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NCERT Exemplar · Class 8 · Maths

Chapter 2: Data Handling

Practice each question, then open the answer or worked solution.

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Exercise · Page 42

Textbook page 42 · 115 questions
Q1Written answer

The height of a rectangle in a histogram shows the

(a) Width of the class (b) Upper limit of the class

(c) Lower limit of the class (d) Frequency of the class

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Solution:-

(d) Frequency of the class

Q2Written answer

A geometric representation showing the relationship between a whole and its parts is a

(a) Pie chart (b) Histogram (c) Bar graph (d) Pictograph

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Solution:-

(a) Pie chart

A geometric representation showing the relationship between a whole and its parts is a pie chart.

Q3Written answer

In a pie chart, the total angle at the centre of the circle is

(a) 180o (b) 360o (c) 270o (d) 90o

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Solution:-

(b) 360o

Q4Written answer

The range of the data 30, 61, 55, 56, 60, 20, 26, 46, 28, 56 is

(a) 26 (b) 30 (c) 41 (d) 61

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Solution:-

(c) 41

The difference between the lowest and the highest observation in a given data is called its Range.

Then, Range = Highest observation – Lowest observation

= 61 – 20

= 41

Q5Written answer

Which of the following is not a random experiment?

(a) Tossing a coin (b) Rolling a dice

(c) Choosing a card from a deck of 52 cards

(d) Throwing a stone from a roof of a building

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Solution:-

(d) Throwing a stone from a roof of a building.

There is only one output, that is, the stone will fall down; therefore, it is not a random experiment.

Q6Written answer

What is the probability of choosing a vowel from the alphabet?

(a) 21/26 (b) 5/26 (c) 1/26 (d) 3/26

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Solution:-

(b) 5/26

Probability = Number of Vowels/ Total number of alphabets

= 5/26

Q7Written answer

In a school only, 3 out of 5 students can participate in a competition. What is the probability of the students who do not make it to the competition?

(a) 0.65 (b) 0.4 (c) 0.45 (d) 0.6

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Solution:-

(b) 0.4

Probability = Number of students who do not make it to the competition / Total number

of students.

= 2/5

= 0.4

Q8Written answer

Which colour received 1/5 of the votes?

Students of a class voted for their favourite colour, and a pie chart was prepared based on the data collected.

Observe the pie chart given below and answer questions 8 –10 based on it.

NCERT Exemplars Class 8 Maths Solutions Chapter 2 Image 1

(a) Red (b) Blue (c) Green (d) Yellow

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Solution:-

(c) Green

= 1/5 × 100

= 0.2 × 100

= 20%

Q9Written answer

If 400 students voted in all, then how many did vote ‘Others’ colour as their favourite?

Students of a class voted for their favourite colour, and a pie chart was prepared based on the data collected.

Observe the pie chart given below and answer questions 8 –10 based on it.

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(a) 6 (b) 20 (c) 24 (d) 40

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Solution:-

(c) 24

From the pie chart, 6% out of 400 students voted for others,

So,

= (6%/100%) × 400

= 0.06 × 400

= 24

Q10Multiple choice

Which of the following is a reasonable conclusion for the given data?

Students of a class voted for their favourite colour, and a pie chart was prepared based on the data collected.

Observe the pie chart given below and answer questions 8 –10 based on it.

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Solution:-

(d) Number of students liking together yellow and green colour is approximately the same as those for red colour.