Question

Statement 1: The presence of a catalyst increases the speed of the forward and backward reactions to the same extent
Statement 2: Activation energy for both the forward and backward reactions is lowerd to same extent

• A. Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is True; Statement 2 is correct explanation for Statement 1
• B. Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is True; Statement 2 is not correct explanation for Statement 1
• C. Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is False
• D. Statement 1 is False, Statement 2 is True

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Catalyst does not change the equilibrium point