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Assertion: p-Chlorobenzoic acid is stronger than benzoic acid. Reason: Chlorine has electron-donating resonance (+R)- effect.

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if both assertion and reson are TRUE, and reason is the true EXPLANATION of the assertion.
If both assertion and reason are true, but reason is not the true explanation of the assertion.
if assertion is true, but reason is false.
If both assertion and reason are false.

Solution :CORRECT explanation: Chlorine has both +R-effect and -I-effect but -I-effect outweighs +R-effect. As a RESULT, p-chlorobenzoic acid is a stronger acid than benzoic acid.


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