With the help of given statistical data, prepare a simple line graph and answer the following questions :Percentage of literacy rate – IndiaYears : 1981, 1991, 2001, 2011% of literacy : 40.8, 48.2, 61.0, 69.3(1) What is the literacy rate in the year…

Graph (simple line graph): Title: Percentage of literacy rate – India (1981–2011). X-axis: years at equal intervals; Y-axis: percentage of literacy. Scale: Y-axis 1 cm = 10%. Plot the points and join them with a line:

Write the title, scale and labels of both axes on the graph.

(Note: a picture of the graph cannot be shown here; in the examination the graph itself must be drawn on graph paper as described above.)

Answers:

(1) The literacy rate in 2011 was 69.3%.

(2) The increase from 1991 to 2001 was 61.0 − 48.2 = 12.8%.

(3) The literacy rate was 40.8% in the year 1981.