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Carboxylic acids are easily ionised. The main reason of this statement :

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Hydrogen bond
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Reactivity of α-hydrogen
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Resonance stabilisation of carboxylate ion
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Absence of α-hydrogen
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Solution

The correct option is C Resonance stabilisation of carboxylate ion
Carboxylic acids are easily ionized because there is resonance in carboxylate ion due to p- electron of oxygen atom shifting. So, H+ gets ionised very easily.

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