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Oxygen generally exhibits an oxidation state of -2 only while the other members of the group show oxidation states of +2, +4 and +6 also - explain.

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`to` Oxygen exhibits -2 oxidation state due to its high electronegativity. The tendency of exhibiting -2 oxidation state decrease down the group.
`to` Due to decrease of electronegativity down the group the other elements exhibit +2, +4 and +6 oxidation states also.
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