State true or false.
In the modern periodic table, metals are arranged on the leftmost side of the table and the rightmost side of the table contains non-metals.

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is A True
Metals like Na, Mg are towards the left-hand side of the periodic table while non-metals like sulphur (S) and chlorine (Cl) are arranged on the right-hand side of the periodic table.

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