MCQ WORKSHEET-I

CLASS - VI: CHAPTER - 9

DATA HANDLING

The following pictograph shows the number of absentees in a class of 30 students during the
previous week. Read the table and answer the questions given bellow (Q1-Q6) :
Days Number of Absentees
= 5 students
Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday
Thursday

Friday

Saturday

1. On which day were the maximum number of students absent?

a. Thursday b. Friday c. Wednesday d. Saturday
2. Which day had full attendance?
a. Thursday b. Friday c. Wednesday d. Saturday
3. What was the total number of absentees in that week?
a. 600 b. 125 c. 50 d. 100
4. What was the total number of absentees on Tuesday?
a. 20 b. 25 c. 50 d. 10
5. On which day 5 students were absent?
a. Thursday b. Friday c. Wednesday d. Saturday
6. On which day 30 students were absent?
a. Thursday b. Tuesday c. Wednesday d. Saturday
The colours of fridges preferred by people living in a locality are shown by the following
pictograph. Read the table and answer the questions given bellow (Q7-Q13):
Colours Number of Peoples
= 10 People
Blue

Red

Green

Yellow

White

Black

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7. Find the number of people preferring blue colour.
a. 20 b. 80 c. 50 d. 10

8. How many people liked red colour?

a. 120 b. 80 c. 50 d. 110

9. Find the number of people preferring white colour.

a. 20 b. 80 c. 50 d. 10

10. Which colour preferred most?

a. red b. blue c. yellow d. black

11. Which colour preferred least?

a. green b. white c. yellow d. black

12. Which two colours liked by same number of people?

a. green and red b. white and yellow c. green and black d. black and red

13. Find the number of people preferring yellow colour.

a. 20 b. 80 c. 50 d. 60

14. A data is a collection of numbers gathered to give some information.

a. bar graph b. data c. frequency d. tally mark

15. The tally mark frequency _______________

a. 6 b. 5 c. 10 d. 8

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 MCQ WORKSHEET-II
CLASS - VI: CHAPTER - 9
DATA HANDLING

1. In a bar graph bars are made __________

a. Horizontally b. vertically
c. sometime horizontally some time vertically d. oblique

2. Representation of data in the form of picture ism called ______________

a. bar graph b. pictograph c. histogram d. none of these

3. In a bar graph space between rectangles is always __________________

a. Unequal b. increasing c. decreasing d. equal

4. The tally mark frequency _______________

a. 6 b. 5 c. 0 d. 4

5. In a bar graph the width of the rectangle is

a. Unequal b. increasing c. decreasing d. equal

Following table shows the number of bicycles manufactured in a factory during the year 1998 to
2002. Read the table and answer the questions given bellow (Q7-Q12)
Years No.of bicycles manufactured
1998 800
1999 600
2000 900
2001 1100
2002 1200
6. In which year were the maximum number of bicycles manufactured ?
a. 2002 b. 2001 c. 2000 d. 1999

7. In which year were the minimum number of bicycles manufactured ?

a. 2002 b. 1999 c. 2000 d. 1998

8. How many bicycles were manufactured from 1998 to 2002?

a. 4600 b. 4000 c. 2400 d. 2800

9. What is the difference between number of bicycles manufactured in 2002 and 1999 ?
a. 600 b. 1200 c. 500 d. 1800

10. How many bicycles were manufactured from 1998 to 2000?

a. 2300 b. 2000 c. 2400 d. 2800

11. In which year were the difference is more manufactured ?

a. 2002 b. 1999 c. 2000 d. 1998

12. On which year did the number of bicycles differ the most from the preceeding year?
a. 2002 b. 1999 c. 2000 d. 1998

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 MCQ WORKSHEET-III
CLASS - VI: CHAPTER - 9
DATA HANDLING

The following pictograph shows the number of Maruti van manufactured during a week. Read the
table and answer the questions given bellow (Q1-Q7) :
Days Number of Maruti Van manufactured
= 100 Maruti Vans
Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

1. On which day were the least number of Maruti Vans manufactured?

a. Thursday b. Friday c. Wednesday d. Saturday
2. Find the number of Maruti Vans manufactured on Wednesday.
a. 600 b. 100 c. 500 d. 800
3. On which day were the maximum number of Maruti Vans manufactured?
a. Thursday b. Friday c. Wednesday d. Saturday
4. Find out the approximate number of Maruti Vans manufactured in the particular week?
a. 2300 b. 2000 c. 2400 d. 2800
5. On which days were the same number of Maruti Vans manufactured?
a. Monday and Thursday b. Monday and Friday
c. Monday and Wednesday d. Monday and Saturday
6. Find the number of Maruti Vans manufactured on Monday.
a. 600 b. 100 c. 500 d. 400
7. Find the number of Maruti Vans manufactured on Thursday.
a. 600 b. 100 c. 500 d. 400

From the following above pictograph, answer the

questions from Q8 – Q10
8. Find the number of mangoes purchased for a home
during February is
(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 30 (d) 15

9. Find the number of mangoes purchased for a home

during January is
(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 30 (d) 15

10. Find the number of mangoes purchased for a home during March is
(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 30 (d) 15

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 PRACTICE QUESTIONS
CLASS - VI: CHAPTER - 9
DATA HANDLING

1. Suryakant is asked to collect data for size of shoes of students in her Class VI. Her finding are
recorded in the manner shown below :
5 4 7 5 6 7 6 5 6 6 5
4 5 6 8 7 4 6 5 6 4 6
5 7 6 7 5 7 6 4 8 7
Find (i) the size of shoes worn by the maximum number of students. (ii) the size of shoes
worn by the minimum number of students.
2. Following is the pictograph of the number of Auto manufactured by a factory in a particular
week.
Days Number of Maruti Van manufactured
= 300 Autos
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday

(a) On which day were the least number of Auto manufactured?

(b) On which day were the maximum number of Auto manufactured?
(c) Find out the approximate number of Auto manufactured in the particular week?
3. Following table shows the number of bicycles manufactured in a factory during the years 1998 to
2002. Illustrate this data using a bar graph. Choose a scale of your choice.
Years Number of bicycles manufactured
1998 800
1999 600
2000 900
2001 1100
2002 1200
(a) In which year were the maximum number of bicycles manufactured?
(b) In which year were the minimum number of bicycles manufactured?
4. The sale of electric bulbs on different days of a month is shown below. From the following
above pictograph,
(a) Find the number of electric bulb purchased for a lodging house during February
(b) Find the number of electric bulb purchased
for a lodging house during April
(c) In which month the sale of electric bulb is
least.
(c) In which month the sale of electric bulb is
maximum.

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5. Following is the pictograph of the number of Maruti Van manufactured by a factory in a
particular week.

Days Number of Maruti Van manufactured

= 200 MarutiVan
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday

(a) On which day were the least number of Maruti Van manufactured?
(b) On which day were the maximum number of Maruti Van manufactured?
(c) Find out the approximate number of Maruti Van manufactured in the particular week?
6. In a village six fruit merchants sold the following number of fruit baskets in a particular season :

Observe this pictograph and answer the following questions :

(a) Which merchant sold the maximum number of baskets?
(b) How many fruit baskets were sold by Anwar?
(c) The merchants who have sold 600 or more number of baskets are planning to buy a godown
for the next season. Can you name them?
7. Mohan threw a dice 40 times and noted the number appearing each time as shown below :

Make a table and enter the data using tally marks. Find the number that appeared.
(a) The minimum number of times (b) The maximum number of times
(c) Find those numbers that appear an equal number of times.

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8. The following are the details of number of students present in a class of 30 during a week.
Represent it by a pictograph.
Days Number of students present
Monday 24
Tuesday 26
Wednesday 28
Thursday 30
Friday 29
Saturday 22

9. The following are the number of electric bulbs purchased for a lodging house during the first six
months of a year. Represent the details by a pictograph.

Months Number of bulbs

January 20
February 26
March 30
April 34
May 40
June 25

10. The bar graph given alongside shows the amount of wheat purchased by government during the
year 1998-2002. Read the bar graph and write down your observations. In which year was (a) the
wheat production maximum? (b) the wheat production minimum?

11. The number of Mathematics books sold by a shopkeeper on six consecutive days is shown below
:

Draw a bar graph to represent the above information choosing the scale of your choice.

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12. Number of persons in various age groups in a town is given in the following table.

Draw a bar graph to represent the above information and answer the following questions. (take
1 unit length = 20 thousands)
(a) Which two age groups have same population?
(b) All persons in the age group of 60 and above are called senior citizens. How many senior
citizens are there in the town?
13. A survey of 120 school students was done to find which activity they prefer to do in their free
time.

Draw a bar graph to illustrate the above data taking scale of 1 unit length = 5 students.
Which activity is preferred by most of the students other than playing?

14. Following table representing choice of fruits made by his classmates. Draw a bar graph to
represent the given information choosing the scale of your choice.

15. Total number of animals in five villages are as follows :

Village A : 80 Village B : 120 Village C : 90 Village D : 40 Village E : 60
Prepare a pictograph of these animals using one proper symbol to represent 10 animals and
answer the following questions :
(a) How many symbols represent animals of village E?
(b) Which village has the maximum number of animals?
(c) Which village has more animals : village A or village C?

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