Consider the given chemical reaction sequence:
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Total sum of oxygen atoms in Product $A$ and Product $B$ are .........

Given below are two statements:
Statement $I$: The acidic strength of monosubstituted nitrophenol is higher than phenol because of the electron-withdrawing nitro group.
Statement $II$: $o$-nitrophenol,$m$-nitrophenol,and $p$-nitrophenol will have the same acidic strength as they have one nitro group attached to the phenolic ring.
In the light of the above statements,choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Phenol $\xrightarrow{Zn \, \text{dust}} X$ $\xrightarrow[Anhyd. \, AlCl_3]{CH_3Cl} Y$ $\xrightarrow{\text{Alkaline } KMnO_4} Z$. In the above reaction,what is $Z$?

The major product of the following reaction is:

The compound obtained by heating salicylic acid with phenol in the presence of phosphorus oxychloride $(POCl_3)$ is