In aniline the - NH 2 group

Question

In aniline the - NH 2 group (A) activates the benzene ring via both inductive and resonance effects (B) deactivates the benzene ring via both inductive and resonance effects (C) activates the benzene ring via resonance effect and deactivates it via inductive effect (D) activates the benzene ring via inductive effect and deactivates it via resonance effect.

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<img class="img-fluid question-image" alt="image" src="https://cdn.tardigrade.in/img/question/chemistry/15d8cc412b6e3ad82c7eb99bd231dd02-.png" /> But here lone pair is still available for donation to show some basic character.

Q. In aniline the −NH2​ group

activates the benzene ring via both inductive and resonance effects

deactivates the benzene ring via both inductive and resonance effects

activates the benzene ring via resonance effect and deactivates it via inductive effect

activates the benzene ring via inductive effect and deactivates it via resonance effect.

But here lone pair is still available for donation to show some basic character.

Q. In aniline the $- N H_{2}$ group