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Increasing order of acid strength among p-ethoxyphenol, p-methylphenol, and p-nitrophenol is 

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a

p-Nitrophenol, p-Methoxyphenol, p-Methylphenol

b

p-Methylphenol, p-Methoxyphenol, p-Nitrophenol

c

p-Methoxyphenol, p-Methylphenol, p-Nitrophenol

d

p-Nitrophenol, p-Methylphenol, p-Methoxyphenol

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

In p-nitrophenol, the p-nitrophenol is extremely stable due to conjugation between negative charge of oxygen atom, ring and -NO2 group. So, it is mostly acidic.

In p-methoxyphenol, the conjugate base is extremely destabilized due to +R effect of -OCH3 group.

In case of p-methyl phenol, it's conjugate base is comparatively a little bit more stable than that of p-methoxy phenol.

Thus, the increasing order of acidic strength is: 

P-Nitrophenol>p-Methyl phenol>p-Methoxyphenol

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