Data Handling Class 8 Extra Questions Very Short Answer
Type
Question 1.
In the class interval 5-10, find the
(i) lower limit (ii) upper limit (iii) class mark (iv) class size
Question 2.
A group of 20 students recorded their heights (in cm). The data received were as given
below. What is the range?
150, 120, 112, 160, 155, 151, 158, 142, 148, 149, 161, 165, 140, 157, 156, 146, 148,
153, 138, 135
Question 3.
In the given pie chart, which colour is most popular? Which colour is the least popular?
Question 4.
A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting a number greater than 4.
Question 5.
A class consists of 21 boys and 9 girls. A student is to be selected for social work. Find
the probability that
(i) a girl is selected (ii) a boy is selected
Question 6.
The following pie chart depicts the percentage of students, nationwide. What is the
percentage of (i) Indian students (ii) African students?
Short Answer (SA) Questions
Question 7.
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Question 8.
Construct a frequency table for the following marks obtained by 50 students using equal
Intervals taking 16-24 (24 not included) as one of the class-intervals.
52, 16, 18, 20, 42, 48, 39, 38, 54, 58, 47, 37, 25, 16, 42, 49, 36, 35, 53, 21, 30, 43, 56,
34, 33, 17, 22, 24, 37, 41, 40, 50, 54, 56, 54, 36, 38, 42, 44, 56, 17, 18, 22, 24, 17, 48,
58, 23, 29, 58
Solution:
Question 9.
The double bar graph shows the average monthly temperatures of two cities over 4
months period. Read the graph carefully and answer the questions given below:
(i) What does each 1 cm block on the vertical axis represent?
(ii) What was the average monthly temperature in Dehradun in
(a) March
(b) April
(c) May
(d) June?
(iii) What was the average monthly temperature in Delhi for the whole 4 months?
(iv) In which month was the difference between the temperature of Delhi and Dehradun
maximum and how much?
Question 10.
The following table represents the number of students in a school playing six different
games.
Present the above information on a bar graph.
Question 11.
Prepare a grouped frequency table for the given histogram.
Q.12
A bag contains 144 coloured balls represented by the following table. Draw a pie chart
to show this information.
Question 13.
Mrs Verma spends her allowance in the following way.
Represent the above information by a pie chart.
Question 14.
What is the probability of getting a marble which is not red from a bag containing 3
black, 8 yellow, 2 red and 5 white marbles?
Question 15.
From a well shuffled deck of 52 playing cards, a card is selected at random. Find the
probability of getting
(i) a black card
(ii) a black king
(iii) an ace
(iv) a card of diamond
Solution: