Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason — JEE Mains Chemistry Past Papers Chemistry Question

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Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion A : Benzene is more stable than hypothetical cyclohexatriene Reason R : The delocalized electron cloud is attracted more strongly by nuclei of carbon atoms. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the option (A) A is false but R is true (B) Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A (C) A is true but R is false (D) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.