Assertion: Chloral reacts with phenyl chloride to form DDT Reason: It is an electrophilic substitution reaction.

Question

Assertion: Chloral reacts with phenyl chloride to form DDT Reason: It is an electrophilic substitution reaction. (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) If assertion is true but reason is false (D) If both assertion and reason are false

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When chlorobenzene is heated with chloral in the presence of conc. H2SO4 , a powerful insecticide, DDT is formed with the elimination of water molecule.

Q. Assertion: Chloral reacts with phenyl chloride to form DDT
Reason: It is an electrophilic substitution reaction.

If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

If assertion is true but reason is false

If both assertion and reason are false

When chlorobenzene is heated with chloral in the presence of conc. $H_{2} S O_{4}$ , a powerful insecticide, DDT is formed with the elimination of water molecule.

Q. Assertion: Chloral reacts with phenyl chloride to form DDT Reason: It is an electrophilic substitution reaction.