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In the question arrange the compounds in increasing order of the rate of reaction towards nucleophilic substitution.

(i) (a) < (b) < (c)

(ii) (c) < (b) < (a)

(iii) (a) < (c) < (b)

(iv) (c) < (a) < (b)

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(iii) (-NO_2) is an electron-withdrawing group and when it is at ortho and para position it causes nucleophilic substitution. Where the effect of this same electron-withdrawing group is very less when it is at the meta position.

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