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Assertion: Presence of a nitro group at ortho or para position increases the reactivity of haloarenes towards nucleophilic substitution.
Reason: Nitro group, being an electron withdrawing group decreases the electron density over the benzene ring.

A

Assertion and reason both are correct and reason is correct explanation of assertion.

B

Assertion and reason both are wrong statements.

C

Assertion is correct but reason is wrong statement.

D

Assertion is wrong but reason is correct statement.

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A
Reason is the correct explanation for the assertion.
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