The periodic table has a lot of different properties in how it is presented, one of these, is that the elements are separated in blocks by their properties.
From its position in the table, we can see that the correct option is d) metals.
The general way of knowing if an element is a metal or not, is to look if it is the D block in the periodic table.
This block contains all the transition metals (not all the metals) but every element in it is a metal. If we look for the mercury, we can see that it is in block D, just next to gold (Au).
Just from this, we can conclude that mercury is a metal, so the correct option is d.
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