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(a) Name an alkali metal other than lithium, sodium and potassium.
(b) Name an alkaline earth metals other than calcium, strontium and barium.
(c) Name one halogen other than chlorine, bromine and iodine.
(d) Name a non-metal having properties similar to carbon.
(e) Name a rare gas other than neon, krypton and xenon.

(a) Rubidium
(b) Magnesium
(c) Fluorine
(d) Silicon
(e) Argon.

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