Given below are two statements :
Statement (I): Oxygen being the first member of group 16 exhibits only -2 oxidation state.
Statement (II) : Down the group 16 stability of +4 oxidation state decreases and +6 oxidation state increases.
choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below
is correct but Statement II is incorrect.
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Statement-I is incorrect as along with -2 oxidation state, oxygen can also have 
and +2 oxidation states in 
and 
respectively. Statement-II is also incorrect as down the group stability for +4 oxidation state increases and +6 oxidation state decreases due to inert pair effect.
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