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The functional group which always occurs in the middle of a carbon chain is :
(a) alcohol group (b) aldehyde group (c) carboxyl group (d) ketone group

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(d) ketone group
The ketone group $(- C O -)$ , with the general formula $R_{1} - O | | C - R_{2}$ , is always present in the middle of a carbon chain.

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