Bar Graphs

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Bar Graphs: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Bar Graphs, Structure of Bar Graphs, Horizontal Bar Graphs, Vertical Bar Graphs, Simple Bar Graph for Data Interpretation, Stacked Bar Graph for Data Interpretation, Composite Bar Graph for Data Interpretation, etc.

Important Questions on Bar Graphs

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Study the given graph carefully to answer the questions that follow-
Number of people (In thousands) using three different types of mobile services over the years

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The number of people using mobile service N in the year  2006 forms approximately what percent of the total number of people using all the three mobile services in that year?

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Read the following information and answer the given question.
Following graph provides data about total
milk production((in million litres) ) in different sectors
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If the milk production in India from the year 2000-2001 to the year 2001-2002 increased at the rate of 5% in Individual sector, 5% in Cooperative sector and 10% in Government sector, then what is the difference in total milk production between 1999-2000 and 2001-2002 for the three sectors?

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Following bar-graph shows the percentage growth of population of six cities A, B, C, D, E & F during 1990-2000 and 2000-2010.
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If population of City D in 1990 is 40 lakhs, what is its population in 2010?

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Study the following graph carefully and answer the following questions below it.
The number of students studying in various colleges from various faculties (Number in thousands).
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What is the ratio of the students from the faculty of Science from colleges H and I together to the students
from the same faculty from colleges J and K together?

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Study the following graph carefully and answer the questions that follow.
The following graph gives the profit percentage of three companies in different years.

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Profit = Income - expenditure
Profit % = [ {Income -expenditure} / expenditure] ×100

If company A and C has equal profit in 2010, then Income earned by company C is (approx) what percent of the expenditures incurred by company A?

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Use the data given below to answer the question.
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The state-wise allocation made during the three years (19931994 to 199596) in ₹. crore
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How many States have an allocation less than 16 of the highest one?

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Study the bar chart of All India Monsoon Rainfall given below to answer the question.

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Out of the 10 Years, how many years have above-normal rainfall?

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Total number of children in 6 different schools and the percentage of girls in them.

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What is the average number of boys in schools P and Q together ?

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The following bar graph depicts the annual rates of inflation in percentages for 1975 and 1987.

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In the year 1987, the inflation rate in the third world countries vis-a-vis the whole world jumped approximately by:

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The bar graph provided below gives the data of the production of paper (in lakh tonnes) by three different companies X, Y and Z over the years. Study the graph and answer the questions that follow.

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The average production for five years was maximum for which Company?

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The graph shows the Percent Profit earned by two companies over different months.
% Profit = Profit earnedTotal investment × 100  Profit earned = Total Income  Total Investment in the year
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If the amount of profit earned by company P in May was Rs. 5 lakhs, what was its total investment in that month?

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The given bar-graph shows the percentage expenditure of a person on food and education items for five years and the table given below shows the total expenditure of that person for these five years.

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Year Expenditure
2001 4000
2002 4400
2003 5000
2004 5600
2005 6000

 

In which year there was the highest increases over the preceding year in the amount of money spend on education?

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Study the graphs carefully to answer the questions that follow:

Total number of children in 6 different schools and the percentage of girls in them

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What is the total number of boys in School T ?

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The given bar-graph shows the percentage expenditure of a person on food and education items for five years and the table given below shows the total expenditure of that person for these five years.

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Year Expenditure
2001 4000
2002 4400
2003 5000
2004 5600
2005 6000


 

In which year there was the highest increase over the preceding year in the amount at money spend on food?

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Study the following graph carefully and answer the following question below it.
The number of students studying in various colleges from various faculties (Number in thousands).

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What is the average number of students from the faculty of commerce from all the colleges together ?

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Following bar-graph shows the percentage growth of population of six cities A, B, C, D, E & F during 1990-2000 and 2000-2010.
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Population of City A and City B in 1990 is in ratio of 4 : 3 and population of City A in 1990 is 32 lakhs so what is the population of City B in 2010?

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Study the following graph carefully to answer these questions
The graph shows the Percent Profit earned by two companies over different months.
% Profit = (Profit earnedTotal investment) × 100 Profit earned = Total Income  Total Investment in the year
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If the amount of profit earned by company P in May was ₹ 5 lakhs, what was its total investment in that
month?

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Study the following graph carefully and answer the questions given below it:
Production of six types of car produced by a manufacture for year 2005 & 2006 (in thousand)

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The total production of which of the following types of cars in 2006 was exactly equal to the production of E type cars in 2005?

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Read the following information and answer the given question.
The following graph provides data about total
milk production(in million litres) in different sectors
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What is the approximate % growth in milk production in India from 199798 to 200001?

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Use the data given below to answer the question.

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The state-wise allocation made during the three years (199394 to 199596) in ₹ crore

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If the States were to be arranged in the order of increasing allocation for the given period, then which State would be ranked at 13?