Indian Mathematical Methods and Data Science

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Which ancient Indian mathematician is credited with developing the concept of zero?

  1. Aryabhata

  2. Bhaskara II

  3. Brahmagupta

  4. Srinivasa Ramanujan


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Brahmagupta, an Indian mathematician and astronomer, is credited with developing the concept of zero in the 7th century.

What is the name of the Indian mathematical treatise written by Aryabhata in the 5th century?

  1. Aryabhatiya

  2. Surya Siddhanta

  3. Panchasiddhantika

  4. Lilavati


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Aryabhatiya is a seminal work by Aryabhata that covers various topics in mathematics, astronomy, and astrology.

Which Indian mathematician developed the Fibonacci sequence?

  1. Aryabhata

  2. Bhaskara II

  3. Brahmagupta

  4. Srinivasa Ramanujan


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Bhaskara II, also known as Bhaskaracharya, developed the Fibonacci sequence in the 12th century.

What is the name of the Indian mathematical text written by Lilavati in the 12th century?

  1. Aryabhatiya

  2. Surya Siddhanta

  3. Panchasiddhantika

  4. Lilavati


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Lilavati is a mathematical treatise written by Lilavati, the daughter of Bhaskara II, in the 12th century.

Which Indian mathematician is known for his contributions to number theory and Diophantine equations?

  1. Aryabhata

  2. Bhaskara II

  3. Brahmagupta

  4. Srinivasa Ramanujan


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Srinivasa Ramanujan, a self-taught Indian mathematician, made significant contributions to number theory and Diophantine equations in the early 20th century.

What is the name of the Indian statistical method used for data analysis and decision-making?

  1. Mahalanobis distance

  2. Neyman-Pearson lemma

  3. Student's t-test

  4. Chi-squared test


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Mahalanobis distance is a statistical method developed by P. C. Mahalanobis in the 1930s for data analysis and decision-making.

Which Indian mathematician developed the concept of the discriminant in discriminant analysis?

  1. Aryabhata

  2. Bhaskara II

  3. Brahmagupta

  4. R. A. Fisher


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

R. A. Fisher, a British statistician, developed the concept of the discriminant in discriminant analysis.

What is the name of the Indian data mining algorithm used for clustering data points?

  1. K-means clustering

  2. Hierarchical clustering

  3. DBSCAN

  4. BIRCH


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

BIRCH (Balanced Iterative Reducing and Clustering using Hierarchies) is a data mining algorithm developed by T. Zhang, R. Ramakrishnan, and M. Livny in the 1990s for clustering data points.

Which Indian mathematician is known for his work on the theory of large deviations?

  1. Aryabhata

  2. Bhaskara II

  3. Brahmagupta

  4. Srinivasa Varadhan


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Srinivasa Varadhan, an Indian-American mathematician, made significant contributions to the theory of large deviations in the 1960s and 1970s.

What is the name of the Indian statistical method used for hypothesis testing?

  1. Neyman-Pearson lemma

  2. Student's t-test

  3. Chi-squared test

  4. ANOVA


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Neyman-Pearson lemma is a statistical method developed by Jerzy Neyman and Egon Pearson in the 1930s for hypothesis testing.

Which Indian mathematician is known for his work on the theory of probability?

  1. Aryabhata

  2. Bhaskara II

  3. Brahmagupta

  4. C. R. Rao


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

C. R. Rao, an Indian statistician, made significant contributions to the theory of probability in the 20th century.

What is the name of the Indian statistical method used for analyzing contingency tables?

  1. Chi-squared test

  2. Fisher's exact test

  3. Yates' correction

  4. McNemar's test


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Chi-squared test is a statistical method developed by Karl Pearson in the early 20th century for analyzing contingency tables.

Which Indian mathematician is known for his work on the theory of estimation?

  1. Aryabhata

  2. Bhaskara II

  3. Brahmagupta

  4. R. A. Fisher


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

R. A. Fisher, a British statistician, made significant contributions to the theory of estimation in the 20th century.

What is the name of the Indian statistical method used for analyzing time series data?

  1. Autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA)

  2. Exponential smoothing

  3. Holt-Winters method

  4. Box-Jenkins method


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Box-Jenkins method is a statistical method developed by George Box and Gwilym Jenkins in the 1970s for analyzing time series data.

Which Indian mathematician is known for his work on the theory of optimization?

  1. Aryabhata

  2. Bhaskara II

  3. Brahmagupta

  4. Narayana Pandita


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Narayana Pandita, an Indian mathematician, made significant contributions to the theory of optimization in the 14th century.

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