In a vertical bar graph, the category of data and the frequencies are plotted on the coordinate axis, respectively -

vertical axis and horizontal axis

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The correct option is B horizontal axis and vertical axis
In a vertical bar graph, the category of data and the frequencies are plotted on the coordinate axis, respectively horizontal axis and vertical axis.

Example: The following bar graph represents the type of pets adopted by different persons in a town.

Here the category of the data set is the type of pets. It is plotted on the horizontal axis.

The frequency is the number of each type of pet adopted by different people, plotted on the vertical axis.

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In a bar graph, the heights of the bars are proportional to the respective frequencies of the different categories.

(a)	Plot the data points.
(b)	Connect the data points with straight lines.
(c)	Use a kink if actual data is far away from the starting value zero.
(d)	Determine the independent and dependent variables.
(e)	Choose the horizontal and vertical axis scale depending upon the minimum and maximum value of the independent and dependent variables, respectively.
(f)	Set the independent variable on the horizontal axis and the dependent variable on the vertical axis with appropriate units.

The chart which shows the comparison between categories of data with only vertical bars can be considered as bar graphs.

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