Most scientific questions are developed from Observations.
The metalloids are Boron, Silicon, Geranium, etc and are found to the right of the metals and the left of the nonmetals. Since that is not an option, the best choice would be: The metalloids are located below nonmetals and above metals within a group.
KMnO4 has the incorrect set of oxidation numbers. Whenever there is an alkali metal, it has an oxidation number of +1. As you can see, K is said to have an oxidation number of +2, so it is incorrect.
