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A club wants to display how its total yearly expenditure of ₹1,20,000 was shared among five heads such as rent, salaries and repairs. Which display is best suited to that purpose, and why?

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  • AA line graph, because it shows how the amounts rise and fall
  • BA histogram, because the five heads can be treated as five classes
  • CA pictograph, because a picture is easier to read than a number
  • DA pie chart, because each sector shows one head's share of the single total

Step-by-Step Solution

The question is about the PARTS of one whole, and that is exactly what a pie chart shows: the sectors add to 360° just as the five amounts add to ₹1,20,000, so each share can be read at a glance. A line graph is for a quantity changing over time, and the five heads have no natural order to run along an axis. A histogram needs numerical classes of a definite width, whereas rent and repairs are named categories, not intervals. A pictograph could certainly show the five amounts, but it displays them side by side without showing each as part of the whole.
Answer: D) A pie chart, because each sector shows one head's share of the single total

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