Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Applied Mathematics - Section B2

Chapter

Index Numbers and Time Based Data

Question:

The assumed hypothesis which is tested for rejection considering it to be true is called

Options:

Null hypothesis

True hypothesis

Alternative hypothesis

Simple hypothesis

Correct Answer:

Null hypothesis

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) → Null hypothesis

The null hypothesis (denoted as $H_o$) is the assumption or statement that is tested in a statistical hypothesis test.