Question

(a) The following table gives the number of children grouped according to their favourite subjects :

Draw a bar graph using a suitable scale. [4 MARKS]

$\begin{array}{cc}\text{Subject}& \text{No.of Children}\\ \text{English}& 32\\ \text{Hindi}& 18\\ \text{Mathematics}& 28\\ \text{Science}& 40\\ \text{History}& 36\\ \text{Geography}& 26\end{array}$

(b) According to the graph, in which month is the number of people attending mass prayers maximum and in which month is the number of people attending lunch minimum?

Answer 1

Each part: 2 Marks

(a) Scale: x axis - Subjects
y axis - Number of children; 1 cm = 5 units

Bar graph :




(b)

As seen from the graph, the month in which the maximum number of people attended the mass prayer is in April because the blue bar is longest for the month of April. Similarly, the month in which the minimum number of people attended lunch is in March because the orange bar is shortest for the month of March.