Assertion: Order of a reaction with respect to any reactant can be zero, positive, negative or fractional Reason: Rate of a reaction cannot decrease with increase in concentration of a reactant or a product.

Question

Assertion: Order of a reaction with respect to any reactant can be zero, positive, negative or fractional Reason: Rate of a reaction cannot decrease with increase in concentration of a reactant or a product. (A) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion. (B) If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion. (C) If assertion is true but reason is false (D) If both assertion and reason are false

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Rate of a reaction increases with increase in concentration of reactants and also depends on the order of reaction.

Q. Assertion : Order of a reaction with respect to any reactant can be zero, positive, negative or fractional Reason : Rate of a reaction cannot decrease with increase in concentration of a reactant or a product.

If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

If assertion is true but reason is false

If both assertion and reason are false

Rate of a reaction increases with increase in concentration of reactants and also depends on the order of reaction.

Q. Assertion : Order of a reaction with respect to any reactant can be zero, positive, negative or fractional
Reason : Rate of a reaction cannot decrease with increase in concentration of a reactant or a product.