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Arrange the following in the order asked.

Increasing order of basic strength: Aniline, p – nitroaniline and p – toluidine.

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Order, first to last: p-nitroaniline, Aniline, p-toluidine

p-nitroaniline < Aniline < p-toluidine Because the $-\mathrm{NO_2}$ group withdraws electrons and lowers the availability of the lone pair, while the $-\mathrm{CH_3}$ group donates electrons and raises it.
Aniline

From ISC 2018 Specimen Chemistry Paper 1, question 14(a).