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Assertion : Although fluorine is more el...

Assertion : Although fluorine is more electronegative than chlorine, p-chlorobenzoic acid is a stronger acid than p-fluorobenzoic acid.
Reason : Due to mathcing size of 2p-orbitals of F and C, F has stronger +R effect than Cl.

A

if both assertion and reson are true, and reason is the true explanation of the assertion.

B

If both assertion and reason are true, but reason is not the true explanation of the assertion.

C

if assertion is true, but reason is false.

D

If both assertion and reason are false.

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