Question

Alkaline earth metals belong to:

• A. Group $1$
• B. Group $2$
• C. Group $13$
• D. Group $17$

Answer 1

The correct option is B Group $2$

Alkaline earth metals are placed in group $2$ of modern periodic table and belong to s-block. It comprises of six elements: $Be,Mg,Ca,Sr,Ba$ and $Ra$.