Question

The following table shows the interest paid by India (in thousand crore rupees) on external debts during the period 1998-99 to 2002-03. Represent the data by a bar graph.

Year	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03
Interest (in thousand crore rupees)	70	84	98	106	120

Answer 1

We can draw the bar graph by following the given 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 = 10 thousand crore rupees
1 small division = 1 thousand crore rupees

Step 4.- Heights of the various bars:
1998−99 = 70 small divisions = 7 big divisions
1999−2000 = 84 small divisions = 8 big divisions and 4 small divisions
2000−2001 = 98 small divisions = 9 big divisions and 8 small divisions
2001−2002 = 106 small divisions = 10 big divisions and 6 small divisions
2002−2003 = 120 small divisions = 12 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: