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Assertion :p-Hydroxybenzoic acid has a lower boiling point that o-Hydroxybenzoic acid. Reason: o-Hydroxybenzoic acid has intermolecular hydrogen bonding.

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Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
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Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
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Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
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Assertion and Reason both are incorrect
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Solution

The correct option is D Assertion and Reason both are incorrect
p-hydroxybenzoic acid due to intermoleculer H-bonding has higher boiling point.
So, assertion is incorrect.
o-Hydroxybenzoic acid has intramolecular hydrogen bonding.
Reason is also incorrect.

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