Bar Diagrams

Q. A survey of 120 school students was done to find which activity they prefer to do in their free time. Draw a bar graph to illustrate the given data. Which activity is preferred by most of the students other than playing?
$\begin{array}{cc}\text{Preferred activity}& 45\\ \text{Reading story books}& 30\\ \text{Watching TV}& 20\\ \text{Listening to music}& 10\\ \text{Painting}& 15\end{array}$
[3 marks]
[NCERT- Ex 9.4 Q1]
[Bar Graph]

Q.

In bar graphs, the bars can only be drawn horizontally.

1. False

2. True

Q.

In a bar graph, bars have uniform width and spacing between them.

1. False

2. True

Q. The information represented by a bar graph can never be represented by a pictograph.

1. True
2. False

Q.

What is the other name for bar diagrams?

1. Column graphs

2. Row graphs

3. Line graphs

4. Pie graphs

Q. A___________ is a chart that uses bars to show comparisons between categories of data.

1. line graph
2. pie graph
3. bar graph
4. pictograph

Q. Which dimension of the bar in the bar graph gives the required information?

1. none of these
2. length
3. number of bars
4. width

Q. Spaces between the rectangles in a bar graph are always __________.

1. unequal
2. distinct
3. equal
4. zero

Q. The following bar graph shows the number of students in classes v to xii. The number of students in class vi is 50.

1. False
2. True

Q. The following bar graph shows the number of students in classes v to xii. The total number of students in class v to vii is 140.

1. False
2. True