CBSE Class 6 Maths Data Handling and Presentation (Class 6 NCERT New) Quiz 1

1. A student wants to find out the favorite sport of students in their class. Which of the following is the best method to collect this data?

A Read a book about sports B Conduct a survey by asking each student in the class C Look at a sports magazine D Watch a sports channel on TV

2. A teacher recorded the number of books read by 5 students: 4, 7, 3, 8, and 3. What is the mean (average) number of books read?

A 4 B 3 C 5 D 6

3. Which type of chart is best used to show how a whole is divided into parts?

A Line graph B Bar chart C Pie chart D Scatter plot

4. A tally chart is used to record the number of times students chose each color as their favorite. Red got 5 tallies, Blue got 8 tallies, and Green got 3 tallies. How many students were surveyed in total?

A 14 B 16 C 18 D 13

5. A line graph shows the number of ice creams sold over 5 days. The values are: Monday = 30, Tuesday = 45, Wednesday = 40, Thursday = 55, Friday = 60. What trend does the graph show?

A Ice cream sales are decreasing overall B Ice cream sales remain the same throughout the week C Ice cream sales are generally increasing throughout the week D Ice cream sales increase only on Friday

6. Which of the following is an example of organizing data?

A Asking students what their favorite subject is B Watching a video about data C Sorting collected data into a frequency table D Writing a story about numbers

7. A bar chart shows the number of students who scored in different ranges on a test. The bars show: 60–70: 5 students, 70–80: 12 students, 80–90: 8 students, 90–100: 3 students. Which score range had the most students?

A 60–70 B 70–80 C 80–90 D 90–100

8. The scores of Class A on a math test are: 55, 60, 70, 75, 90. The scores of Class B are: 65, 65, 70, 72, 78. Which class has the higher mean score?

A Class A, with a mean of B Class B, with a mean of C Class A, with a mean of D Both classes have the same mean score of 70

9. A student records how many minutes they spent reading each day for 6 days: 20, 35, 25, 40, 30, 50. What is the average number of minutes spent reading per day?

A 30 B 33 C 35 D 40

10. Which of the following best describes what a frequency table is used for?

A To draw pictures of data B To count how many times each value or category appears in a data set C To calculate the mean of a data set D To compare two different graphs