A space velocity of 5 hr⁻¹ means that

Five reactor volumes of feed (at specified conditions) are being fed into the reactor per hour
After every 5 hours, reactor is being filled with the feed
Cent per cent conversion can be achieved in at least 5 hours
A fixed conversion of a given batch of feed takes 5 hours
✅ The correct answer is option A.

A first order gaseous phase reaction is catalysed by a non-porous solid. The kinetic rate constant and the external mass transfer co-efficients are k and kg respectively. The effective rate constant (keff) is given by

keff = k + kg
keff = (k+ kg)/2
keff = (kkg)1/2
1/keff = 1/k + 1/kg
✅ The correct answer is option D.