EXERCISE # JEE MAINS

1. For the reaction 2A + B  C, the values of initial rate at different reactant concentrations are
given in the table below. The rate law for the reaction is : [JEE MAIN -2019(APR.)]
[A] (mol L–1) [B] (mol–1) Initial Rate (mol L–1s–1)
0.05 0.05 0.045
0.10 0.05 0.090
0.20 0.10 0.72
(1) Rate = k[A][B] (2) Rate = k[A]2[B]2 (3) Rate = k[A]2[B] (4) Rate = k[A][B]2

k1 k2
2. For a reaction scheme A   B  C, [JEE MAIN -2019(APR.)]
If the rate of formation of B is set to be zero then the concentration of B is given by:
k 
(1) k1k2 [A] (2)  1  [A] (3) (k1 – k2) [A] (4) (k1 + k2) [A]
 k2 

3. 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 reactions are :
[JEE MAIN -2019(APR.)]

(1) 0, 1 (2) 1, 1 (3) 0, 2 (4) 1, 0

4. Consider the given plot of enthalpy of the following reaction between A and B.
A + B C + D [JEE MAIN -2019(APR)]
Identify the incorrect statement.

(1) Formation of A and B from C has highest enthalpy of activation.

(2) Activation enthalpy to form C is 5kJ mol–1 less than that to form D.
(3) D is kinetically stable product.
(4) C is the thermodynamically stable product.

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5. A bacterial infection in an internal wound grows as N’(t) = N0 exp(l), where the time t is in
hours. A dose of antibiotic, taken orally, needs 1 hour to reach the wound. Once it reaches
dN
there, the bacterial population goes down as = – 5N2. [JEE MAIN -2019(APR.)]
dt
N0
What will be the plot of vs. t after 1 hour?
N

(1) (2)

(3) (4)

6. For the reaction of H2 with I2, the rate constant is 2.5×10–4 dm3 mol–1 s–1 at 327ºC and 1.0 dm3
mol–1 s–1 at 527ºC. The activation energy for the reaction, in kJ mol–1 is :
(R = 8.314 J K–1 mol–1) [JEE MAIN -2019(APR.)]
(1) 150 (2) 59 (3) 166 (4) 72

7. In the following reaction; xA  yB [JEE MAIN -2019(APR.)]

 d[A]   d[B] 
log10    log10   0.3010
 dt   dt 
‘A’ and ‘B’ respectively can be:
(1) C2H4 and C4H8 (2) C2H2 and C6H6
(3) N2O4 and NO2 (4) n-Butane and Iso-butane

8. NO2 required for a reaction is produced by the decomposition of N2O5 in CCl4 as per the
equation, 2 N2O5(g)  4 NO2(g) + O2(g)
The initial concentration of N2O5 is 3.00 mol L–1 and it is 2.75 mol L–1 after 30 minutes. The
rate of formation of NO2 is: [JEE MAIN -2019(APR.)]
–2 –1 –1
(1) 1.667 × 10 mol L min (2) 2.083 × 10 mol L–1 min–1
–3

(3) 4.167 × 10–3 mol L–1 min–1 (4) 8.333 × 10–3 mol L–1 min–1

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9. The following results were obtained during kinetic studies of the reaction :
2A + B  Products [JEE MAIN -2019(JAN.)]
Experiment [A] (in mol L–1) [B] (in mol L–1) Initial Rate of reaction (in mol L–1 min–1)
(I) 0.10 0.20 6.93×10-3
(II) 0.10 0.25 6.93×10-3
(III) 0.20 0.30 1.386×10-2
The time (in minutes) required to consume half of A is :
(1) 10 (2) 5 (3) 100 (4) 1

10. For the reaction, 2A + B  products, when the concentrations of A and B both were doubled,
the rate of the reaction increased from 0.3 mol L–1 s–1 to 2.4 mol L–1 s–1. When the
concentration of A alone is doubled, the rate increased from 0.3 mol L–1 s–1 to 0.6 mol L–1 s–1.
[JEE MAIN -2019(JAN.)]
(1) Total order of the reaction is 4
(2) Order the reaction with respect to B is 1
(3) Order of the reaction with respect to B is 2
(4) Order of the reaction with respect to A is 2

11. Consider the given plots for a reaction obeying Arrhenius equation (0ºC < T < 300ºC) : (k and
Ea are rate constant and activation energy, respectively) [JEE MAIN -2019(JAN.)]

Choose the correct option :

(1) I is right but II is wrong (2) Both I and II are wrong
(3) I is wrong but II is right (4) Both I and II are correct


k1
 d[A]
12. For an elementary chemical reaction, A2 
k –1
 2A , the expression for is:
dt
[JEE MAIN -2019(JAN.)]
2 2
(1) 2k1[A2]–2k–1[A] (2) k1[A2]–k–1[A] (3) 2k1[A2]–k–1[A] (4) k1[A2]+k–1[A]2
2

1
13. If a reaction follows the Arrhenius equation, the plot lnk vs gives straight line with a
(RT)
gradient (–y) unit. The energy required to activate the reactant is : [JEE MAIN -2019(JAN.)]
y
(1) unit (2) yR unit (3) y unit (4) –y unit
R
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14. The reaction 2X  B is a zeroth order reaction. If the initial concentration of X is 0.2 M, the
half life is 6 h. When the initial concentration of X is 0.5 M, the time required to reach its final
concentration of 0.2 M will be :- [JEE MAIN -2019(JAN.)]
(1) 18.0 h (2) 9.0 h (3) 7.2 h (4) 12.0 h

15. Decomposition of X exhibits a rate constant of 0.05 g/year. How many years are required for
the decomposition of 5 g of X into 2.5 g ? [JEE MAIN -2019(JAN.)]
(1) 25 (2) 40 (3) 50 (4) 20

16. For a reaction consider the plot of ln k versus 1/T given in the figure. If the rate constant of this
reaction at 400 K is 10–5 s–1, then the rate constant at 500 K is : [JEE MAIN -2019(JAN.)]

(1) 10–6 s–1 (2) 4×10–4 s–1 (3) 2×10–4 s–1 (4) 10–4 s–1

17. N2O5 decomposes to NO2 and O2 and follows first order kinetics. After 50 minutes, the
pressure inside the vessel increases from 50 mmHg to 87.5 mmHg. The pressure of the gaseous
mixture after 100 minutes at constant temperature will be: [JEE MAIN 2018 (Online)]
(1) 116.25 mmHg (2) 175.0 mmHg (3) 106.25 mmHg (4) 136.25 mmHg

1th
18. For a first order reaction, A  P, t½ (half-life) is 10 days. The time required for conversion
4
of A (in days) is : (ln 2 = 0.693, ln 3 = 1.1) [JEE MAIN 2018 (Online)]
(1) 5 (2) 4.1 (3) 3.2 (4) 2.5

19. If 50% of a reaction occurs in 100 second and 75% of the reaction occurs in 200 second, the
order of this reaction is: [JEE MAIN 2018 (Online)]
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) Zero (4) 3
20. At 518º C, the rate of decomposition of a sample of gaseous acetaldehyde, initially at a pressure
of 363 Torr, was 1.00 Torr s–1 when 5% had reacted and 0.5 Torr s–1 when 33% had reacted.
The order of the reaction is : [JEE-MAIN-(Offline)2018]
(1) 0 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 1

21. Two reactions R1 and R2 have identical pre-exponential factors. Activation energy of R1
exceeds that of R2 by 10 kJ mol–1. If k1 and k1 are rate constants for reactions R1 and R2
respectively at 300 K, then ln(k2/k1) is equal to : (R = 8.314 J mol–1)
[JEE-MAIN-(Offline)2017]
(1) 6 (2) 4 (3) 8 (4) 12

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