Question

Assertion: Phenol is more acidic than ethanol 

Reason: Phenoxide ion is resonance stabilized 

(a) if both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion. 

(b) if both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

(c) assertion is true but reason is false

(d) both assertion and reason are false.

Answer 1

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