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Element "E" belongs to the period 4 and group 16 of the periodic table. The valence shell electron configuration of the element, which is just above "E" in the group is

Option: 1

\mathrm{3 s^{2}, 3 p^{4}}


Option: 2

3 \mathrm{d}^{10}, 4 \mathrm{s}^{2}, 4 \mathrm{p}^{4}


Option: 3

4 \mathrm{d}^{10}, 5 \mathrm{s}^{2}, 5 \mathrm{p}^{4}


Option: 4

\mathrm{2 s^{2}, 2 p^{4}}


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The element "E" will be Se (Selenium), it belongs to the period 4 and group 16 of the periodic table.

Just above Se, S (sulfur) is present. The valence shell electronic configuration of Sulfur  is \mathrm{3 s^{2}, 3 p^{4}}

Hence, Option (1) is correct

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