In the modern periodic table, the elements are arranged on the basis of their increasing atomic number.

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Elements, when arranged in order of increasing atomic number Z, lead us to the classification known as the modern periodic table. The chemical and physical properties of the elements recur periodically when the elements are arranged in the order of their atomic numbers.

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Which of the following statement is correct in regard to the classification of elements?

(a) Elements in the modern periodic table are arranged on the basis of increasing atomic numbers

(b) Elements in Mendeleev’s periodic table are arranged on the basis of increasing atomic numbers

(c) In the modern periodic table, the element nickel of lower atomic mass is kept before the element cobalt of higher atomic mass.

(d) In the modern periodic table, the isotopes of chlorine having different atomic masses are kept in the same group.

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