Which of the following reactions will yield phenol?

<p><span data-teams="true">This is a multiple choice answer as classified in NCERT Exemplar</span></p><p><span data-teams="true"><picture><img src="https://images.shiksha.com/mediadata/images/articles/1746525106phpmOrv3i.jpeg" alt="" width="499" height="291"></picture></span></p><p>Phenol is prepared by:</p><p>Dow’s process: The chlorobenzene on heating with NaOH, form sodium phenoxide which on hydrolysis with water of acid from phenol.</p><p>Diazotization of aniline: Aniline on reacting with nitrous acid at 0-5^o C followed by hydrolysis with water form phenol.</p><p>Benzene undergoes sulphonation on reacting with oleum to form benzene sulphonic acid which on heating with sodium hydroxide forms sodium phenoxide and then phenol on hydrolysis.</p><p>The nucleophilic substitution of haloarenes such as chlorobenzene requires drastic conditions for conversion to phenol so chlorobenzene will not be converted to phenol on heating with NaOH at 298K / 1atm.</p>

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