Helium is a chemical ELEMENT of the family of noble gases. Its chemical symbol is 'He' which has an atomic number of 2. It is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic, inert, monatomic gas, the first in the noble gas group in the periodic table. Although it doesn't really react under normal conditions, it is the second most abundant element in the universe.
Elements are pure substances that cannot be broken down any further.

The element having valency of 1 is ~
Answer : The correct option is A.
Explanation :
Metalloid : Metaloids are the elements whose properties lie between the metals and non-metals.
There are six commonly elements which are boron, silicon, germanium, arsenic, antimony and tellurium. The rare elements are polonium and astatine.
The relation between the group number and period number of metalloid is that the lower the group number, the lower the period numbers and the metalloids are found in a diagonal moving down from left to right in the periodic table.