Assertion: Ethanol is weaker acid than phenol. Reason: Sodium ethoxide may be prepared by the reaction of ethanol with aqueous NaOH.

Assertion and reason both are correct and the reason is correct explanation of the assertion. Assertion and reason are both incorrect. Assertion is correct but the reason is incorrect. Both assertion and reason are correct but the reason is not the correct explanation for the assertion.

Assertion is correct but the reason is incorrect.

Reason: Phenoxide ion is stabilized by resonance but ethoxide ion is not stabilized by resonance. Sodium ethoxide can be prepared by reaction of ethanol with sodium.