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Q1. The acid which contains both \( -O H \) and \( - \) COOH groups is:
Answer: salicylic acid
Salicylic acid is 2-hydroxybenzoic acid, so it contains both a phenolic –OH group and a –COOH group. The other options are either dicarboxylic acids or do not have both functional groups together.