JEE Main 2007Annual, Paper 1ChemistryEasySome Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry81× since 2002Presence of a nitro group in a benzene ringAOption A. activates the ring towards electrophilic substitutionBOption B. renders the ring basicCOption C. deactivates the ring towards nucleophilic substitutionDOption D. deactivates the ring towards electrophilic substitutionCheckSkip · show solution