NCERT Solutions for Class 2 Mathematics Chapter 11 Data Handling

This worksheet provides complete and accurate NCERT Solutions for Class 2 Mathematics, Chapter 11 Data Handling. This chapter introduces students to the fundamental concepts of collecting, organizing, and representing data through tables and pictographs. Students explore real-life scenarios like favourite colours, fruits, games, and modes of transport to understand how information is recorded and compared. This worksheet is designed to help students understand data concepts deeply, practice observation skills, and prepare confidently for exams with NCERT-aligned answers.

Chapter summary: stories, poems & themes

This chapter does not contain stories or poems but focuses on activity-based learning through data collection and analysis tasks. Students engage with scenarios like a fruit party, school transport modes, and games played during picnic days. The theme revolves around understanding how to record information in tables and represent it using pictures or symbols. The chapter is picture-based and activity-based, encouraging students to conduct surveys among friends and family, compare quantities using terms like most and least, and solve logic puzzles related to numbers and shapes.

What this NCERT chapter covers?

• Understanding data collection through simple surveys and observations
• Recording information in tables with rows and columns
• Representing data using pictographs with faces or symbols
• Comparing data using terms like most liked, least liked, more than, less than
• Analyzing modes of transport and favourite items like colours and fruits
• Solving logic puzzles and patterns related to numbers, shapes, and riddles

How to use these NCERT solutions?

• Students should first attempt all questions independently before referring to the solutions
• Parents and teachers can use these solutions to guide discussions and check understanding
• All answers follow the exact NCERT order and structure for easy reference
• Use the solutions for revision, self-assessment, and exam preparation
• Activity-based questions marked as student-generated encourage creativity and personal expression

Student tips & learning tricks

• Count objects in pictures carefully using a finger or pencil to avoid missing any
• When drawing pictographs, ensure each symbol represents the correct value given
• For survey activities, ask questions clearly and record answers in tally marks first
• In logic puzzles, read the clues slowly and visualize the shape or number described
• Avoid common mistakes like confusing more than with less than when comparing data

Why NCERT solutions are important?

• NCERT-aligned solutions ensure students learn concepts as per the official curriculum
• Strong foundational understanding of data handling builds confidence for higher maths
• Step-by-step answers help students identify gaps and improve accuracy
• Regular practice with these solutions enhances observation, logic, and expression skills
• Trusted NCERT content prepares students for both school assessments and competitive exams

Complete answer key – NCERT solutions

Favourite Colours

Look at the picture. Complete the table and fill in the blanks.

| Colours | Red | Green | Blue | Yellow |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Number of Children | Student answer | Student answer | Student answer | Student answer |

Note: Students should count the children holding each colour in the image and fill the table.

A. The most liked colour is
Note: Student answer based on the highest count in the table.

B. The least liked colour is
Note: Student answer based on the lowest count in the table.

C. Yellow colour is liked more than
Note: Student answer based on comparison.

D. colour is liked more than green.
Note: Student answer based on comparison.

E. colour is liked less than
Note: Student answer based on comparison.

Picnic Day

Children are having a fruit party. They are eating their favourite fruits. Complete the table and fill in the blanks.

| Fruits | Apple | Banana | Orange | Guava | Kiwi |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Number of Children | Student answer | Student answer | Student answer | Student answer | Student answer |

Note: Students should count the children eating each fruit in the image and fill the table.

A. How many children are there in the picture?
Note: Student answer based on total count.

B. Number of children who like apples is
Note: Student answer based on count.

C. Most liked fruit is
Note: Student answer based on highest count.

D. Least liked fruit is
Note: Student answer based on lowest count.

E. Number of children who like guava is (more than / less than / equal to) the number of children who like apple.
Note: Student answer based on comparison.

F. The number of children who like apple is (more than / less than / equal to) the number of children who like banana.
Note: Student answer based on comparison.

G. The number of children who like orange (more than / less than / equal to) the number of children who like kiwi.
Note: Student answer based on comparison.

Mode of Coming to School

Read the table and draw faces in the chart given below to show the number of students coming to school by different modes. (1 face = 1 student)

| Mode of coming to school | Number of students |
| --- | --- |
| On-foot | Student answer |
| Autorickshaw | Student answer |
| Bus | Student answer |
| Bike | Student answer |
| Bicycle | Student answer |

Note: Students should draw faces corresponding to the number of students for each mode.

A. Most number of students come to school by
Note: Student answer based on highest count.

B. Least number of students come to school by
Note: Student answer based on lowest count.

C. The number of students who come to school using bus is (less / more) than the number of students who come using autorickshaw.
Note: Student answer based on comparison.

D. The number of students who come to school using bike is (more / less) than the number of students who come using bicycle.
Note: Student answer based on comparison.

E. The number of students who come to school using is less than the number of students who come using
Note: Student answer based on comparison.

F. The number of students who come to school using is more than the number of students who come using
Note: Student answer based on comparison.

Games We Play

Look at the picture and fill the table.

| Games | Number of Students |
| --- | --- |
| Gilli-danda | Student answer |
| Kabaddi | Student answer |
| Pithu | Student answer |
| Football | Student answer |
| Cricket | Student answer |

Note: Students should count students playing each game in the image and fill the table.

Use the table to draw faces to show the number of students in the chart below.

A. The most liked game is
Note: Student answer based on highest count.

B. The least liked game is
Note: Student answer based on lowest count.

C. Pithu is liked more than
Note: Student answer based on comparison.

D. is liked more than football.
Note: Student answer based on comparison.

Vegetables They Like

Discuss in your class and ask your friends about the vegetables they like the most. Complete the table.

| Vegetable they like | Student answer | Student answer | Student answer | Student answer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Number of children | Student answer | Student answer | Student answer | Student answer |

Note: This is a student-generated activity. Students conduct a survey and fill the table.

A. Read the table and fill in the blanks.
i. Most liked vegetable is
ii. Least liked vegetable is
iii. is liked more than
iv. is liked less than
Note: Student answers based on survey data.

Family Members Living in Homes

Ask your friends about the number of family members living in their homes. Fill in the table given below.

| Number of people living together | How many families |
| --- | --- |
| 1 People | 2 |
| 2 People | Student answer |
| 3 People | Student answer |
| 4 People | Student answer |
| 5 People | Student answer |

Note: This is a student-generated activity. Students conduct a survey and fill the table.

i. Most families have people in their homes.
ii. The least number of people living in a home is
iii. The number of families having 4 people is
iv. The number of families having more than 4 people is
Note: Student answers based on survey data.

Project Work

Visit nearby families to find out the number of families which have their grandparents living with them. Record the information to fill in the table.

| Families living with | Both grandparents | Only female grandparents | Only male grandparents | No grandparents |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Number of Families | Student answer | Student answer | Student answer | Student answer |

Note: This is a student-generated project-based activity.

How many families did you visit?
Note: Student answer.

Number of families living with both grandparents
Note: Student answer.

How many families live with one grandparent?
Note: Student answer.

How many families live without grandparents?
Note: Student answer.

Puzzles

A. Draw lines to connect each pair of similar shapes together. The lines must not cross or touch each other and do not use diagonal lines.
Note: This is a student-generated activity.

B. Complete the pattern.
Note: This is a student-generated activity based on the pattern shown.

C. Think and complete.
Note: This is a student-generated activity.

D. Find the number.
Think of a number. Double that number. Add eight. Minus half of that number. Minus the number you started with. Is the number 4?
Answer: Yes, the number is 4.

E. Look at the picture. How many different ways can the ant return to its home (anthill)?
Note: Student answer based on counting paths in the image.

F. Find the number names from 11 to 20.
Note: This is a student-generated activity involving word search.

G. Identify the appropriate shadow image.
Note: Student answer based on matching shapes to shadows.

H. In how many different ways can the cat return to its house?
Note: Student answer based on counting paths in the image.

I. Try to make two squares by removing two matchsticks.
Note: This is a student-generated activity.

J. Who am I?
I am in a bicycle, And in a car and a bus, I make all vehicles run. They can't move if I am flat. What is my shape?
Answer: Circle (Wheel).

K. Which balls will you select to make a total of 30?
Note: Student answer based on selecting numbers that add up to 30.

L. Make two different two-digit numbers by using only one digit.
Note: This is a student-generated activity.

N. Look at the above picture and write the answers.
i. Name the animal whom giraffe met first on the path?
ii. Name the animal whom giraffe met in the last?
iii. Have you ever lost your way to home?
iv. What do you do to remember your way to home?
Note: Student answers based on the image and personal experience.

O. How many rectangles can be made after joining the dots given below?
Hint: Square is also a type of rectangle.
Note: Student answer based on counting shapes.

P. Complete these by using addition or subtraction of numbers.
Note: This is a student-generated activity.

Q. A shepherd has 4 sheep and 4 dogs. Divide the garden into 4 areas, such that each portion or area contains one tree, one sheep and one dog.
Note: This is a student-generated activity involving drawing lines.

R. Who am I? (A mirror can help you)
Note: This is a student-generated activity involving symmetry.

S. How will you arrange the numbers 1 to 7 so that the three arms have the same total?
Note: This is a student-generated activity.

T. Let us divide a 6 meter long cloth into pieces. If one meter is cut every time, how many times should we cut it?
Answer: 5 times.

U. I think of a number and double it. If my answer is 18, then what was the number?
Answer: 9.

V. Press 10 keys on a calculator to make 28.
Note: This is a student-generated activity.

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