SECOND SEMISTER CHEMISTRY PRACTICE QUESTION FOR GRADE-11 IN 2015

INSTRUCTION: CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER FROM THE GIVEN ALTERNATIVES.

1. Collision theory predicts all of the following EXCEPT that
A. A reaction will only occur if the collision geometry is correct
B. A reaction will not occur if the collision occurs with energy that is less than the activation energy.
C. A reaction will not occur if the reactants do not collide
D. Frequency of collisions will increase with increasing temperature.
E. More successful collisions will occur for a reaction with larger activation energy.
2. For the chemical reaction H2 + Br2 → 2HBr, what can be said of the relative rates of consumption of the
reactants when compared to the formation of product?
A. HBr will be produced at half the rate that bromine is consumed.
B. HBr will be produced at the same rate that bromine is consumed.
C. Br2 and H2 will be consumed at different rates.
D. HBr will be produced at twice the rate that bromine is consumed
E. It is not possible to tell anything about relative rates without the rate law.
3. Suppose the activation energy of a certain reaction is 250kJ/mol. If the rate constant at T 1 = 300 K is k1 and
the rate constant at T2 = 320 K is k2, then the reaction is __ times faster at 320 K than at 300 K. (Hint: Solve
for k2/k1.)
A. 3 x 10-29 B. 0.067 C. 15.0 D. 525 E. 3 x 10-28
4. Consider the reaction: 2B → C + 3D. In one experiment it was found that at 300 K the rate constant is 0.134
L/(mol.s). A second experiment showed that at 450 K, the rate constant was 0.569 L/(mol.s). Determine the
activation energy for the reaction.
A. 108.8KJ B. 108.8J C. 104.8KJ D. 417KJ E. none
5. For a reaction that is first order with respect to [D] and second order with respect to [E], which of the
following will result in no change to the overall reaction rate.
A. Doubling [D] and halving [E]
B. Doubling [E] and halving [D]
C. Doubling [D] and Doubling [E]
D. Increasing [D] by a factor of four and halving [E]
E. Increasing [D] by a factor of four and dividing [E] by a factor of four
6. For the rate law shown below, where the rate is measured in units of M s-1 and the concentrations of X and
Y are measured in M, which of the following statements is true?
Rate= k[X]2 [Y]
I. the units of k = M2 s-1
II. doubling the concentration of y while keeping all other conditions constant will not affect the rate.
III. The reaction can be described as third-order.
A. I only B. III only C. I and II only D. II and III only E. I, II, and III
7. For the rate law, Rate= k[Q]2 [R]2,which statement is correct?
A. The reaction is fourth order overall, and doubling both the [Q] and [R] while keeping the temperature
constant will lead to a bigger k and a 16-fold increase in the rate
B. The reaction is fourth order overall, and doubling both the [Q] and [R] while keeping the temperature
constant will lead to a 16-fold increase in the rate
C. The reaction is fourth order overall, and doubling both the [Q] and [R] while keeping the temperature
constant will lead to a bigger k and an 8-fold increase in the rate
D. The reaction is second order overall, and doubling both the [Q] and [R] while keeping the temperature
constant will lead to a bigger k and a 16-fold increase in the rate
E. The reaction is second order overall, and doubling both the [Q] and [R] while keeping the temperature
constant will lead to a 16-fold increase in the rate
8. What is the difference between rate law expression and the rate obtained from law of mass action?
A. Rate law expression is experimentally obtained, while law of mass action is theoretically obtained
Correct Answer
B. Rate law expression is theoretically obtained, while law of mass action is experimentally obtained
C. Law of mass action depends on the stoichiometric co-efficeient of the reactants, while rate law
expression may or may not Correct Answer
D. Rate law expression depends on the stoichiometric co-efficient of the reactants, while law of mass
action doesn't
9. Which of the following statements is/are true in relation to rate laws?
I. A rate law must be determined experimentally and cannot be deduced from a chemical equation alone.
II. Zero-order has rate constants equal to rates
III. A “straight line” graph can be obtained for a first-order reaction by plotting the reciprocal of the
concentration of reactant (y-axis) against time (x-axis)
A. I only B. II only C. III only D. I and II only E. I,II, and III
10. If the units in the rate in a given experiment are mol L-1 min-1 and the units of all concentrations are mol L-1,
then the units of the rate constant associated with the rate law
Rate= k[A]2[B]:
A. mol L-1 min-1 B. L mol -2 min-1 C. mol2 L-2 min-1 D. mol-3 L3 min-1 E. mol-2 L-2 min-1
11. The rate of constant of X in Experiment 1 is:
A. 2.1 × 10-4 mol L-1 min-1 D. -2.1 × 10-4 mol L-1 min-1
B. 6.3 × 10-4 mol L-1 min-1 E. -6.3 × 10-4 mol L-1 min-1
C. -4.2 × 10-4 mol L-1 min-
12. If tripling the concentration of a single reactant R in a multi-reactant reaction (while leaving all other
conditions unchanged) leads to a nine-fold increase in rate, it can be deduced
A. that the complete rate law is Rate= k[R] C. that the complete rate law is Rate= k[R]2
B. that the complete rate law is Rate= k[R]3 E. that the complete rate law is Rate= k[R]9
D. only that the order with respect to [R] is 2
13. A sample of radioactive cadmium has a half life of 15 days. If you have a sample that originally weighed 40
g and later weighs 2.5 g. How much time elapsed between the initial and final masses?
A. 600 days B. 100 days C. 60 days D. 45 days E. 37.5 days
14. If the half-life of a reaction is independent of concentration, what is the order of the reaction?
A. Zero B. first C. second D. half-life is unrelated to the order of the reaction
E. unable to be determined without knowing starting concentrations
15. Which answer choice correctly matches the integrated rate law shown:

1/[A]t = kt + 1/[A]o
A. A zero order reaction where a plot of 1/[A]t versus t will be a straight line with slope = k
B. A first order reaction where a plot of 1/[A]t versus t will be a straight line with slope = k
C. A first order reaction where a plot of 1/[A]t versus t will be a straight line with slope = -k
D. A second order reaction where a plot of 1/[A]t versus t will be a straight line with slop = k
E. A second order reaction where a plot of 1/[A]t versus t will be a straight line with slope = -k

16. How does a catalyst increase the rate of a chemical reaction?

A. By changing the magnitude of the enthalpy change.
B. By providing a pathway for the reaction that has lower activation energy.
C. By decreasing the potential energy of the products
D. By increasing the potential energy of the reactants
E. By giving energy to the reactants so more of them have energies greater than the activation energy
17. A sealed rigid container holds two first order reactant gases, A and B. If additional moles of gas B are added
to the container while keeping the temperature constant, what can be said of the reaction under these
conditions?
A. The rate of the reaction will increase, as will the rate constant, k.
B. The rate of the reaction will remain unchanged as will the rate constant, k.
C. The rate of the reaction will increase but the rate constant, k, will remain unchanged.
D. The rate of the reaction will remain unchanged but the rate constant, k, will increase.
E. The rate of reaction will decrease as will the rate constant, k
18. Which reaction represents the overall equation?
A. A + B ⇆ F
B. 3A + B → 2C + D
C. 3A + B + F + G →2C + D + G + F
D. A + B → C + D
E. A3 + B → C2 + D
19. The reaction of a tertiary haloalkane (represented by RX below) with hydroxide ions is found to follow
the mechanism:
Step 1 RX → R+ + X-
Step 2 R+ + OH- → ROH If Step 1 is found to be the slow step in the mechanism, which of
the following statements is true?
I. The reaction will be found to be first-order with respect to RX
II. The reaction has an intermediate that is represented by R+.
III. The reaction rate is independent of the concentration of hydroxide ions.
A. I only B. II only C. III only D. I and II only E. I, II, and III
20. For a mechanism to be feasible, which of the following criteria must be filled?
I. The sum of the overall steps must add up to the overall stoichiometry of the chemical equation
II. The rate determining (slow step) must be the last step in the mechanism.
III. The rate determining (slow step) must include all of the reactants that appear in the rate equation
where the stoichiometric coefficients match the powers.
A. I only B. III only C. I and III only D. II and III only E. I, II, and III
21. The following questions refer to the popular demonstration called “Elephants Toothpaste” in which the
mechanism is believed to be:
Step 1: H2O2 + I- → H2O + OI-
Step 2: H2O2 + OI- → H2O + O2 + I-
22. Identify the catalyst.
A. H2O2 B. I- C. H2O D. OI- E. O2
23. Which chemical equation is consistent with the mechanism provided?
A. 2H2O2 → 2H2O + O2
B. 2H2O2 + I- → 2H2O + O2
C. ½ H2O2 + I- → H2O + O2
D. ½ H2O2 + I- → H2O + OI- + O2

24. 2H2O2 → 2H2O + OI- + O23For the reaction, 2H2S (g) + O2(g) 2S(s) + 2H2O(l), which one of
the following statements is absolutely true?
A. The reaction is first order with respect to H2S and second order with respect to O2.
B. The reaction is fourth order overall.
C. The rate law is: rate = k[H2S]2[O2].
D. The rate law is: rate = k[H2S][O2].
E. The rate law cannot be determined from the information given.

25. For a reaction 2A + B 2C, with the rate equation: Rate = k[A]2[B]
A. The order with respect to A is 1 and the order overall is 1.
B. The order with respect to A is 2 and the order overall is 2.
C. The order with respect to A is 2 and the order overall is 3.
D. The order with respect to B is 2 and the order overall is 2.
E. The order with respect to B is 2 and the order overall is 3.
26. 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 stoichiometric coefficients of reactants in the
balanced chemical equation for a reaction.
D. The order of a reaction is the sum of the powers of molar
concentration of the reactants in the rate law expression.
27. Rate law cannot be determined from balanced chemical equation if _______.
A. Reverse reaction is involved.
B. It is an elementary reaction.
C. It is a sequence of elementary reactions.
D. Any of the reactants is in excess.
28. Which of the following statements are applicable to a balanced chemical equation of an elementary reaction?
A. Order is same as molecularity.
B. Order is less than the molecularity.
C. Order is greater than the molecularity.
D. Molecularity can never be zero
29. In any unimolecular reaction ______________.
A. Only one reacting species is involved in the rate determining step.
B. The order and the molecularity of slowest step are equal to one.
C. The molecularity of the reaction is one and order is zero.
D. Both molecularity and order of the reaction are one.
30. For a complex reaction ______________.
A. Order of overall reaction is same as molecularity of the slowest step.
B. Order of overall reaction is less than the molecularity of the slowest step.
C. Order of overall reaction is greater than molecularity of the slowest step.
D. Molecularity of the slowest step is never zero or non integer
31. For the first-order reactions of different substances A and X
A → B t1/2 = 30.0 min
X → Y t1/2 = 60.0 min This means that
A. Doubling the concentration of A will have ½ the effect on half-life that doubling the
concentration of B will have on its half-life.
B. A certain number of grams of A will react twice as fast as the same number of grams of X.
C. A certain number of grams of X will react twice as fast as the same number of grams of A
D. The rate constant for A → B is lower than the rate constant of X → Y.
E. 3 moles of A will react more rapidly than 3moles of X.
32. A reaction is first order with respect to [X] and second order with respect to [Y]. When [X] is
0.20 M and [Y] = 0.20 M the rate is 8.00 × 10-3 M/min. The value of the rate constant, including correct
units, is
A. 1.00 M min-1 C. 2.00 M-2 min-1 E. 2.00 M-1 min-1
B. 1.00 M-2 min-1 D. 8.00 × 10-3 min-3
33. Consider the rate law: rate = k[Y]m[Z]n. How are the exponent’s m and n determined?
A. by using the balanced chemical equation
B. by using the subscripts of the chemical formulas
C. by using the coefficients of the chemical formulas
D. by educated guess E. by experiment
34. If the reaction 2HI → H2 + I2 is second order, which of the following will yield a linear plot?
A. log [HI] vs time C. [HI] vs time E. [HI]2 vs time
B. 1/[HI] vs time D . ln[HI] vs time
35. A C is a zero order reactions. The reaction is 30% complete after 10min calculate the rate constant
for a reaction. if the initial concentration of A was 16M
A. 0.48M B. 48M C. 12.2M D. 4.8M E. 5M
36. The decomposition of hydrogen peroxide is first order in H2O2 and the rate constant is 1.06 x10-31/min . If the
initial concentration of H2O2 is 0.02M , what is the concentration after exactly 100min
A. 0.018M B. 0.899M C. 0.106M D. 0.18M E. 18M
37. The half-life of a first-order reaction __________.
A. is constant
B. is the time necessary for the reactant concentration to drop to half its original value
C. can be calculated from the reaction rate constant
D. does not depend on the initial reactant concentration
E. All of the above are correct.
38. Of the following, __________ will lower the activation energy for a reaction.
A. increasing the concentrations of reactants
B. adding a catalyst for the reaction
C. raising the temperature of the reaction
D. removing products as the reaction proceeds
E. increasing the pressure
39. The rate law for a reaction is rate = k [A][B]2 Which one of the following statements is false?
A. If [B] is doubled, the reaction rate will increase by a factor of 4.
B. The reaction is second order in B. D. k is the reaction rate constant
C. The reaction is second order overall. E. The reaction is first order in A.
40. The first-order reaction A → B, has k = 8.00 s–1. If [A]0 = 0.500 M, how long will it take [A] = 0..200 M?
A. 0.115 s B. 0.244 s. C. 0.100 s D. 0.488 s E. 8.18 s
41. A reaction is first order in A. If the rate constant of the reaction is 6.00 × 10–3 s–1, what is the half-life (t1/2)
of the reaction?
A. 4.98 × 10–3s B. 115s C. 200s D. 1.73 × 10–3s E. 3.45 × 10–3s
42. For the reaction diagram shown, which of the following statements is true?
 A. Line W represents the ∆H for the forward reaction; point B represents the transition state
B. Line W represents the activation energy for the forward reaction; point B represents the transition state
C. Line Y represents the activation energy for the forward reaction; point C represents the transition state
D. Line X represents the ∆H for the forward reaction; point B represents the transition state
43. A proposed mechanism for the reduction of nitrogen as NO by hydrogen is:
Step 1: H2(g) + 2NO(g) → N2O(g) + H2O(g)
(slow)
Step 2: N2O(g) + H2(g) → N2(g) + H2O(g)
(fast)
What is the rate law?
A. Rate = k[H2][NO] C. Rate = k[H2]2[NO] D. Rate = k[H2][NO]2
B. Rate = k[H2]2[NO]2 E. More information is needed to answer this question.
44. Which of the following statements is false:
A. Changing the temperature does not change the activation energy for a reaction
B. At higher temperature a higher percentage of reactants have enough energy to get over the transition state
C. The mechanism, rate law, and activation energy will all change when a catalyst is added.
D. The general rate law for a reaction does not changes with temperature, but the rate constant does change
E. The rate constant “k” for a reaction does not change when the temperature increases.
45. A proposed mechanism for the decomposition of ozone in the stratosphere is:
Step 1: Cl(g) + O3(g) → ClO(g) + O2(g)
Step 2: ClO(g) + O3(g) → Cl(g) + 2O2(g)
What is the molecularity of Step 1?
A. Zero molecular B. Unimolecular C. Bimolecular D. Termolecular
E. More information is needed to answer this questions
46. For a first order reaction (A) → products the concentration of A changes from 0.1M to 0.025 M in
40minutes. The rate of reaction when the concentration of A is 0.01 M is:
A. 1.73 × 10–5 M/min C. 3.47 × 10-4M/min

B. 3.47× 10–5 M/min D. 1.73 × 10–4 M/min

47. The rate of a chemical reaction doubles for every 10°C rise of temperature. If the temperature is raised by
50°C, the rate of the reaction increases by about
A. 64 times B. 10 times C. 24 times D. 32 time
48. A particular nuclear decay has a rate constant of 0.00346 min-1. What is the half-life?
A. 3.3 hour B. 1.6 hours C. 0.0012 min D. 0.0024 min C. 0.0050 min
49. Tritium decays by a first-order process that has half-life of 12.5 years. How many years will it take to reduce
the radioactivity of a tritium sample to 15% of its original value?
A. 64 yrs B. 54 yrs C. 34 yrs D. 24 yrs E. 14 yrs
50. 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.
51. The decomposition of X is a zero order reactions. The half life of reactions 20min. if the initial concentration
of X was 2.5M. What is the time required to reduce the concentration of X to 10% of its initial
concentration?
A. 0.0625min B. 36min C. 20min D. 18min
52. If a certain first order rxn has a half-life of 30min how much time it required for this reactions to be 35%
complete?
A. 18.7min B. 36min C. 70min D. 40min
53. Iodine -131 has a half life of 8 days . If there are 200g of this sample how much of I-131 will remain after
32days. (the rxn is first order)
A. 12.5g B. 25g C. 6.25g D. 50g
54. It takes 35days for a 512g sample of element X to decay to a final amount of gram, what is the half-life of the
element X?
A. 5days B. 432000sec C. 7200min D. 120hr
55. The half-life for the decompositions of X is 11minutes. What fraction remains after 44min?
A. 1/16 B. 1/8 C. ½ D. ¼ E. 1/32
56. The half life of radium- 224 is 3.66 days. what was the original mass of radium -224 in 0.05g remains after
7.32 days
A. 0.2g B. 2g C. 5g D. 1g
57. The energy profiles for four different reactions are shown. Which reaction requires the
most energetic collisions to reach the transition state?
58. The reaction between bromate ions and bromide ions in acidic aqueous solution is given by the equation
BrO3- (aq) + 5Br – (aq) + 6 H+ (aq)  3 Br2 (l) + 3 H2O (l)
The table below gives the results of four experiments. Using these data, what is the rate low

A. Rate = k [BrO3–] [Br –] [H+]2 C. Rate = k[BrO3–][Br –][H+]

B. Rate = k [BrO3–] [Br –]2 [H+] D. Rate = k[BrO3–][Br –]

Step 1: H2(g) + 2NO(g) → N2O(g) + H2O(g) Step 2: N2O(g) + H2(g) → N2(g) + H2O(g) What is the
rate law?
(slow) (fast)