Assertion (A): 2,6-Dimethyl-4-nitrophenol (I) is more acidic than 3,5-dimethyl-4-nitrophenol (II).
Reason (R ): It is due to the steric inhibition of the resonance of `(-NO_(2))` group with two (Me) groups in (II).
A. If both statement-I & statement-II are true & the statement-II is a correct explanation of the statement-I
B. if both statement-I & statement-II are true but statement-II is not a correct explanation of the statement-I
C. If statement-I is true but the statement-II is false.
D. If statement-I is false but the statement-II is true.