Question

Autocatalytic reactions are the ones in which ____

(a) One of the products poisons the catalyst

(b) There is no catalyst employed

(c) Only one reactant is involved

(d) One of the products catalyses the reaction

The question was posed to me in class test.

Question is taken from Autocatalytic Reactions in portion Potpourri of Multiple Reactions, Design for Single & Parallel Reactions of Chemical Reaction Engineering

Answer 1

Right option is (d) One of the products catalyses the reaction

The explanation is: In autocatalytic reactions, the reactant is catalyzed by a product. One of the products is also a reactant.