A histogram is a pictorial representation of the grouped data in which class intervals and frequency are respectively taken along:

vertical axis and horizontal axis

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horizontal axis only

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vertical axis only

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horizontal and vertical axes

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Solution

The correct option is D
horizontal and vertical axes

Explanation for correct answer:
(d) In the histogram graph, the horizontal X-axis is always chosen as the class-interval and the vertical Y-axis is choose as frequency of the given data.
Explanation for incorrect answer:
(a) The vertical Y-axis is chosen for the depiction of frequency and horizontal X-axis is for the class-interval. So, the reverse cannot be true.
(b) The horizontal axis only depicts the class-interval.
(c) The vertical axis only depicts the frequency of the given data.
Hence, option (d) is correct.

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A histogram, is a pictorial representation of the grouped data in which class intervals and frequency are respectively taken along

(a) vertical axis and horizontal axis

(b) vertical axis only

(d) horizontal axis and vertical axis

Question 57

In a histogram, class intervals and frequencies are taken along ___ axis and ___ axis.

The time taken, in seconds, to solve a problem by each of 25 pupils is as follows:

16, 20, 26, 27, 28, 30, 33, 37, 38, 40, 42, 43, 46, 46, 46, 48, 49, 50, 53 ,58, 59, 60, 64, 52, 20

(a) Constuct a frequency distibution fof these data, using a class interval of 10 seconds.

(b) Draw a histogram to represent the frequency distribution .

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