Assertion: Nitration of benzene gives mainly m-nitrobenzene. Reason: In electrophilic nitration of benzene the nucleophile is NO_(2)^(+).

Assertion: Nitration of benzene gives mainly m-nitrobenzene. Reason:

1.	Assertion: Nitration of benzene gives mainly m-nitrobenzene. Reason: In electrophilic nitration of benzene the nucleophile is NO_(2)^(+).
Answer» Assertion ANDREASON both are correct STATEMENTSAND reason iscorrect explanation for assertion. Assertion and reasonboth are correctstatementsbut reason is not correct explanation for assertion. Assertion is correct statementbut reasonwrong STATEMENT. Assertionis WRONG statement but reason is correctstatement. Answer :C