Statement 1: Phenol is more reactive than benzene towards electrophilic substitution reaction
Statement 2: In the case of phenol, the intermediate carbocation is more resonance stabilized

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It is correct that phenol is more reactive than benzene.

In phenol due to + R effect of -OH electron density on benzene ring is more than Benzene,rate of electrophilic substitution is more than Benzene.

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