Question
Groups and Periods of Modern Periodic Table

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(i) Vertical columns of elements in the Modern Periodic table are called Groups.(i) Horizontal rows of elements in the Modern Periodic table are called periods.
(ii) There are 18 groups in the Modern Periodic table.(ii) There are 7 periods in the Modern Periodic table.
(iii) The group number indicates the valence electrons in the outermost shell.(iii) The period number indicates the number of shells in the atoms of an element.
(iv) The elements in the same group have similar chemical properties.(iv) The elements in a period exhibit gradual change in properties from left to right.

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