The functional group in methanol and methanal respectively are :

-OH, -CHO

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-CHO, -OH

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-OH, -COOH

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-CHO, -COOH

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Solution

The correct option is A -OH, -CHO
In general, an alcoholic functional group is represented by attaching a suffix 'ol' at the end of the name and in case of aldehyde group that is -CHO, it is represented by attaching 'al' at the end of the name. Given names have methanol and methanal. Hence, option A is the correct answer.

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