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Phenols are more acidic than aliphatic alcohols acidity of phenols can be further increased by the introduction of electron withdrawing groups in aromatic ring .Acidic nature of phenol is because of the resonance stabilization of phenoxide ion

Arrange the given phanols in the increasing order of acidic strength

A

`I lt II lt III lt IV`

B

`II lt I lt III lt IV`

C

`I lt IV lt III lt II`

D

`II lt IV lt III`

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