Q – 1 A _________ refers to the graphical representation of data and

information using charts or diagrams or maps.

–> Data Visualization

Q – 2 Data visualization helps to

a) Understand data easily

b) Take a decisions

c) Improve the past performance

d) All of these

Q – 3 The ______ module allows you to represent data visually in various

forms.

–> pyplot

Q – 4 The ________ library provides the interface and functionality for

plotting the graphs.

–> matplotlib

Q – 5 Which of the following offers many different names collections of

methods?

a) PyPlot

b) matplotlib

c) matlab

d) graphs

Q -6 Which of the following correct statement to import pyplot module?

a) import matplotlib.pyplot

b) import MatPlotLib.PyPlot

c) import PyPlot as pl

d) import pyplot.plot

Q – 7 A __________ chart displays information as a markers connected by a

straight lines.
–> Line

Q – 8 A bar chart is also known as column chart. (True/False)

Q – 9 The entire is covered by the graph is known as __________

–> Figure or Chart Area

Q – 10 Which is a common method used to plot data on the chart?

a) plot()

b) show()

c) legend()

d) title()

Q – 11 Which of the following is/are correct statement for plot method?

a) pl.plot(x,y,color,others)

b) pl.plot(x,y)

c) pl.plot(x,y,color)

d) all of these

Q – 12 What are the mandatory parameters to plot data on chart for plot()
method?

a) x and y

b) color

c) others

d) None of these

Q – 13 To give a title to x-axis, which of the following method is useful?

a) pl.xtitle(“title”)

b) pl.xlabel(“title”)

c) pl.xheader(“title”)

d) pl.xlabel.show(“title”)
Q – 14 The pl.show() method must be used to display the chart in the end
of the chart specification. (True/False)

Q – 15 The _________ method is used to create a line chart.

a) pl.pie()

b) pl.col()

c) pl.plot()

d) pl.line()

Q – 16 To create a horizontal bar chart, bar() function is used.

(True/False)

Q – 17 To change the width of bars in bar chart, which of the following

argument with a float value is used?

a) thick

b) thickness

c) width

d) barwidth

Q – 18 You can set different width for different bars in bar chart.
(True/False)

Q – 19 To apply color you can only specify the color names. (True/False)

Q – 20 Which method is used to display or show the legends?

a) pl.show()

b) pl.display()

c) pl.legend()

d) pl.values()

The following section contains short answer questions for Plotting with
pyplot Assignments Class-12.
Descriptive questions (2/3 marks)
– Plotting with pyplot
Assignments
Q – 1 What do you mean by data visualization technique?

The data visualization technique refers to the graphical or pictorial or

visual representation of data. This can be achieved by charts, graphs,
diagrams, or maps.

Q – 2 How data visualization can help in decision making?

Most data visualization technique provides data in form of charts or

graphs. These charts are majorly used in producing various reports like
trends, outliers, and other diagrams. By observing these all users can
understand the data easily and he/she can take their decision.

Q – 3 Name the library and interface used to plot a chart in

python.

Library – matplotlib

interface – pyplot

Q – 4 What are the ways of importing matplotlib?

You can import matplotlib in following two ways:

1. Using alias name: import matplotlib.pyplot as pp

2. Without alias name: import matplotlib.pyplot

Q -5 What are the basic elements/components of the chart?

The chart has following elements/components:

1. Chart area or figure

2. Axis
3. Artist
4. Titles
5. Legends

Q -6 Write steps to plot your data on a graph.

1. import module i.e import matplolib.pyplot as pp

2. Choose the desired chart type to plot data. For ex. Line chart
3. Use proper titles for axis
 4. Add data points
5. Add more properties to the graph like color, size etc.

Q – 7 What types of graphs can be plotted using matplotlib?

The matplotlib provides following types of charts:

1. Line chart
2. Bar chart
3. Horizontal bar chart
4. Histogram
5. Scatter chart
6. Boxplot
7. Pie Chart

The below given questions from Plotting with pyplot Assignments are
based on applications.

Q – 8 Write code to do the following:

[1] Plot the following data on line chart:

Runs in Overs 10

MI 110

RCB 85

import matplotlib.pyplot as mpp

overs = [10,20]

mi = [110,224]

mpp.plot(overs,mi,'blue')

rcb=[109,210]

mpp.plot(overs,rcb,'red')

mpp.xlabel('Runs')
mpp.ylabel('Overs')

mpp.title('Match Summary')

mpp.show()

[2] Write code to plot a line chart to depict the run rate of T20 match from
given data:

Overs Runs

5 45

10 79

15 145

20 234

import matplotlib as pp

overs = [5,10,15,20]

runs = [54,79,145,234]

pp.plot(overs,runs)

pp.xlabel('Overs')

pp.ylabel('Runs')

pp.show()

Q – 9 How to change the thickness of line, line style, line color,

and marker properties of a chart?
To change the thickness of line, use the linewidth parameter inside
matplotlib.pyplot.plot() function with a numeric value. For ex.:
pp.plot(x,y,linewidth=2)

To change the line style, use linestyle or ls parameter. This linestyle can
be one of the following:

1. solid
2. dashed
3. dashdot
4. dotted

Ex. pp.plot(x,y,linestyle=’dashed’)

To change the color use color shortcode like r for red, g for green and so
on. You can also use the complete colornames or hexadecimal color codes
like #000800 in RGB values. Click here to know more about line colors.

To change the markers user marker properties as following:

[1] markertype: It can be a symbol such as . (dot), ‘D’ for diamond etc.
Click here for more about marker types.

Ex.: pp.plot(x,y,marker=’D’)

[2] markersize: It can be a numeric value.

Ex. pp.plot(x,y,marker=’D’,markersize=4)

[3] markeredgecolor: It can be a color shortcode or color name or color

code.

Ex. pp.plot(x,y,marker=’D’,markeredgecolor=’blue’)

Q – 10 Plot following data on bar graph:

English: 56,78,90,34

Science: 65,77,54,32

Maths: 45,67,43,41

import matplotlib.pyplot as pp

eng = [56,78,90,34]

sci = [65,77,54,32]
maths =[45,67,43,41]

pp.bar(eng,sci,maths)

pp.xlabel('Marks')

pp.ylabel('Subjects')

pp.show()

Click here to read notes on Data Visualization using pyplot.

CBSE has introduced competency-based questions. In the next section of

Plotting with pyplot Assignments, I am going to cover some competency-
based on Plotting with pyplot Assignments.

Comptency-based questions
Plotting with pyplot Assignments
[1] Mr. Vijay is working in the mobile app development industry
and he was comparing the given chart on the basis of the rating
of the various apps available on the play store.
He is trying to write a code to plot the graph. Help Mr. Vijay to fill in the
blanks of the code and get the desired output.

import ________________ as plt #Statement 1

apps=["Arogya Setu","WPS Office","Cam Scanner","WhatsApp","Telegram"]

ps_rating=[3.9,4.5,4.6,4.2,4.3]

plt.__________(apps,ps_rating,color='m',label=__________) #Statement 2 Statement 3

plt.xlabel("Apps")

plt._____________("Rating") #Statement 4

plt._________ #Statement 5

plt.________ #Statement 6

i) Write the appropriate statement for #statement 1 to import the module.

ii) Write the function name and label name as displayed in the output for
#statement 2 and #statement 3 respectively.

iii) Which word should be used for #statement 4?

iv) Write appropriate method names for #Statement 5 to display legends

and #Statement 6 to open the figure.

v) Mr. Vijay wants to change the chart type to a line chart. Which
statement should be updated and which method or function is used?

Ans.:

i) matplotlib.pyplot

ii) bar, App Rating

iii) ylabel

iv) legend(), show()

v) Statement 2 should be changed. It requires plot() method to plot the

data.

[2] Mrs. Namrata is a coordinator in the senior section school. She

represented data on number of students who passed the exam on
line chart as follows:
She has written the following code but not getting the desired output.
Help her by correcting her code.

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

classes=["X A","X B","XI A","XI B","XII A","XII B"]

no_of_boys=[23,22,20,26,33,30]

no_of_girls=[17,10,20,12,5,8]

plt.line(classes,no_of_boys) #Statement 1

plt.line(classes,no_of_girls) #Statement 2

plt.xtitle("No of Stduents") #Statement 3

plt.ytitle("Classes") #Statement 4
plt.show()

i) What will be the correct code for Statement 1 and Statement 2?

ii) What is the correct function name for Statement 3 and Statement 4?

iii) Write a method and parameter required to display legends?

iv) Name the parameter and values used to apply the marker as given in
the output.

v) Name the parameter and values used to apply linestyle as given in the
output.

vi) How to apply the line colours as given in the figure?

vii) Write to save the figure as image.

Ans.:

i) The code for statement 1 and statement 2 is as follows:

1. Statement 1: plt.plot(classes,no_of_boys)
2. Statement 2:plt.plot(classes,no_of_girls)

ii) The correct code for statement 3 and statement 4 is as follows:

1. plt.xlabel(‘classes’)
2. plt.ylabel(‘No of stduents’)

iii) To display the legend she need to add label parameter in the plot
method as following:

1. plt.plot(classes,no_of_boys,label=’Boys’)
2. plt.plot(classes,no_of_girls,label=’Girls’)

To display legend she need to write this function:

plt.legend()

iv) To apply the marker as given in the figure she needs to write the code
as follows:

plt.plot(classes,no_of_boys,marker='D')

plt.plot(classes,no_of_girls,marker='o')
v) To apply the lines styles she needs to use a parameter linestyle or ls
with the values ‘dashed’ and ‘dotted’ respectively as follows:

plt.plot(classes,no_of_boys,ls='dashed')

plt.plot(classes,no_of_girls,ls='dotted')

vi) She can use color parameter to apply colours as follows:

plt.plot(classes,no_of_boys,color='m')

plt.plot(classes,no_of_girls,color='pink')

vii) To save the figure as image she needs to use savefig() method as
follows:

plt.savefig('boygirlspass.jpg')

[3]

(i) Consider the following statements with reference to Line

charts:

a) Line chart is a tool for comparison and is created by plotting a series of

several points connecting them with a straight line.

b) You should never use a line chart when the chart is in a continuous
data set.

Which of the above statement(s) are true?

(ii) Consider the following statements with reference to data visualization:

a) Graphical representation of information and data

b) Helps users in analyzing a large amount of data in a simpler way

c) Data visualization makes complex data more accessible,

understandable and usable

d) No library needs to be imported to use charts in python

Which of the statement(s) are not true?

(iii) Consider these statements:

a) The figure() attribute is used to save the plot created by python

b) The filename for saving the plot must be written with a complete path
including an extension

Which the following statement(s) are true?

Ans.:

(i) a) is correct , b) is incorrect

(ii) d) No library needs to be imported to use charts in python

(iii) a) and b) both are incorrect