Where should hydrogen be placed in the modern periodic table? Give reason for your answer.
Where should hydrogen be placed in the modern periodic table? Give reason for your answer.

Hydrogen is placed at the topmost position of the periodic table because it resembles the properties of both alkali metals and halogens each. But it is placed in first group above the alkali metals in the modern periodic table because its electronic configuration is similar to that of alkali metals which are placed in 1st group. As the size is small, it exhibits different properties than of alkali metals.