CBSE Class 6 Mathematics Data Handling and Presentation MCQs Set C

Question. What is a frequency table used for?
(a) Counting occurrences of different items
(b) Drawing bar graphs
(c) Writing stories
(d) Solving equations

Answer: A

Question. Which data set would be best represented using a pie chart?
(a) Number of books issued in a week
(b) Time spent on daily activities
(c) Height of students in a class
(d) Temperature changes during the day

Answer: B

Question. What is the key function of infographics?
(a) To confuse the reader
(b) To present data in a visually engaging way
(c) To provide lengthy explanations
(d) None of the above

Answer: B

Question. How is data presented in a frequency table?
(a) As sentences
(b) As pictures
(c) As numbers with their frequencies
(d) As poems

Answer: C

Question. If Village A has 8 tractors and Village B has 16, how is this shown in a pictograph where 1 symbol = 4 tractors?
(a) A:2 symbols, B:4 symbols
(b) A:4, B:8
(c) A:8, B:16
(d) A:1, B:2

Answer: A

Question. Why is data interpretation important?
(a) To understand what the data is telling us
(b) To make the graph colorful
(c) To create more data
(d) To write stories

Answer: A

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. Which one shows a misunderstanding of pictographs?
(a) Using symbols of equal size
(b) Choosing an appropriate scale
(c) Using different size pictures for each value
(d) Labeling each category

Answer: C

Question. Which of the following is an example of data?
(a) A story
(b) A set of pictures
(c) A list of students' heights
(d) A collection of pencils

Answer: C

Question. What should you do if the numbers in a bar graph are too large to fit?
(a) Use a different scale
(b) Remove the data
(c) Guess the numbers
(d) Change the categories

Answer: A

Question. Which of these would best help analyze daily footfall in a shop?
(a) Bar graph
(b) Pictograph
(c) Table with tally marks
(d) Pie chart

Answer: A

Question. Which of the following is a visual representation of data?
(a) Pictograph
(b) List
(c) Paragraph
(d) All of the above

Answer: A

Question. If 12 students like mangoes, and each tally mark represents 2 students, how many tally marks should be drawn?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 7

Answer: C

Question. A pictograph uses 1 symbol = 10 students. If a category shows 1.5 symbols, how many students are represented?
(a) 5
(b) 10
(c) 15
(d) 20

Answer: C

Question. Which of the following is a disadvantage of pictographs?
(a) They are too colorful
(b) They can be misleading when data is large
(c) They take too long to draw
(d) They can only show one type of data

Answer: B

Question. If a bar is taller in a bar graph, it means the value it represents is:
(a) Smaller
(b) Larger
(c) Equal
(d) Unknown

Answer: B

Question. If one unit in a bar graph represents 10 students, and the bar for "Cricket" has 5 units, how many students prefer cricket?
(a) 10
(b) 50
(c) 5
(d) 20

Answer: B

Question. If a symbol in a pictograph represents 25 students and 4 symbols are drawn, what is the number of students?
(a) 50
(b) 75
(c) 100
(d) 125

Answer: C

Question. What is the most effective way to organize a list of numbers?
(a) Write them randomly
(b) Organize them in ascending or descending order
(c) Use pictures
(d) Discuss with friends

Answer: B

Question. Which of the following is NOT a way to present data?
(a) Bar graph
(b) Frequency table
(c) Pictograph
(d) Essay

Answer: D

Fill in the Blanks

Question. In a bar graph, the bar representing the number of students absent in Class 5 is twice the height of the bar for Class 3. If Class 3 had 4 students absent, then Class 5 had _______ students absent.
Answer: 8

Question. If each tally mark represents 1 vote and 15 tally marks are recorded for a favorite game survey, then the total number of votes is _______.
Answer: 15

Question. The number of symbols in a pictograph must be multiplied by _______ to find the total if each symbol represents more than one unit.
Answer: the scale

Question. A………..is a collection of numbers gathered to give some meaningful information.
Answer: data

Question. The data can be arranged in a tabular form using ……
Answer: tally

Question. A …… represents data through pictures of objects.
Answer: pictograph

True or False

Question. A pictograph is useful for representing large amounts of data.
Answer: False

Question. The scale in a pictograph does not need to be mentioned.
Answer: False