Question

Chalcogens are the elements of Group ___________

(a) 18

(b) 16

(c) 12

(d) 2

I got this question in unit test.

Asked question is from Electronic Configurations and Types of Elements: s, p, d and f Blocks in division Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties of Chemistry – Class 11

Answer 1

Right answer is (b) 16

To explain: Group 16 consists of elements that belong to chalcogens also known as the oxygen family. The elements of this group are oxygen (O), sulfur (S), selenium (Se), tellurium (Te), and Polonium (Po). They are called so because they are mostly found in earth’s crust.