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JEE Advanced 2026 Paper 1, Chemistry Section 1 Q2: Law of Chemical Equilibrium And Equilibrium Constant

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Q.

For a reversible reaction , at constant temperature, both the forward and the backward reactions are first order elementary reaction with rate constant and , respectively. At time zero, the concentration of is and the concentration of is zero. At any given time and are the concentration of and , respectively. If , the correct graphical representation of the reaction is

  1. A

    A

  2. B

    B

  3. C

    C

  4. D

    D

Solution

Equilibrium constant. For a first-order reversible reaction, . With : , so at equilibrium.

Mass balance. at all times. At equilibrium: and .

Match to options. The dashed curve must asymptote to 0.8 and the solid curve must asymptote to 0.2. This is option (C).

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