CBSE 2023 · Region 2 · Set 2 · Q16 · 1 mark
Assertion (A) : Chlorobenzene is resistant to electrophilic substitution reaction.
Reason (R) : C-Cl bond in chlorobenzene acquires partial double bond characters due to resonance.
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(B)
Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
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