The reaction : Acetoacetyl CoA + succinate → succinyl CoA+acetoacetate occurs in all of the following except: (A) Brain, (B) Striated muscle, (C) Liver, (D) Cardiac muscle
Answer is C. Liver

The first reaction in use of ketone bodies is activation of acetoacetate.
Liver lacks the enzyme CoA transferase; hence cannot utilize ketone bodies.