Question

The bar graph shown in Fig 23.16 represents the circulation of newspapers in 10 languages. Study the bar graph and answer the following questions:

(i) What is the total number of newspapers published in Hindi, English, Urdu, Punjabi and Bengali? 

(ii) What percent is the number of news papers published in Hindi of the total number of newspapers? 

(iii) Find the excess of the number of newspapers published in English over those published in Urdu. 

(iv) Name two pairs of languages which publish the same number of newspapers. 

(v) State the language in which the smallest number of newspapers are published. 

(vi) State the language in which the largest number of newspapers are published. 

(vii) State the language in which the number of newspapers published is between 2500 and 3500. 

(viii) State whether true or false: 

a. The number of newspapers published in Malayalam and Marathi together is less than those published in English. 

b. The number of newspapers published in Telugu is more than those published in Tamil.

Answer 1

(i) Total number of newspapers published in Hindi, English, Urdu, Punjabi and Bengali 

= 3700 + 3400 + 700 + 200 + 1100

= 9100

(ii) The number of newspapers published in Hindi = 3700 

The total number of newspapers is published

= 700 + 400 +1000 +200 +1400 + 700 1100 +3400 + 1100 = 14400

The percentage of Hindi news papers 3700/14400 x 100 = 25.69 = 25.71

(iii) The total number of newspaper are published = 700 +400 +1000 +200 +1500 +1400 3700 + 1100 +3400 +1100 = 14400

The percentage of hindi news paper 3700/14400 x 100 = 25.69 = 25.71%

(iv) Bengali, Gujrati, and Marathi, Malayalam are the two pairs of languages which publish the same number of newspaper. 

(v) Punjabi is the Languages in which the smallest number of newspaper were published. 

(vi) Hindi is the language in which the largest numbers of newspaper were published. 

(vii) English is the language in which the number of newspaper were published in between 2500 and 3500.

(viii) (a) Total number of newspaper were published in Malayalam and Marathi =1400 + 1400 = 2800. 

Number of newspaper were published in English = 3400 

The number of newspapers published in Malayalam and Marathi together is less than those published in English so the given statement is true. 

(b) Number of news. Papers published in Telugu = 400 

Number of newspaper published in Tamil = 1000 

The number of newspapers published in Telugu is more less than those published in Tamil. 

So, the given statement is false