Question

Benzene on heating with conc. $H_2SO_4$ gives benzenesulphonic acid which when heated with superheated steam under pressure gives benzene. Sulphonation is a reversible process.

• 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

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

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

Answer 2

Sulphonation of benzene is an electrophilic substitution reaction in which $SO_3$ acts as the electrophile.