Question

The following table shows the imports (in thousand crore rupees) made by India over the last five years. Draw a bar graph to represent this data.

Year	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Imports (in thousand crore rupees)	148	176	204	232	180

Answer 1

We can draw the bar graph by following steps:

Step 1.- On a graph paper, draw a horizontal line OX as x-axis and vertical line OY as y-axis.

Step 2.- Along OX, write the years at the points that are taken at a uniform gap.

Step 3.- Choose the scale:
1 big division = 20 thousand crore rupees
1 small division = 2 thousand crore rupees

Step 4.- Heights of the various bars:
2001−02 = 74 small divisions = 7 big divisions and 4 small divisions
2002−03 = 88 small divisions = 8 big divisions and 8 small divisions
2003−04 = 102 small divisions = 10 big divisions and 2 small divisions
2004−05 = 116 small divisions = 11 big divisions and 6 small divisions
2005−06 = 90 small divisions = 9 big divisions

Step 5.- Draw bars of equal width on the x-axis. The difference between the two bars should also be the same.

We get the following bar graph: