Nitration is an electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction. The +M effect increases the rate of nitration whereas the −M effect decreases the rate of nitration.
−NO2(−M),−Br(+Mbutdominant−I)and−CH3(+H)

−NO2 is strongly deactivating
−Br, deactivating
−CH3, activating group
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