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Read the bar graph given below and answer the following questions:
Scale: 1 unit = 50 students
(a) What information is given by the bar graph?
(b) In which year is the number of students maximum?
(c) In which year is the number of students twice as that of 2001 – 02?
(d) In which year did the number of students decrease as compared to previous year?
(e) In which year is the increase in number of students maximum as compared to the previous year?
Solution
(a) The given bar graph shows the number of students in different academic years.
(b) In the year 2005 – 06, the number of students is maximum.
(c) Since, number of students in 2001 – 02 is 150 and number of students in 2004 – 05 is 300. So, in the year 2004 – 05, the number of students is twice as that of 2001 – 02.
(d) The year is 2003 – 04 in which the number of students decreased as compared to previous year.
(e) The year is 2004 – 05 in which the increase in number of students is maximum as compared to the previous year.
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