Agriculture Statistics Objective Questions
MCQ
1. Which measure of central tendency is
especially suited in the field of business?
(A) Median (B) Arithmetic mean
(C) Harmonic mean (D) Mode✓
2. Unitless measure of dispersion is–
(A) Standard deviation (B) Mean deviation
(C) Range (D) CV✓
3. The hypothesis of no difference is known
as–
(A) Simple hypothesis (B) Null hypothesis✓
(C) Composite hypothesis (D) Alternative
hypothesis
4. How many treatments can be adopted for
LSD–
(A) 5 to 8 (B) 5 to 12
(C) Both (A) & (B)✓ (D) Not estimated
5. The completely randomized design is
appropriate when the experimental material is–
(A) Limited and homogenous✓ (B)
Unlimited and heterogeneous
(C) Limited and heterogeneous (D) Unlimited
and homogenous
6. When the fertility gradient of the field is in
one direction, which design is appropriate–
(A) CRD (B) LSD
(C) RBD✓ (D) SPD
7. The principle of making use of greater
homogeneity in groups of experimental units
to reduce experimental error is .referred as
(A) Replication (B) Randomization
(C) Local control✓ (D) None of these
8. The range of multiple correlation
coefficients lies between–
(A) 0 to + 1✓ (B) -1 to + 1
(C) 0 to 00 (D) - 00 to + 00
9. The repetition of the treatment under
investigation is known as–
(A) Randomization (B) Replication✓
(C) Local control (D) None of these
10. Select the most appropriate design when
all factors are not of equal importance in
experimentation–
(A) Augmented (B) Strip plot design
(C) LSD (D) Split plot design✓
11. The range of correlation coefficient lies
between–
(A) -1 to + 1✓ (B) 0 to 1
(C) 0 to 00 (D) 0 to 100
12. Indian Agricultural Statistical Research
Institute is established at
(A) Lucknow (B) Jaipur
(C) New Delhi✓ (D) Kolkata
13. The accuracy or a measurement signifies
the closeness with which an estimate
approaches the–
(A) True value✓ (B) Average value
(C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of these
14. Which design is most appropriate for
laboratory experiments?
(A) CRBD (B) CRD
(C) LSD✓ (D) Factorial RBD
15. Which test is applied for the test of
significance between the two variances–
(A) t-test (B) z-test
(C) X2- test (D) F- test✓
16. A measure of the peakedness or convexity
of a curve is known as–
(A) Skewness (B) Kurtosis✓
(C) Ogive (D) Histogram
17. When the experimental material is very
less and the number of genotypes are very
large, which design is most suited–
(A) Split plot design (B) LSD
(C) RED (D) Augmented design✓
18. The R rank correlation was suggested by–
(A) James Bernoulli (B) SD Poisson
(C) C Spearman✓ (D) Laplace and Gauss
19. The correlation coefficient remains
unaffected by the change of–
(A) Origin (B) Scale
(C) Both (A) & (B)✓ (D) None of these
20. For X2 test no theoretical cell frequency
should be small, it should be at least–
(A) 2 (B) 5✓
(C) 8 (D) 12
21. The minimum error degree of freedom
should be at least–
(A) 6 (B) 12✓
(C) 18 (D) 20
22. The ogive is a method of–
(A) Diagrammatic representation (B)
Graphical representation✓
(C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of these
23. The non-parametric test used for two
independent samples is–
(A) t-test (B) z - test
(C) F - test (D) Mann - Whitney U - test✓
24. The variation due to uncontrolled factors is
spoken as–
(A) Standard error (B) Experimental error✓
(C) Treatment effects (D) All of these
25. Comparison of several independent
samples is tested by–
(A) Quade test (B) Friedmann test
(C) Wilcoxon Signed-rank test (D) Kruskal-
Wallis H test✓
26. If there are 5 treatments with 4 replication
to each, the error degree of freedom for C R D
will be–
(A) 15✓ (B) 20
(C) 12 (D) 9
27. When the value of the correlation
coefficient is then two variables are
(A) Uncorrelated (B) Partially correlated
(C) Perfectly correlated✓ (D) Highly
Correlated
28. Which measure of central tendency is
appropriate for index numbers?
(A) Harmonic mean (B) Arithmetic mean
(C) Mode (D) Geometric mean✓
29. Crop cutting survey on sugarcane
recommended the plot size for estimation of
crop yield is–
(A) 20 m x 10 m (B) 10 m x 10 m
(C) 10 m x 5 m (D) 5 m x 5 m✓
30. If there are 6 levels of moisture regime and
6 replications each, the error degree of
freedom for LSD will be–
(A) 25 (B) 35
(C) 36 (D) 20✓
31. For test of goodness of fit, which statistical
test is applied–
(A) X 2_ test✓ (B) F - test
(C) z - test (D) ~ - test
32. In confounding, generally which order of
interactions is confounded–
(A) Lower order (B) First order
(C) Higher order✓ (D) All of these
33. Student's t-test is used when the sample
size is and population standard deviation is not
known–
(A) Large (B) Small✓
(C) Both (D) None of these
34. The statistical procedure for estimating
whether the difference under study is
significant or non-significant is known as–
(A) Test of significance✓ (B) Standard error
(C) Level of significance (D) Sampling
35. A normal distribution is due to the work
of–
(A) James Bernoulli (B) SD Poisson
(C) Laplace and Gauss (D) Demoivre✓
36. The square of the standard deviation is
known as the–
(A) Variance✓ (B) Standard deviation
(C) Mean deviation (D) Coefficient of
variance
37. Indian Livestock after every Census is
conducted–
(A) 2 years (B) 5 years✓
(C) 10 years (D) 20 years
38. The critical difference (CD) is a form of t-
test and its formula is given by–
(A) CD=t.SE(D)✓ (B) CD=t+SE(D)
(C) CD=t/SE(D) (D) CD=F.SE(D)
39. The X2 (chi-square) test for goodness of
fit and independence of attributes come under–
(A) Parametric tests (B) Non - parametric
test✓
(C) Both (A) and (B) (D) Not classified
40. When we want to conduct an experiment
on a long strip of land, which design will be
preferred–
(A) RBD (B) CRD
(C) SPD (D) LSD✓
41. The curves which are very highly peaked
and have a value of b2 > 3 are called–
(A) Mesokurtic (B) Leptokurtic✓
(C) Platykurtic (D) All of these
42. If all the variate values are the same (e.g.
8,8,8), the standard deviation will be–
(A) 4 (B) 8
(C) 16 (D) 0✓
43. Which measure of central tendency is
applied for calculation of regression and
correlation coefficient?
(A) Arithmetic mean✓ (B) Mode
(C) Median (D) Geometric mean
44. When statistics are used in plural sense it
means–
(A) Statistical methods (B) Collect
statistics✓
(C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of the these
45. Who is considered as father of statistics?

(A) RA Fisher✓ (B) Pearson

(C) AL Bowley (D) Boddington

46. When we want an average of rates of

change or ratios or index numbers, which
measure of central tendency is suitable–

(A) Geometric mean✓ (B) Mode

(C) Arithmetic mean (D) Median

47. Which type of average would be suitable

to calculate the size of agricultural holding–

(A) Mode✓ (B) Median

(C) Weighted HM (D) Weighed AM

48. The intelligence, ability, or efficiency can

be measured by the use of–

(A) Median✓ (B) Mode

(C) Weighted HM (D) Geometric mean

49. The geometric mean of a given series is

always less than its–
(A) Harmonic mean (B) Weighted mean

(C) Arithmetic mean✓ (D) Weighed

harmonic mean

50. The variance is the square of

(A) Mean deviation (B) Standard

deviation✓
(C) Range (D) Correlation