Assertion :Benzene on heating with conc. H2SO4 gives benzene sulphonic acid which when heated with superheated steam under pressure gives benzene.
Reason: Sulphonation is a reversible process.
Sulfonation is a reversible reaction that produces benzenesulfonic acid by adding sulfur trioxide and fuming sulfuric acid. The reaction is reversed by adding hot aqueous acid to benzenesulfonic acid to produce benzene.
So both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation for assertion.
So answer is A.