Basic Graphical Representations

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Basic Graphical Representations: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Representation of Data, Tabular Representation of Data, Multiple Line Graph & Comparison Using Multiple Line Graphs etc.

Important Questions on Basic Graphical Representations

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Two different finance companies declare fixed annual rate of interest on the amounts invested with them by investors. The rate of interest offered by these companies may differ from year to year depending on the variation in the economy of the country and the banks' rate of interest. The annual rate of interest offered by the two Companies P and Q over the years are shown by the line-graph provided below. Answer the questions based on this graph.Question Image

An investor invested Rs.5 lakhs in company Q in 1996. After one year, the entire amount along with the interest was transferred as investment to Company P in 1997 for one year. What amount will be received from Company P, by the investor?

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Study the pie-chart carefully to answer the questions given below:
The pie-charts shows the percentage quantity of fruits at two fruit shops A and B.
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The quantity of Orange at Shop A is what percent more than that of Apple at Shop B?

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The following pie-chart shows the sources of funds to be collected by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for its Phase II projects. Study the pie-chart and answers the question that follow.
Sources of funds to be arranged by NHAI for Phase II projects (in Rs. crores)

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Nearly about 20% of the funds are to be arranged through:

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Study the following line graph and answer the questions.

Exports from Three Companies Over the Years (in Rs. crore)

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IAverage annual exports during the given period for Company Y is approximately what percent of the average annual exports for Company Z?

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The circle-graph given here shows the spending of a country on various sports during a particular year. Study the graph carefully and answer the questions given below it
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How much percent less is spent on Football than that on Cricket?

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Read the following table carefully and answer the questions given below .
Number of books of different subjects in various book stores -

Books Book store
A B C D E F
Maths 560 560 540 400 200 420
Science 550 290 560 240 680 520
Hindi 450 240 410 560 610 560
English 230 400 670 820 520 210
Sanskrit 230 210 230 500 200 500
Geography 590 890 530 430 360 480


What is the difference between the total number of books of Science and English in all the book stores together?

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Study the table carefully to answer the questions that follow:-
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: If on an average, 20% rate of interest was charged on borrowed funds, then the total borrowed funds used by this company in the given two years amounted to

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Two different finance companies declare fixed annual rate of interest on the amounts invested with them by investors. The rate of interest offered by these companies may differ from year to year depending on the variation in the economy of the country and the banks' rate of interest. The annual rate of interest offered by the two Companies P and Q over the years are shown by the line-graph provided below. Answer the questions based on this graph.Question Image

An investor invested a sum of Rs.12 lakhs in company P in 1998. The total amount received after one year was reinvested in the same Company for one more year. The total appreciation received by the investor on his investment was:

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The pie chart given below shows the monthly expenditure of a students.
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If the expenditure on tution fees is Rs. 7200, the sports fees is -

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DIRECTIONS : These questions are to be answered on the basis of the pie chart given below showing how a person's monthly salary is distributed over different expense heads.
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The annual saving for such a person will be approximately:

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Study the graph carefully and answer the question that follows.

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Which of the following statements is TRUE with respect to the above graph?

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The table given below shows the income (in rupees) together with their sources, received by 5 employees of a company during the last month of a particular year.
Study the table carefully and answer the questions.

Employee
Source
of Income
A B C D E
Salary 12000 6000 21000 9000 12000
Bonus 2400 1200 4500 2400 3000
Overtime 5400 2100 6000 5100 6000
Arrears 6000 5400 12000 4200 7500
Miscella neous 1200 300 1500 300 1500
Total 27000 15000 45000 21000 30000


How many employees have their salaries more than four times the income from bonus?

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Study the following line graph and answer the questions based on it.

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In which of the following years, the difference between the productions of Companies X and Y was the maximum among the given years ?

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Study the following bar-line graph and answer the questions given below.
Number of two products Punkar and Kazira sold by a company over the years (in thousands)
(All values are multiple of 5000)

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What is the ratio between the total number Punker sold in year 2007, 2009 and 2010 together and the total number of Kazira sold in year 2005, 2007 and 2008?

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Two different finance companies declare fixed annual rate of interest on the amounts invested with them by investors. The rate of interest offered by these companies may differ from year to year depending on the variation in the economy of the country and the banks' rate of interest. The annual rate of interest offered by the two Companies P and Q over the years are shown by the line-graph provided below. Answer the questions based on this graph.Question Image

If two different amounts in the ratio 8:9 are invested in Companies P and Q respectively in 2002, then the amounts received after one year as interests from Companies P and Q are respectively in the ratio:

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Construct a double bar graph, using the table given below:

Suppose population of India and China are

Years195119611971198119912001 Population of India (in crores) 3644546884102 Population of China (in crores) 58647090100110

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Construct a double bar graph, using the table given below:

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Construct a double bar graph, using the table given below:

 Scores on the practice Test and the Test  Students  Practice Test  Test  Jeff 6070 Peter 7590 John 5555 Mary 8095

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Kiara measured the weight of her dog at the end of every month. She used a line graph to display the data.

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Between which two months did the dog grow the most?

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Jane measured the weight of her kitten at the end of every month. She used a pictograph and a line graph to display the data.

Month 1 2 3 4
Weight (kg) 1 2 3 5

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In which two months did the kitten grow at the same rate? Which graph shows this more clearly?