Intramolecular Cannizzaro reaction product I came across the following question :



My reasoning was as follows :

It can't be option (c) because there is no chance of losing a carbon during Cannizzaro's reaction
It can't be option (b) because basically option (c) gives (b) finally
It can't be option (a) or option (d) because we can't have all carb acid groups or all alcohol groups. we need a combination of both.

So, are the options wrong?
Your reasoning is correct and the problem is with the publisher as they made  a mistake while compiling these previous year questions.
I found out the original 2003 question paper(pdf). The question you mentioned had the following options:

It is clear form the options that the answer is C(which is the product you expected) which can also be confirmed by the key attached at the end of the pdf.