Asgiven,electronicconfigurationofvalenceshell(outermostshell)is5s25p4..thatmeansprinciplequantumnumberofvalenceshellis5..Asweknow,principlequantumnumberofvalenceshellshowsthe′period′ofthatelementinperiodictable..Henceperiodoftheelementis5Astherearetotal6electronsinvalenceshelloritsimilartogeneralvalenceshellconfigurationofgroup16i.e.ns2np4,henceitsgroupis16..elementcorrespondtoperiod5andgroup16