Organizer: Department of Statistics, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat (Re-Accredited ‘B++ 2.86 CGPA by NAAC).
Online Quiz as a part of the National Statistics Day Celebration on the 29th June 2025.
About the Quiz
- Senior Level: Students of UG and PG course (2025-26) Quiz National Statistics Day Certificate.
- Syllabus: Probability distributions, Testing of hypotheses, Estimation theory, Design of Experiments, Correlation-Regression analysis, Numerical Methods, Sampling Technique, Time Series Analysis, Index Numbers, Operations Research and Statistical Quality Control.
- No Registration fees.
- All 30 questions are compulsory.
- On successful completion of the Quiz, participants scoring 50% and above will receive an e-certificate through e-mail address.
- Event Date: 29th June 2025 (12.00 am to 12.00 pm).
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Non-sampling error is due to:
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Probability
Sample size
Randomness
Human error or instrument error
Which of the following is a positional average?
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Standard deviation
Variance
Mean
Median
Analysis of variance utilizes:
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Chi-square distribution
Z-distribution
F-distribution
t-distribution
A family of parametric distribution in which mean is equal to variance is:
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Binomial distribution
Gamma distribution
Poisson distribution
Normal distribution
Which index number method satisfies both time reversal and factor reversal tests?
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Fisher’s Ideal
Laspeyres
Marshall-Edgeworth
Paasche
Which institution was founded by Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis?
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Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)
Indian Statistical Institute (ISI)
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Which Indian statistician was associated with the Second Five-Year Plan?
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V.K.R.V. Rao
D.R. Gadgil
Mahalanobis
Amartya Sen
If r = 0, the lines of regression are:
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Coincident
Perpendicular to each other
equal
Parallel
Which is not a characteristic of a good measure of central tendency?
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Rigidly defined
Easy to understand
Affected by extreme values
Based on all observations
When total supply is equal to total demand in a transportation problem, the problem is said to be:
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Optimum
Degenerate
Balanced
Unbalanced
Who is known as the ‘Father of Indian Statistics’?
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D.S. Kothari
P.C. Mahalanobis
C.R. Rao
S. Chandrasekhar
In usual notations, a solution to the linear programming problem is said to be a basic feasible solution if it has __ positive variables.
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m-n
m+n
n
m
Which agency conducts periodic sample surveys in India?
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Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)
In hypothesis testing, the p-value is the:
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Margin of error
Critical value
Probability of observed data under null hypothesis
Test statistic
If r = 1, the variables are:
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Not related
Negatively correlated
Independent
Positively perfectly correlated
A distribution with only two outcomes (success/failure) follows:
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Binomial distribution
Normal distribution
Poisson distribution
Uniform distribution
Which test is used to compare two sample means?
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z-test
t-test
F-test
ANOVA
The mean of 100 observations is 40. The sum of all observations is:
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500
4,000
400
40
The hypothesis under which distribution of the population is completely known:
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Null hypothesis
Alternative hypothesis
Simple hypothesis
Composite hypothesis
Which of the following is not a sampling technique?
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Frequency sampling
Cluster sampling
Systematic sampling
Simple random sampling
If an event is certain, its probability is:
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1
-1
0
0.5
Central Limit Theorem is important because it states that:
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Samples are always equal
Sample mean approximates population mean
Population is always normal
None of the above
Most of the non-parametric methods utilize measurements on:
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Interval scale
Ordinal scale
Ratio scale
Nominal scale
If the expected value of an estimator is not equal to its parametric function then it is said to be a:
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Unbiased estimator
Consistent estimator
Sufficient statistic
Biased estimator
Which of the following is a continuous variable?
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Height
Type of vehicle
Shoe size
Number of children
Statistics is the science of:
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Logical reasoning
Qualitative analysis
Financial accounting
Data collection, analysis, and interpretation
The degree of freedom in a 2×2 table is:
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1
2
3
4
The standard error decreases as:
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Mean increases
Sample size increases
Sample size decreases
Variance increases
Stratified sampling is:
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Convenience sampling
Sampling by categories
Random sampling
Quota-based sampling
The area under the standard normal curve beyond the lines z = + or – 1.96 is:
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10%
5%
90%
95%