Assertion (A) In monohaloarenes, further electrophilic substitution occurs at ortho and para positions.
Reason (R) Halogen atom is a ring deactivator.
Assertion (A) Aryl iodides can be prepared by reaction of arenes with iodine in the presence of an oxidising agent.
Reason (R) Oxidising agent oxidises $\mathrm{I}_2$ into HI.
Assertion (A) It is difficult to replace chlorine by -OH in chlorobenzene in comparsion to that in chloroethane.
Reason (R) chlorine carbon ( $\mathbf{C}-\mathbf{C l}$ ) bond in chlorobenzene has a partial double bond character due to resonance
Assertion (A) Hydrolysis of (-)-2-bromooctane proceeds with inversion of configuration.
Reason (R) This reaction proceeds through the formation of a carbocation.
Assertion (A) Nitration of chlorobenzene leads to the formation of m-nitrochlorobenzene.
Reason (R) - $\mathrm{NO}_2$ group is a m-directing group.