Question

The following data gives the amount of loans (in crores of rupees) disbursed by a bank during some years:

| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 |
| Loan (in crores of rupees) | 28 | 33 | 55 | 55 | 80 |

(i) Represent the above data with the help of a bar graph.

(ii) With the help of the bar graph, indicate the year in which amount of loan is not increased over that of the preceding year.

Answer 1

Steps of constructing graph:

1. Mark the horizontal axis OX as Years and the vertical axis OY as Loan (in crores of rupees).

2. Along the horizontal axis OX, choose bars of uniform (equal) width, with a uniform gap between them.

3. Choose a suitable scale to determine the heights of the bars, according to the space available for the graph. Here, we choose 1 big division to represent 10 crores of rupees.

(ii) In 1995, the loan amount was not increased over that of the preceding year.