Question

The following data gives the amount of loans (in crores of rupees) disbursed by a bank during some years:

Year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
Loan (in crores of rupees)	28	33	55	55	80

(i) Represent the above data with the help of a bar graph.
(ii) With the help of the bar graph, indicate the year in which amount of loan is not increased over that of the preceding year.

Answer 1

1. Mark the horizontal axis OX as “Years” and the vertical axis OY as “Loan (in crores of rupees)”.

2. Along the horizontal axis OX, choose bars of uniform (equal) width, with a uniform gap between them.

3. Choose a suitable scale to determine the heights of the bars, according to the space available for the graph. Here, we choose 1 big division to represent 10 crore of rupees.

In 1995, the loan amount was not increased over that of the preceding year.