Why oxidation of a ketone gives carboxylic acid(s) with less number of carbon atoms?

Which on oxidation will not give a carboxylic acid with the same number of carbon atoms?

Which of the following alcohols on oxidation give carboxylic acid with lasser number of carbon atoms?

Palmitic acid contains - number of carbon atoms

(A) Melting point of carboxylic acids with even number of carbon atoms is higher than the next higher or lower carboxylic acid with odd number of carbon atoms. (R) Carboxylic acid with even number of carbon atoms fit closely in the crystal lattice as compared to acids with odd number of carbon atoms.

The oxidation number of carbon is zero is

The first oxidation product of the following alcohol is a ketone with the same number of carbon atoms

Number of protons in the nucleus of carbon atom is

Number of protons in the nucleus of carbon atom is

Number of protons in the nucleus of carbon atom is