In presence of sunlight, chlorine reacts with sulphur dioxide to give:

Displacement reaction

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Addition reaction

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Substitution reaction

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none of these

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Solution

The correct option is B Addition reaction
"Sulfur dioxide reacts with chlorine to give thionyl chloride( $S O C l_{2}$ and dichlorine oxide ( $C l_{2} O$ ). This reaction is a addition reaction.

$S O_{2} (g) + 2 C l_{2} (g) \to S O C l_{2} (g) + C l_{2} O (g)$
Hence option B is correct.

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