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The number of compounds which can undergo tautomerism are :

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For (a) Nitroso-oxime tautomerism is shown as follows :

Here Nitroso form is more stable due to aromaticity.
For (b) and (d) :


In (b) keto form is more stable because there is no stabilizing factor in enol form .
In (d) the enol form is highly stable because it is aromatic in nature
In compound (c) there are no sp3 hybridised carbon having α-hydrogens, so no tautomerism is observed in this case

So the correct answer is 3

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