Correct option is A
Marks of 16 students:
0, 0, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8
Concept used (if any):
The mode is the value that occurs most frequently in a data set.
Solution:
Count the frequency of each mark:
- 0 → 2 times
- 2 → 2 times
- 3 → 3 times
- 4 → 1 time
- 5 → 4 times
- 6 → 2 times
- 7 → 1 time
- 8 → 1 time
The highest frequency is 4, and it occurs at mark 5.
Correct answer is (a) 5.