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In any reaction mechanism the no. of activated complexes showing maxima of potential energies is the no. of steps in that mechanism and in between these maxima is a valley where lies a more stable intermediate. There is one reaction intermediate lying at valley of two maxima representing two steps. E_afor first step should be higher than second step as first is slow step. These requirements fulfilled by choice (ii) & not choice (i) the choice (iv) is not possible because that is for endothermic reaction$\left(\Delta \text{H}+\text{ve}\right)$& (ii) is single step equation so not possible.