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Assertion: Fehling solution oxidizes acetaldehyde to acetic acid but not benzaldehyde to benzoic acid.

Reason: The C—H bond in benzaldehyde is stronger than acetaldehyde.

(a) Both assertion and reason are correct and the reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are correct but the reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but reason is wrong.
(d) Both assertion and reason are wrong.

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(a) Both assertion and reason are correct and the reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

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