Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason

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Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).\ Assertion (A) : Order of acidic nature of the following compounds is $A>B>C$.\ Reason (R) : Fluoro is a stronger electron withdrawing group than chloro group.\ In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :\

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(b) : Electron withdrawing groups increase acidity. Electron withdrawing nature of $\mathrm{F}>\mathrm{Cl}$. But in compound $B$, F is at larger distance with respect to -OH group, so its effect will be less than Cl .\