Class 8 CBSE Mathematics – Chapter: Introduction
to Graphs
Extra Questions (Board Exam Practice Worksheet)
Very Short Answer Questions
1. What is a bar graph?
2. Define a linear graph.
3. What is an x-axis and a y-axis?
4. Write the coordinates of the origin.
5. How many quadrants are there in the Cartesian plane?
6. What does the point (4, 0) represent on the x-axis?
7. Write the abscissa and ordinate of the point (–3, 5).
8. What type of line do we get if the value of y is constant?
9. What does the point (0, y) lie on?
10. Name the point where the x-axis and y-axis intersect.
Short Answer Questions
1. Plot the following points on a graph: A(2, 3), B(4, 3), C(4, 1), D(2, 1). What figure do you get?
2. If the coordinates of a point are (–5, 2), find its distance from the x-axis.
3. The coordinates of point P are (0, –4). On which axis does P lie? Name the quadrant, if any.
4. Draw the graph of the equation: y = 2x for x = 0, 1, 2, 3.
5. The graph of a line passes through points (0, 4) and (2, 0). Find the equation of the line.
6. From the following table, draw the graph and state the type of graph formed:
x 1 2 3 4
y 2 4 6 8
Long Answer / Application-Based Questions
1. A graph shows the distance travelled by a car with time:
0 hr → 0 km, 1 hr → 40 km, 2 hr → 80 km, 3 hr → 120 km, 4 hr → 160 km.
(a) Draw the graph. (b) What type of graph is it? (c) How far will the car travel in 2.5 hours?
2. The table below shows the temperature of a city during a day:
Time (a.m.) 6 9 12 3 6
Temp (°C) 16 20 26 24 18
More Long Questions
3. A taxi charges ■50 for the first kilometre and ■10 for every extra kilometre.
(a) Make a table for distances 1–5 km. (b) Draw the graph. (c) Find the taxi fare for 3.5 km.
4. The pocket money of a student was recorded for 5 months as below:
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May
Money (■) 150 200 250 300 350
HOTS Questions
1. If the points (1, 2), (2, 4), (3, 6), (4, 8) are plotted, what pattern do you observe? What will be the
coordinates of the next point?
2. A line passes through (0, 0) and (3, 3). Does it pass through (4, 4)? Justify your answer.
3. Two quantities x and y are in inverse proportion. If x = 2, y = 6, find y when x = 3 and plot the
relation.