National Statistics Day is observed in India on 29 June, the birth anniversary of
- A.P. C. Mahalanobis
- B.C. R. Rao
- C.Srinivasa Ramanujan
- D.Satyendra Nath Bose
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, P. C. Mahalanobis. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis founded the Indian Statistical Institute, gave statistics the measure known as the Mahalanobis distance and shaped the model used in the Second Five Year Plan, and the Government of India keeps his birthday as Statistics Day.
Option B, C. R. Rao, was a statistician of the same institute and of great distinction, which makes him the strongest distractor in this question, but the day is not his. Option C, Srinivasa Ramanujan, is honoured on 22 December, which is observed as National Mathematics Day, a pairing examiners like to set against this one. Option D, Satyendra Nath Bose, was a physicist known for Bose-Einstein statistics, a name that sounds close enough to mislead. Learn the two Indian science days together: 29 June for statistics and 22 December for mathematics.
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