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B
m-dichloronitrobenzene
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C
1,3,5 tri-chlorobenzene
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D
chlorobenzene
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Solution
The correct option is A m-chloronitrobenzene Nitro group on benzene ring is a meta directing group. So, when the nitrobenzene is treated with chlorine in presence of iron, metachloro nitrobenzene is formed.