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It is true that :  

(1) A zero order reaction is a single step reaction.  

(2) A second order reaction is always a multistep reaction.  

(3) A first order reaction is always a single step reaction.

(4) A zero order reaction is a multistep reaction.

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Important Questions on Chemical Kinetics

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Decomposition of H2O2 follows a first order reaction. In fifty minutes the concentration of H 2 O 2 decreases from 0.5 to 0.125 M in one such decomposition. When the concentration of H2O2 reaches 0.05 M , the rate of formation of O2 will be:
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A first-order reaction has a specific reaction rate 10-2sec-1. How much time will it take for 20 g the reactant to reduce to 5 g?
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The rate constant for the first order reaction is 60 s-1. How much time will it take to reduce the concentration of the reactant to 116 th value?
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The rate of a first-order reaction is 0.04 mol l-1s-1 at 10 second and 0.03 mol l-1s-1 at 20 seconds after initiation of the reaction. The half-life period of the reaction is:
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If 50 % of a reaction occurs in 100 second and 75 % of the reaction occurs in 200 second, the order of this reaction is:
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During the nuclear explosion, one of the products is 90Sr with half life of 6.93 years. If 1μg of 90Sr was absorbed in the bones of a newly born baby in place of Ca, how much time, in years, is required to reduce it by 90% if it is not lost metabolically ____________.
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The half-life period of a first-order reaction is 15 minutes. The amount of substance left after one hour will be
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It takes 1h for a first order reaction to go to 50% completion. The total time required for the same reaction to reach 87.5%  completion will be
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The rate constant for a first order reaction is 7.0×10-4 s-1. If initial concentration of the reactant is 0.080 M, what is the half-life of the reaction?
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The given plots represent the variation of the concentration of a reactant R with time for two different reactions (i) and (ii). The respective orders of the reaction are
(i) Question Image

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The reaction 2N2O5g4NO2g+O2(g) follows first order kinetics. The pressure of a vessel containing only N2O5 was found to increase from 50 mm Hg to 87.5 mm Hg in 30 min. The pressure exerted by the gases after 60 min. Will be (Assume temperature remains constant) :
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If the rate constant for a first order reaction is k, the time (t) required for the completion of 99% of the reaction is given by
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Decomposition of X exhibits a rate constant of 0.05μg/year. How many years are required for the decomposition of 5μg of X into 2.5μg?
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The decomposition reaction 2N2O5g  2N2O4g+O2g is started in a closed cylinder under the isothermal isochoric condition at an initial pressure of 1 atm. After Y10×103 s , the pressure inside the cylinder is found to be 1.45 atm . If the rate constant of the reaction is 5×10-4s-1, assuming ideal gas behaviour, the value of Y is(nearest integer)

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A flask contains a mixture of compounds A and B. Both compounds decompose by first-order kinetics. The half-lives for A and B are 300 s and 180 s, respectively. If the concentrations of A and B are equal initially, the time required for the concentration of A to be four times that of B (in s) is : (Use ln 2=0.693)
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If 75% of a first order reaction was completed in 90 minutes, 60% of the same reaction would be completed in approximately (in minutes) _____
(Take: log2=0.30 ;log2.5=0.40)
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For a zero - order reaction with rate constant k, the slope of the plot reactant concentration against time is
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When initial concentration of a reactant is doubled in a reaction, its half-life period is not affected. The order of the reaction is:
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The rate constant of the reaction AB is 0.6×10-3 mole per liter per second. If the initial concentration of A is 5 M, then the concentration of B after 20 minutes is: