Class 6 Organising Data — practice questions with answers
Data Handling · 5 sample questions from the school syllabus. Try each one, then open the answer and the worked solution.
1. The information collected in the form of numbers or facts is called ____.
AData
BGraph
CTally
DAverage
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Answer: A) Data
Numbers or facts collected for a definite purpose are called data.
2. If the tally for 'mango' is two crossed bundles of five and one single stroke, how many students chose mango?
A22
B12
C10
D11
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Answer: D) 11
Two bundles = 5 + 5 = 10, plus 1 = 11.
3. A grouped frequency uses class intervals like 0-10, 10-20. The number that tells how many values fall in an interval is the interval's ____.
AFrequency
BRange
CWidth
DTally heading
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Answer: A) Frequency
The count of observations falling in a class interval is its frequency.
4. A grouped frequency table of student weights (kg) is: 30-35 -> 5, 35-40 -> 8, 40-45 -> 7, 45-50 -> 4. How many students weigh less than 40 kg?
A14
B13
C12
D26
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Answer: B) 13
Less than 40 means classes 30-35 and 35-40: 5 + 8 = 13 students.
5. Two frequency tables were combined. Table A: Red 8, Blue 5, Green 7. Table B: Red 4, Blue 9, Green 3. After merging (adding matching categories), which colour has the highest total frequency, and what is that total?
ABlue with 14
BRed with 12
CGreen with 10
DBlue with 13
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Answer: A) Blue with 14
Merged totals: Red = 8 + 4 = 12, Blue = 5 + 9 = 14, Green = 7 + 3 = 10. The highest is Blue with 14.