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Assertion: It is difficult to replace ch...

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

Only I

B

Only II

C

I and II

D

None of these

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C
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