Question

In a class, the teacher asks the students to name few scientists. The names that students told were -
Einstein, Newton, Einstein, Faraday, Tesla, Hawking, Einstein, Tesla, Tesla, Faraday, Einstein.
Which name has the highest frequency?

• A. Einstein
• B. Tesla
• C. Newton
• D. Hawking

Answer 1

The correct option is A

Einstein

$$\begin{array}{cc}ScientistName& Frequency\\ Hawking& 1\\ Einstein& 4\\ Newton& 1\\ Tesla& 3\\ Faraday& 2\end{array}$$

From the above frequnecy table, we find that the maximum frequency is 4 which corresponds to Einstein.

Hence, Einstein is the name whose frequency is the highest.