MHT CET Chemistry question

Phenol, when first reacts with concentrated sulphuric acid and then with concentrated nitric acid, gives

Answer: (A)

Solution

Sulphonation gives phenol-2,4-disulphonic acid, and treatment with conc. replaces the –SO3H groups by –NO2 and nitrates

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