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2.                                                Answer in One Word or a Line
                               Scale: 1 unit = 50 students        1.  Bar graph helps us to compare the values of given data
               550                                                  quickly. The longest bar represents the maximum number
               500
                                                                    (frequency) and the shortest bar the minimum number
               450                                                2.  The height of the bar represents the number, i.e., frequency
                                                                    (frequency) corresponding to the given item.
               Number of students  350                              corresponding  to  the  given  item  and  its  width  has  no
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               300
               250
                                                                    significance.
                   200                                            3.  Data  collected  directly  from  the  source  by  the  person
               150
                100                                                 himself is called primary data.
                50                                                4.  Data collected by someone else, i.e., not by the person
                 0                                                  himself is called secondary data. Same data can be primary
                     2002–  2003–  2004–  2005–  2006–  2006–
                      03    04    05    06    07   07               for one and secondary for the other.
              3.                     Years                        5.  Yes, the height of the bars can vary depending on the
                                                                    scales chosen.
                                Scale: 1 unit = 100
             1000                                               Let’s Evaluate       Tally marks   Frequency
              900
             Literacy rate per thousand  700                               1                       10
                                                                  1.
                                                                         Score
              800
                                                                                                       4
                                                                           2
              600

              500
                                                                           3
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                                                                                                       3
              400
                                                                           4
                                                                                            
              300
                                                                                        
              200
                                                                                                       3
              100                                                          5                       6
                                                                           6
                                                                                                       4
                0
                     M.P.   Bihar  Mizoram  U.P.  Kerala            (a) Score 2 has occurred the maximum number of times.
                                   State                            (b) Score 3 and 5 have occurred the minimum number
                    State having highest literacy rate is Kerala.      of times.

                                                                  2.   Height (in cm)      No. of students
              4.                                                          143                   
                              Scale: 1 unit = 5 candidates                144                   
                 40                                                       145                   
                 35
                Number of candidates  30                                  146                    
                 25
                                                                                                 —
                                                                          147
                 20
                                                                          148
                                                                                                 
                 15
                 10
                                                                          150
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                  5                                                       149                 
                  0                                                       151                  
                       Difficult  Average  Easy  No comments
                         Difficulty level of competitive examination      152                   
                             Review Exercises                             153                    
            Multiple Choice Questions                                     154                   
              1.  b      2.  a    3.  a     4.  d    5.  c
              Solve Mentally                                        (a)  149 cm
            True or False                                           (b)  3  students  are  having  height  of  143  cm  which  is
                                                                       minimum.
              1.  False   2.  False   3.  True   4.  True         3.  (a)  The  bar  graph  represents  the  marks  obtained  in
              5.  False   6.  True                                     different subjects by a child.
            Fill in the Blanks                                      (b)  Mathematics  (c)  Hindi
              1.  equal   2.                              (d)  Hindi, Social Science, Science, English, Mathematics
              3.  pictograph       4.  7        5. 10               (e)  Scale chosen:  1 unit = 20 marks.

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