CBSE Class 6 Mathematics Data Handling and Presentation MCQs Set A

Question. Total books borrowed during the week in library data was
(a) 10
(b) 20
(c) 24
(d) 30

Answer: C

Question. What is the primary purpose of collecting data?
(a) To create confusion
(b) To entertain
(c) To waste time
(d) To convey information

Answer: D

Question. If 1 symbol is 10 children, then 2 full symbols and 1 half symbol will be
(a) 20 children
(b) 25 children
(c) 15 children
(d) 30 children

Answer: B

Question. What type of graph would best represent the heights of mountains on different continents?
(a) Pie chart
(b) Line graph
(c) Horizontal bar graph
(d) Vertical bar graph

Answer: D

Question. If you find favourite color of all students, it will be
(a) Play
(b) Food
(c) Data
(d) Name

Answer: C

Question. A pictograph shows 2 pictures of buses and 3 pictures of bicycles. If one picture equals 5 vehicles, how many vehicles are there in total?
(a) 25
(b) 5
(c) 15
(d) 20

Answer: A

Question. If total students are 33, making a pictograph with scale 10 is
(a) Very easy
(b) Challenging
(c) Impossible
(d) Wrong

Answer: B

Question. Which of the following is *not* needed to draw a bar graph?
(a) A scale
(b) A key
(c) Uniform bars
(d) Title

Answer: B

Question. For showing height of mountains, the better graph has
(a) Horizontal bars
(b) Vertical bars
(c) No bars
(d) Tally marks

Answer: B

Question. What can help make a bar graph aesthetically appealing without misleading?
(a) Using 3D bars
(b) Adding bright colors
(c) Using uniform scales and bars
(d) Changing bar widths

Answer: C

Question. To show 450 kites, if 1 symbol is 100, we draw
(a) 4 full symbols
(b) 5 full symbols
(c) 4 full and 1 half symbol
(d) 4 symbols only

Answer: C

Question. What do the bars in a bar graph represent?
(a) Different colors
(b) Different categories or frequencies
(c) Different shapes
(d) Mathematical equations

Answer: B

Question. If a class has 33 students and you use 1 symbol for 10 students, drawing the exact number is,.
(a) Very easy
(b) Not possible accurately
(c) Always correct
(d) Best way

Answer: B

Question. Which of the following is a valid reason to arrange data in ascending order?
(a) To make a colorful table
(b) To hide outliers
(c) To easily find the smallest and largest values
(d) To reduce frequency

Answer: C

Question. For comparing length of rivers, it is better to use
(a) Horizontal bars
(b) Vertical bars
(c) Small circles
(d) Only numbers

Answer: A

Question. What does each symbol in a pictograph represent?
(a) A picture of a student
(b) A number or frequency
(c) A type of food
(d) A mathematical operation

Answer: B

Question. Pari wants to know "What is the capital of India?". This question
(a) Needs data collection
(b) Needs frequency table
(c) Does not need data collection
(d) Needs a pictograph

Answer: C

Question. Count of how many times a value comes is called
(a) Name
(b) Frequency
(c) Tally mark
(d) Scale

Answer: B

Question. In the shoe size data, size 5 was worn by
(a) 5 students
(b) 10 students
(c) 15 students
(d) 20 students

Answer: B

Question. Smallest shoe size in the given class data was
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6

Answer: A

Question. A pictograph shows data using
(a) Only numbers
(b) Pictures of objects
(c) Big dots
(d) Only lines

Answer: B

Question. Frequency means the count of
(a) Names
(b) Occurrences of values
(c) Pages
(d) Colors

Answer: B