JEE Chemistry 2025 Question with Solution

Given: A set of statements about activating groups and directing effects in electrophilic aromatic substitution.

Find: Which statements are correct.

From the solution:

• (A) True: $-\text{OCH}_3$ and $-\text{NHCOCH}_3$ are electron-donating groups, so they activate the aromatic ring.
• (B) the solution marks this as true and states that $-\text{CN}$ and $-\text{OH}$ are meta directing groups.
• (C) the solution also states that $-\text{CN}$ and $-\text{SO}_3\text{H}$ are meta directing groups, which makes this statement true.
• (D) True: activating groups usually act as ortho-para directing groups.
• (E) False: halides are deactivating though ortho-para directing.

There is a clear discrepancy in the source the solution: its statement-wise discussion supports (A), (C), and (D), and it explicitly marks The Correct Option is A, where option A is (A), (B) and (E) only. The answer key also gives option (1).

Following the instruction that the solution is the primary source for the answer label, the correct option is taken as A.

Therefore, the correct option is A.

Given: The option list and the contradictory explanation present in the solution.

Find: The answer to record from the provided source.

The solution contains three conflicting signals:

1. It says The Correct Option is A.
2. It ends with Final Answer: (1) (A), (B) and (E) only.
3. Its detailed statement analysis actually says (A) true, (C) true, (D) true, and (E) false.

So the explanatory text and the declared final option do not match each other.

Because the extraction policy prioritizes the solution's declared answer label when present, the recorded answer is the option labeled A.

Therefore, the extracted answer is A, while noting that the source explanation is internally inconsistent.