1.

A magnesium ribbon of 5 cm in length is added into four acid C increasing the number of effective collisions between the
solutions. In which of the following acid solutions will the hydrogen peroxide molecules.
magnesium ribbon dissolve in the shortest time? D increasing the rate of collisions between the hydrogen
A 100 cm3 of 2.0 mol dm-3 hydrochloric acid molecules.
B 200 cm3 of 2.0 mol dm-3 nitric acid
C 100 cm3 of 1.5 mol dm-3 sulphuric acid 7. Which of the following mixtures has the highest initial rate of
D 100 cm3 of 2.0 mol dm-3 ethanoic acid reaction?
A 5 g zinc powder and hydrochloric acid of concentration 0.2
2. Reactants Average rate mol dm-3.
Expt of reaction B 10 g zinc powder and hydrochloric acid of concentration 0.1
I 10 g of small marble chips with 50 cm3 of x mol dm-3.
1.0 mol dm-3 hydrochloric acid. C 5 g solid zinc metal foil and hydrochloric acid of
II 10 g of small marble chips with 50 cm3 of y concentration 0.2 mol dm-3.
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2.0 mol dm hydrochloric acid. D 10 g zinc metal foil and hydrochloric acid of concentration
III 10 g of large marble chips with 100 cm3 of z 0.2 mol dm-3.
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1.0 mol dm hydrochloric acid.
The table above shows the average rate of reaction between 8. Experiment Concentration of
marble and hydrochloric acid solutions. Arrange the average rate Volume of hydrochloric hydrochloric acid/mol
of reaction of the three experiments in increasing order. acid /cm3 dm-3
A y, x, z C z, y, x I 50 1.0
B x, y, z D z, x, y II 100 0.5
Two experiments are carried out to study the rate of evolution of
3. The time of reaction between a magnesium ribbon with 25 carbon dioxide gas by adding 10g (excess) of marble chips into
cm3 of 2.0 mol dm-3 of nitric acid can be lengthened by hydrochloric acid solutions as shown in the table above. Which
A adding distilled water to the acid solution of the following graphs of volume of carbon dioxide against time
B heating the hydrochloric solution correctly represents the results of the two experiments?
C adding copper(II) sulphate into the mixture A
D adding a few drops of concentrated hydrochloric acid into
the mixture.
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B

C
4 The curve P is obtained from the catalytic decomposition of 20 cm3
of 0.5 mol dm-3 of hydrogen peroxide at 30oC. What changes to the
hydrogen peroxide solution will produce a curve represented by Q?
Volume of Concentration of Temperature/oC D
hydrogen hydrogen peroxide/
peroxide/cm3 mol dm-3
A 20 0.5 30
B 10 0.5 40
C 20 0.5 40 9. 1 gram of metal powders P, Q and R are added separately into
D 10 1.0 30 50 cm3 of 2.0 mol dm-3 of hydrochloric acid. The different times
taken for the hydrochloric acid to dissolve the metal powders are
2- recorded below:
- + 2+
5. 2MnO4 + 5C2O4 + 16H 10CO2 + 2Mn + 8H2O
Metal P Q R
The equation above represents the reaction between
2- Time / sec 49 9 32
permanganate(VII) ions with oxalate ions (C2O4 ). If excess The metal P, Q and R could be respectively
potassium permanganate is used, the rate of the above reaction canAbe Sn, Fe, Mg C Sn, Mg, Fe
determined by measuring B Mg, Fe, Sn D Mg, Sn, Fe
A time taken for the Mn2+ ions to form.
B time taken for the concentration of oxalate ions to drop to zero.
C time taken for the purple colour of the permanganate(VII) ions to
decolourise.
D time taken to collect the carbon dioxide gas at every 1/2 minute
interval.

6. Manganese(IV) oxide increases the rate of decomposition of

hydrogen peroxide by
A increasing the activation energy of the reaction.
B increasing the kinetic energies of the hydrogen peroxide
molecules.