2nd PUC ENGLISH WORKBOOK ANSWERS STREAMS REPORT WRITING

 

2nd PUC ENGLISH WORKBOOK ANSWERS STREAMS REPORT WRITING

 

E. REPORT WRITING

 

Report writing is an important writing skill which covers a number of areas like science, technology, current affairs, reviews etc. Some characteristics of reports:

·        They are always factual.

·        The information is verifiable.

·        They are aimed at people with a specific interest in that area.

·        The passive form of the verb is generally used.

 

READING AND INTERPRETING GRAPHS

Graphs and charts communicate information visually. Therefore graphs are often used in newspapers, magazines and business reports around and world.

 

SOME OF THE GRAPHS COMMONLY USED AS FOLLOWS.

 

LINE GRAPHS

·        Line graphs are diagrams that present data using dots and lines. One variable is indicated on the vertical line, and the other is indicated on the horizontal line.

 

BAR GRAPHS

·        Bar graphs can be either vertical or horizontal. It is important to read the labels carefully on each bar.

 

PIE GRAPHS

·        A pie chart shows relationship between parts of a whole. The whole is contained in the circle (pie) and divided into appropriate sized proportions, or slices.

 

INTERPRETATION OF GRAPHS

Interpretation of a graph involves reading, understanding and expressing the data represented in a verbal medium. In other words, after consulting the graph, you must be able to transfer the data into a report in the form of a paragraph of about 120-150 words.

 

TIPS FOR WRITING A REPORT BASED ON A GRAPH

While writing a report, take into account the following.

 

Title            :         The kind of information found on the graph

Key             :         Additional information included in the graph

Scale           :         Tells how many or how much

Axis lines    :         Vertical axis runs alone the side of the graph.

                             Horizontal axis runs along the bottom of the graph.

Bar labels    :         Describe individual parts of the graph

 

LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING BAR GRAPH FOLLOWED BY A REPORT.

 

LITERACY RATE IN INDIA AFTER INDEPENDENCE

 

A REPORT BASED ON THE GRAPH CAN BE LIKE THIS:

 

The above bar graph represents the literacy rate in India after independence. Spread over a duration of 60 years (from 1951 to 2011), the rate of literacy has attainted steady growth from just 16.7 percent in 1951 to a considerable 74.04 in 2011. As can be ascertain from the graph, in the initial years of independence, i.e. during the first 30 years, the growth rate has below ten percent. There is a big leap in the 1980s as there is an all time increase of 14 percent. The next decade has also witnessed a growth of about 13 percent. The rate has witnessed a fall in the next decade as it is less than 10 percent. The policies of the governments and their implementation might be the reason for the unsteady trend in the growth of literacy rate. However the overall growth is promising since it shows signs of crossing 75 percent in 2011.

 

 EXERCISES:

 

1) The following bar chart represents the results of a survey based on information about how rural and urban women spend the hours of their day for some chosen activities on an average. Based on this information, write a report in about 150 words.

 

Ans: Time spent on chosen activities by Rural and Urban Women

 

The bar graph demonstrates the time spent on activities like cooking, watching T.V., enjoying hobbies, rearing children, and reading by rural and urban women. Shockingly, in every one of the five regions, the urban women invest more time than the rural women. Maybe the field work or other physical work that the rural women take up leaves them with brief period for the picked activities. On cooking, if the rural women go through short of what 60 minutes, the urban women go through almost two hours. Also, if not exactly 30 minutes is spent on watching T.V. by the urban women, the time showed against the urban women is almost one and a half hours. On the off chance that the rural women spend negligible time on their hobby, the urban women save to the side something like an hour for the equivalent. The greatest gap is found in the time taken on raising children. On the off chance that the urban women spend not exactly 30 minutes on raising kids, the urban women spend almost more than two hours on the equivalent. The passage for perusing is the least of the multitude of activities for both rural and urban women. Justifiably the urban women have a higher rate around here.

 

2) The pie chart given below represents the results of a survey conducted by a non – profit NGO to understand how a rural family spends its income on various items. Based on the information, write a report in about 200 words.

 

Ans: Spending Pattern of Rural Families

 

The pie chart illuminates the spending example of rural families. The chart demonstrates that a run of the typical rural family spends the least, that is, 10% every one of its income on savings and education. Entertainment and health consume 15 % each. Next stands repayment of loan at 20%. The most elevated rate, that is 30%, is spent on food and clothing. It is obvious from the chart that people concerned should be instructed about beneficial saving plans and for this their educational level ought to improve. Consequently, it is deduced that a mission to work on the educational levels of people of the rural areas may achieve progress.

 

3) The line graph given below shows population growth during pre-independence and post-independence period in India. Use the information to write a report on the trends of population growth.

 

Ans: Population growth during pre-independence and post-independence period in India

It is similar study of population growth in pre-independent and post-independent. India Population growth has been an interminable issue in India. A similar study of the population growth in the pre – and post-independence India shows that population growth has been quick in the post-independence time. In the pre-independence period, somewhere in the range of 1901 and 1940, there was a growth of just 0.5 crore. The growth was from 1 crore to 1.5 crore. In any case, in the post-independence time, on a normal, in consistently there has been an expansion of one crore. From 1951 to 2010, the increment has been from around 2 to more than 6 crores. No big surprise, India is a billion in number country. From the circumstance it is completely clear that the government should consider rigid ways with which there can be a powerful command over the population growth on the grounds that for the financial development of a population explosion would present genuine threats.