 n. 1 e (D) P0[n+(1– n).e–Kt]

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6. C14 in a fossil of 'X' is presently 1/5 times of that in present atmosphere. Given that due
to nuclear explosion after death of 'X' there was 25% increase in C14 content in atmosphere.
The correct age of fossil is x × 104 yrs, then find the value of x.
Given : T1/2 for C14 = 6000 yrs.
(A) 1.20 (B) 1.6 (C) 2.4 (D) 1.8
7. Calculate the value of Activation energy at temperature of 300 K if the expression of rate constant as
40 300
a function of temperature is given as K 30e T 2
.e T .

(A) 40 R (B) 80 R (C) 300 R (D) 38 R

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8. The radioactive decay 83Bi Tl , takes place in 100 L closed veseel at 27ºC. Starting with 2

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81
211
moles of 83Bi (t1/2 = 130 sec), the pressure development in the vessel after 520 sec will be -
(A) 1.875 atm (B) 0.2155 (C) 0.4618 atm (D) 4.618 atm
(ii) One or more options correct Type
This section contains 5 multiple choice questions. Each question has four choices (A), (B), (C) and
(D) out of which ONE or MORE are correct. 4(–1)
9. Which of the following is/are correct statement(s)?
(A) Stoichiometry of a reaction tells about the order of the elementary reactions.
(B) For a zero order reaction, rate and the rate constant are identical.
(C) A zero order reaction is controlled by factors other than concentration of reactants.
(D) A zero order reaction is always elementary reaction.
10. The activation energies of two reactions I and II are Ea and 2Ea respectively. If the temperature
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of the reacting systems is increased from T to T', predict which of the following alternative is/are
correct ? (k represent rate constant)
(A) k'I / kI > 1 (B) k'II / kII > 1
(C) k'I / kI < k'II / kII (D) k'I / kI = 2k'II / kII
11. Select the correct option (s)
(A) Specific activity of U235 is greater than specific activity of U3O8 (All ‘U’ is U235)
(B) Activity of 1 mol U235 is greater than activity of 1mol U3O8 (All ‘U’ is U235)
(C) Decay constant of U235 is same whether it is pure U235 or U3O8 (All ‘U’ is U235)
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(D) Rate of radioactive disintegration increases with increase in temperature

12. Consider the following first order decomposition reaction,
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A4(g) 4A(g)
Which of the following statements regarding the reaction are correct?
[Given : log 2 = 0.30]
(A) At 30 min, only 20% reaction is complete
(B) t1/2 of reaction is approximately 90 min.
(C) Rate of reaction decreases linearly with time .
(D) The time for intersection of two curves is independent of initial concentration of A4.

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13. Rate of radioactive decay for a radioactive element depends on :
(A) Amount of radioactive element (B) Temperature
(C) Pressure (D) Isotopic form of radioactive element
(iii) Paragraph Type
This section contains 2 paragraphs , describing theory, experiment, data etc. 5 questions relate
to two paragraphs. Each question of a paragraph has only one correct answer among the four
choices (A), (B), (C) and (D). 3(0)
Paragraph for question nos. 14 & 15
For a zero order chemical reaction,
2NH 3 g N2 g 3H 2 g

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rate of reaction = 0.1 atm/sec. Initially only NH3 is present & Its pressure = 3atm.
14. Rate of disappearance of NH3 will be
(A) 0.1 atm/sec. (B) 0.2 atm/sec. (C) 0.05 atm/sec. (D) 0.04 atm/sec
15. Total pressure at t = 10 sec, will be
(A) 4 atm (B) 5 atm (C) 4.5 atm (D) 3.5 atm
Paragraph for question nos. 16 to 18
A substance 'X' dissociates by two parallel reactions with different ' Arrhenius constants (A1 and A2)"

and different "Activation energies" E a1 and E a2 as shown.

A1 2 1014 s 1 A2 2 1014 e 2s 1
X g Y g ; Xg Zg
E a1 12K cal / mol Ea2 9Kcal / mol
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[Given : R = 2 Cal/mol-K]
16. Temperature at which net activation energy for dissociation of X will be 10.5 KCal/mol?
(A) 200 (B) 750 (C) 800 (D) 1000.
17. Which of the following statements are correct with respect to major product obtained in the above
parallel decay:
(A) "Y" will be the major product at temperature 300 K.
(B) "Z" will be the major product at temperature 800 K.
(C) Both statements are correct
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(D) None of the statements are correct

18. If the temperature is increased, then
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(A) the rate of formation of Y will increase but the rate of formation of Z will decrease
(B) the rate of formation of both Y and Z will increase, but the percentage increase in rate will be
higher for the formation of Y.
(C) the rate of formation of both Y and Z will increase but the percentage increase in rate will be
higher for the formation of Z.
(D) the rate of formation of both Y and Z will increase, and the percentage increase in the rate will
be same for both.

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SECTION-II: (Integer Second Decimal)
This section contains 3 questions.
The answer to each question is a NUMERICAL VALUE.
For each question, enter the correct numerical value (If the numerical value has more
than two decimal places, truncate/round-off the value to TWO decimal places; e.g. 6.25,
7.00, –0.33, –.30, 30.27, –127.30, if answer is 11.36777..... then both 11.36 and 11.37 will
be correct) by darken the corresponding bubbles in the ORS.
For Example : If answer is –77.25, 5.2 then fill the bubbles as follows.
+ – + –
0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0
1 1 1 1 • 1 1 1 1 1 1 • 1 1
2 2 2 2 • 2 2 2 2 2 2 • 2 2
3 3 3 3 • 3 3 3 3 3 3 • 3 3

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4 4 4 4 • 4 4 4 4 4 4 • 4 4
5 5 5 5 • 5 5 5 5 5 5 • 5 5
6 6 6 6 • 6 6 6 6 6 6 • 6 6
7 7 7 7 • 7 7 7 7 7 7 • 7 7
8 8 8 8 • 8 8 8 8 8 8 • 8 8
9 9 9 9 • 9 9 9 9 9 9 • 9 9

Answer to each question will be evaluated according to the following marking scheme:
Full Marks : +4 If ONLY the correct numerical value is entered as answer.
Zero Marks : 0 In all other cases.

1. A radioactive isotope disintegrates and emits 6 and 7 particles to form a stable product. Find the
difference between atomic number of parent radioactive isotope and the stable product.
2. An optically active substance ‘A’ is decomposing into optically active substance ‘B’ and ‘C’
as
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K 10 3 min 1
A 2B C
The specific rotations of A, B and C are + 40º , + 10º and –30º per mole, respectively.
Initially ‘A’ and ‘C’ were present in 4 : 3 mole ratio. Close to how many hours the sample
becomes optically inactive ?

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[Given : n 0.34, n 0.42 ]
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3. Kinetic data for hydrolysis of a 0.3 M solution of ethyl acetate in presence of HCl as catalyst is given
in the following table. A constant volume of reaction mixture is taken at different time and titrated
against standard alkali solution at different time.
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Time / min 0 10 t=
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Vol. of Alkali / ml 25.00 28.00 40.00

It the rate law is given by rate = k[Ester]1[H+]1, where H+ is a catalyst, find the rate (in M/min) of ester
hydrolysis in a solution which is 0.1 M each in ester and acid HCl (M/min)
Use: (ln 2 = 0.7, ln5 = 1.6)
If your answer is x × 10–y then fill ‘x’ in OMR sheet.

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SECTION–IV : Matrix-Match Type

This Section contains 1 question. Question has four statements (A, B, C and D) given in Column
I and four statements (P, Q, R and S) in Column II. Any given statement in Column I can have correct
matching with ONE or MORE statement(s) given in Column II. For example, if for a given question,
statement B matches with the statements given in Q and R, then for the particular question, against
statement B, darken the bubbles corresponding to Q and R in the ORS. 8(0)
1. Match the Column :
Column-I Column-II
(A) Molecularity of an elementary step reaction (P) Can never be –ive
(B) Order of an elementary step (Q) Can be fractional

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(C) Order of a reactant in composite rate law (R) Is always natural number
(D) Rate constant (S) Fixed value a t consta nt
temperature and reaction
conditions
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