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The decreasing order of priority for the following functional groups is
I. -COOH
II. −SO3H
III. -COOR
IV. -COCl

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(IV) > (III) > (II) > (I)
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(I) > (II) > (III) > (IV)
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(II) > (I) > (III) > (IV)
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(IV) > (III) > (I) > (II)
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Solution

The correct option is B (I) > (II) > (III) > (IV)
If you look at the table which talks about the order of priority of functional groups, we can easily see that

-COOH > SO3H > -COOR > -COCl

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