Justify the position of Hydrogen in the periodic table

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Solution

Atomic number of hydrogen is $1$ .

So, a hydrogen atom has only one electron in the valence shell. Elements belonging to group $1$ have $1$ valence electron.

Elements having only $1$ shell belong to the first period.

Therefore, Hydrogen belongs to the first group and first period of the periodic table

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