Assertion :The activation energy for an uncatalysed reaction is less than for a catalysed reaction Reason: Negative catalyst increases the activation energy
A
Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
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B
Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
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C
Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
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D
Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect
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Solution
The correct option is D Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect The catalyst is a species which increases the rate of the reaction by decreasing the activation energy.
Thus, the catalyzed reaction have lower activation energy than uncatalyzed reaction.
Also, negative catalyst or inhibitor decreases the rate of reaction by reacting with the reactant molecule and decreasing there amount. But it does not affect activation energy.