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Assertion: It is difficult to replace chlorine by `-OH` in chlorobenzene in comparison to that in chloroethane
Reason: Chlorine-carbon (C-Cl) bond in chlorobenzene has a partial double bond character due to resonance.

A

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

B

Assertion and reason are both are wrong statements

C

Assertion is correct but reason is wrong

D

Assertion is wrong but reason is correct statement.

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