NCERT Solutions for Class 8 गणित Chapter 15 Introduction To Graphs

The following graph shows the temperature of a patient in a hospital, recorded every hour.
(a) What was the patient’s temperature at 1 p.m.?
(b) When was the patient’s temperature 38.5° C?
(c) The patient’s temperature was the same two times during the period given. What were these two times?
(d) What was the temperature at 1.30 p.m.? How did you arrive at your answer?
(e) During which periods did the patients’ temperature showed an upward trend?

The following line graph shows the yearly sales figures for a manufacturing company.
(a) What were the sales in (i) 2002 and (ii) 2006?
(b) What were the sales in (i) 2003 and (ii) 2005?
(c) Compute the difference between the sales in 2002 and 2006.
(d) In which year was there the greatest difference between the sales as compared to its previous year?

(a) How high was plant A after (i) 2 weeks and (ii) 3 weeks?
(b) How high was plant B after (i) 2 weeks and (ii) 3 weeks?
(c) How much did plant A grow during the 3rd week?
(d) How much did plant B grow from the end of the 2nd week to the end of the 3rd week?
(e) During which week did plant A grow most?
(f) During which week did plant B grow least?
(g) Were the two plants of the same height during any week shown here? Specify.

The following graph shows the temperature forecast and the actual temperature for each day of a week.
(a) On which days was the forecast temperature the same as the actual temperature?
(b) What was the maximum forecast temperature during the week?
(c) What was the minimum actual temperature during the week?
(d) On which day did the actual temperature differ the most from the forecast temperature?

Population (in thousands) of men and women in a village in different years.

A courier-person cycles from a town to a neighbouring suburban area to deliver a parcel to a merchant. His distance from the town at different times is shown by the following graph.
(a) What is the scale taken for the time axis?
(b) How much time did the person take for the travel?
(c) How far is the place of the merchant from the town?
(d) Did the person stop on his way? Explain.
(e) During which period did he ride fastest?

Ratana fell sick. Her doctor maintained a record of her hody temperature, taken every four hours. It is shown in the following time-temperature graph.
(a) During which period the temperature showed a rising trend?
(b) During which period the temperature showed a downward trend?
(c) At what time the temperature was highest?
(d) At what time the temperature was lowest?

Following graph represents the total runs scored by two batsmen A and B, during each of the ten different matches in the year 2007. Study the graph and answer the following questions.
(a) What information is given on the two axes?
(b) Which line shows the runs scored by batsman A?
(c) Where the run scored by them same in any match in 2007? If so, in which match?
(d) Among the two batsmen, who is steadier? How do you judge it?